I am a fan of the Auctioneer team, and really appreciate the countless hours they have put in to developing such an awesome addon.  But, now that Auctioneer classic has been discontinued, I have been using the new Auctioneer advanced.  While the features are great, I feel it is far more advanced than what I need.  I also very much miss the very clear tooltips that provided a clear suggested Starting bid and Buyout price.  I have more difficulty trying to see what prices I am matching or undercutting.  And I really miss Auctioneer Classic.  So, is there an alternative?  Or am I going to have to learn lua in order to create my own addon? 

Amen I am having the same problem.  I loved the simplicity of classic just drag and click

Same here. I am completely lost and have looked everywhere for an answer and can not for the life of me figure out the meaning of the Item Tool tip.

I get a 2/12/244/22 and I don't know what that means. (Just an example, not an actual figure). I go to the auction house and try to corralate what those figures are, but see nothing to reference by.

I tried to log on to the team's website to ask on the forums, but was unable to create a new account, so no posting allowed. I have looked at all the documentation and the readme files but it still doesn't make sense to me.

Sorry if I have missed something, but I too am at a loss for trying to figure out the tool tip portion of the program.

Anyone else have any ideas? Or at least the replacement as the OP mentioned.

maybe this could help you:

http://flyv.typepad.com/warcraft/2008/10/auction-house-a.html