One uses SCG
One uses SCG and puts the tag on it only never updates the price ever again.
One uses tcg high.

1. Does random stuff, but usually does TCG mid prices. Occasionally things will be a little higher, but for every card that is higher, I'll find one that is substantially lower.

Store #1 is ABU, so they use ABU prices

Store #2 uses a mix of TCG Mid/High with some ABU prices tossed in for good measure.

Store #3 marks prices once based on what he thinks they should go for, never alters prices afterwards, sometimes good sometimes bad, sometimes you get 8$ Deathrites, sometimes you get 40$ Planeswalkers regardless of walker..

Store #4 is just starting and seems to be a mix of price as you go and TCG high.

If I can ever get a store opened, I'm looking at TCG Mid on most things, maybe TCG high on super liquid stuff.

One store uses ebay low and findmagiccards.com

One store uses ebay medium and TCG medium

One uses ebay medium and star city low

one is insane and uses star city high...

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Originally posted by Dancam1:
Wow, you guys need to come to Buffalo, NY....

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I need to go to Buffalo for other reasons than playing Magic, unless it involves one Madonia.

Stores here on LI tend to be around SCG pricing, though can on occasion can be a little lower. Mostly depends on the cards.

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Originally posted by Dancam1:
Yes, it is Collector's inn. Great little shop. Has a new owner now, but, still carries on Jim's message of low cards for everyone. You will pay a fair price there. I am trying to talk him into creating a website that anyone can buy from...

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Originally posted by pugowar:
I have been to collectors inn a few times. Seemed a little mom/pop to me though. I am in the area monthly and always hit up Jesters Cap. Steve is the man and is very fair trading/selling!

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2 things:
1. Not sure when you were last at Collector's inn, but, Jim retired and Joe is the new owner. He has tons of cards and packs now.

I think the ones out in Syracuse use TCG Mid, which is IMO pretty good. Those stores are comic/TCG hybrids though, so they have other income streams. The ones around here are pretty much MTG only.

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
Star City here for sales. Trade for your cards at buylist to their SCG sell list prices. I guess that's pretty standard, but being a 12 year MOTLer it seems ludicrous. People do trade fairly regularly though.

I think the ones out in Syracuse use TCG Mid, which is IMO pretty good. Those stores are comic/TCG hybrids though, so they have other income streams. The ones around here are pretty much MTG only.

Also, what the heck is SCG high and low? Like, the price for played cards is low?

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Actually, cards are worth different prices in different places. It really depends on the metagame. For ex, Defense Grid was a 1.00 rare in Buffalo. I had 6 of them. For those who don't know, Defense Grid is an artifact that hoses Blue because spells played during someone else's turn cost 3 more to play.

So, I went to Columbus OH for Origins and the one guy saw my Defense Grid and offered me $6.00 CASH for them, each. Obviously, I said yes, and called home to a few friends who all had Grid, brought them out around town, and went to Ohio and sold them all for 6.00. That is a perfect example of how the high, low, and med prices work. Very rarely are cards universal.

And as we all know, magic is a game of copying or neutralizing. In other words, if Lilliana of the black Veil is ultra popular, or Blue, or whatever, then other people will either play those decks (thereby driving the price up) BUT, the counters to these decks (after all. Magic is the ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors game) also rise dramatically in price.