I know a few of you have mentioned that you had items disappear into the expired auction black hole - as this is the first time its happened to me i'm wondering what the work-around was and how long it took to get the item back.

I got a high end zuni that went into the hole when the auction expired last night - 32 cd/3 cc ring worth close to 70M or so.

thanks guys.

Well, put in a ticket and less than an hour after putting in the ticket got my item back.

Normally I just wait it out.

Takes a couple of hours. Maybe a day or so if you are unlucky.
For me it took less time so far than it takes a RMAH transaction to clear.

Some of my auctions just ended as well, and I seem to be missing the gold from an item people were bidding and and some pants I posted up. Hopefully I can get them back.

The auction house is acting quite strange, seems they need to reboot the DB. Lots of expired auctions showing, sorting not working correctly and it took ages to get money back on a bid I lost.