Auction Houses also exist in FFXI, with key differences:

- You place your item up for auction, set the price but there is no time defined

- Players bid on the items and if price of their bid matches an item listed in AH then you win the item

- Players tend to undercut each other. In point to, the winning bid is the lowest price of an item placed in auction. This is really frowned upon by the player base.

One thing that I like about AH's in FFXI that I don't like with WoW is that each major town (there are 3, one for each race) has its own AH, usually two to help thin out traffic. This allows for the creation and support of local economies and it's not uncommon for people to go from one city to the next looking not only for items but the best deals.

Another thing that I do like about FFXI that WoW could use is allowing the player to sell items on their own avatar. I can mark an item for sale in my personal store and there will be an icon next to my name, and players can look at my wares and by them directly off of me. This does lead to a number of players simply sitting down in town selling their crap passively while they're sleeping, but it does help cut down on spamming.

I no understandings of the undercutting...

I don't think the selling stuff off yourself would work in WoW... pack space is so precious...

I didn't either

In WoW, though, you can expand your item hold count by having bags; you can't do that in FFXI

I know you can... and it's still precious...

See: http://www.gucomics.com/arc...

They are planning to put AH's in all the capital cities.

When.. uhmm.. I don't know.

I found a seperate AH in Gadgetzan. At least - I think its seperate, it didn't seem to have the same stock as the one in Oggy.

Odd town... I can't imagine what kind of state it's in on a PvP server.

I have heard there is a neutral auction house. Maybe that's it.

I was wondering how someone managed to sell Cats in the Oggy one - but they were for sale in the Gadget one, so I guess that solves it.