Different Values, different persons.

[ElectricalSoulEater]

A friend of mine sol his Broodstar to the local shop this week. He got 4$ for it. I was with him, trying to say that he'd get more if he sold it private, but he didn't care.
Now, I went to the shop today, and saw the card in the binder. The owner charged 10$ for it. The card was in mint condition, the owner didn't already have it, and _still_ he gets under half of the price.
My actual question is, how much is a mint Broodstar worth? And how many here have had (almost) the same experience?

[AKA:Battousai]

a broodstar isn't going to get bought unless its some moron for $10 when you can go and buy a precon and get it there for like $8.95

and it's price is up around the $6.00 range like never been touched mint

[ElectricalSoulEater]

a broodstar isn't going to get bought unless its some moron for $10 when you can go and buy a precon and get it there for like $8.95

and it's price is up around the $6.00 range like never been touched mint


Okay. This store is the only one in the area. (maybe a store some miiiiles away). I guess that's why he over-priced it. And this is the weird part; He doesn't sell Pre-Cons!!! Like he says; ''They're for wimps. You've gotta learn to put together a deck the hard way'' :D
But he's really a cool person. No mather what cards you buy, but if you buy more than ten, you get a _huge_ discount.

[Urza]

Okay. This store is the only one in the area. (maybe a store some miiiiles away). I guess that's why he over-priced it. And this is the weird part; He doesn't sell Pre-Cons!!! Like he says; ''They're for wimps. You've gotta learn to put together a deck the hard way'' :D
But he's really a cool person. No mather what cards you buy, but if you buy more than ten, you get a _huge_ discount.It sounds to me like the store owner either cannot afford to purchase and then sell the pre-cons, or has a very strange way of running his business.

Almost always expect cards you sell to a store to be sold off at double the price. That is how most that sell singles make the real money.

[NickWhiz1]

That's how card shops make their profit, I'm afraid.

At the store I go to, you can get up to 30% on your trade-in, so I think 40% is pretty generous.

Also, from said store I managed to snatch up a Bait & Bludgeon for $9 before they got hard to get, and bought a single Broodstar for $5 before it went up in value =/

I would put Broodstar in the $6-$7 range, slightly more than Siege-Gang Commander.

[gumshoes]

I spent $20 on 3 bait and bludgeon decks... actually they were like 6 each, Im just rounding...

anyways, yes, stores will rip you off. and thats fine with me, because I would rather have to trade for stuff than just have a lot of money... its more fun that way...

[ElectricalSoulEater]

It sounds to me like the store owner either cannot afford to purchase and then sell the pre-cons, or has a very strange way of running his business.

Almost always expect cards you sell to a store to be sold off at double the price. That is how most that sell singles make the real money.

Oh, the owner can afford them, and he buys them. He just split them up and put them into a binder/box so we'll have to look for 'em...
:p

[AKA:Battousai]

you can almost get anything cheaper on the internet when you have a card shop that overcharges like this.

that's weird maybe my friend is just different but He will order stuff if people want it. we were all using darksteel deck protecters at the last pre-release cause he wanted some so we all said we buy some if he ordered them.(them's the best card sleeves I've ever used)

and he's fair to everyone all the time a different friend of mine was doing a draft in mirrodin and he drafted a mindslaver and the owners a guy I knew when he was in high school and I was at the jr. high so he's the friend I'm talking about he traded the mindslaver for the next 2 drafts so like 6 booster packs plus any prizes my other friend could win. Heck I'd do it too if I got a mindslaver.

[SoldierOfFortune187]

The responses to this thread are disturbing.

The first goal of a store that deals in collectibles like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh! and any of those is to make money, not make friends. Buy low and sell high is only one of the many rules they need to keep their heads above water.

What are the benefits of buying cards at what can usually be higher than listed prices from a store's collection?:

1. Availablity of product : You have candid access to what singles are for sale at any time you so choose to walk through that door and look. No searching out key cards for your deck from persons you may or may not know.

2. Equal rights to all cards : No better or worse trades, everyone that wants x card can pay y dollars to get it. The fact that it will usually sell from a store for more than its listed dollar value is because the profits used from it are for more than just MORE singles, there are bills and fees for product to pay for.

3. Space for gaming : Most stores have ready space available for you and your friends to play your favorite games, either completely free or at a very reasonable price. In most cases, the store doesn't make a lick of profit for having twenty or so people using this space, and often has to spend its own staff's time cleaning it because of the lack of respect it has that everyone leaves their trash behind.

Card/collectible stores are unique in that they actually encourage (somewhat) a crowd that has no obligation to purchase anything from them, and yet still lets them use their facilities. Remember that the cards in those binders are priced as such because they -are- selling from them for the listed price. It would be bad business to price a single so high that nobody would buy it, so even if that Broodstar is $8-10, someone is going to buy it.

Stores are not individual traders, they are a functioning business that needs to be supported, or it will be gone.

[AKA:Battousai]

ask any educated finacial adviser and he will tell you buying and selling antiques, collectables, and any other reselling of mecrchandise. is the worst way to make money.

and you might not care how much you spend on a peice of cardbaord but I'm sure alot of people do when there are 3 major hobby shops competing for customers why would any person go and buy from the one charging the highest.

flat out they wouldn't unless they like the place they buy from. and then it's understandable. the problem is they sell alot of stuff on E-Bay so the cash flow they get from magic is almost nothing raising prices on it would just send buyers to the other stores in town.

not trying to be mean or anything I'm just saying not all venders are greedy.

[ElectricalSoulEater]

We just have _one_ little shop in our area. It's a nice one, always very crowded. There are no spaces to play, becouse Pokemon players takes all the seats! :mad: