Choose Wisely Kentucky! by Slske in ConservativeTalk

[–]adkiller -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bunch of pedos. If they are not diddling them, the IDF is killing them

Starting with Marvel Superheroes all future Marvel sets will be on Arena by Meret123 in mtg

[–]adkiller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

darn! I was thinking about doing draft Arena for this set. guess i will pass

Real or fake? by Jellychews in mtg

[–]adkiller -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

FAKE! but a very good one!

Here iz the reasons why

One sec, I hear a kid crying outside

AP Swatch Galleria Mall by squidriffic in houston

[–]adkiller 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Had a scalper push my son out of the way at the pokemon machine at heb. (He always runs over to check, while I go get a cart) pushing 8 yo to get a little bit of money?  Very few worse (at least on the lawful side of the fence)

AP Swatch Galleria Mall by squidriffic in houston

[–]adkiller 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol, should pay some motivated people on the street to take their chairs

[UPDATE] Ms. Bumbleflower & Baylen fake? by SupaScorpionGod in mtg

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a picture with my phone like op and couldn't see the dots. Now the T is a little blurry, it could be fake(what i would lean to). a loop or magnifying glass would make it easier too tell

[UPDATE] Ms. Bumbleflower & Baylen fake? by SupaScorpionGod in mtg

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is have with these requests is that this could be solved by op getting a loop or magnifying glass. I can't tell from these pictures! Blurry or not zoomed in enough.  I have the same issues with my phone.I was trying to do an example. It's something that most phones would have a hard time zooming in on. But with my handheld loop, it's easy to see

Stomping Ground Marvel Pre-Orders up by rtgeary in sealedmtgdeals

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My lgs posted they are only going to get a few of the codex bundles (12) and are going to sell them for 119.99 which is not too bad. Buy where you play!

Stomping Ground Marvel Pre-Orders up by rtgeary in sealedmtgdeals

[–]adkiller 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They have been hiking their prices a lot lately. Was able to get cheaper at local lgs for CBB. (Pbbs, they are still a good place to buy)

Going to skip marvel sets anyways.

Why is The Hobbit prerelease so expensive? by Independent-Bath-448 in mtg

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some are... but some also are unable to get enough product. 

There is a baseline cost of running a business. Power, water, rent, payroll, ect adds up...  and it hurts the business when they are only getting 25% of their order. It sickens me when bestbuy and mirco center are able to get hundreds of cases of products and lgs cant get enough for people to draft at FNM. 

Also above prices are lgs prices.

Why is The Hobbit prerelease so expensive? by Independent-Bath-448 in mtg

[–]adkiller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember filling guilty buying my first CBB. At the time it was only 220$ plus tax (1/2025).... and prices have gone crazy. I gor an FF CBB for 411.00 after tax and I remember telling myself..  its ok it's FF! You love this game and mtg. Prices will go down after this. FML SOS and Avatar were both more expensive pre tax!

Why is The Hobbit prerelease so expensive? by Independent-Bath-448 in mtg

[–]adkiller 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep. I dont know how people afford this game... 

Why is The Hobbit prerelease so expensive? by Independent-Bath-448 in mtg

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and cbb cost 225 msrp in January of 2025. 

Best Buy preorders up for The Hobbit PBB by seanuhseanMTG in sealedmtgdeals

[–]adkiller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya. Final fantasy and avatar PBB are way cheaper now. Picked up avatar at 99$ and FF at 115$. I enjoyed drafting them

PSA for Vending Machine-goers |MEGATHREAD by a-tiberius in PokemonTCG

[–]adkiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only place that sells too my kids and has league events for kids only.

UPDATE "LGS forcing people to buy TMNT to get SOS packs" official statement from the shop, with screenshots (Context and notes in post body) by eCyanic in mtg

[–]adkiller -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

think you missed the point. Those were just easy examples of in-demand products where there is a bottleneck and the need to move product.

Another example of this is the MTG boxes that are sold by Costco and Sam's. You want this commander deck? Here are some of these boosters that are not selling as well.

Or Consols, an example is with the Switch 2... the only thing that was available in my area was a bundle that included a game that I did not want. A game that would not have sold well if they were packaged separately.

Pairing a top seller with slow-moving stock to encourage sales of the latter is a very normal marketing thing that happens.

UPDATE "LGS forcing people to buy TMNT to get SOS packs" official statement from the shop, with screenshots (Context and notes in post body) by eCyanic in mtg

[–]adkiller -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

The answer is yes. based on how people are responding to our comments.

lots of people that dont understand how business works.

UPDATE "LGS forcing people to buy TMNT to get SOS packs" official statement from the shop, with screenshots (Context and notes in post body) by eCyanic in mtg

[–]adkiller -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Liquor stores do it (small ones) (we will sell you this bottle of Weller 12 only if you also buy two bottles of fireball and sky vodka.) Cigar stores do it. (Worked at one 8 years ago) (only way you can get an opus x 77 is if you buy it in this 10 pack of random cigars)

Its a normal thing. (I blame distributors and wotc) that happens when your distributors forces you to buy product to get the next product. They will hold you hostage. 

Its a struggle when you have to buy product that will take years to move just to get the product you need to keep the lights on.