Venturing outside your house might make trading easier. Go to a SCG event or a Grand Prix. You'll find pretty much everything.
I do occasionally but the problem really lies in the fact that I don't have trade stock. To have things I want to trade away means that I have things I don't want or use. My binder has almost nothing in it because I've been collecting one ofs for 5 years now. So, the only stuff I have is crap I pick up from people who don't want to pay me cash for alters - and I don't do that too often.
It's just easier to charge $25 and buy a card for $25 than it is to acquire $25 worth of cards that someone actually wants.
That's a fair point. My binder took a savage beating at the last event I went to so now I need to build it back up. Typical plan of draft to get Standard cards. Trade Standard cards for eternal cards. Trade eternal cards for what I want.
That's a fair point. My binder took a savage beating at the last event I went to so now I need to build it back up. Typical plan of draft to get Standard cards. Trade Standard cards for eternal cards. Trade eternal cards for what I want.
That sounds like generic card sharking...
I also dont bother trading anymore because I am sick of people trying to shark all my staples for their bad situational cards. I just order everything I want and try avoiding opening packs so I dont need to do trading of stuff I dont want. Granted.... we do more limited than necessary so occasionally I have to offload stuff.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
I don't really trade anymore because I'm lazy. It's not worth the time and effort it takes to get to a point where both people are happy, especially with the people who make sure all of their trades are strictly even on value.
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I don't really trade anymore because I'm lazy. It's not worth the time and effort it takes to get to a point where both people are happy, especially with the people who make sure all of their trades are strictly even on value.
I've had someone tell me they were not going to trade with me unless they came out at least $5 up in value.
I quit trading because I do not like the hassle of taking my cards to the shop, finding someone to trade with, then hammering out a deal which can take forever. Easier for me to just purchase what I want/need.
There is always the pain in the ass too of cards that are like standard playable since there is the expectation of price dropping for them all. I hate looking at a standard card I need for a deck and someone wants a $20.00 EDH card for something that will loose its ass off in value over the next 2 years...
Granted, I would have to pay $20.00 to get the card now, but I know that the card is going to do nothing but loose value going forward... its annoying I guess.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
Yeah, I rarely trade these days. Too many sharks, too few people actually having the cards I want, not enough stuff of my own I want to part with. Over the past 2 years I've mostly turned extra staples that I'm not using in Legacy into 1-ofs for my EDH collection. I'm running out of expensive EDH cards to be worth trading for. And the price spike in most of the Legacy cards I'd trade for (volcs, undegrounds, etc) means I have little interest in acquiring those still.
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In the 3ish months since my last oil change the price went from "oh" to "what the hell did you put in there? Oil made from baby blood?" I spent $90 on an oil change and a new air filter. Stupid hidden fees.
I think an Enchantress build might be the cure for my deckbuilding blues. Bonus: I hardly ever play Green or Blue and have never built Bant so it will be new for me.
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That's a fair point. My binder took a savage beating at the last event I went to so now I need to build it back up. Typical plan of draft to get Standard cards. Trade Standard cards for eternal cards. Trade eternal cards for what I want.
The only "trading" I really do is on Puca Trade. I put up a lot of stuff and check daily for matches. I currently have about $80 in trades I have sent in the last 10 days, which will put me in a spot for a big trade if anyone has them. I am also going though my bulk rare binders and selling off to Cape Fear Games what they will buy- got through my white and blue rares the other night and got about $300 in cash and trade. The nice thing about selling with them is that they have a MTGO shop so the trade can be used there too.
In the 3ish months since my last oil change the price went from "oh" to "what the hell did you put in there? Oil made from baby blood?" I spent $90 on an oil change and a new air filter. Stupid hidden fees.
Why don't you just change it the oil and air filter yourself?
never been tazed or maced, but I don't tend to wear V from vendetta masks while yelling at authority, so It's not a huge surprise.
I got a huge ass tax return this year and surprisingly decided to buy myself a new tattoo and a snake plissken T-shirt instead of magic cards. I'm also taking like every week end off of work for a while because **** working on the weekends. Everyone elese can make 3463754674364356476543695 mojitos for hipsters for a while.
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never been tazed or maced, but I don't tend to wear V from vendetta masks while yelling at authority, so It's not a huge surprise.
I got a huge ass tax return this year and surprisingly decided to buy myself a new tattoo and a snake plissken T-shirt instead of magic cards. I'm also taking like every week end off of work for a while because **** working on the weekends. Everyone elese can make 3463754674364356476543695 mojitos for hipsters for a while.
Somehow or another I have not been tazed or maced either which is odd as they did both at the academy but since I didn't carry mace or a tazer they didn't request that I have it done to me.
