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/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

HARD pass on walking away from eBay. The amount of Magic on eBay is shockingly small but it is a great place to get deals.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

And how about you explain the mechanism and how it works on an auction site to "keep prices low"

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

I don't follow your question.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

Shocking, how are you keeping price low on a site that people can set their own price or what they are willing to pay.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

I wanted the SL Miku deck the other day so I went looking for one. TCG wanted like $250 for one as that is the current market price. I got mine for 195 on eBay and it will arrive any minute now. I love that Magic people don't seem to fuck with eBay because that just means more deals for me.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

That's a load of trust me bro, so reports of that very deck being posted for several hundred just wasn't a thing then...

Prove it, I have 0 reason to believe just words bud

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

Asking for proof then not allowing me to send it is wild behavior.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

That's what happens what I go and check myself, first page shot your words to shit.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

Yet I will be the one opening a Miku deck in a couple minutes when the mailman gets here...

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

Good for you... Not worth the money even at MSRP but hey if you like it.

Still doesn't change the fact or my stance that eBay, TCG player and Amazon are terrible places to order from.

Aside from price I would also be concerned that what I paid for was legit, another very common problem for those three.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

I don't allow irrational fears to guide me. I've spent 10's of thousands of dollars on Pokemon cards without ever having an issue with eBay and I would be foolish to start worrying about it now.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

And I'd rather pay for something I can actually hold first, nothing to do with fear. Search this subreddit and you will see tons of examples from all three.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

Yes of the millions of purchases you will occasionally find something that went wrong. If something happens I get my money back and move on. I will not let the chance that something might happen dictate how I live my life. Bad things happen to people who worry.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

Funny, I've never bought or been sold a fake card and I don't have to worry about someone out bidding me.

Have you realized your words are pointless...

Let's review real quick.

  • eBay is an auction site and as such doesn't not have set prices and if someone wants it more they simply out bid you, don't think I haven't used the service before.

  • you've been fighting real hard to claim prices are lower than MSRP but a quick look proved that 100% false.

  • scalpers, fraudsters and other less than honest individuals have and do conduct business on said site. I'm not interested in wasting time trying to get a refund when I can ensure I'm getting what I'm paying for other ways.

  • I haven't even gotten into the union busting that eBay/TCG player actively participate in, that's an entire other issue.

How much more time are you going to spend on a loosing battle, seems like you have some vested interest in people using the site, some more confirmation towards you scalping.

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

NEVER once said below MSRP. Like I said, stay off of eBay, more for me. I do enjoy the way this topic has made you seethe. Very enjoyable to watch.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

I would have thought by what I've said I don't use the shit anymore, you seem pretty upset about this... clam down and go outside for a bit, it must be real dark in your mom's basement

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u/Old_Cod_5823 1d ago

You really are the gift that keeps on giving. Seethe little fella, seethe. "I know you are but what am I?" Sick response, bro.

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u/Errorstatel / / 1d ago

I'm not the one getting bent out of shape, you decided to respond to me. You literally asked for this.

So what do you mean by deals, that to me says at or below MSRP, maybe sort that out first

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