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How much cash are you willing to add for a booster box?

Nevpicasso wrote:

First of all, MSRP for a booster box is ~$146 so $110 is technically less than MSRP.

To answer your questions, though:

No, they don't steal the MTG Products.  Retailers buy Magic product from distributors who sell them in bulk.

For example, your local magic store commits to buying X amount of a given product (let's just say 40 boxes of M14).  The distributor will then charge the retailer ~$73 per box.  It's up to the retailer how much they charge but your LGS likely has to charge more than an online retailer because they have to cover rent on their establishment (among other things).  Most magic players will encourage you to support your LGS instead of buying online unless the price gap is outrageous because most of the time, your LGS isn't trying to swindle you, they're just trying to get by.

thanks bud,  and my magic store is clearly trying to swindle selling this ftv twenty for 280$

I mean, typically these FTV reprints end up around the same price as their non-foil counter-parts. You can currently get a NM WW JTMS for $120 on TCG, and I was actually able to get one for $100 on Monday. Granted, the recent price dip in WW JTMS was mostly due to the FTV reprint, but I believe in the long run WW will settle around $130 TCG low price and FTV around $135.

nullkarmaexception wrote:

Can we please agree to make these links to the "Sorted by Price" lists.  They are just a different URL.  It saves clicks, and makes things a million times easier.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

I'm happy when people have them at all.  70% of the people here don't.  They should be added automatically in my opinion.

tjdrake719 wrote:

Mattssacre wrote:

Greeting cards cost the extra 20¢.  The post office even makes seasonal greeting card stamps (with lots of silly designs for different occasions)

Just go pick up some 20¢ stamps from the PO.  Can you really not afford that?  Why is it pricing that difficult to understand?  It is what it is.  Quit being cheap.

I went down to my local PO today with an envelope filled with a toploader with 3 cards. I asked if it was machinable. The lady working said yes, it wasn't too thick. All it needed was a regular stamp; this was coming directly from the post office employee. Why would you add extra postage to something. Not wasting money isn't the same thing as being cheap. I wouldn't go to the store and pay an extra 40% for my total bill, why would I do it with stamps?

No employee has ever told me that an envelope with a top loader in it is machinable - they always point out that it's too rigid and use their "Nonmachinable" stamp. I ended up buying 66 cent stamps because they suggested that it would be easier with how often I came in. 

I've had to add 20 cents a total of 8 times in the last year or so, no big deal, but I pointed it out because it was starting to happen a little bit too often. I've only mentioned it to the trader the last couple of times I think (it's possible I said something one of the first times too), but probably should've said something every single time.

So I just wanted to point something out to people when they make smaller stamp trades - one normal 46 (or whatever) stamp is NOT enough postage when you have a top loader in your envelope. Most of the time, the postal carrier won't say anything, but that's far from always. I got my 8th "Postage Due" envelope in the last year today, and as somebody who never has cash, getting the 20 cents necessary can be a pain in the rear.

Luckily, at least my mail lady's nice enough to let me have the letter without having the cash right away. So, get some 66 (or 86 for over 1oz) cent stamps, people. It's not a huge deal, but it's getting a bit old to have to pay to get my cards