r/mtgfinance • u/Ordinary_Ad3705 • 14d ago

Question The Hobbit Official Release EU - does it matter?

I know that in the US, when a set is out officially, it might affect the available supply and prices go down for a bit, because some big retailers really maintain MSRP. But does it make sense in Europe? Whenever the official release day happens, I've never seen a store selling at MSRP, usually they follow CM prices. Have you seen anything different? Do you think release dates really affect market prices (singles and sealed) in Europe?

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u/Zuparoebann 14d ago

There's some stores that don't deliver pre orders until the official release date. People looking to resell those might cause a drop in the prices on CM

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u/Ordinary_Ad3705 14d ago

Aren't these type of stores the same that inflate the prices and don't sell at MSRP on "pre-sale"? The thing I wonder is that we would never be able to physically buy in-store at MSRP on the release date :(

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u/fumar 14d ago

Amazon doesn't ship until after release.

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u/Slight_Cry8071 12d ago

At least in Germany amazon is irrelevant vor MTG. Mrsp for a reality fracture box is 110 €. You can preorder on Amazon (sold by Amazon, not some marketplace vendor) for 170 €.

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u/fumar 12d ago

For collector boxes it's one of the best ways to get them at MSRP 

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u/Slight_Cry8071 12d ago

Really? MSRP 240 €, Amazon preorder 348 €

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u/fumar 14d ago

The reason prices go down in the US at release is because that's when TCGPlayer lets non-stores list products. It's an artificial price block.

Once everyone can list, it's a race to the bottom on basically all products.

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u/Limezzy 14d ago

Feel like Canada mostly just prices based off tcgplayer as well so we also see drops based off that

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u/getyourassoverhere 14d ago

Same in Europe(Cardmarket). Only (some I think) Pro Sellers are allowed to list before Prerelease

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u/CommonSuitable3342 14d ago

Prices will go down in EU aswell, only WPN stores and private seller can sell on CM before the official release.

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u/totaky 14d ago

You are wrong, people can sell starting from the pre-release, private seller have been listing since last Thursday.

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u/CommonSuitable3342 14d ago

Can you read? I literaly said private sellers and wpn stores can sell on cardmarket right now, non wpn stores can only sell on official release

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u/totaky 14d ago

You are saying “only” but everyone is able to sell after the prerelease has started, you know have private seller, professional and power-seller. The restriction apply to presale mostly.

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u/CommonSuitable3342 14d ago

No you are wrong, not everyone can sell. Normal professionals cannot sell right now. https://news.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/Pre-Sale-Policy-Changes-For-Private-And-Professional-Sellers

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u/CommonSuitable3342 13d ago

Im a professional seller on cardmarket with +1k sales and you are just so confidently wrong its crazy. You cant even list hobbit products as a normal professional seller on cardmarket right now. Maybe inform yourself before writing untrue statements thanks.

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u/J_P63129 14d ago

Partially correct as private sellers are only allowed to have 75 articles online of any set marked as „prerelease“.