I got bad news for ya

although it sounds like you already suspected it, your friend definitely bought gold. Grabbed 30g raw from a mailbox right around this conversation (the chat logs are just cause its funny, not the proof)
2026-07-05 00:06:28 Kannaora → Rubber: hey
2026-07-05 00:06:44 Kannaora → Rubber: i made 30 fricking gold
2026-07-05 00:06:50 Rubber → Kannaora: huh lol ?
2026-07-05 00:06:54 Rubber → Kannaora: 30 gold LOL ?
2026-07-05 00:06:56 Kannaora → Rubber: auction house
2026-07-05 00:07:00 Rubber → Kannaora: how lol
2026-07-05 00:07:27 Kannaora → Rubber: people have been buying all my useless gear
2026-07-05 00:07:44 Rubber → Kannaora: that's crazy like actually 30 Gold ? not silver
2026-07-05 00:08:02 Rubber → Kannaora: holy, congrats anthony that's a lot of gold for classic wow
2026-07-05 00:08:04 Kannaora → Rubber: greed in dungeons is god tier sellable if you save tons of it
2026-07-05 00:08:23 Rubber → Kannaora: yeah feels good not having bought gold though if you made all that dan glol
2026-07-05 00:08:43 Kannaora → Rubber: yea boi
2026-07-05 00:19:30 Rubber → Kannaora: just don't spend that money in one place that's a llot of money
2026-07-05 00:19:37 Rubber → Kannaora: you have more than me now and max probably lol
2026-07-05 00:19:48 Rubber → Kannaora: 30g that's halfway to getting your first
2026-07-05 00:19:51 Rubber → Kannaora: real mount at 40
2026-07-05 00:20:18 Kannaora → Rubber: lol i was kinda just planning on doing the having lotsa gold and living in game like i dont lol
2026-07-05 00:20:43 Rubber → Kannaora: ight lol, well hold onto it, might need it later LOL