Gold Goal for Wrath

With the expansion fast approaching I'm wondering how much gold am I going to need going into it? Professions to level, gear to make, mounts to buy... all of it is going to be expensive. Especially considering that I have 3 level 70s, each with different professions. That means 3 toons to level, 6 mounts to buy (assuming new ground and air mounts), and 6 professions to level. It's going to get expensive for me.

I have not yet looked into the discussions surrounding how much gold is going to be needed so I'm just setting my own goal. I'm shooting for 9k gold, or 3k per toon. I'm sitting comfortably at 5.5k right now as I try to always keep my gold reserves up around the 4-5k mark. I have my work cut out for me, but I do have a few things going in my favor.

First I'm going to start clearing out my bank and selling off all the mats I'm currently just hoarding. Those supplies are mostly enchanting and leathers mats at this point. I don't have a miner so I don't have an abundance of stones or ore to sell. All of those enchanting mats will be useless to me post-expansion and I expect the prices to plummet in the first few months of WotLK. The exception to this will likely be herbs of all levels as they will be needed by people trying to powerlevel Inscription. Selling off my mats should net me about 1k gold if I time it right to maximize the price.

The real money is going to come from turning badges into gems. I'm sitting on 418 badges: 223 on my druid, 137 on Stoney, and 58 on Nixhex my warlock. I am keeping some badges on stand-by for Finn once I upgrade his weapon I'll need some new gear to stay uncrittable. And Nix needs new PvE gear so I'm working on that stuff. But Stoney... Stoney is maxed out right now for our current level of progression; I don't need the badges. I think I could hit my gold goal in short order by selling rocks.

It's the Stoneybaby pre-WotLK Fire Sale!