Sitting on 53k worth of points but my want list is fairly short. I only play prereleases and edh with the occasional limited GPs, so I fairly limited with newer cards entering my collection. Pucatrade has been really good for as I normally put the handful of cards I want from each new set. Never offered a bounty and I think I have only ever received 1-2. However, the last several months have really slowed right down, I've only gotten 1 package from overseas and the rest where from a real life trade with a mate of mine.
Yeah, we've slowed down here in Australia, but it's still ticking. I suspect if you expand your want list, you'll get hits (that's what's happening to me, and I'm not offering bounties either).
Also, bear in mind that December is a really bad month to ship anything internationally. I send to just about anywhere, but even I keep it internal to Australia over December - too many packages that have taken 2+ months to get to their intended destinations due to the slowdown Christmas mail / presents off the Internet has on the local postal service.
I usually fire things back up internationally around the second week of the new year (once the backlog has usually cleared out). Which is coincidentally when the hype train for the next set usually starts to take hold, so the second and third weeks of January are usually terminally quiet as well. But if it's still silent after Aether Revolt pre-release...
The only other cards I want (for my edh decks) are inkmoth nexus, twilight mire and a cycle of zen fetches. All are over valued and due for a reprint. Doubt I'll get any even if I put them up (evident by the number of other members after these cards)
Meanwhile, for common members who can't offer a bounty we are basically screwed until enough people jump ship and we might actually stand a chance of getting noticed again.
Yep. I'm sitting here with about $30 in wants. Not even a bite for months.
And I'd love to spend my points on some foils, but they hate people.
Since sealed product can now be sent and received on Puca, what's the most economical way of shipping boosters? How many should I be looking to send at a time if I want to minimize the shipping per pack?
Since sealed product can now be sent and received on Puca, what's the most economical way of shipping boosters? How many should I be looking to send at a time if I want to minimize the shipping per pack?
I'd say as many as you can fit securely inside a flat rate envelope, which I'd estimate to be around 12 or so (~$0.48/pack).
Thoughts? No indication of whether this will be a premium only thing, but it's a good way to not let people get ripped off (I still haven't received my promised bounty from 2 weeks ago from one member). If it was something that all members could engage in then it would help let the little guys stand out. Pretty steep price though, 10% to PT on top of whatever you throw in.
I wish theyd just implement an auction house type thing like MMOs use and also implement a low tax (5%~). This would both take points out of the system and let the market correct inflation by itself. This also saves us the trouble of the PP value they assign to cards since the sellers can set their own price.
I am trying to make sense of all of the clues & facts on PT. Look at Prairie Stream as an example. It says that the card is traded, on the average, of 14.9 times per day. YET, when you look to see who wants one in the U.S., no one is visible/shown. If I allow users from all nations to be visible, only 1 user is shown as wanting it. Do they go quickly as soon as they're added? If so, why haven't I been sent any, as they have been on my list for almost a week now.
I am wondering if, for some odd reason, if my "wants" list is visible.
Can someone verify that they can see my "wants" list... I know this sounds paranoid, but certain clues/evidence just does not add up.
You do indeed show up. I had a similar feeling that I wasn't showing up and had someone from here check for me as well. I think the site has just dropped off quite a bit. I'm not sure how they get the "average traded per day" number, but if it is since the card was released then it is obviously being pulled up a ton by the first few weeks of its release. Combined with the site having less users and frontier picking up some steam I just don't think there is as much of a reason to send them right now.
I did have around $40 worth of wants sent to me the past few weeks so there is still hope.
EDIT: Also, I added a prairie stream to my haves and went to send. You show up that way also, but there are hundreds of other players that also show up for me wanting it.
Pay the bounty, and on top of the bounty, pay 10% to Puca, on top of what I'm paying for Silver membership. God, what a clusterfudge Puca has devolved in to. The site is beyond redemption when you're paying three separate fees to get decent cards. I sent and received a combined 30,000 monthly on average for over 18 months, and now I haven't sent a card since August and I've received just 2 since that time as well.
