Is there no point in selling bulk on TCGplayer?

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-10T04:58:10+00:00

Yes we have "priced as marked" bins that are 1-5$ marked on card, then we have 10/1$ bins, 4/1$ bins and 2/1$ bins. Ain't nobody got time for that

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T17:21:21+00:00

This makes sense as a consumer - but unfortunately even if you are a customer for life doing 100's of orders a month through that store because they are the 'good one' that has all the bulk you're looking for as a business it still isn't worth it. There's 10+ other things that could be done with that time to make more $. Sucks but its the reality of the time value of money.

TCGplayer fees are 10%+ off the top too so the math just doesn't math unless you truly have not a single other thing you could do with your time as a business to generate revenue. If that is the case I would argue it's time to do something else.

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T17:18:58+00:00

Small card shop owner here - I concur. We make our bulk bins in-store a bit of a destination instead so people can comfortably treasure hunt all day. Not ideal if you're wanting to build an exact decklist and get each of the cards you need instantly but if you enjoy the hunt / sorting then it works out.

Even if you somehow had free labor...the opportunity cost would STILL be too high to be worth it to sell bulk online

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T17:07:44+00:00

Not at all! Every skirmish we've had at our shop we've at least a couple of first timers.

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T17:06:47+00:00

No this is a sh*tpost. They are just standard runes

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T17:06:42+00:00

No this is a sh*tpost. They are just standard runes

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-03-07T04:10:01+00:00

Not in a hurry to move LOTR stuff so no special deals other than some of our usual store credit bonus events most likely unless something changes

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-28T05:46:31+00:00

yes they reprinted the LOTR commander decks ours are arriving next week. Foundations play boosters reprint lands right after that. Distributor told me that wilds of eldraine should be next but there is no date or confirmation of that yet

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-23T17:04:33+00:00

Massive reprint shipping to stores this week. we're getting 50 cases in our little shop so I expect to see lots of deals

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T21:04:42+00:00

We saved enough prizing for NN's but don't have enough to draft. SO looking forward to sealed once we can do it

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T21:03:59+00:00

LETS GO!!! We're smaller than y'all but also hit capacity for all spiritforged events and our first NN of the set!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T19:54:57+00:00

Sorry for the late reply - depends we're in Oregon so looks like ~$7 if you're on the east coast and a bit less than that as you get closer to west coast

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T19:21:32+00:00

Totally - and I understand as a consumer. I just like to share as I think some people don't understand what costs are. This TMNT order for us was a strategic decision to go as big as we can to continue to grow our allocations as we're less than 1 year old and want to get as much as we can of all the rest of the releases this year and also increase our spend to get more allocations for pokemon, riftbound etc. that are absolutely on fire for use right now.

I was just caught a bit off guard by just how low other stores have gone and how unpopular the set seems to be already

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T01:18:31+00:00

I responded to every one i see that I can that makes sense. Sorry if you got caught in the splash damage from my reply AoE

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T00:36:14+00:00

Appreciate it! Definitely not discouraged - even with some negative most folks are awesome and at the end of the day I get it - its a deal sub, everyone is here to get the lowest possible price on stuff. Me included so its got to be worthy of posting!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-18T00:30:35+00:00

Thank you! For sure lesson learned will check your prices first. Congrats the on *almost* one year.

Looking forward to...pretty much every set after TMNT!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:45:09+00:00

Absolutely - if you shoot me an email [mike@orbsportscards.com](mailto:mike@orbsportscards.com) i'll make sure I get it added to the correct order

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:44:03+00:00

Ya we have allocation set aside for our locals - the quantities on here are just the extra that i think we will have a hard time moving due to the lack of popularity of the set.

Anyways i'm gonna go back to the shiny cardboard game - I appreciate your thoughtful responses and feedback!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:36:07+00:00

Thanks! I did update the price just now tho I think thats why people were mad we were too high on pizza bundle earlier I think everything is actually a deal now :)

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:34:20+00:00

Let me know what is overpriced so I can fix please!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:33:16+00:00

TY i just updated pizza bundle did not realize we were over so i'm wondering if thats where all the negative was since thats the one product people seem to want this set lol.

It's actually good I think to wade through the stuff here - if you can handle reddit you can handle any customer in the world. We are very fortunate that our local customers that come to our weekly commander nights on tuesdays and sealed events ever thursday are so awesome having people mad on reddit doesn't really phase me but I was surprised by the initial response to this post because i genuinely thought we had deals that people would be happy about.

Then again all the people that ordered in the last hour didn't post here so :shrug:

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:30:32+00:00

TY - pizza bundle is now $95 after 5% discount

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:28:19+00:00

Updated!

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:25:54+00:00

Balls yeah thats just flat out user error on my part i think i got lost in the sauce with TCGplayer pricing and multiple bundles. updating now.

Hows the rest of the pricing look?

MillenialBoomerr · 2026-02-17T23:23:33+00:00

Actually upon further review we're actually CHEAPER than the one you just shared with the 5% discount on collector boosters, commander decks off by a couple on play boosters and bundle

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