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Topic: Where do people trade now...
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Big Nestle
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posted July 06, 2017 06:06 PM
        
So after coming back after along break I can clearly see the site is pretty dead... and I know I'm prob not the first to ask this but where can I go to get a similar trading experience...? I have a feeling your gonna tell me Facebook or pucatrade... and if that is the case... ugh...
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chaos021
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posted July 06, 2017 07:51 PM
Pucatrade is dead as well. People generally just buy and sell these days.__________________
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B-Town
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posted July 07, 2017 06:08 AM
I've made a handful of trades on Deckbox. No rips so far. Most of the traders there seem to be cool.
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LandDestroyer
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posted July 07, 2017 06:17 AM
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Originally posted by chaos021:
Pucatrade is dead as well. People generally just buy and sell these days.
This. Shipping costs are up. Trading sites are down. Easier to just buy and sell and if you trade you trade up to things that are worth shipping.
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mm1983
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posted July 07, 2017 07:22 AM
I see a lot of people shifting over to different Facebook groups. I still do the majority of my trading and selling here. It's just so easy to buy all of the cards you need from tcgplayer these days and to sell here I've found I need to be competitive with those who sell on tcg. I've tried mtgsalvation on a few deals but I can't stand all of the ad pop ups on that site and I'm just not interested in building up a new ref/feedback count elsewhere.
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junichi
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posted July 10, 2017 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by chaos021:
Pucatrade is dead as well. People generally just buy and sell these days.
So what's happening to all those Puca points? Are they worthless now? 
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iccarus
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posted July 10, 2017 01:10 PM
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Originally posted by junichi:
So what's happening to all those Puca points? Are they worthless now?
Not worthless. You just have to offer 150% of the value of a card in order to cash them in...which also means having a paid account. __________________
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chaos021
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posted July 10, 2017 01:12 PM
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Originally posted by junichi:
So what's happening to all those Puca points? Are they worthless now?
I know a lot of people have been trying to sell them off anyway they can. At least the people who didn't want to pay-to-trade anyway. __________________
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T-O-N
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posted August 26, 2017 03:36 PM
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Originally posted by mm1983:
I see a lot of people shifting over to different Facebook groups. I still do the majority of my trading and selling here. It's just so easy to buy all of the cards you need from tcgplayer these days and to sell here I've found I need to be competitive with those who sell on tcg. I've tried mtgsalvation on a few deals but I can't stand all of the ad pop ups on that site and I'm just not interested in building up a new ref/feedback count elsewhere.
I've been out of the m:tg loop for a while now, but I found a small stash of cards I'm looking to sell. Are there any other places besides the FB groups? Thanks, edit: passed my 18th MOTL-birthday 
[Edited 1 times, lastly by T-O-N on August 26, 2017]
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pugowar
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posted August 31, 2017 06:26 PM
I've been selling on the MTG Sick Deals Facebook group.
But pricing there is TCGlow-10% so not a lot of room.
Things do move pretty quickly though.
Tim
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paragondave
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posted September 01, 2017 05:34 PM
I use MOTL. It's slowed down a bit but I still have a few trades a week pending. If everyone did, it would be as good as it was years ago. Everyone knows it is still EXACTLY the same except for a couple of rulings way back when. I wonder if they had anything to do with the drop off...
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Vegas10
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posted September 01, 2017 09:13 PM
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Originally posted by paragondave:
I use MOTL. It's slowed down a bit but I still have a few trades a week pending. If everyone did, it would be as good as it was years ago. Everyone knows it is still EXACTLY the same except for a couple of rulings way back when. I wonder if they had anything to do with the drop off...
I think not updating the trade matcher anymore really was the downfall, it was a great feature. but when you don't add sets it became worthless.
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paragondave
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posted September 01, 2017 11:44 PM
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Originally posted by Vegas10:
I think not updating the trade matcher anymore really was the downfall, it was a great feature. but when you don't add sets it became worthless.