Pay the bounty, and on top of the bounty, pay 10% to Puca, on top of what I'm paying for Silver membership. God, what a clusterfudge Puca has devolved in to. The site is beyond redemption when you're paying three separate fees to get decent cards. I sent and received a combined 30,000 on average for over 18 months, and now I haven't sent a card since August and I've received just 2 since that time as well.
In all fairness, it doesn't indicate whether this is for premium members or everybody.
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pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
Well Pucatrade's management is just a bunch of idealistic idiots who don't listen to facts and reason and are now paying the price along with the members who got stuck holding the baggage. I now have zero sympathies for Mr. Freytag and Co because the writing has been on the wall for well over half a year and the fact that they still continue to pull the most ridiculous ideas out of their asses instead of just acknowledging that they screwed up and simply walk back on some of their controversial economy based changes. Even that is probably too late now, unbanning p2p point sales will certainly not draw the store and power traders back due to lack of confidence.
If you don't need to be a premium member for the promoted trade, then it defeats the purpose of being a premium member.
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
Not if you still want foils, which for me has accounted for nearly 90% of my cards received. So, three fees, if you want a reasonable expectation to get a card.
Yeah, with foils out for non-subscriptions, and the rise in pay-for-play services, like simply using the site, I am ready to be out. The pack costs are high, but I will probably get some for drafts with friends and call it a day. The site is a shadow of what made it attractive to casuals.
Do you guys think a leadership change could turn things around? Obviously the new head would have to make some substantive changes to the site after taking over, but would Freytag stepping down restore public confidence or is the death spiral irreversible at this point?
Do you guys think a leadership change could turn things around? Obviously the new head would have to make some substantive changes to the site after taking over, but would Freytag stepping down restore public confidence or is the death spiral irreversible at this point?
I don't think that it is so much an issue of leadership, it's an issue of their vision. They had a good plan, it's just that their execution went downhill when they tried to make too many improvements all at once and were too aggressive at removing points from the system. Eric and the others have shown that they are serious about the site and have put time, effort, and money into it. So it isn't that they need to be removed, it's that they need to actually listen to the users complaints.
Yeah, we've slowed down here in Australia, but it's still ticking. I suspect if you expand your want list, you'll get hits (that's what's happening to me, and I'm not offering bounties either).
Also, bear in mind that December is a really bad month to ship anything internationally. I send to just about anywhere, but even I keep it internal to Australia over December - too many packages that have taken 2+ months to get to their intended destinations due to the slowdown Christmas mail / presents off the Internet has on the local postal service.
I usually fire things back up internationally around the second week of the new year (once the backlog has usually cleared out). Which is coincidentally when the hype train for the next set usually starts to take hold, so the second and third weeks of January are usually terminally quiet as well. But if it's still silent after Aether Revolt pre-release...
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The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it....
I'd say as many as you can fit securely inside a flat rate envelope, which I'd estimate to be around 12 or so (~$0.48/pack).
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Thoughts? No indication of whether this will be a premium only thing, but it's a good way to not let people get ripped off (I still haven't received my promised bounty from 2 weeks ago from one member). If it was something that all members could engage in then it would help let the little guys stand out. Pretty steep price though, 10% to PT on top of whatever you throw in.
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I am wondering if, for some odd reason, if my "wants" list is visible.
Can someone verify that they can see my "wants" list... I know this sounds paranoid, but certain clues/evidence just does not add up.
https://pucatrade.com/profiles/show/5223
I did have around $40 worth of wants sent to me the past few weeks so there is still hope.
EDIT: Also, I added a prairie stream to my haves and went to send. You show up that way also, but there are hundreds of other players that also show up for me wanting it.
In all fairness, it doesn't indicate whether this is for premium members or everybody.
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/market-street/market-street-cafe/576547-the-pucatrade-thread?comment=2580
If you don't need to be a premium member for the promoted trade, then it defeats the purpose of being a premium member.
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
I don't think that it is so much an issue of leadership, it's an issue of their vision. They had a good plan, it's just that their execution went downhill when they tried to make too many improvements all at once and were too aggressive at removing points from the system. Eric and the others have shown that they are serious about the site and have put time, effort, and money into it. So it isn't that they need to be removed, it's that they need to actually listen to the users complaints.
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Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
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Thanks. I was hoping there was a filter to see just booster packs.