I am a former gold buyer... After spending about US$ 120 buying gold, in desperation to level my professions and equip my toons, I realised that instead of "buying the fish", I should instead "learn to fish"....
Happy botter since then.... all chars flying at 310%, lots of kirin tor rings, mammoth mounts, bikes, every profession and BOE gear that I could ever imagine.... and 400k gold stored at guild bank.
I couldnt be happier.
I playing since 2008, and many of my chars still flied at 150% when i started botting, just because I simply did not have the money to afford 280% flying....
BOTTING is the answer to any wow question.