Kol wrote:
Tawnos wrote:

Something I learned a while ago when shipping with the fabulous folks at the USPS is that they like to gouge you for using their delivery confirmation services.  A simple, flat envelope - one with a single toploader in it, for example - can cost around $5 to ship if you add Delivery Confirmation (DC).  A bubble mailer isn't really any different, for a DC cost perspective. 

However, if you take that same bubble mailer and fold it in half before you seal it the charge for DC is around $0.80.  I don't have the rules memorized but it has something to do with the thickness of the envelope.  If it is something like 3/4" thick then it qualifies for the lower rate.  I've even had a USPS representative put a wedge of cardboard inside my envelope and tape it back up to help me avoid the increased charges.  You could probably do the same if folding wasn't an option.

I hope this helps my fellow traders save money!  Take care.

Tawnos, is the total cost to ship only $0.80 if you do it that way?

No. That's just the DC.

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Mahl_Binx wrote:

I did this with user asmodeanreborn (Erik)
Meant to give a +1 instead of neutral, silly smart phones.

http://deckbox.org/trades/12013?s=12747

Just in case this got lost with all that was going on!

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morningstar1978 wrote:

depends on what we're talking about, I'd have to take a look - let me scope out your list

Okay... though the cards I'm talking about aren't listed on my deckbox, just like most of what I have in Alpha-Antiquities... smile

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Would you be cool with trading a few $15-$20 cards for one? I'm not 100% sure, but I may still have some of the Antiquities cards you're looking for, for example...

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Wismac wrote:

Every pack has one of the marketing/tip-n-tricks cards, or a token... I'm looking for those cards.

I'm making a super cube, and those cards work great in a sleeve with a paper-printed proxy of the card until I can get the real version (or in some cases,  ie. black lotus, play with cards i'll never get the chance to own.)

I'll pay $.05 each (via paypal), or $.07 in trades.

Looking for a lot, 300+

I think I may have 300 or so, if you include tokens, at least. I'll count when I get home in 2-3 hours wink

Edit: I should add that I have a good amount of the other cards on your wishlist too, so maybe putting together a trade would make sense. A small USPS flat rate box might be the best option for shipping this anyhow, and you can get 500 cards into one of those, hehe...

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Sent you the beginning of a trade. Feel free to dig and add more. I could easily add stuff to my side as well smile

30 Revised and 1 Antiquities Atog for Cavern of Souls? Please?

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Spekko wrote:

I'm putting together a cube with my friends and I need a bunch of foils to use for proxying. Willing to part with most of the lower value stuff on my tradelist, but feel free to check out my full inventory. (mostly standard)

If you want, I have a TON of foils I want to get rid of all at the same time. They're the ones listed in this trade (should probably just go ahead and cancel it, as it isn't happening):
http://deckbox.org/trades/10958?s=12221

I do want about $30 of stuff in return, though, so I can definitely understand if you don't want to do it. There's a ton of stuff on your trade list I'd want, starting with Drowned Catacomb and then going down in value from there tongue

I did notice that a few of the foils listed are on your wishlist, if that makes any difference.

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twbird18 wrote:

bump

I have quite a bit of CoK as well... I don't have commons or most uncommons listed, but I'd be happy to look through that too. I'd be more than happy to trade away everything that's listed when you click on my profile, though.

http://deckbox.org/users/asmodeanreborn

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hanker307 wrote:

I've got a nm+ meekstone.

Thanks - I only need the Disk and the Efreet now, though... though to be honest, I wouldn't mind trading for it as part of a larger trade, as I could definitely use it for regular deck building smile

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CD84 wrote:

I'd be interested in the Mana Leak and the Lightning Bolt... do you have a price in mind for them? On a related note, are you willing to take cash and/or trade? (Different prices for each option?)

If only trade, feel free to look at my tradelist. (Stuff in Inventory is technically tradeable, but I'd probably want a better deal for them.)


Well, for now I'm seeing if I can get something done with Farodsbro for the whole thing, though if that falls apart, I can certainly take a look.

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Lucas Whitten wrote:

no one said they have to buy them.

That wasn't what I was trying to point out either. I was just hoping to be helpful as it seemed you needed to get some money together.

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Lucas Whitten wrote:

Looking to sell of some of my collection, as i could use the money. Prices are flexible, but more-so the larger the order. Cards will be shipped in bubble-mailers with tracking, shipping will be added on to the total of the cards. Anything in my trades list is also for sale. Feel free to pm me with any offers. thanks.

Sword of war and peace x1 @ 35.00
Snapcaster mage x 1 @ 23.00
Cryptic command x 1 @ 15.00
Umezawa's Jitte x 1 @ 19.00
Wurmcoil engine x 1 @ 14.00
Elspeth Tirel x 1 @ 14.50
Garruk, Primal Hunter x 1 @ 13.00
Karn Liberated x 1 @ 12.00
Maelstrom Pulse x 1 @ 9.00

Lands
Blackcleave Cliffs x 3 @ 6.00
Dragonskull Summit x 4 @ 3.50
Glacial Fortress x 4 @ 4.50
Rootbound Crag x 1 @3.00

Just as a suggestion, when people can find the cards for less than your listed prices on eBay with shipping included (like Buy It Now Wurmcoil - $12 + $.50 shipping, Snapcaster - $18 + $1 shipping, etc), they may go that route instead. When you attempt to sell cards through an outlet like this, you kind of have to provide an incentive.

Borgin wrote:
asmodeanreborn wrote:

Would you do something like Elesh Norn + Drogskol Reaver for LotV?

I assume you want the Liliana, correct?

The trade isn't awful, but I am a little on the fence about trading a standard-legal planeswalker for a soon-to-be-rotating card. You can always throw value at me, though, and that's usually enough to convince me, lol.

