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Most items on auction house are either rare or some socketed magic item.

Why do only these types of items appear to be put up for auction?

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Why the downvotes? – Jim Thio Jun 3 '12 at 3:10
Probably because the answer is obvious; crappy blue items are common and not typically useful. – Ed S. Jul 10 '12 at 20:57
Is obvious answers off topic? – Jim Thio Jul 11 '12 at 2:50

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I feel like there are usually a bunch of magic items there as well. A good option if you want to search for cheap equipment is to enter maximum buyout price when searching. At lower prices, the proportion of blue items tends to be higher.

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Because they are worth something? Compared to the magic items?

Gray, White and Blue items pretty much never sell, so people put better equip than that in the AH.

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I'd rather buy blue item at 2k gold than a yellow item at 20k gold. – Jim Thio Jun 2 '12 at 14:27
Well, players rather want to scavenge 2k items to make room in their AH for the item of 20k gold. THATS CAPITALISM. – Fredy31 Jun 2 '12 at 14:36
@JimThio - I've sometimes put magic items with <mainstat>/vit on AH for 2x vendor cost, and they don't sell :/ Granted these were for end Normal to early NM, not ilvl 60 ... but crappier rares sell faster. – Alok Jun 2 '12 at 20:58

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