AlmightySenator wrote:From my experience, the bigger problem appears to be people who come to the site looking to buy spiked cards and then leave negative feedbacks when this happens. I've had around 140 orders placed, and 50 of them were people looking to buy spiked cards (resulting in 12 negative feedbacks).
I dont usually comment on stuff like this but this whole thing of sellers whining about people buying spiked cards is stupid. WHY is this the "bigger problem"? Who cares what there actual intent is for buying it. It doesnt affect you if they flip them or keep them for a deck. Your not the spiked card police! Are some of them buying 100 copies to flip? Sure. But who cares! Thats no different then people rummaging through pawn shops and garage sells and finding stuff of value to flip. No one rages on them. And I bet some of them are just freaking out because a card theyve been wanting to get for there deck or collection is going up so they panic buy at the lowest price they can find so they have it in there colection. Nothing shady going on there.
If someone happens to buy a card before you notice its gone up, good for them, they got a good deal, your loss. If you happen to catch a spike in time and adjust your price before anyone can buy you out, good for you, youll get yourself more money. Why should people be punished for finding good deals? If I go into a pawn shop would it be cool for them to refuse to sell me something because when I bring it to the checkout isle they look it up and find out its worth more now? Now THATS shady.
If Card Kingdom is the Walmart of the mtg world then you sellers are the garage sells. All of you admit you dont have the time or resources or manpower to keep up on card prices...cause your not Walmart. Your a one man/woman garage sell operation so when a buyer gives you $5 for a card that ends up being worth $20 now, just be happy you got your $5 garage sell price. You wouldnt have listed it in your garage sell for $5 if you werent happy for that price when you first listed it. If you want the benefits of being Walmart and getting best prices then you have to manage your inventory like Walmart with round the clock stocking and pricing updates.
And dont say mtg is different because prices swing up and down more than stuff at Walmart. Think of it like a black friday sell. If an employee at Walmart forgets to take down a sell sign and price for an item, to bad, they have to honor that price even though it just "spiked" back to its original price. You have to honor your prices to or you shouldnt be sellers. Get over your entitled attitudes. Your not entitled to more money just because a card spiked. Your entitled to the money someone paid you for a price you offered. Your problem if you didnt raise that price in time.
Also thank you sebi for all the hard work you do. Sorry you have to deal with so much whining on here.
