Comments on: Write to Reid – Weekly Q&A https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3393 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:30:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3393 I am not the best person at 'trading for profit' mostly because most of the players in my community are stone cold sharks. However, I have enough money saved up to be starting my own retail store (Magic, Warhammer, DnD, board games, and a high-tech gaming zone (top end computers, monitors, big screen tv's and comfy chairs)). Even though I didn't make the money trading magic cards, do you think I can be successful as a Magic and gaming retailer? (I know this is a loaded question, I'm mostly just looking for any advice 🙂 )

]]> By: Sean https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3392 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:26:16 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3392 Hopefully you are still checking this for question fodder…anyway:

In a Mananation article you said to pick up FTV: Relics, without question. You can find them for $100 on ebay pretty easily, and I was wondering if that is a good price at which to pick them up, and if one should then break them up to trade/sell or keep the thing sealed and try to resell it later?

Thanks,
Sean in MInneapolis

]]> By: Womby https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3391 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:40:58 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3391 @Corbin, QS in general

Aye, I've been voraciously eating up everything you and everyone's been putting out. Looking forward to more from everyone!

]]> By: Corbin Hosler https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3390 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:24:17 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3390 Nice article. Mailbags are a fun column topic, and introduced me to a few rumors I hadn't heard yet.

@Womby I try to do this is my articles (that run Thursday or Friday). I try to offer some tips on trading up and I track my trades each week.

]]> By: Eric https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3389 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:25:25 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3389 Another question, sorry.

Regarding From the Vault: Relics. Which cards do you THINK will drop the most in value after its foil reprint? Especially Aether Vial, and Mox Diamonds?

]]> By: Kelly https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3388 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:30:19 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3388 I will answer these questions and more next week, so leave your questions here as well as on Twitter. WIthout saying too much, I'm picking up Destructive Forces. They're good 🙂

]]> By: Ebonclaw https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3387 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:13:10 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3387 I'm seeing Destructive Force showing up in a lot of decklists lately and I remember how popluar Wildfire was back in the day. Playsets can be had for about $9 or less on ebay….do you feel this is a good investment right now? Or is the demand too narrow to see a significant bump in price?

]]> By: Mike https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3386 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:03:46 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3386 Did you crash mtgolibrary.com? It's down as of 2 AM EST.

]]> By: Womby https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3385 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:40:03 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3385 Ah, cool. Thanks for the clarification.

I enjoy these Q&A articles. Keep 'em coming! If possible, I'd like to see an article about trading up to bolster and build a personal collection. A common theme for trading for "profit" is to not be attached to the cards you're trading. But what's a good strategy for trying to acquire those expensive staples that you want to keep for yourself? Think of it in terms of multiple mini Pack to Power quests? When should you "bank" a card to your collection? Etc…

]]> By: Eric https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3384 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:03:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3384 What do you think will happen to the the price of JItte, since it is being given away now at the GP's (it has already decreased in the last few months)?

]]> By: Kelly https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3383 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:51:30 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3383 Hah, that was just me making a guess at what power he'd end up at. I know he didn't want a Twister or anything and Pearl is one of the cheaper Moxes. Emerald is also lower-end. Just to clarify, I changed it so I don't confuse people.

I -did- get to watch him make some pretty bad-ass pack to power trades, so you're going to wanna check in with his article this week. GenCon was good to him.

]]> By: zee https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3382 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:14:33 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3382 Sounds like the ending of Pack to Power was indeed just spoiled.

That's a shame, I was really looking forward to the grand finale. It'll still be a good read, but now it just loses quite a bit of "oomph."

]]> By: Womby https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/write-to-reid-weekly-qa/#comment-3381 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:36:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1287#comment-3381 Um, in your response to the fifth question, did you just spoil the ending to Jon Medina's Pack to Power quest? Or was this some other project of his that also happened to begin with a Bear Umbra?

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