GG Activision, corrupting Blizzard one day at a time.
Anyway, I can't see this feature being much of an issue as others have said it will only be the stupid people who pay for this service and 200 auctions a day is nothing to the real people that play the auction house.
Although I can't see this causing a negative effect directly to the game itself it really is showing what direction Blizzard are taking with their games and it is startig to disgust me.
Do you really want to see what their next MMO or even Diablo 3 will have as "Premium Features"? I sure as hell don't. I can just see them doing what SoE did and start selling gear and gold directly to the players.
Everyone who is going to do /facepalm to this post can blow me. I am an MMO veteran and have seen this slippery slope soooo many times before. Blizzard may have been different 5 years a go but they are just like every other Activision Purchase now and are chasing the golden goose.
In 10 years time... I don't even want to think about what computer games will be like then. It will be a horrendous mash up of Madden/Fifa-style franchise games that hardly change every year and will charge you premium rates to use the most basic features.
Good going Blizzard.