Auction House in Gadgetzan

[kandrathe]

As you all might know, the only way to trade or transfer items between Horde and Alliance is via the Gadgetzan auction house in Tanaris. Here is my question:

I want the Elite Mount for my Night Elf Druid, but have collected 1000 gold on the Horde side. Transferring the money is simple: My Night Elf puts a piece of Woolen Cloth for 1000 gold in the auction house and my friend on the Horde side, whom I gave the 1000 gold first, simply buys that piece of Woolen Cloth for 1000 gold. Sounds easy, but there is a catch: Recently, we have transferred just 20 gold this way to my Night Elf and she got just 17 gold or so back from the original 20 gold buyout for the piece of Woolen Cloth. So, there is obvioulsy a huge auction fee on such deals (in Gadgetzan).

Does anyone know how high that fee is (in perecent) and how much of the 1000 gold I would lose? Also, is there a procedure/trick to keep that fee as low as possible, or avoid it at all (in Gadgetzan)?
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Not to game the system, but the AH prices are based on vendor buy/sell prices. If you find something worthless to vendors it will cost nothing to put at the AH.