1 Topic by Zthun

(0 replies, posted in Buying & Selling Cards)

I'm getting out of paper magic and switching to online only as it just works better for me.  I'm in the US.  Everything in my collection is priced at 75% of the average.  Minimum order price is $8.00 in the US.  I don't really ship internationally as it is just too much of a hassle for me.  I do have a lot of basic lands that I haven't priced here.  If you want any basic lands with your order, just let me know and I can throw some in there.

Also, the overwhelming majority of my cards are listed as near mint.  This is accurate for just about 95% of the collection but I didn't go down to the level of scrutinizing every card.  If I noticed obvious stuff, I went down to lightly played, but that is usually an outlier.  If you want specifics on any cards, I'd be willing to take pictures and I can double check them to assess the quality.

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2 Topic by Zthun

(1 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

I was playing Jeskai Tokens at FNM and the deck I had did fairly well.  I had someone recommend to me that I should replace my Dig Through Times with Treasure Cruise because of the Mana Cost that requires two vs one. 

I'm having a hard time rationalizing if I should play Treasure Cruise over DTT.  DTT is really helpful because I can draw 7 and just pick 2 that I need vs TC where I just draw three and take what I get.

Opinions on this subject?

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3 Reply by Zthun

(7 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Digren wrote:

I've shipped some 250 or so orders as a TCGplayer seller, most of which have been too small to justify the $1.20 tracking cost.  If you add up the, let's say 200 orders that shipped for $0.70 (first class with rigid/non-machinable surcharge) versus $1.93 (first class package with tracking), I've saved $240, and not one has been lost.  With that in mind, if and when one is lost (and it will happen), the tracking wouldn't have helped anyway - as others point out, all it does is protect me from an unscrupulous buyer, not from a post office mistake - and I'll happily refund the buyer's money knowing I'm still coming out very far ahead.

Are your buyer's paying for the shipping?  If so, that's pretty shady to charge the $2.00 - $3.00 for shipping and then ship for $0.70.  Even if you charged for the envelope, tape, gas, and every other nickle and dime item; that's pretty messed up.  EBay sellers gouge the shipping all the time, and it's always a crappy way to do things. 

If the shipping is payed by you, then that's a different story.  You're not likely to make any profit selling cards if your shipments cost more than your sales.

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4 Reply by Zthun

(5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

elpablo wrote:

4 damage for a fetch "bolt land" ouch... i might run one in a deck but life does matter... watching some legacy over the weekend, i saw people do upwards of 10 damage to themselves just fetching, force of willing and using gitaxian probe

it might be better in edh, but you'd have to be careful playing them.

You could always bring them in tapped if you couldn't spare the life.

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5 Reply by Zthun

(7 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I know this is a month old, but it is not fair to the recipient to receive neutral feedback if they did not receive your package.  Letters are processed differently than bubble mailers and do get lost more often.  It also depends too on how you delivered your shipment to the post office.  Did you drop it in a blue mailbox?  Or did you just give it to your apartment complex management to ship?  Or did you hand it to the mailman outside your house?  I have never had a package or letter go missing when I personally delivered it to the post office. 

For smaller trades, it often doesn't make sense to purchase tracking given the cost (1.93$ for a 5$ trade). If you send a package without tracking, what defense do you have if someone claims non-receipt? Can you at least leave neutral feedback telling what happened?

Yes it does.  You are sending $5 or so worth of cards, and you should be receiving $5 worth of cards.  The $1.98 is your shipping price to send the cards first class with tracking. Shipping has no bearing on the actual cost of the product or item.

Whether you are a trader or a seller, whenever you agree to send something, it is your responsibility to get it to the recipients hands.  If the recipient never receives it, you are at fault, and you must refund him/her.  This is why you should always send with tracking as it will cover you or at least let you know where the package is.

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