Kriptini

LGS Owner. Jesus saves! Formerly: MPEG Assistant Editor | #fabtcg Top 32 Calling LA

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Quick thought experiment: if you have a choice between waiting 2 hours in line for an ETB or just going to a local game store at your convenience and buying it for $30 more, is there actually a difference?

[Ericka’s Venusaur @ImliterallyETH]

Pokémon exhaustion is setting in

We’re at a point where you have to give up on normal life to stand in target/walmart all day for a chance to touch product at msrp.
I never could’ve imagined it would get this bad

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@JSels_ @Math_files Post of the year

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@KabutoKing_ A box downsize or MSRP increase are equally likely. Will be interesting to see which route they go after the 30th Anniversary products.

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@iK9cards He's not an idiot, but his prediction has only partially come true. Booster boxes are still having an initial print run but they aren't being reprinted. Less to do with shelf space and more to do with automation and controlling supply.

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@PeakHobby "Never in our lifetime" is a little dramatic. What is true is that the booster boxes are still being hand-packed while the ancillary products are packed by machines. If that workflow changes, there's a higher chance booster box reprints would return.

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@HeartlessHypno @JSwayArt You'll need to give them haste as well. Squirrel Girl + Cryptolith Rite + Concordant Crossroads is a 3 card instant win combo.

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@fabtcg GEM Pack 5 is arriving at game stores this weekend? Do the US distributors know that?

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@blossomingthing We're in the Knowers Club 😎

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@blossomingthing Yeah I still don't think this is a hot take!

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"Well congratulations, you tanked the price of boxes! What's the next step of your master plan?"

"Crashing collectibility... with no survivors."

[Riftbound Organized Play @riftboundop]

Our newest addition to the prize wall may be our best one yet at #RQVancouver 😎

Get six full art runes in EVERY DOMAIN, each with exclusive foiling, for only 15 tickets!

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@1003_misty It shouldn't work because Aether Flare boosts the arcane damage being dealt by the card, but that card makes the hero do the 1 arcane damage (similar to Brainstorm).

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@ThatNerdMert What's broken about it?

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@okJLUV Supply/demand is the only justification needed. The point of a business is to make money.

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@Zemeo_ @e3tcg Free shipping is only available to level 4 sellers

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@Zemeo_ @e3tcg Sellers can't choose the shipping rate on each card; it's based on an "item size" table in their sellar portal. If they choose $5 shipping fee for all of their tiny items (which would be singles), it would be $5 shipping for any card they're selling.

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@Zemeo_ @e3tcg Depending on what he's ordering, it's entirely possible. Niche Yugioh bulk? Vintage Magic commons?

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@Zemeo_ @e3tcg They're probably not ordering from sellers who are charging minimum shipping.

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Well let's see,

The buyer has $15.70 worth of cards split up between 27 sellers. That's an average of $0.58 per order.

A stamp costs $0.78. A non-machinable stamp, which is what sellers are SUPPOSED to use, costs $1.27.

No, you're not getting free shipping on those orders lol.

[E3 TCG @e3tcg]

Is it just me or did free shipping use to be a lot more common on tcgplayer?

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@barelyRebecca @Ultimate__Ace Sure, but only in hindsight. Extreme hindsight...