Comments on: Insider: Tales from the Floor – GP Washington DC

By: Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:42:16 +0000

Thanks for the article Corbin. I joined QS a couple months ago and I’ve been reading a lot of the ogre-ing articles and decided to take this approach at GP DC. I found mostly found success with this approach, expect for one thing. Most dealers were not willing to take nickel or dime cards, and a lot of their “buy mats” started at a quarter. Still, it was pretty successful as I got rid of a lot of cards that were just sitting around collecting dust. Thanks for all the advice!

By: Corbin

Corbin — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:17:19 +0000

In reply to Brian Kreie. Hey, how's it going? Where are you based out of?

By: Kyle Lopez

Kyle Lopez — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:26:38 +0000

Thanks for the shout out Corbin! It’s always a pleasure speaking with you. Glad you liked the test print City of Brass. That was one of our first crazy pickups. The guy who deals in them has some incredible stuff, including a foil textless lightning bolt. You wouldn’t believe the prices on a few of those.

I can see your argument for selling at GPs changing but I want to point out that, although you are right when it comes to online buylists being better for certain not as played cards less than a dollar or so, as Sig pointed out above there are quite a few diamonds in the rough that we look out for. For example, we were paying $0.50 on Ichorclaw Myrs because we just can’t keep them in stock. Also, we generally pay very well on power and higher end foils, as well as staples in all formats. I’d say the best strategy for someone looking to maximize value is to send Card Kingdon and StrikeZone (online only…) all the junk that we just can’t match and bring the pricier or more popular cards to us.

As for dealers staying away from ONS fetches…all I can say is if anyone is sitting on any I would suggest dumping them as soon as possible to anyone that will take them…

By: Kyle Lopez

Kyle Lopez — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:19:08 +0000

In reply to Kyle Lopez. Blah that didn't work either. Just google "test print City of Brass" ours is the one that pops up.

By: Kyle Lopez

Kyle Lopez — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:11:20 +0000

In reply to Kyle Lopez.

Since I can’t figure out how to edit posts, I’ll put the fixed link here

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/andytalaga…

By: Kyle Lopez

Kyle Lopez — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:03:52 +0000

In reply to qed2.

It’s the right border City of Brass

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/andytalaga…

By: Brian Kreie

Brian Kreie — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:30:05 +0000

I see your a fellow Okie! Howdy dude

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:50:25 +0000

In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser. Thanks for the feedback! Among the other things you mentioned, there's certainly the fact it's more enjoyable to sit down and talk with a dealer you know than sort through stacks of cards alone, so that plays into it as well.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:48:56 +0000

In reply to qed2. I couldn't remember, sadly, and didn't want to be wrong. Brain was fried by the end of the weekend.

By: qed2

qed2 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:14:26 +0000

Did you delete the paragraph where you say what aether games’ test print IS?

By: Sigmund Ausfresser

Sigmund Ausfresser — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:45:33 +0000

Great GP summary, thanks for writing this up! Very interesting to hear about Onslaught Fetches, though not really surprising. I own 0 and will continue to own 0 until they or Zen Fetches are reprinted. No matter how long it takes. This, even despite the fact that i need 4 Deltas and 3 Tarns and my Legacy deck is complete, I still refuse to acquire them here.

As for selling at GP’s vs. selling online, there are still many benefits to selling in person. No unexpected downgrades in condition, no having to wait a month or more for payments (those vendors know who they are), and negotiation is still a thing. Also instead of sifting through a thousand cards looking for those dimes, quarters, and dollars all yourself you can have the vendors do it. They’re much quicker about it AND they likely have more awareness of what cards sell. This happened to me not long ago at GP Cincinnati, where I had each vendor sort through my bulk rares. I had no idea Twincast was buylisting at $2 but sure enough one vendor pulled them out and paid that much! Money I would have left on the table because I don’t usually search all my bulk rares on mtg.gg when buy listing.

Net I actually prefer the in person experience over online. But when it comes to selling $0.50 cards that I KNOW are worth something then it’s true I may get a little more selling through a website. I have to agree with you there.