Hehe, okay... I will definitely think about it.

Would you do something like Elesh Norn + Drogskol Reaver for LotV?

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rabidmonkeys wrote:

definitely, i'll dig through them tonight and let you know what I have. They are all in great shape. Probably pack fresh, I don't remember playing any of those cards after I opened them decades ago.

Did you ever have time to look through your cards? smile

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Bad Moon $3
Cockatrice $.50
Gaea's Liege $.50
Meekstone $1.35
Clockwork Beast $.40
Nevinyrral's Disk $5.60
Demonic Hordes $1.70
Serendib Efreet $1.80
Living Wall $.25
Ornithopter $.65

So I guess $15.75 for the list. I need the cards to be in decent condition, though, especially the Disk, since I don't have any other copies of that anymore. I'd be happy to make this part of a bigger trade if people are interested in Elesh Norn or something, though I'd prefer if it was one where I got as many of the cards above as possible in that case.

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I'm looking for a couple of cards in Revised, if anybody has the following, I'd love to make a trade:


Nevinyrral's Disk
Serendib Efreet

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(3 replies, posted in Reddit MTG Trades)

It's not exactly a secret that I don't like foils, but I know some people do and collect them. I was wondering if anybody would be interested in trading for/buying ALL of the ones listed below:


White

Blade Splicer
Celestial Gatekeeper
Terra Eternal
Marrow Shards
Netter en-Dal
Daru Stinger
Skyhunter Prowler
Revoke Existence
Apostle's Blessing
Tireless Missionaries

Green

Arachnus Spinner
Obstinate Baloth
2x Force of Nature (these are 9th ed and has a foil Magic the Gathering over the rules text)
Gigantomancer
Elder of Laurels
Pelakka Wurm
Copperhorn Scout
Brindle Boar
Sylvan Ranger
Uproot
Naturalize
Pygmy Razorback
Simian Grunts


Blue

Sphinx of Uthuun
Cryptoplasm
Halt Order
Vedalken Mastermind
Mind Control
Horizon Drake
Infiltrate
Rethink
Mana Leak
Cloud Elemental
Scrapdiver Serpent
Magnetic Flux
Mystic Restraints
Coral Eel
Mistform Sliver


Red

Obsidian Fireheart
Mordant Dragon
Conquering Manticore
Leyline of Punishment
Magma Phoenix
Mogg Fanatic
Ashen Monstrosity
Lightning Bolt
Pyretic Ritual
Fling
Arc Runner
Skirk Outrider
Demolish
Krark-Clan Stoker
Wall of Torches


Black

Rhystic Tutor
Despise (I think this is an FNM promo)
Betrayal of Flesh
Gruesome Encore
Blood Seeker
Taste of Blood
Rotting Legion
Gravedigger


Multi

Spellbreaker Behemoth
Soul Link


Artifact

Psychosis Crawler
Shimmer Myr
Myr Galvanizer
Kite Shield
Pierce Strider
Warlord's Axe
Conjurer's Bauble
Hexplate Golem
Galvanic Key
Razorgrass Screen
Wall of Tanglecord
Phyrexian Hulk
Manalith


Land

Rupture Spire
4x Plains
3x Forest
2x Island
3x Mountain
1x Swamp

Then there's a few more rares that appear to have been played without sleeves:
Bogardan Hellkite
Flameblast Dragon
Goliath Sphinx
Mahamoti Djinn
Argent Sphinx

I have no idea which ones are special release cards or whatever, but of course I'm more than willing to answer questions. If you want to know what set a specific card comes from, let me know. I have no idea what these are worth in foil form either.

I have a few of the things you want, but I have a collection that should arrive between tomorrow and Saturday (hard to tell from the Tracking info where stuff is when it's flying across the country, though it says Expected tomorrow, so...), so I might have even more then.

I'm starting a trade with you for now, and we can add as we go if you're interested.

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rothfrk43 wrote:

Its actually in very nice condition considering its age

Cool... if you're willing to do a trade, dig through my tradelist. I think a Beta DR sits at $22. I'd happily add one of my NM Unlimited Ice Storms ($14) if you wanted something older back in return as well. We could make it a bigger trade if you find enough.

If you want cash, I'm in a bad spot and can't justify spending $22 on a card right now after buying a couple of Snapcasters and a 5,000 card collection in the last week. tongue

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rothfrk43 wrote:

Anyone interested in a Dark Ritual from the second set of magic!?!?

Depends on what condition it's in. I have 1 Alpha and 5 Unlimited ones, so I'd like to complete that with a Beta one if it's in alright condition.

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phol wrote:

http://deckbox.org/sets/133572?o=d&p=1&s=i

Looking to get rid of this collection for about $350 + shipping.  The mid value for the cards reads at over $500.

Also open to offers ... let me know.

As somebody who just tried something similar, I have a feeling you won't have a chance getting $350+ for the cards. I bought a collection off of somebody where just the rares plus full art lands were worth around $1,000 mid value - and that was with $600+ coming from cards worth over $5... best offer I got was $400.


Your best bet is probably to try and trade up your lower value cards in bunches for higher value ones, and then selling those off individually. A lot of work, but it seems to be the only way to do it successfully (somebody was very helpful with outlining to me how he goes about doing it, for example).

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For what it's worth, I can't get those troll and toad links to work.

Also, don't inline images work?


Test:

http://i.imgur.com/un2PE.jpg

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(7 replies, posted in Reddit MTG Trades)

I have a _LOT_ (4 Darkslicks, 4 Grand Architects, 4 Drowned Catacomb, Tezzeret, among others) of the cards on your list, but outside of Liliana and Angelic Destiny, I'm not sure you have much I want. Are you only looking to trade, or would you do cash (PayPal) as well?