[Official] Bitching About Prices, Buyouts and Reprints Thread

[Esper3k]

I bought 7x Sea Drake for $0.50/ea, and 4x Reset for $2/ea back when Faerie Stompy and Solidarity were in full effect. /brags/ Later sold the Resets for 12500% profit, and the Drakes for 7000% profit.

Yeah I ended up dumping those Goyfs for about $100 apiece during the Modern price spike. I was a little sad because of the nostalgic value, but I didn't really need them anymore.

Amateur.

8x Imperial Recruiters @ fifty cents.

Edit: Same for Retainers; $2 for a Capture.

Nice!

Our lgs once bought what they thought was a stack of commons from someone selling a lot (they bought the stack for about $10). Inside the stack? An UNL Mox Ruby...

[nedleeds]

http://sales.starcitygames.com//sear...and+Tax&auto=Y

Most blatant price hike I've ever seen. Honestly I'm sick of this kind of shit.

I mean. Land Tax has been available for $4 for like ... 10 years. If price hikes on shit that's currently banned pisses you off you could spend $16. Perhaps even get some moderate utility in EDH from the card.

If all this is angering you I suggest you go buy

4 x Earthcraft
4 x Mind's Desire
4 x Black Vise
4 x Mind Twist
4 x Worldgorger Dragon

they are all dirt cheap and can't possibly lose any more value.

[Kuma]

They're complaining about how much it went up by, not that it went up. Of course it should go up, probably to around the price of something that is much better than it and printed in the exact same number of sets as it, Sylvan Library. Free market is one thing, but with secondary markets like this where the number of suppliers is relatively low, I think we can all hate collusive oligopolies that shoot the card up to 3x sylvan library's price.

The price of Land Tax went up, what, 8-10x what it was when it was banned? Demand also went from next to nothing to probably hundreds of Legacy players looking to buy the card. Given that demand went up 100x or so overnight, an 8-10x markup doesn't look that bad.

Also, SCG doesn't own nearly enough Land Taxes to set the price. This is market forces not a "collusive oligopoly."

[dahcmai]

I mean. Land Tax has been available for $4 for like ... 10 years. If price hikes on shit that's currently banned pisses you off you could spend $16. Perhaps even get some moderate utility in EDH from the card.

If all this is angering you I suggest you go buy

4 x Earthcraft
4 x Mind's Desire
4 x Black Vise
4 x Mind Twist
4 x Worldgorger Dragon

they are all dirt cheap and can't possibly lose any more value.

Don't laugh, it's actually a pretty good idea for Mind Twist and Black Vise. You know eventually those two will be taken off. It might be a while, but it will happen. I am sitting on a few beta and alpha ones just in case. I can always sell them to collector's if something gets printed that obsoletes them completely. If they ever are taken off, you made a killing off the betas.

[socialite]

Was interested in actually putting down some real money on this but it's pretty obvious the seller is shilling the hell out of it. /Disappointed

Oh hey look what got re listed...


I guess;

i***6( 0 ) US $130.50
with 100% bidding activity with s.barnes111490 didn't want to pay for it.

[kiblast]

Oh hey look what got re listed...


I guess;

i***6( 0 ) US $130.50
with 100% bidding activity with s.barnes111490 didn't want to pay for it.

Isn't there a way to signal Ebay that this is clearly a fraudulent inflation of the price done by the seller? So they can ban him or something?

[socialite]

Isn't there a way to signal Ebay that this is clearly a fraudulent inflation of the price done by the seller? So they can ban him or something?

I already reported the auction twice. The problem is eBay doesn't actually investigate unless multiple people report the auction. So if I'm the only one not being retarded they just ignore it. eBay used to give a shit but now with all the fees and the lack of actual customer service it's a piece of garbage. It's rather unfortunate that it penetrated the market at the right time to the point where no auction sites outside of something like Yahoo in JP can compete.

Also it's too late the price trend has already been set so now people are posting Foil Griselbrands for around 200.00 USD. Same shit different card.

[dontbiteitholmes]

I think the old cards either stay the same or go up in value. Once they see a price jump I don't see them going down without a ban. If the card is $30 now I doubt people would be letting it go for lower in a year's time even if it didn't make a noticable impact on the meta. Same goes for Scroll Rack. I don't think it's going to make an impact but will still hold its $30 value next year this time. Maybe down to $20 but probably not even that.

Tax is already under $20 each and that took all of 48 hours so I guess we can say you were wrong.

IMO Tax is going to be MAX $15 more likely it will settle under or around $10. Fact of the matter is the card is bad and has been reprinted to shit (Legends, 4th, Battle Royale x multiple languages for each printing)

[xfxf]

In such occasions I'm happy to be proven wrong.

[dontbiteitholmes]

Land Tax is crashing. Currently 4th edition ones are going for $15 on Ebay.

[nedleeds]

If you are a believer that Land Tax will be a staple card in legacy then you should be hording mox diamonds.

[joemauer]

If you are a believer that Land Tax will be a staple card in legacy then you should be hording mox diamonds.

It is pretty clear that Land Tax won't be a staple though.

[dontbiteitholmes]

If you are a believer that Land Tax will be a staple card in legacy then you should be hording mox diamonds.

If you are a believer that Land Tax will be a staple in Legacy you should probably not speculate on a format you obviously know nothing about.

[publius_aelius]

Has anyone seen this obscenity?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maze-of-Ith-...item41677d81bf

Over 400$?!?

Magic is going to hell.

[dontbiteitholmes]

Has anyone seen this obscenity?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maze-of-Ith-...item41677d81bf

Over 400$?!?

Magic is going to hell.

There are only a handful of those "super rare" promos going around, notably that promo Mutavault. Really though it doesn't affect the game much, if anything having a few of these types of cards is a good thing as it gives those people with too much money something to spend it on that doesn't affect the actual availability of playable cards. My bigger issue is cards like Imperial Seal or maybe even Scavenging Ooze in a couple years where you need them to play certain decks and they are super rare/expensive/hard to find.

[Julian23]

I've got someone offering me a Judge Promo Maze of Ith for 214€ (270$).

Do you think it's gonna be worth it?

[rxavage]

I've got someone offering me a Judge Promo Maze of Ith for 214€ (270$).

Do you think it's gonna be worth it?

IMO I don't think it's worth it, but it's subjective.

[Julian23]

I also don't think it's "worth it". As in: I would never pay that much for a card, especially since there's a way cheaper alternative.

But folks are crazy. Looking at that one ebay auction, it's very likely gonna break 500$, maybe it even did by now. On the other hand, there's only tow bidders skyrocketing the price on it. Auctions on the previous days finished way below that price. However, magiccardsmarket.eu is completly out of Judge Promo Maze of Ith.

I don't know. Seeing how hard it would very likely be to find a buyer, I think I'll just let it go. Still, I feel bad about selling my copy at 60€ last year Still not bad for winning it by just coming 7th in a small tournament :-)

[Mr.C]

The thing is, it's very easy to manipulate the market in Magic cards. Almost too easy...

[sdematt]

Way too easy. That one auction is going to start a price trend in people's minds, even though it is not a pattern.

Also, there's quite a few Mazes, more than the Mutavaults. What the fuck.

-Matt