Well, nobody has really asked for the details about exactly how I made my money, so here you go. I merchanted dragon bones when slayer came out because I knew 120+ combat players with 85 slayer were going to be getting rich as hell off whips, and most of them were looking to buy their bones for 98 prayer/126 combat. I ended up hitting the nail right on the head, and I guess I was the only person who came to that realization because as far as I could tell I was the only one merchanting dragon bones at the time. I merchanted them for about a month with basically no competition whatsoever, and then I invested in rares. During my long break to play WoW, my rares just sat in the bank gaining value, and when I finally came back, I was worth practically 10 times what I was worth before I quit.