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Man I wish I knew just enough about magic to figure out a way to fake him out of some of his cash, he seems like a the kind of guy who should be scammed constantly.
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spud posted:I find the fact that pieces of printed cardboard sell for more than $0.50 more insane than the fact some rich douche is buying them up. ok grandpa
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I hope my Yu-Gi-Oh dream decks are safe.
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Since this thread is all full of nerds now I've got a question for y'all. What's the best (balance of easiest and most lucrative) way to sell up old cards? I've got a couple that are worth a bit but nothing really exciting. Should I just eBay all cards as a whole?
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you should re-evaluate your life
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he'd make a good vice president do it donald
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Trashman posted:Since this thread is all full of nerds now I've got a question for y'all. What's the best (balance of easiest and most lucrative) way to sell up old cards? I've got a couple that are worth a bit but nothing really exciting. Should I just eBay all cards as a whole? dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed
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Trashman posted:Since this thread is all full of nerds now I've got a question for y'all. What's the best (balance of easiest and most lucrative) way to sell up old cards? I've got a couple that are worth a bit but nothing really exciting. Should I just eBay all cards as a whole? I would use Craigslist, Ebay you'll just get ripped off, at least if you get ripped off on Craigslist you could get a J/O out of it.
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some total IDIOT traded me a car for a bunch of green paper, what a maroon
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Whats stopping me from creating a fake black lotus card and selling it to some grognard?
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Zzulu posted:Whats stopping me from creating a fake black lotus card and selling it to some grognard? laws about fraud
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I seriously don't see how this would work. Mainly because he can't buy them all simultaneously, because only a small fraction are ever on the market at once. He could probably only scoop up say 50 black lotus across the entire internet at this very moment. The instant sellers recognize a buyout has happened they will hugely inflate the prices on every lotus they have. Big dealers don't list their entire inventory, probably because of this very reason. Shkreli would have no choice but to again by them at this new price. Sellers then realize Shkrelis intentions and figure he will buy them at any price. Lotus's are now $100,000 dollars each and he still only has a small fraction of all those that exist. He could profit from this, but is having say 3% of a printrun really cornering the market? And why the gently caress would you announce your evil intentions on reddit. That's just going to make it more expensive to buy in. *MTG Protip: If anyone tells you they have "heaps of old cards from the early 90's" don't get excited. In 99% of these cases the collections will be packed with mid 90's deadball era cards (Fallen Empires, Ice Age, Homelands, 4th ed) and 10 revised commons. If they don't have any Force of Wills, just empty them all into the closest dumpster.
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Yeah but i live across the atlantic under a fake name so good luck catching me you grognard
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Manchild King posted:I seriously don't see how this would work. Mainly because he can't buy them all simultaneously, because only a small fraction are ever on the market at once. He could probably only scoop up say 50 black lotus across the entire internet at this very moment. The instant sellers recognize a buyout has happened they will hugely inflate the prices on every lotus they have. Big dealers don't list their entire inventory, probably because of this very reason. Shkreli would have no choice but to again by them at this new price. Sellers then realize Shkrelis intentions and figure he will buy them at any price. Lotus's are now $100,000 dollars each and he still only has a small fraction of all those that exist. He could profit from this, but is having say 3% of a printrun really cornering the market? He is publicizing it because he is an egotist/huge dork and knows it is the exact thing that will get him attention with the Reddit crowd.
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He's gone from loving with sick peoples necessary medication to loving with some dorks pointless nerdgame. It's a tiny step in the right direction.
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Wendigee posted:Again, I have not played since high school, but i feel like the game is very fun and a good mix of strategy and luck. What I don't get or like is the high price. One time in highschool I was playing magic with people and I got made fun of for using portal.
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If I worked at wizards of the coast I'd wait until he bought a poo poo ton and just do a legacy reprint.
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still a safer investment than BitCoin although... Mt. Gox was originally the Magic The Gathering Online eXchange. so yeah. weird.
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It's like a plot from Sunny.
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Tom Gorman posted:this guy rules
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more serious trading card related economics discussion please
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He should buy land. That always appreciates in value.
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Roger Craig posted:He should buy land. That always appreciates in value. Like dual lands, or like full card art lands, or what?
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He's got a goofy face but I'd let him toss the salad
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hii'm martin skhreli, grand wizard of the coast
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Ups_rail posted:One time in highschool I was playing magic with people and I got made fun of for using portal. to be fair, you deserved it. portal is for babies.
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Tom Gorman posted:this guy rules
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katkillad2 posted:ok grandpa Son don't be a smartass. Grandpa can afford $20 for your birthday to buy some of your autistic childrens cards, but grandpa aint got $27000 spare for a bit of cardboard.
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I have a binder full of really good condition alpha and beta mediocre cards. I should sell them.
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I bet the dudes from highschool that loved lording how valuable  , those things were over us are now crying.
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I have a piece of cardboard that says I get $.55 off my next box of Cheez-its. Jealous?
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Manchild King posted:I seriously don't see how this would work. Mainly because he can't buy them all simultaneously, because only a small fraction are ever on the market at once. He could probably only scoop up say 50 black lotus across the entire internet at this very moment. The instant sellers recognize a buyout has happened they will hugely inflate the prices on every lotus they have. Big dealers don't list their entire inventory, probably because of this very reason. Shkreli would have no choice but to again by them at this new price. Sellers then realize Shkrelis intentions and figure he will buy them at any price. Lotus's are now $100,000 dollars each and he still only has a small fraction of all those that exist. He could profit from this, but is having say 3% of a printrun really cornering the market? Well he mentioned Black Lotus by name, but he could branch out and start buying up other cards as well. So after a bit of research into what's popular and valuable, he could start buying up Force of Wills, dual lands, whatever else is valuable, etc. And inflating the market is almost certainly part of what he's trying to do anyway. For all we know he's already got a lot of cards and is posting about it now to drum up panic. I started playing Magic around the time 8th Edition/Mirrodin came out and quit playing after the second set of the Time Spiral block came out, I forget what that one was called, because I got a life. Now I don't have a life again so I post here about old Magic: The Gathering cards I vaguely remember. edit: Planar Chaos! That was it! TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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TrixRabbi posted:Well he mentioned Black Lotus by name, but he could branch out and start buying up other cards as well. So after a bit of research into what's popular and valuable, he could start buying up Force of Wills, dual lands, whatever else is valuable, etc. And inflating the market is almost certainly part of what he's trying to do anyway. For all we know he's already got a lot of cards and is posting about it now to drum up panic. Yeah no idea, and probably should be in Trad games.
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TOOT BOOT posted:some total IDIOT traded me a car for a bunch of green paper, what a maroon That green paper can be traded for other things among the entire population of the world. High priced magic cards have value to a very small handful of people. That's why cornering the market on a niche hobby item is easy but also incredibly stupid.
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playing mtg after hearthstone is like playing everquest after wow
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Could he wholesale buyout packs from the next printing or whatever? If he controls most of the new cards is that better than old cards people can't play?
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