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Sidian
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posted February 23, 2014 09:12 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
Long time magic player here although ive taken years off here and there. love stories where people have scored great cards for next to nothing...

one of mine was about 10 years ago there was a card shop in my town...had a box of 50 cent singles and i snagged a few cards from legends out of there...one of which being Karakas. i just grabbed it for my black/white legacy deck because of its second ability is just so useful...little did i know then it would reach 100 bucks (tcg mid price) in value! too bad urborg isnt nearly as useful as i snagged that the same day!

also i once traded a guitar i paid about 100 dollars for for a deck that contained 4xForce of Will in NM condition...couldnt ask for cards in better shape!

what are some of yours?

 
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posted February 23, 2014 11:04 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for mattw Click Here to Email mattw Send a private message to mattw Click to send mattw an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View mattw's Have/Want ListView mattw's Have/Want List
i will trade my kiora, crashing wave plus 2 forgestolker dragons for 2 temples of malice and 2 temples of plenty.


hit me up for a great deal

 
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Back when Gaea's Cradle was still in print, I got a very beat Mox Jet for one. Cradle was ~$20 at the time.

Best deal I've heard of was a guy pretty recently working at a Renaissance fair and was selling gemstones to another worker. They were working out the deal at her booth and he noticed some old MTG cards. She traded them to him for $50 towards her purchase. Cards included several original mox and a time vault.

 
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posted February 24, 2014 09:39 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for JesusChristMD Click Here to Email JesusChristMD Send a private message to JesusChristMD Click to send JesusChristMD an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
*insert ripoff story*
 
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posted February 24, 2014 09:44 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for CoupDeGrace Click Here to Email CoupDeGrace Send a private message to CoupDeGrace Click to send CoupDeGrace an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
potential brag thread !
 
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posted February 24, 2014 10:17 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for iccarus Click Here to Email iccarus Send a private message to iccarus Click to send iccarus an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by JesusChristMD:
*insert ripoff story*

Which is exactly what these types of threads generate every time one comes up, obviously. Pretty sure the last one was a shining example of humanity as well.

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posted February 24, 2014 10:34 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for stu55 Click Here to Email stu55 Send a private message to stu55 Click to send stu55 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
No one cares...please close this
 
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quote:
Originally posted by stu55:
No one cares...please close this

This please.

 
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quote:
Originally posted by stu55:
No one cares...please close this

+1. Stroke your e-peen elsewhere please.

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jbark
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We've all made money on this game. The dealers can all state that they got xxx cards at 1/2 price every day. We don't need to know who you ripped. Keep it to your self.
 
Volcanon
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posted February 24, 2014 04:08 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Volcanon Click Here to Email Volcanon Send a private message to Volcanon Click to send Volcanon an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by jbark:
We've all made money on this game. The dealers can all state that they got xxx cards at 1/2 price every day. We don't need to know who you ripped. Keep it to your self.

Yeah cuz dealers don't have overhead and stuff.

Let's not get into the whole "omg, he got a slightly advantageous trade, he's a con artist" argument again.

 
daner
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posted February 24, 2014 05:33 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for daner Click Here to Email daner Send a private message to daner Click to send daner an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
The best deal I ever got for scoring was this one time.....


....nvm.

 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 08:45 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
wow all i wanted was to talk to some fellow cardboard collectors about a time they got lucky...i said NOTHING about ripping people off.

i fail to see how i ripped someone off..they wanted a guitar and i traded them a damn good one. just because i paid a little for it doesnt mean i fleeced them or it wasnt worth anything...and the card shop had the karakas in its 50 cent bin and it wasnt worth nearly as much then as it is now. i suppose because ive actually found two mind seize decks at wal mart for 30 rather than paying the 80 bucks the card shop is charging for them makes me a bad person too?

i just lost a ton of faith in this community. seriously ive been a part of this site on and off now for YEARS (this isnt my first account, old ones got deleted after a while) but ive never met such negativity. shame on you all.

 
stu55
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posted February 24, 2014 08:54 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for stu55 Click Here to Email stu55 Send a private message to stu55 Click to send stu55 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Yay, you retold the same story again...no one cares. Brag posts like this just aren't a positive thing. Taking advantage of people/businesses normally has a negative tone to it
 
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posted February 24, 2014 09:02 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for thror Send a private message to thror Click to send thror an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Sidian:
seriously ive been a part of this site on and off now for YEARS (this isnt my first account, old ones got deleted after a while)

uhh, no they dont. the only reason your old accounts wouldnt work is if they got banned.

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Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 09:09 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by stu55:
Yay, you retold the same story again...no one cares. Brag posts like this just aren't a positive thing. Taking advantage of people/businesses normally has a negative tone to it

yay you call me out yet again for taking advantage of someone yet back it up with NOTHING...seriously SHOW me where and how i took advantage of someone? i would say that in the end i was very happy with my trades but exactly how did i screw someone? Let me pull out my inquests from 2000 and see how much karakas was worth then...a few bucks.

yes in the end these probably worked out in my favor (the guitar one is really debatable, it was worth more than 4xForce of wills are even now) but that isnt that what we hope for every single time you open a pack and hope for a mutavault? you hope that your 4 bucks turns into more! is that fleecing the store you bought it from?

its not a brag thread but EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY magic play i know gets a rush from snagging a great card whether its from a pack, a trade, or just a great deal. yet you sit here on some sort of throne and judge like you wouldnt still buy a karakas for 50 cents today even tho its worth 200 times that now.

and this wasnt about braggin it was about sharing because i happen to find stories like this interesting and it keeps me driven to continue to collect and have fun. for you to scold me somehow for being happy about a deal is just silly.

