This is sad, yet, inspiring at the same time.

That's pretty sweet! As long as there's a market for taking the easy way out people are going to continue to make money this way.  If they haven't already I expect the publisher to be selling high-end items throught it eventually...

My god, if all the time i wasted playing games i could make money like that.

If only people stuck to book-reading dogs...

I find it odd that people are bashing this guy. What's wrong with someone making some nice money?

And that may have just convinced me to buy Diablo 3.

How much money do you make in the auction house on Diablo 3?(if you have D3 please reply here)

Honestly I'm surprised players are willing to dish out 200+$ on single items... but so long as the demand is there, cheers to the guys like Wishbone who capitalize.

Wow...nice dude. What it would be nice to see would be how many hours he's put in, to compare something like this to a real job. This is of course not something people can depend on for a living, but so far, this guy has made more in a few months than I made in the last year (minimum wage + minimal hours + paying a union doesn't get me much.)

That is awesome, and nerdy because it probably took a lot of time to get those items.

So if that before or after Blizzard's cut?

Impressive, but I wonder how much time of his day he dedicates to playing Diablo. More power to him.

I posted this in a reply to someone below, but here's my comment. I know several people playing this game so I know how this works. If you can play that game on the hardest level there is, you won't make squat. Everyone I have talked to said that the only things that sell are the items dropped on the inferno mode. When you read one story like this is sounds cool and easy, but prepare to play for hundreds or thousands of hours to get anywhere near what this guy is doing. I bet if he showed how many hours he has played we would all fall over.

Someone please be kind enough to spend 5-8 minutes explaining how you make money off of this game. I've never played any of the Diablos before, & don't plan on playing. I'm just curious. Doesn't have to be in depth, just a basic explanation will do.

This all seems good and well... until you look back on Diablo 2. It had an single player and an online "at your own risk" mode where you could use programs like Chippydip's Diablo 2 editor and make what ever item you want. Not just within the limits of the games random item generator... I'm talking full on I want to be a sorceress that can turn into a werewolf like a Druid cool stuff. So... remind me again why I should play a game like Diablo 3, be stuck online with potential lag and disconnects for playing solo, be at the mercy of the game's random number generator, be completely bound by the game company's rules and have imaginary items being sold for real world currency... when I can take 3 minutes in actual single player games to make any item I want. TL;DR? Torchlight & Torchlight 2 Stop wasting your money on Blizzard.

That's just it. Diablo3 isn't a game. It's a freaking job. Biggest disappointment in gaming history (yes, worst than DNF)

Good for him.

There are suckers born every day.

Having real-life economics as part of a video game adds an interesting dynamic to the game that may be an enhancement to other future games. It could make games more engaging and successful, giving gamers a way to earn money. $10,000 is a huge amount of money to make playing Diablo III.

Man, more than half a year of college made right there.  I should look into the auction house and Diablo III.

Well it's time to start playing Diablo 3 again