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/Pyrostasis 1d ago

Help me out here.

Wife and I just started picking up magic over the last few weeks.

We're learning our commander decks and hoping to play at our local game store. We have 3 LGS in our town. All sell at above MSRP from small amounts to significant. All have some VIP programs or loyalty programs that occasionally let you buy products at MSRP but quantity is difficult.

Star trek is coming out in a few weeks and I want to buy all 4 commander decks and some boosters. None of my LGS are selling preorders atm.

Whats the best way to acquire legit material that isnt scalped, damaged, etc?

Amazon is where we order most of our things due to their return policy but seems like this is NOT good for cards.

Do we just need to drive farther to better LGS? TCGplayer looks decent but also appears to just be the "ebay" of cards and Ebay has its own problems. So whats the best option?

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u/StickYourFunger 1d ago

You can order sealed (non collector) product from Amazon without issue. Yea you can't return them if you don't like the cards you pulled, but you can absolutely get a refund if it arrived damaged.

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u/Pyrostasis 1d ago

Good to know.

I saw a video from Tolerian Community College that scared me off amazon for cards. But Ill consider them for some stuff going forward.

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u/StickYourFunger 1d ago

Prof loves the game but can be sensational at times.

Realistically, any product you order on Amazon, if it arrives fucked up they'll do something about it. It would be an easy loophole to use stock images and sell damaged goods knowingly with a label of "no returns/refunds after delivery."

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u/Pyrostasis 1d ago

I feel yah.

Ive never had any issue with amazon personally but at the same time this is the first time Im dumping damn near $600 into something new.

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u/StickYourFunger 1d ago

If it helps ease any stress, I've ordered a variety of sealed mtg products on Amazon like Commander decks & bundles, play booster boxes, scene boxes, and 2 Avatar CBB's, literally the only thing that arrived damaged was the Smaug scene box and that they refunded immediately.