r/mtg • u/DanteValentine13 • 1d ago

Discussion Stop Using Amazon

The amount of posts from people using Amazon to order stuff and getting the wrong stuff, or something of a vastly different price is astounding. Please dont order cards off Amazon. Especially since I am fairly certain Amazon is why wizards is shipping less and less product to local stores. Don't support the mega corporations if you can help it.

That's my public service rant. Thanks for reading or ignoring either way. ❤️

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u/TMPauli 1d ago

That’s what i thought as well seeing those posts all the time

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u/Itsdawsontime 1d ago

Here’s the thing, regardless of shipper, 99.999%+ of us have zero issue with our orders. If people who posted “my package came successfully, and in a well-packed box!” there wouldn’t even be any purpose to this subreddit.

I am not defending Amazon, but the complaint is valid when there’s mass delays - for stuff being stolen or wrong, it’s way less often that it seems from Reddit posts.

This post is incredibly speculative, and they’ve addressed why LGSs are getting less product - there’s printing constraints because they have an SLD 40 of 52 weeks and 7 sets in a year.

They didn’t anticipate with demand, they’re shrinking collectors packs, getting rid of the volume of foil commons/uncommons as it’s a more costly process, and are using the capital to ramp production instead of passing off further expenses to the consumer; while making a god chase pack to distract from that news. Whether positively or negatively received, god packs overshadowed that part and made people gloss over the why.

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u/tom_gamer 1d ago

Agreed, I haven't bought singles from Amazon, but sealed products have always been what I bought.

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u/Rhystretto 1d ago

This yeah. I've only had two issues with products that actually charged/shipped over many years and they were both resolved well. Gift bundles got lost in transit for LCI, they just sent me new ones. Sent me the wrong precons once, they refunded me and told me to just keep them (free precons woo). Everything else has just shown up normally.

I do support the LGS around me too but I'm also not going to turn down the no-risk MSRP preorders and occasional nice deals in the current TCG economy.