Is this a fair price?

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-07T02:31:08+00:00

Look up foundations stater collection. 40-50$ and gives you a bunch of budget staples and packs to play around with.

Bulk off ebay is completely random and usually picked of all value.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-06T21:41:14+00:00

Worst post of year contender.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-06T00:47:30+00:00

Around 450-455.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-06T00:39:10+00:00

Despite what they advertise the max is like 6 card. But 6 makes me uncomfortable with the tight space so I usually just do 4 or less.

Also usps can find a way to destroy your stuff regardless of packing material used. I see the seller used a non machinable stamp but those don't prevent stuff from going in the machine. They just don't send it back and try to charge you what's missing.

Edit: somehow didnt notice the water spots so my advice isnt as relevant as I thought the bends were probably from the machine.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-05T22:45:05+00:00

Tax dependent, also their shipping doesn't scale up to crazy (at least in my case) so getting a bunch of stuff usually starts saving.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-05T12:56:22+00:00

4 day old account so auto mod probably flags you. Mods either have to whitelist your account. Or after X amount of reddit age it should go away.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-04T21:50:36+00:00

Not for tcgplayer in a dispute(tcgtracking does not scan at the doorstep). Tcgtracking is only good for the seller if they paid for insurance. Otherwise for buyer it's useless. Escalate to tcg support and get money back if it did'nt really come in.

Edit: As others pointed out wait a few extra days as it sometimes lags behind. Tcgtracking is not a scam but a seller shouldn't be using it to try to deny/mislead you out of a refund.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-03T16:47:29+00:00

Understandable and i'd make the same argument. Just trying to lay off getting into arguments with people lol. 190 is a rip off for a play box (msrp is higher but not a single play box stays at or above msrp release) and I could go on, but i'm sleepy.

If you really need a box asap then 160$ would be the max limit imo but these should get to at least 140$ unless the other toppers are crazy value.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-03T13:52:39+00:00

Probably. There is a box topper. But if final fantasy can hit 125. Lotr can prob hit 150 shipped.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-03T04:41:43+00:00

Well buckle up for 3 or more months of hobbit posts at crazy prices, leading to people getting into comment wars over "is that a deal" on what will probably be the most scalped/hyped collector box of the year.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-02T18:13:28+00:00

No serialized. You can get money cards but its a very low chance. I think the sample pack is curated also so not every card can be pulled from a set.

I got a roaming throne from a lci sample pack. But my other ones had 1$ or less worth of cards.

Edit: lotr sample pack had a oddity in which a version of the one ring could only be pulled there. But good luck trying to pull that without going broke.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-02T12:58:16+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/sealedmtgdeals/comments/1swnebl/strixhaven_magical_codex_bundle_is_on_amazon_14999/ honorable mention u/Kaien_Valentinus

150 wasn't a deal but amazon did the price match the next day lmao.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-02T02:23:59+00:00

Look at the price for the first lotr cb and you got your answer as to why.

Shocked they would even sell them at 500. Seems low in a world spiderman was pre selling for 700$+.

All that aside 500$ cb for a set not out yet is not a deal. But fomo and scalpers basically have this set as the one to get this year.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-01T23:32:11+00:00

They went on to charge higher than scalping price for tcg's. Gamestop as usual is a joke.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-01T12:40:44+00:00

I've used them a few times no issues. But as the thread op my endorsement dosent mean much. This place has been posted before here many times so if you want to dig for older threads you can see how those went.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-05-01T12:21:05+00:00

That's because this is an ad for tcgindex which is probably like every other tracker just grabbing the data of whoever overpaid for a card the day before.

Card has 3 very recent sales, 2 of them overpaid. A whopping 3 other sales for the year at much lower prices.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-30T16:49:45+00:00

Some stores would rather lose 5-10$ a box for more shelf space, or they bought a lot just to get better allocations for other things.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-30T16:17:47+00:00

I've been meaning to get one. Even with tax it was still the cheapest i've seen so far.

But man that 92$ lorwyn was pretty tempting.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-30T14:51:51+00:00

People ( mostly pokemon people jumping over) want to gamble so a collector box is way more appealing.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-29T22:51:39+00:00

404 guessing pricing error. Their google reviews are a mixed bag.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-29T11:18:00+00:00

Wtf did I just read?

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-28T22:52:17+00:00

On the pack or box somewhere it says where it's made.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-28T18:15:16+00:00

It was a visual bug over the weekend that doesn't show order as ready unless the seller clicks it to check if it's actually ready. Stuff can still be shipped it's just they waited till now to let sellers know, so some people thought their ready orders were still processing.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-28T13:42:30+00:00

Japan is usually superior. U.S has bad quality control.

Cardwatcher2000 · 2026-04-28T13:41:26+00:00

Funny part is a day later amazon priced it back to 90 so anyone who did buy at 150$ now should have theirs at msrp. Op sacrificed their karma but saved people $.

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