How does Facebook's trade matcher work? I do agree, it was a great feature and it's too bad it is no longer updated.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by paragondave on September 01, 2017]
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mm1983
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posted September 02, 2017 11:17 AM
Lack of adding new sets started the downfall for things here. Anything after gatecrash does not register with MOTLs trade matcher. Only reprints from sets after gatecrash such as masters sets will appear on the trade matcher
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Vegas10
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posted September 02, 2017 07:15 PM
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Originally posted by paragondave:
How does Facebook's trade matcher work?I do agree, it was a great feature and it's too bad it is no longer updated.
At that time FB trading wasn't really a thing, while your point is a good one, I just think losing that feature was the start of people going elsewhere in general be it Puca, Deckbox, FB, etc...
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paragondave
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posted September 03, 2017 08:06 AM
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Originally posted by Vegas10:
At that time FB trading wasn't really a thing, while your point is a good one, I just think losing that feature was the start of people going elsewhere in general be it Puca, Deckbox, FB, etc...
Facebook doesn't have a trade matcher...pretty sure none of those do.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by paragondave on September 03, 2017]
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choco man
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posted September 03, 2017 03:14 PM
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Originally posted by paragondave:
I use MOTL. It's slowed down a bit but I still have a few trades a week pending. If everyone did, it would be as good as it was years ago. Everyone knows it is still EXACTLY the same except for a couple of rulings way back when. I wonder if they had anything to do with the drop off...
Pretty much this. MOTL was fine until a different poster each day decided to post something along the lines of "MOTL is dead." Do that enough times and then it happened. The rulings definitely sucked. I dislike how those individuals involved dealt with the issue and still do. Deckbox has a okay trade matching type of feature.
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Vegas10
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posted September 04, 2017 08:49 AM
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Originally posted by paragondave:
Facebook doesn't have a trade matcher...pretty sure none of those do.
not saying they do, though Deckbox does match wish lists, what I was saying is that losing the tradmatcher lost this place something the others didn't have, that with the dated look and really lack of any updates people started to go other places as well as here, thus spending less time on here, come on Dave to say this wasn't at least a factor is just not wanting to see it. I do way more now on FB and was on Deckbox for a time because they matched wish lists made it way easier than sifting through individual lists, as far as FB, no I don't really trade mostly use it to sell and then buy what I need. I still do trades/sales here on occasion but nowhere close to what I did back then.
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Lemonjuice
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posted September 04, 2017 05:32 PM
Why does no one make an effort to copy MOTL's model?Doesn't seem overly hard...this is a basic website. I feel like it wouldn't take much...yet we've all sat around here for the last 3-5 years talking about its decline, haha.
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chaos021
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posted September 04, 2017 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by Lemonjuice:
Why does no one make an effort to copy MOTL's model?Doesn't seem overly hard...this is a basic website. I feel like it wouldn't take much...yet we've all sat around here for the last 3-5 years talking about its decline, haha.
If you have the time, by all means....
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Vegas10
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posted September 04, 2017 07:59 PM
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Originally posted by Lemonjuice:
Why does no one make an effort to copy MOTL's model?Doesn't seem overly hard...this is a basic website. I feel like it wouldn't take much...yet we've all sat around here for the last 3-5 years talking about its decline, haha.
They did called Manaloop and then it was quickly abandoned by those who created it, such as shame.
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BathingApe15
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posted September 05, 2017 12:43 PM
I've been lurking on MOTL for over a decade, used to love this site and had a blast trading! I'm sad to see how it's languished in recent years.I am interested in building a more effective replacement for MOTL and have been exploring this idea with a few people. If you're interested in sharing feedback on what kind of site / service you'd like to use (i.e. what would your ideal magic trading / selling website be), shoot me an email at my MOTL username at gmail dot com and I can loop you in.
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AGO
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posted September 06, 2017 11:51 AM
I been using Cardsphere with great success. Replaced Puca for me. Tried to get back into MOTL but the amount of work it takes is not worth it anymore.
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v0rac10u5
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posted September 07, 2017 05:39 AM
I have started using Cardsphere as well. So far, it has been great. I have picked up two Expeditions and a third is in the mail.
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choco man
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posted September 07, 2017 12:03 PM
One does not simply "replace" MOTL. The interface is not what made MOTL, it was the community. That doesn't get replaced ever, really.
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