I am trying to stay strong this year with my own tax return and be responsible with it and pay off things rather than needlessly spending money. I suppose if I had been responsible in the first place I wouldn't need to be paying things off but I blame that on my ex wife more than anything.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
never been tazed or maced, but I don't tend to wear V from vendetta masks while yelling at authority, so It's not a huge surprise.
I got a huge ass tax return this year and surprisingly decided to buy myself a new tattoo and a snake plissken T-shirt instead of magic cards. I'm also taking like every week end off of work for a while because **** working on the weekends. Everyone elese can make 3463754674364356476543695 mojitos for hipsters for a while.
Somehow or another I have not been tazed or maced either which is odd as they did both at the academy but since I didn't carry mace or a tazer they didn't request that I have it done to me.
I am trying to stay strong this year with my own tax return and be responsible with it and pay off things rather than needlessly spending money. I suppose if I had been responsible in the first place I wouldn't need to be paying things off but I blame that on my ex wife more than anything.
The only paying off of bills I have is helping my partner pay her student loans, but With rent and bills and that, I only have to come up with 600 bucks myself a month to cover everything, so this return is basically a huge padding. I was smart and started claiming my graphic design side work* as income and was able to claim my $1700 imac as a work expense. I could just blow the entire thing on ipads and dual lands and what not, instead I limited myself to a new tattoo and a t-shirt. I also bought a few game off steam, but they were on sale. Everyone is going to hate me for this, but finally got portal and portal 2. I love how the game insults you after every puzzle.
*I basically fix crap for people who are too stupid to buy the 30 dollar adobe suite for idiots book to figure out how to use layer masks and the path tool.
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I do occasionally but the problem really lies in the fact that I don't have trade stock. To have things I want to trade away means that I have things I don't want or use. My binder has almost nothing in it because I've been collecting one ofs for 5 years now. So, the only stuff I have is crap I pick up from people who don't want to pay me cash for alters - and I don't do that too often.
It's just easier to charge $25 and buy a card for $25 than it is to acquire $25 worth of cards that someone actually wants.
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That sounds like generic card sharking...
I also dont bother trading anymore because I am sick of people trying to shark all my staples for their bad situational cards. I just order everything I want and try avoiding opening packs so I dont need to do trading of stuff I dont want. Granted.... we do more limited than necessary so occasionally I have to offload stuff.
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It won't matter, I'll simply block it with my awesome binder.
I've had someone tell me they were not going to trade with me unless they came out at least $5 up in value.
I quit trading because I do not like the hassle of taking my cards to the shop, finding someone to trade with, then hammering out a deal which can take forever. Easier for me to just purchase what I want/need.
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Granted, I would have to pay $20.00 to get the card now, but I know that the card is going to do nothing but loose value going forward... its annoying I guess.
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I think an Enchantress build might be the cure for my deckbuilding blues. Bonus: I hardly ever play Green or Blue and have never built Bant so it will be new for me.
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I feel shame.
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The only "trading" I really do is on Puca Trade. I put up a lot of stuff and check daily for matches. I currently have about $80 in trades I have sent in the last 10 days, which will put me in a spot for a big trade if anyone has them. I am also going though my bulk rare binders and selling off to Cape Fear Games what they will buy- got through my white and blue rares the other night and got about $300 in cash and trade. The nice thing about selling with them is that they have a MTGO shop so the trade can be used there too.
Why don't you just change it the oil and air filter yourself?
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Clan RepresentativeI got a huge ass tax return this year and surprisingly decided to buy myself a new tattoo and a snake plissken T-shirt instead of magic cards. I'm also taking like every week end off of work for a while because **** working on the weekends. Everyone elese can make 3463754674364356476543695 mojitos for hipsters for a while.
The EDH stax primer
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every permanent in the room, accept no substitutes.
Somehow or another I have not been tazed or maced either which is odd as they did both at the academy but since I didn't carry mace or a tazer they didn't request that I have it done to me.
I am trying to stay strong this year with my own tax return and be responsible with it and pay off things rather than needlessly spending money. I suppose if I had been responsible in the first place I wouldn't need to be paying things off but I blame that on my ex wife more than anything.
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Clan RepresentativeThe only paying off of bills I have is helping my partner pay her student loans, but With rent and bills and that, I only have to come up with 600 bucks myself a month to cover everything, so this return is basically a huge padding. I was smart and started claiming my graphic design side work* as income and was able to claim my $1700 imac as a work expense. I could just blow the entire thing on ipads and dual lands and what not, instead I limited myself to a new tattoo and a t-shirt. I also bought a few game off steam, but they were on sale. Everyone is going to hate me for this, but finally got portal and portal 2. I love how the game insults you after every puzzle.
*I basically fix crap for people who are too stupid to buy the 30 dollar adobe suite for idiots book to figure out how to use layer masks and the path tool.
The EDH stax primer
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every permanent in the room, accept no substitutes.