I am looking to acquire some FBB duals, and not wanting to buy from dealers at inflated prices I was wondering if anyone had some insight on best way to do so?
I can buy some (but am not made of money) and trade towards others. really looking for 3x sea, trop, and volc - since I play mostly vintage and edh.
I tried searching here and MOTL but actual searches return no results since people are not utilizing the tags, etc. ones I do come across are higher priced than should be and user won't come down.
I was shown MKM - the German site - which held promise however my fluency in Deutsch is nearly non existent. I mean I was able to search the cards by English name and the. filter to users speaking English, but hit a wall there as most users w scans and best prices spoke German, French or a Scandinavian language rendering communication difficult at best.
I was hoping someone could point me towards some other avenue I had not previously found or considered.
Next time you post popular opinions, please word them in such a way that they're not infractable. Someone may be widely thought to be the dullest tool in the shed, but you can't publicly call him that, which as a mod I can neither confirm nor deny that I fervently believe he's a tool.
MKM is for Europeans only so you can't buy directly from there. If you know and trust a member here that is in Europe, you can ask him/her to buy them for you.
As for the prices of FBB duals, you have to understand that these are incredibly rare in US. With cards like this, it is usually much better to wait for the price you want because:
1) You will probably get much better value trading it than you do selling for cash.
2) The prices on these are stable and always ticking upward.
If you really want them, you either have to ask someone to buy them for MKM, snipe a cheap auction off of eBay, or overpay/overtrade for them.
You can pick them off the vendor for a premium if you need them soon, that is about your only option then as they are VERY hard to find.
yeah like every other bonehead I am trying to BB my vintage deck in time for champs but I procrastinated too long I fear ...
luckily there have been a few bites so far (they're not that rare, just rare at correct prices I've found lately), AND some people are coming out of woodworks willing to move their previously unlisted fbb duals - which honestly 75% of my hoping this thread would do.
cheers to everyone who chimed in already, and thanks in advance to those who haven't yet or have PMd me.
just to help this along and add some more content... the prices I've seen that look pretty standard to me are (obv language and condition dependent) - if I am off, please let me know (but these are recent eBay and MOTL pricing mostly):
Sea ~ $325-375, volc ~$300-350, trop ~ $275-325
Next time you post popular opinions, please word them in such a way that they're not infractable. Someone may be widely thought to be the dullest tool in the shed, but you can't publicly call him that, which as a mod I can neither confirm nor deny that I fervently believe he's a tool.
Volcanic Island and Tropical Island look fine but Underground Sea is pretty off, unless you are talking about MP or worse Sea. For a frame of reference, NM FBB German Underground Sea is 500 to 550.
I don't go for NM generally so maybe that's why my values are lower.
eBay has sold seas for 350 consistently with only the best conditions/language reaching past 4--. again I know condition and language play a factor, but your prices seem excessive given what I have seen. I am working on two deals now for seas and both of those users agree that $350 is fair value. I have seen nm German revised seas for that much in dealer cases and on eBay buy it nows but they never seem to sell. to me the value is what they sell for.
Next time you post popular opinions, please word them in such a way that they're not infractable. Someone may be widely thought to be the dullest tool in the shed, but you can't publicly call him that, which as a mod I can neither confirm nor deny that I fervently believe he's a tool.
I am looking to acquire some FBB duals, and not wanting to buy from dealers at inflated prices I was wondering if anyone had some insight on best way to do so?
I can buy some (but am not made of money) and trade towards others. really looking for 3x sea, trop, and volc - since I play mostly vintage and edh.
I tried searching here and MOTL but actual searches return no results since people are not utilizing the tags, etc. ones I do come across are higher priced than should be and user won't come down.
I was shown MKM - the German site - which held promise however my fluency in Deutsch is nearly non existent. I mean I was able to search the cards by English name and the. filter to users speaking English, but hit a wall there as most users w scans and best prices spoke German, French or a Scandinavian language rendering communication difficult at best.
I was hoping someone could point me towards some other avenue I had not previously found or considered.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
decks:
EDH - Riku, Xiahou, Konda, Azusa
modern - Past in Flames, Onmi-show
vintage - Drains, Oath
coup de grace:
As for the prices of FBB duals, you have to understand that these are incredibly rare in US. With cards like this, it is usually much better to wait for the price you want because:
1) You will probably get much better value trading it than you do selling for cash.
2) The prices on these are stable and always ticking upward.
If you really want them, you either have to ask someone to buy them for MKM, snipe a cheap auction off of eBay, or overpay/overtrade for them.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=487991
My Sell List:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10893911#post10893911
You can pick them off the vendor for a premium if you need them soon, that is about your only option then as they are VERY hard to find.
yeah like every other bonehead I am trying to BB my vintage deck in time for champs but I procrastinated too long I fear ...
luckily there have been a few bites so far (they're not that rare, just rare at correct prices I've found lately), AND some people are coming out of woodworks willing to move their previously unlisted fbb duals - which honestly 75% of my hoping this thread would do.
cheers to everyone who chimed in already, and thanks in advance to those who haven't yet or have PMd me.
just to help this along and add some more content... the prices I've seen that look pretty standard to me are (obv language and condition dependent) - if I am off, please let me know (but these are recent eBay and MOTL pricing mostly):
Sea ~ $325-375, volc ~$300-350, trop ~ $275-325
thanks again to all
decks:
EDH - Riku, Xiahou, Konda, Azusa
modern - Past in Flames, Onmi-show
vintage - Drains, Oath
coup de grace:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=487991
My Sell List:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10893911#post10893911
eBay has sold seas for 350 consistently with only the best conditions/language reaching past 4--. again I know condition and language play a factor, but your prices seem excessive given what I have seen. I am working on two deals now for seas and both of those users agree that $350 is fair value. I have seen nm German revised seas for that much in dealer cases and on eBay buy it nows but they never seem to sell. to me the value is what they sell for.
decks:
EDH - Riku, Xiahou, Konda, Azusa
modern - Past in Flames, Onmi-show
vintage - Drains, Oath
coup de grace: