It should only take you a few trips around the various NPC blacksmith and tinker vendors to round those up. Make sure to join the Blacksmith guild first to get the discounted price (8 per).
LOL, it's not about that. Most people who sell iron are themselves new. Plus, at 8gp there are always buyers.
This. Check out my Blacksmith guide for more info on this and working BS skill http://uorforum.com/threads/gming-blacksmithing-under-40k-ingots.7094/
So if I can buy iron at 8 gp from a vendor why would I pay 8 from players? Anywho, Im lazy, rather just buy direct from someone so yea, 10k iron ingots for 80k. PM me.
This. I buy from players, too, to augment what I pick up from the NPCs (10-15k per round. Restock every hour) and just to help new players who are putting in the sweat to make money off ingots