I agree, Arturo. I actually ONLY buy things that are 1-2 off maximum. The difference for me, as a pure PvE player, is too negligible to bother paying horribly high prices.
As an example, last night I bought a clean 'white' stormbow (14-27 dam). I will put a couple upgrades on it. 1 point off max for 1k. I'm happy.
