i want you to tell me those items prices
(edit : all in EU)
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boots
150 int
43 vit
53 AR
41 light Res
11MF
12MS
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belt
148 int
35 vit
60 AR
18 MF
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wand
770 dps
179 int
801 LOH
10 max ap
8 AP
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axe
890 dmg
%76 cric dmg
1socket +%90 cric dmg
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dagger
808 dps
54 cric dmg
1 socket 1 star emerald
total 124 cric dmg
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ring
9-18 dmg
74 int
233 LOH
4.5 cric chance
39 fire res
1 socket +46 int
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amulet
144 vit
%8 life
444 LOH
32 arcane res
1 socket
Don't know about US, but in EU AH activity gone down even worse. People don't even buy gold from RMAH, I was selling gold once BNet link with PayPal was unlocked for my country without problems. Now for over a week can't sell even gold. GAH is greatly slowed down as well - I can't sell half-decent items under 100k gold, and I see people putting way worse items (same stats, just lower) in millions and tens of millions.
I don't think patch 1.0.4 will help anything here. Only good thing out of this patch - is removal of Invulnerable Minions. I don't think new patch will bring more players into D3, changes must be made to the game cardinally (to loot system mostly), so people wouldn't feel like this is "Auction House: The Game" and not item-hunting game.