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: buying loose packs : Juggernaut April 07, 2009, 07:47:58 AM hi guys where i live there isnt any card shops near me apart from worlds apart in liverpool which dont really deal in cards anymore and everywhere i look on ebay theres loads of loose packs but i was wondering is there any dealers about that i can buy from through websites etc that i can trust the packs not to be searched?
many thanks Ged : Re: buying loose packs : kbmum April 07, 2009, 04:59:38 PM I can't think of any dealer website that allows you to buy packs. You're right, though, to steer clear of eBay auctions for open boxes and loose packs.
: Re: buying loose packs : sfmuggle April 09, 2009, 03:50:22 AM yeah I agree b/c some dealers will open boxes, get the inserts, and sell off the remaining unopened packs. kinda sucks! caveat emptor.
: Re: buying loose packs : allender April 09, 2009, 07:36:44 AM Then again, sometimes you can find an auction for a bulk lot of unopened packs really cheap. A case buyer may have searched for the top inserts and honestly sold off the balance for somebody who had a hankering to open packs to make sets of commons and low inserts. (Sometimes I'm in that mood.) But the selling price for these bulk lots will be a small fraction of what it would have been for a sealed case.
I don't buy unopened boxes from people I don't know or know by reputation, if the series has a selection of one-per-case-or-less high inserts. It's quite common for a case-searcher to open boxes until they strike gold, and then sell off the other boxes. It's the same side of the coin as buying packs from a box that's been "searched." |