Then opened a Primeval Titan followed by a Sorin Markov in the same draft. Then got passed a Flameblast Dragon. I couldn't resist putting them all in the same deck.

Hope I draw land to cast them I do have a few rampant growths.

edit: Well by some minor miracle I won in about 45 minutes (fastest draft ever!). M12 is fairly fast, so figured I was hurting, but was able to hold off long enough to drop my bombs.

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Originally posted by caquaa:
nope, those are bulk cards. If you get bulk prices on them, you're doing well.

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This is mean-spirited, incorrect, and just plain not helpful. Not taking into account that there are dealer's paying $0.50+ for the random ones I mentioned, how is getting the fail-safe bulk prices "doing well"?

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Originally posted by CubFan81:
Also, I know selling to a dealer implies that you might want to just get rid of it as quickly as possible, if you do try to maximize your stuff along multiple dealers you could keep track of their prices in an excel spreadsheet.

Depending on how big the collection is, you would have one column down the left side with the card names, and one row across the top with each different dealer. You can put in the prices they are offering on their buylist in the corresponding intersection and then down the right side you can enter in a formula that looks to see which cell has the highest value and returns the name of the dealer at the top.

That way you can see if its worth the extra shipping to mail cards to a different dealer.

Obviously this doesn't work as well if you've got 1,000 cards and you just want to get rid of it now. But I thought I'd toss it out there.

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This is one way to go, but I really don't want to take the time to go through 10 different dealers' buy lists. I probably don't have enough cards to spread myself so thin anyway, especially since a lot of the stuff isn't on a lot of buy lists. Condition is also a factor, as all of mine aren't in perfect shape.

I was just wondering if there really was that big of a spread between the buy price and sell price. If the only way to sell everything at once is to give literally an 80% discount, why are the sell prices so high? With that big of a difference, it would almost make sense to buy the missing parts of playsets and list them on ebay. The MOTL prices can't be straight up lies, so they must be selling for those prices.

But really, these are the kinds of cards that sit on people's sell lists for a year, even at 30% below MOTL price. But if I were to ask for such a huge discount when attempting to buy, I'm sure I'd get scoffed at. Surely the scenario can't actually be this:

Divine Sacrament
Dealer sell price = $1.50 (Card Kingdom)
MOTL price = $0.89
Random seller's price = $0.70 (probably won't sell)
Random buyer's price = $0.40 (probably won't buy)
Actual buy price = $0.15

Obviously I just made up the numbers below MOTL, but the fact remains: sellers don't want to sell for so much less than the "going rate", therefore buyers can't buy for even less than that, so no one buys or sells anything. The reason being that either the seller with the sell list knows the price they can potentially sell for and doesn't want to take the hit, or the buyer with the buy list is met with people who have the cards but won't want to dig them out for the buyer for anything less than MOTL price.

And I know this outline gets thrown off by a random dealer that's buying for $0.50, but maybe the condition isn't up to par, the buyer doesn't have enough to sell to make shipping worthwhile etc. But thinking just in the context of this one card, it makes almost no sense. Then just multiply that by a thousand.

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Originally posted by Heresy19:
I'd rather buy real duals instead :/

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Originally posted by Heresy19:
Went to the LGS to buy some shocklands that I saw the week before @ 8$ to 12$ each... the Breeding Pool was 28$, a 16$ boost in a week!!! Is this because of that Modern format??

I'd rather buy real duals instead :/

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Is this happening for them all, just blues ones or what?

Wonder what a good price to pick them up for now would be?

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Originally posted by Harmless:
This is mean-spirited, incorrect, and just plain not helpful. Not taking into account that there are dealer's paying $0.50+ for the random ones I mentioned, how is getting the fail-safe bulk prices "doing well"?

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Originally posted by stu55:
So, just got an interesting phone call from Ben while he is at Gencon. I will let him post it here but it is pretty "ripply" in its effect on markets

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Then tell him to post. I wanna know now

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Originally posted by stu55:
So, just got an interesting phone call from Ben while he is at Gencon. I will let him post it here but it is pretty "ripply" in its effect on markets

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Ya what is it?

Black/Blue with like no bombs, all tempo, I think i am screwed

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Originally posted by stu55:
Ugh, my draft deck is so awkward

Black/Blue with like no bombs, all tempo, I think i am screwed

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Originally posted by gcowhsu:
Anyone have a feeling that Tombstalker or Tarmogoyf will be in the innistrad block?

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tombstalker, on the other hand, is a fine reprint candidate.

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What he found was a PSA graded fake card. I will let you guys guess what card, what grade it got, and who was selling it.

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Originally posted by stu55:
So Ben gave me permission to spill some info (its like spoiler season, huh?!)

What he found was a PSA graded fake card. I will let you guys guess what card, what grade it got, and who was selling it.

Kinda makes me not want to buy much that is PSA graded anymore...

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Interesting stuff. Makes PSA look bad.

Its so obvious anyways, is it possible to make a full set of Alternate Fourth?

Found 9 Priest of Titanias, 4 Daze, 4 Duress, 4 Dark of Ritual, 3 Lotus Petal, etc. in the commons bin. STOKED. The little things in life.

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
the LGS in my area has boxes and boxes of commons.
If you find it in the commons/uncommons box, it's .10/.25 respectively. Even if they have some of said card in their cases that are marked with prices (in sleeves). They say "if you do the work, you get the reward."

Found 9 Priest of Titanias, 4 Daze, 4 Duress, 4 Dark of Ritual, 3 Lotus Petal, etc. in the commons bin. STOKED. The little things in life.

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Originally posted by choco man:
found a Beta Scryb Sprite that I needed for my EDH

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must be an interesting EDH list.

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Originally posted by Timmyhill:
So for I don't know how long I've been trying to tell the difference between Fourth Edition and Alternate Fourth.... finally got around to getting a black light and man I should have gotten one to use sooner..

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Originally posted by Thanos:
http://classic.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/086562.html

What a deal!

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Originally posted by Thanos:
http://classic.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/086562.html

What a deal!

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You know, it'd be one thing if he ate all the costs for his paranoid safeguards himself, but passing it all on to the buyer like that is kind of a dick move.

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Originally posted by stu55:
So Ben gave me permission to spill some info (its like spoiler season, huh?!)

What he found was a PSA graded fake card. I will let you guys guess what card, what grade it got, and who was selling it.

Kinda makes me not want to buy much that is PSA graded anymore...

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Send it back to PSA with your reasons for determining its a fake - they'll reimburse you for the card and grading fees (per their policy). You should email Joe Orlando directly at [jorlando@collectors.com]. One of the things I like about graded cards .

Of course, if this becomes a rampant thing they'll have to get better at spotting them themselves, or stop grading them (like 80's Star cards, lol).