[Erati]

the one thing I have noticed with the big numbers when I have browsed through AM's DKP page is that its crazy how close the 'mid tier' items are for both the guilds, even with the larger numbers here at Awakened

basically if you want something BIS from one of the major end game bosses: you are looking at 2K DKP + spending for 1 item

however

there are tons of NTOV BIS/near BIS upgrades that are going for mere pennies respectively. You can score Shiny Metallic Sleeves as Catherin showed for less than 300 DKP, thats a BIS item for INT casters and basically one raid cycle of attending nearly pays for it.

Once you have an amount that can be projected into some kind of BIS, people usually will keep their wallets tight due to the competition from their peers. This opens up tons of items that people will pick up on the cheap since they are not BIS or near to it, however there will always be items that certain people desire above else and they may bid 'out of the norm' according to the data which causes random spikes

Its all a lot of fun - I usually don't get my hopes up when sending in a bid and expect to lose so its a nice surprise when you win something.

That is unless you are an expert in DKP-Quest.