Win a lot and have your hobby support itself. Or trade a lot. I know people who make a thousand or so trading at large tournaments just between dealers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myelectronicdays
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Win a lot and have your hobby support itself. Or trade a lot. I know people who make a thousand or so trading at large tournaments just between dealers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myelectronicdays
Make sure you spend as much on your wife as you do your habit. It also helps if you have a wife who plays magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myelectronicdays
Why ask that kind of "analyze my life, finances and marriage" question on an anonymous message board? Even worse in a thread dedicated to degenerate spending on Magic cards?
was just a joke about the wife.. nor did i i ask about life and finances.. i need to not worry about any finance issues. It was more about trading and where to start looking for great finds. No worries though, was a question with obvious answers anways.. continue the posting ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by nedleeds
I gave my wife a kid and a house - so I think im in the clear on that one?
The teasing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Occam
Did you happen to pick the stuff up from Jim? I talked to him and he said he has some stuff that's never seen the light of day.
Did I ask the names? Is it impossible to Photoshop a "Not for sale" or "Fraudulent auction" line on the picture? Or anything else. :eyebrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ertai's Familiar
Nevermind, I won't bother.
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So guys, back on pimp topic!
Recently I get some very interesting and lovely purchase, I payed nearly ten thousand bucks for the whole stuff. It was a mix of anything possible, ranging from mint Alphas through Korean Urza block boosters to sealed display of ITA Legends; as a cherry on the top, dude passed me his 100% complete Homelands collection 100% completely co-signed by Michelangelo and Micheal Jordan in blood of Gaius Julius Caesar.
Sorry, no pictures allowed.
Still working on Elves.
Tho.....I might take pictures of the Ravnica Cube tonight or tomorrow. It's 75% foil at this point. Just sold some shit and about to invest in REAL foil shocklands!
please guys take 4 aspirens before this derails too far
Chill. The reason why this happens, without coming across as pompous, is simply because there are certain potential ramifications of showing such cards off which everyone would rather avoid. Now of course, as I have title to the cards, I could give the equivalent of a *no fucks given* meme and just post them, but that defeats the purpose of whatever agreement I had with the seller. If it's preferred, I can reword by saying that while I can post pics, I choose not to. There are quite a lot of oddities which aren't supposed to exist, and often get leaked out in the same fashion say splendid genesis did. Some sellers just rather not get cards traced back to them, it's not a difficult concept, is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bed Decks Palyer
And as I said, there will be a scan of at least one of them. Without signatures from Larry Bird nor Cicero.
Yeah, he's trolling you. The ignore button is a warm and loving friend and makes this site bearable. You've posted plenty of insane stuff and we are (mostly) thankful for the parts of your collection you've shared (test print Patron Wizard I'm looking at you).
I wish I could simply look at a Splendid Genesis....:cry:
Had a sunny and successful weekend at GP Rimini!
48th place and those nice signatures:
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5e301e51.jpg
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3543afc5.jpg
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3581d10b.jpg
Hm, if those Aleksi signatures were in gold, those might've been the only really pretty signatures i've seen of him, but in black they look decent aswell :)
Sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayradis
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps6a42fcb0.jpg
Bertoncini would disagree with Fraternal's flavour text, though.
And one more, 'cause why not:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps52f3cdfa.jpg
One of my Favorite cards. I received it as a Secret Santa gift one year on here. Can not tell from the scan but it is foil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viridia
http://i43.tinypic.com/oftsvk.png
Sir, you just made my day.
If Jon Finkel were a collector, you'd be his arch nemesisQuote:
Originally Posted by Occam
Thanks for info!Quote:
Originally Posted by nedleeds
Ok, Occam, I get your reasoning. Just try to understand that such a cryptic post of yours is strange. Wouldn't it be better to write nothing? Because I fail to see anything interesting in post without pictures, cards' names, anything. It's like me saying "guys, me and my wife just bought something really expensive, but I can't tell you what". Not exactly thrilling...
Also I simply don't understand where's the trouble with naming of those cads, unless the dealer didn't want even this. (For a reason I also don't get, is it something that rushed from GMO laboratory or what?) But now I simply can't care less, because I'm completely fed up with the whole thing.
why?Quote:
Originally Posted by jandax
Unless you've been a lurker for years, you wouldn't be asking these questions of Occam. Seeing that your account was made last month... I'm going to assume you don't know the extent of Occam's collection and should look through all the pages of this thread before questioning his reasons of not posting pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bed Decks Palyer
I, for one, am happy to see him just post, let alone talk about some awesome pickups.
