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by hammr7
Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:21 am
Forum: Off-Topic General
Topic: To all stupid MTG fans who think their cards are valuable
Replies: 15
Views: 16222

See, I can actually PLAY my Black Lotus. You can't do anything with baseball cards except look at them. They're useless. Full ack Never understood the thrill of Baseball cards... You had to be there! It was mainly a US thing, since cards were hard to find in Canada and the Caribbean (meaning many o...
by hammr7
Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: Different Auction Sites Reports and MTG Commercial Websites
Topic: Probable cut-up Revised sheet on ebay
Replies: 47
Views: 48454

And yet a $1 (at best) card sells for $46. Unless they are really unusual (like the card backs misaligned compared to the card front), miscuts should not be valued higher that perfect cards. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And many Magic collectors like oddities, regardless of how the were...
by hammr7
Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:47 pm
Forum: Different Auction Sites Reports and MTG Commercial Websites
Topic: Probable cut-up Revised sheet on ebay
Replies: 47
Views: 48454

Consider in 12 months when the cuts are distributed. You come across a single miscut. How do you identify if it is organic? It is sometimes impossible. We all know there are uncut sheets in circulation. Any uncut sheet can be turned into cards. If the owner finds the right company, the cards can be...
by hammr7
Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:47 am
Forum: Different Auction Sites Reports and MTG Commercial Websites
Topic: Probable cut-up Revised sheet on ebay
Replies: 47
Views: 48454

is it not difficult to cut them nicely with the right size and crisp edges/corners? It is a bit difficult. With mechanical cutting there are two major types of processes. There is one method where sheets are continuously fed through guides and disc-type blades cut the sheets, into strips and the st...
by hammr7
Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Different Auction Sites Reports and MTG Commercial Websites
Topic: Probable cut-up Revised sheet on ebay
Replies: 47
Views: 48454

This is a reason why I never bothered with mis-cuts. It is one thing to try and cut a sheet into individual cards. But in the past this has usually been an option for convenience rather than profit, since the uncut sheet was priced at the price of the cards it contained, or perhaps at a slight premi...
by hammr7
Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:36 pm
Forum: Different Auction Sites Reports and MTG Commercial Websites
Topic: Anyone else find this seller a bit odd selling all this
Replies: 4
Views: 5263

My question is why would anyone ever bid on these cards from a brand new Ebay seller from Costa Rica?
by hammr7
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: Item Value and Availability
Topic: Alt 4th sealed starter
Replies: 20
Views: 17664

Would have gone for a lot less if I hadn't bid it up that high. Figured whoever outbid me probably needed it more than me.

If anyone here bought it and is opening product please let me know. I only need a few upgrades, and have tons of extras to trade.
by hammr7
Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:53 pm
Forum: Information General
Topic: Legends Exchange Program
Replies: 4
Views: 9717

It was uncommons and not rares, so there wasn't quite the crazy demand there would be today. And the world was much more focused on players rather than collectors, so there weren't too many buyers wanting one of everything. Wizards worked much of the program through their official retail channels. A...
by hammr7
Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:02 am
Forum: Information General
Topic: Legends Exchange Program
Replies: 4
Views: 9717

One of the biggest screw ups ever for WOTC. Half the US got one list, half got the other. I remember trading in things like mana batteries and asking for mana drains and land taxes.
by hammr7
Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:47 am
Forum: Information General
Topic: WotC retailer policy
Replies: 9
Views: 11338

Item 1 attempts to control distribution so that speculators have a tougher time influencing the market. It also seeks to eliminate unauthorized International traffic at the wholesale level (see 3) If retailers can only buy from approved wholesalers (including WOTC), and can only sell to retail custo...
by hammr7
Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Magic
Topic: Mail Brag!
Replies: 1622
Views: 1401986

When I was in the print business, we expected to scrap anywhere from 3% to 7% of a print run for set-up and for quality defects. This was important because we had to plan on initiating more product than ordered so that we had enough "good" product at the end. Most of our contracts, which were pretty...
by hammr7
Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: Promotional, Misprinted, and Unofficial Magic Items
Topic: Miscut Rakdos Event Deck
Replies: 16
Views: 14269

It sounds perfectly logical. Most sheets have 121 card capacity. Which works well for two 60-card decks.
by hammr7
Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:40 pm
Forum: Inquiries
Topic: How many Members own a Complete Beta/Collector AP Set
Replies: 7
Views: 6770

I never collected APs, or almost anything signed. When you get around to regular cards I can respond a bit more positively.
by hammr7
Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:50 pm
Forum: Promotional, Misprinted, and Unofficial Magic Items
Topic: Judge Foil 2011 #4 of 8 Found!
Replies: 16
Views: 21950

Assuming they were part of a sheet with other promos, one of these got lost in the sorting / collating, and ended up in the wrong pile. Somewhere Wizards has a bunch more just waiting for the appropriate reason to distribute them, or else forgot about them. Having one in the wild might prompt Wizard...
by hammr7
Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: Inquiries
Topic: New Year's resolutions for your collection?
Replies: 21
Views: 17390

easy resolutions: 1. To complete 90% of what is missing, or that needs to be upgraded, in my English language sets for the first 10 years of Magic (excluding Summer). 2. To organize and prune my MTG-related promo and accessory collection to something more manageable and organized. 3. To sell all my ...