Originally Posted by
Flexibility
Hi OP.
Not sure if it's the same issues for you as it was for me but.
How I'm reading your post, you have inventory slots taken by items which are just displaying "retrieving information" when you mouse over?
If this is the case, then navigate to your WoW folder, right click (if windows) and check the properties of the folder, if the "read only" box is checked then try unchecking it and allowing windows to do the same to all sub folders.
This fixed the same issue that I had with other mats. I later found out this was due to an addon which I'd installed recently, so if this fixes it for you, you may also want to review any recent installs yourself.
Good luck.