v4.2.1: More email notification preferences, Modern Masters Pricing (Page 1 of 2)

Just an FYI: Some MM foils still not pricing.

Fixed now.

People need to realize that the value that Deckbox shows is (I'm pretty sure) heavily weighted toward the prices of copies that people currently have listed for sale. If no one has any copies of that card listed for sale then DB doesn't know what price to give it. Please stop asking Sebi to manually set prices for every copy of every single card that's ever been printed. It's mostly a waste of his time which would be better spent on features for the site. /endrant

Reporting card prices that are obviously significantly off, like the Theros tokens recently, is a good thing to do as that generally points to a bug or a DB user (intentionally or not) skewing the numbers with their prices.

I haven't trusted card prices here since Sebi started the market and tcgplayer cut him off, and I strongly doubt that I ever will be able to. It sucks, because I joined up here so that I could manage my inventory and have a document available in case of insurance claim. I don't know how much Sebi is clearing from the market, but I doubt that it was enough to allow him to quit his job and work on the site full-time, as the premium level memberships started fairly soon after the market. I do think that if there's a card that doesn't have a price on here, that he should be setting it manually, as otherwise, it is a disservice to those who are paying members of the site.

I would also like to be able to view other market prices. Both for I curiosity and for insurance reasons.

Thank you for reporting the issues you find. Fixed the reported foil pricing.

I think any kind of transparency will encourage people to manipulate pricing. It's already happening and I have to keep an eye on things, even when people do not know how prices are calculated. I am strongly leaning in favor of not disclosing any information on the calculation, I am not sure that it will have any benefits, and I am pretty sure it will have many downsides.

Sorry if you find the pricing subpar, I am constantly trying to make it better, and I will be looking to get more stores involved in selling which will further stabilize pricing.

Back when we used tcgplayer there were still many, many reports and emails I got that pricing is bad on some cards, and missing on many others. It was constant work of synchronizing the price import service too. We also had no control over them and I had to constantly apologize and tell people "i am sorry we are getting them from tcgplayer".

I agree that we don't need to know the formula. We only want to know because it needs improvement and we want to help. That being said, without knowing how it works... IMO the formula should have a majority weighting towards completed sales (as opposed to current prices) and should weigh the sources (e.g. eBay, Deckbox) by number of sales completed (so while the Deckbox Marketplace is small it will have a small impact on the price). These two factors would make it more resilient to manipulation from Deckbox sellers.

Other concerns:
- Can you update prices more than once per day? Doing this often, but at irregular intervals should help prevent manipulation.
- With the current algorithm if I update my prices to 90% of the Deckbox price once per day will that not continuously drive prices down? My suggestions above will help vs this, but any hope for dynamic pricing in the future?

How do stores price their cards on Deckbox? Do they enter each card price individually (for hundreds of thousands) or do they have a better interface than the rest of us? If regular Deckbox sellers had better tools then they would have better prices and that would feed back into the Deckbox price.

Yes, there will always be corrections needed so the process of alerting you to an incorrect price should be built-in functionality. Put a button on the card page. When someone clicks it, add the card to the price review queue. The more users that click it, the higher in the queue it goes.

MM2015 Air servant foil, ashenmoor gouger foil, bloodshot trainee foil, spikeshot elder foil and dark confidant foil don't show prices.

Thank you bonobig, adjusted some more foil MM prices.

Yep, was reviewing those recently actually. Out of them, a few are on my list for next release: minimum order size, card sorting in orders & trades, order index page improvements, and the tracking number missing. Coming soon!

A little gratitude wouldn't be unheard of unless you can do better.

Noticed missing price on two MM15 foils Primeval Titan and Cranial Plating.