I think the reason has to do with the fact that Wizards did not release these cards, there were "procured" by employees and such. Unique cards could possibly be traced back to the original person and cause them problems. occam has the most pimp items I have ever seen, If they had a Magic: The Gathering exhibit at a museum I would pay to see it if his collection was on display.
Seconded on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic
Occam, amazing stuff. Those foil alt-frame Islands just made me rock hard.
^^ this too. If the card has been out for years and the public doesn't know about it by now, there is a reason why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic
Sooo, those islands, what are those? Cant find any info online.
6th ed test printsQuote:
Originally Posted by useL
worth more than my college fund. Not even exaggerating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avatar of Light
It is 8th and there are at least 10 threads with proper information on librarities but whatever.
All the ass wiping is well deserved but one saying out loud "I got the sweetest thing ever but I can not tell you what it is and you will never ever see it because it was part of the deal not to showcase it" should not wonder too much if people want to see it.
Maybe the one card that will be shown will reveal what it is all about.
You're wrong, boy. But nevermind!Quote:
Originally Posted by r3dd09
True. To some extent. I don't even wanna see that anymore...Quote:
All the ass wiping is well deserved but one saying out loud "I got the sweetest thing ever but I can not tell you what it is and you will never ever see it because it was part of the deal not to showcase it" should not wonder too much if people want to see it.
You come across as a little bitter. Not only do you stoop to a caricature of what I said, but you don't even do it well. If I can showcase a card, I don't see a reason to act coy. Some of the 8e stuff, Jud stuff, actor cards and 5D prints could have fallen into your category of "sweetest thing ever but I can not tell you what it is and you will never ever see it", and yeah, images and information on these is all over. I've always shared whatever info I had and could.Quote:
Originally Posted by talermacher
And funny you mention that site/forum. Quite a bit of the information there was from... ... yeah, me. Snark invites snark, so consider toning down the sarcasm.
Then don't. It's the internet. I can't stop you from being forcibly passive aggressive, I sure as hell can't stop you from not looking at a card I post in the future.Quote:
True. To some extent. I don't even wanna see that anymore...
Occam, I don't get you.
At the beginning I was really interested what might be the cards that might not be named. Seen how this degenerated into stupidity, I decided to not give a fuck about them. Sorry that I've been interested in your shit. It won't happen anymore.
End of story.
Hey Occam,
LOL... new people not understanding and thus lashing out at everyone.. isn't that pretty much just the internet everywhere?
As a longtime MtG player/collector/enthusiast I've always loved your posts (here and elsewhere). Been doin' this just for fun for 20 years now - no point in getting wound up over a hobby. :wink:
Take it easy,
Jared
Hey thulnath!
I expected to see pictures of cards in this thread, or at least read their names. That's why I became interested in Occam's purchase.
But as he was really cryptic about it, and his other posts about this purchase also provided nothing of interest, I ceased to care, mainly because FOR ME there's nothing to care about.
Btw, Occam, I'm not sure why you think I'm hostile or anything. I just asked what the cards are and was told that they can't be posted nor named. And then I asked if there's at least some possible way to reveal them, e.g. Photoshop the card images so that they can't be used to rip someone. Read your answers...
Is it so hard to understand that there is nothing interesting about the thing? That's when I decided to not care, because FOR ME there's nothing to care about in THIS PARTICULAR AFFAIR. No pictures, no names, and I don't feel like I want to play "what's in my pocket?" game of riddles today, so I moved away from this thing. It's not like I belittle your collection or anything, or that I don't wanna see your future cards, etc.
Once again: I was interested in your stuff, you made it clear you can't reveal it, I made it clear that then there's nothing I can care about, & of story bro, ur cool guy, cya later...
I'm nowhere near Occam's level, but trust me, when you drop k's on cards, the first thing you want to do is showcase them.
If Occam said he can't, there must be a good reason for that. Maybe because the card is easily linkable to the previous owner once shown for some obscure reason, or maybe because the card is Proposal and thus not showable.
Just don't be a smartass :)
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by kiblast
As sure as I am that everyone wants to see my anti pimp loam deck, I cannot post it, but could some one post some more sweet stuff? Tired of the last page and a half of people whining about magic cards not wanting to be shown..
Like has been said, when you drop a ton of cash on a card the first thing you want to do is show it off. I'm sure if he isn't showing it off he has good reason
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Originally Posted by kiblast
Like if I said his reasons are bad... :rolleyes: Reading is tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megadeus
I'm pretty sure you don't have to comment on every line dropped in this thread. Just take a breather instead of acting like an instigator.
Damnit, I was going to post up a pic of my 8 foil Instigator Gangs, but I can't find them!
(I'm not judging anyone on either side, just thought it would be amusing)
To Occam:
Did the Swiss finally decide to sell that particular world class card?
-Matt