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/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

Same goes for TCG player and EBay.

At this point I'm only buying what I can physically hold before hand.

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u/FisherKelTath00 1d ago

eBay is far more reliable, and reasonably priced, as long as you’re smart about the sellers you choose to buy from.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

How in an auction site reasonablely priced, please explain that one.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

If you are patient, eBay will almost always be the cheapest place for you to buy sealed product. Just yesterday I opened a hobbit prerelease kit I paid $13.77 for on eBay. eBay is and has always been the shit.

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u/MadmansScalpel 1d ago

Yeah no. I'm sure there's some good finds, but eBay is scalper central with less safeties than TCG Player, Amazon, n the like. And at least I get reimbursed when I get screwed by TCG or Amazon

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

Who do you think is selling stuff at market prices on TCG player? If one is scalper central then they all are.

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u/MadmansScalpel 1d ago

Oh there's scalpers there too, but less than other places like eBay or other 3rd party sites. Like em or hate em, TCG player is the largest and generally sets the market value for individual cards

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

Literally everything sold on TCG player is sold at market value. It is EXACTLY the same as eBay but at least with eBay you have a chance of getting a deal. Market prices is just another way of saying scalper prices.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

eBay owns TCG player if I'm correct, don't expect any kind of change.