 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 09:11 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by thror:
uhh, no they dont. the only reason your old accounts wouldnt work is if they got banned.


well then i must not simply remember the old ones perhaps...but im pretty sure ive had this same exact name before and ive never been banned and always been a trustworthy and fun trader...im 99% positive they did a clean up at one point.

so yeah attack me some more when you dont even know me.

 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 09:19 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by thror:
uhh, no they dont. the only reason your old accounts wouldnt work is if they got banned.


to follow up on this i DID find one of my old accounts and it only has 22 refs so i must have had one before or after that because ive had well over 50 at one point in time. like i said im damn near positive there was a cleanup at one point...

by the way that accounts name is UberReaper777 and it joined back in 2003...so yeah i been around here a while. just looking to shoot the breeze with you guys and met with a wave of negativity. just sad. never had a negative experience other than getting ripped once until now.

 
paragondave
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posted February 24, 2014 09:48 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for paragondave Click Here to Email paragondave Send a private message to paragondave Click to send paragondave an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View paragondave's Have/Want ListView paragondave's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by Sidian:
to follow up on this i DID find one of my old accounts and it only has 22 refs so i must have had one before or after that because ive had well over 50 at one point in time. like i said im damn near positive there was a cleanup at one point...

by the way that accounts name is UberReaper777 and it joined back in 2003...so yeah i been around here a while. just looking to shoot the breeze with you guys and met with a wave of negativity. just sad. never had a negative experience other than getting ripped once until now.


um, having 2 MOTL accounts is a no-no, unless of course you are special. And if you don't want to be pelted with negativity, don't post or encourage brag posts. As you can see, no one here is impressed.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by paragondave on February 24, 2014]

 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 10:23 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by paragondave:
um, having 2 MOTL accounts is a no-no, unless of course you are special. And if you don't want to be pelted with negativity, don't post or encourage brag posts. As you can see, no one here is impressed.

never intended to have 2 accounts mate, i feel like i made that pretty darn clear from how i began the entire conversation. i didnt even realize my old one still existed...did you even read?

and secondly i felt i also made it clear im not trying to impress anyone nor brag just tell some fun stories and everyone just piled on. i dont need to impress you to get some sort of fulfillment i just wanted to start a conversation which obviously no one around here can handle for some backwards reason. you think i honestly need your approval to feel good about myself? no i just wanted to talk cards and see what others have come across. i do this with strangers all the time at tourneys and ive heard some cool stories by doing so, and i had a desire to do so with you folks before it turned into some sort of flame-fest.

 
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posted February 24, 2014 10:26 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for paragondave Click Here to Email paragondave Send a private message to paragondave Click to send paragondave an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View paragondave's Have/Want ListView paragondave's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by Sidian:
never intended to have 2 accounts mate, i feel like i made that pretty darn clear from how i began the entire conversation. i didnt even realize my old one still existed...did you even read?

and secondly i felt i also made it clear im not trying to impress anyone nor brag just tell some fun stories and everyone just piled on. i dont need to impress you to get some sort of fulfillment i just wanted to start a conversation which obviously no one around here can handle for some backwards reason. you think i honestly need your approval to feel good about myself? no i just wanted to talk cards and see what others have come across. i do this with strangers all the time at tourneys and ive heard some cool stories by doing so, and i had a desire to do so with you folks before it turned into some sort of flame-fest.


ignorance of the law is no excuse. And as to the rest of your explanation for starting a brag post, take the hint.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by paragondave on February 24, 2014]

 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 10:34 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
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Originally posted by paragondave:
ignorance of the law is no excuse. And as to the rest of your explanation for starting a brag post, take the hint.

yes because MOTL is the law apparently and your point still sucks because i didnt say i was ignorant of the law i said i was ignorant that my old account still existed. ill be surprised if i can still remember the password even.

you can call my post whatever you want. believe me i wont try again. why would i want to converse with a bunch of people like you anyways? heck ive tried to explain myself the best i could and still just get attacked, not ONE person could say something without being a rude, condescending jerk about it.

i love how im somehow satan for trying to have a discussion...utterly ridiculous. you act like i asked how many babies you've punched in the face and gotten away with it. brag post...god we have discussions like this on the video game forums all the time! theres a group of us who hunt the flea market every week and meet up later in the day to chat and show each other the loot we scored and maybe do some trading! it wasnt supposed to be like "hAY guyz i totz ripped deez ppl off come looooke!" it was simply telling some stories about those best of times when things work out for us. idk about you but sharing stories about the 5 packs of BOTG i just opened and got nothing of interest in just doesnt seem to be as fun to talk about.


and just for the example heres a thread from another forum ive been a part of where we collect old ninja turtles toys....its called recent steals and notice how no one is being a complete jerk about it....

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=21609

[Edited 1 times, lastly by Sidian on February 24, 2014]

 
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posted February 24, 2014 10:38 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for paragondave Click Here to Email paragondave Send a private message to paragondave Click to send paragondave an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View paragondave's Have/Want ListView paragondave's Have/Want List
the only person being rude is you.
 
Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 10:41 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Sidian Send a private message to Sidian Click to send Sidian an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View Sidian's Have/Want ListView Sidian's Have/Want List
quote:
Originally posted by paragondave:
the only person being rude is you.

lol right because your being completely kind and mature about it. not to mention i was told to stroke my e-peen elsewhere by another member and met with several "no one cares" and requests to close the thread because i tried to have a discussion.

again notice the link i put in my last post...a whole thread devoted to good deals people found and no one is getting flamed at all. and im the rude one...

oh heres another "brag thread" from mtg salvation about the coolest cards someone owns...and no one getting attacked for starting it.

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-general/334931-what-is-the-most-pimp-card-deck-youve-seen-or

[Edited 1 times, lastly by Sidian on February 24, 2014]

 
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