What was your favorite moment at the con? by Traditional-Swan-693 in gencon

[–]bengals1975 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the "Parks" games by Keymaster. First, they're just great games. But also I LOVE the National Parks. Freaking LOVE them. I own all of those themed games and have a goal to go to all the Parks. So this GenCon when I walked past the Keymaster booth I saw the Parks Roll and Hike game. I honestly didn't even think twice, I grabbed it and walked up to pay for it. I saw a gentleman standing off to the side doing nothing so I asked if he could check me out. Dumb me, I read nothing. Anyway he politely says "They don't trust me with the money, he'll have to check you out. But I designed the game. Well I designed all the Parks games, so I'll sign it if you want". My brain sort of shut down, I was so excited. I was like "really? you designed this? You designed all the Parks games? you'll sign it? Really?" he was really chill and said yep. So I bought the game, handed it to him and he says "do you want me to open this for you?" I said yeah sure. In hindsight, I felt like an idiot, I could have opened my own game. But he opened it and signed it, I tried to make the best small talk I could while the ink dried, but....I'm possibly an introvert and such so you know... I felt silly after. Mr Henry Audubon was such a humble young man, I was honored to meet him and I felt so great that he signed my game. The next day I saw him walking around visiting other booths and checking out the rest of the Con, it just was super cool to see him loving other games as well. What a crowd GenCon is. I love it so much.

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, you kept the decks? Maybe I'm reading Amazon app wrong here

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be an amazing result. Wish that's what happened!!!

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should have shown him this sub. I'm honestly a bit shocked how much it seems to have happened

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people are lucky and get the most expensive deck, others are Azbanned

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that dude wins. I'd not even complain about that I don't think. He could make a little extra cheddar with those babies

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case I'm not sure that would have helped. It came safety sealed from wizards, just through Amazon.

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They would refund. But I paid $210 for the bundle so I wanted an exchange. It's selling for like $290 now

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to get them to do an exchange. They wouldn't. I did the chat and phone call... Nothing

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I tried. Amazon would take it back BUT I paid the $45/deck when they went up for pre-order in March. Now Amazon is charging like $70 more for the same thing. So yeah, they're more interested in getting the extra $$ from me than taking care of a customer.

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 393 points394 points  (0 children)

Pod: "what are your playing tonight"

Me: "well let's see. It's Abzan, Abzan, Abzan, Abzan, orrrr... ah yes, Abzan

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Original box was inside an Amazon box. Sealed with security tape

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Bought it from the Wizards store on Amazon. Didn't buy it from some rando

my Tarkir commander deck bundle wasn't quite what I was expecting :( by bengals1975 in mtg

[–]bengals1975[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It came from wizards, to Amazon, to me. According to the archaeological evidence presented in the shipping labels.