Thursday, June 29, 2006

Another day, another lot...

OKay - so I was going to wait until the first lot or Magic cards came in, and I saw if it was profitable, before I bought another one...

But then I noticed this one up for sale today, and the seller lives in Vienna, VA - a (relatively) short subway ride away from here...and when I contacted him he was amenable to meeting me there so I could avoid the shipping charges....

So, I won a large batch of non-basic land cards for $99 (no one else bid on this lot), and went down tonight to pick it up. The seller was a very nice guy who is selling off large chunks of his overlarge collection to make room and appease his girlfriend. I can relate!

Some of the cards are not in as good a condition as I might have hoped - in fact the bigger ticket items are in the worst shape. That's disappointing...but I still believe that I can turn a profit on this one.

I will keep separate track of this lot's sales (as I will the first lot, which I don't have in hand yet) and see: 1) if I make a profit; 2) how much of a profit is made; 3) how long it takes to make said profit. I will, of course, keep you posted!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If one just uses the cards to play the game, what big difference is the condition? All one needs is the bigger half of a ripped $50.00 bill to have $50.00, in another reality.
Glad to see you have a way to get more inventory since you really seem to be into this thing.

Don Wiggins said...

Wow! My first comment!!! Too bad I don't know who it's from :-)

Anyway, as to condition - if a card is scuffed up badly enough, it can be considered "marked", especially if it's in a deck of cards in much better shape. So such a card would not be allowed in a tourney-legal deck if it weren't in a deck all of the same condition, I don't believe.

Also - many who buy cards from me are buying them for collections, not play decks - and they of course want cards in very good condition for their collection.