Best Place to Sell Cards?
Economics forum
Posted on March 15, 2015, 6:48 p.m. by NoPantsParade
Hey, guys, I know I haven't been active in a while because I've been busy and stuff. But I'm looking to get some extra cash for my car as that seems to have taken over Magic. I feel like I'm beating a dead horse asking these questions, so I apologize. I'm looking to sell a good portion of my collection. I've looked up this stuff doing the Googles, but I thought I might as well come here for some more info. What I want to do first is I want to trade my bulk rares to my LGS to get some staples to allow for easier selling. I already flipped some for a vendillion-clique, but the store wouldn't take anymore of my bulk. I have looked at selling on eBay, but I'm not exactly sure if that's the way I want to go. I've also considered selling to ChannelFireball, but I also want to get a good return on most of my collection. So what would be the best way to go about selling cards?
There are some cards I'm probably keeping just because I don't seen them losing value at any point, like Thoughtseize, Savannah, (foil) shocks, fetches, maybe Snapcaster Mages, and other things. And I'm probably keeping my modern deck for the moment.
Now to my second question. I have three EDH decks, and I know which one I'm keeping. What would be the best way to go about selling the other two? Selling the deck as a whole or just taking it apart and selling the staples? I think the latter would be best, but I've seen people do both.
Also, if you're interested in buying some cards from me, I'll have my binder updated at some point so let me know.
NoPantsParade says... #3
Awesome. Thanks for the response. I'm only hesitant to sell on Ebay because of Ebay taking a percentage, but I'm probably exaggerating that fee. And I've read stories of buyers accusing sellers of not sending and whatnot when they did send. I'll give Pucatrade a try, too, sometime this week. I've traded on here before with no problems, but I always think I'll somehow screw up on Ebay. I'll try selling something of smaller value first. Thanks again.
Also, for anyone interested in my binder, here it is from what I know I have. The rest will be added later.
March 15, 2015 7:59 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #4
oops. that link might not work, if it doesn't, here's my binder for anyone interested.
March 15, 2015 8:01 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #6
Every time I've traded on here, I've used delivery confirmation, except on like a $3 trade. And when I sold my Kinect two or three years ago on Ebay, I used delivery confirmation. Why?
March 16, 2015 5:40 p.m.
It just gives some extra peace of mind and shows your stuff was delivered. I haven't sent any cards in the mail but I've heard/read that it's a good thing to get. I'm not saying that it can be used to prove anything if someone says they didn't get the items, but it shows it was delivered. Not that you have to get it. =)
March 16, 2015 6:42 p.m.
I've been selling on Ebay since 2003 and never had any issues with people scamming me, MTG or otherwise. Ebay's cut is very reasonable compared to your other options. TCGPlayer might also be an option but I'm not sure what kind of red tape & fees they have for individual sellers.
March 17, 2015 1:02 a.m.
I'm not saying that delivery confirmation can prove anything at all (because I don't know), but I've heard/read that it's a good thing to get and that there's an increase in scammers.
March 17, 2015 3:53 p.m.
00xtremeninja says... #10
selling on TCG is tough as you can only list up to 10 cards to start with and people are always weary of buying from fresh sellers.
March 17, 2015 5:08 p.m.
deckmonster99 says... #11
i sell large numbers of cards on ebay, cheap one's and really expensive cards as well. my rule of thumb is use tracking on any order of 25 dollars or more. your probably not going to sell a massive number of cards so really it's up to u. things to watch out for and not do are, ship outside your country, almost any time i have done this it seems the buyer has tried to scam me and say they dint get it. NEVER trust the people who u sell your cards to as well. i have sold thousands of cards and it seems about every 30 sales i do, i get some dude telling me he wants a refund since its been 4 days and they have not gotten there cards and threaten to give me bad feedback if i do not. i have mailed many of them, to f-off, and tell them maybe in two months i will refund them. i am telling the truth about this im not nice at all and guess what after probably 100 times of that happening i have never gotten a negative feedback, u just know there trying to scam, so do not fall for it. i have had many card shops buy my cards and try the scam also, TRUST NO ONE i cant stress that enough. selling on ebay has been good to me and it's a great way to earn money/cards just watch out, and use common sense, and be good about packaging and shipping em out day of sale and u will be ok. make sure to describe cards well, use things like FAST SHIPPING!!!! in title to help sale's and sell card for buy now only at a good price. take many close up pics as well to post on item, its for your protection as well.
March 17, 2015 5:47 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #12
All right, thanks everyone for the information! Once spring break rolls around and high school slows down, I'll start organizing everything in preparation for Ebay. How should I do the pricing? 80% of TCG low like kyuuri117 said? Or is there a chance I could go a bit higher? Higher might be pushing it, so 80% seems good, but I'll compare it to other listings. Thanks again.
March 17, 2015 9:59 p.m.
I'd recommend 80% of tcg mid, low usually implies a damaged or heavily played card. Take Jace, the mind sculptor for example. He goes for what , $90? If you put him up for like $72, you might get 68 or so after ebay takes a cut. Not the 85 you could have gotten if you tried for MP, but it's guaranteed to sell fast.
March 17, 2015 10:09 p.m.
deckmonster99 says... #14
i just search ebay for the price of the card im trying to sell x1 and make my price competitive.
kyuuri117 says... #2
I don't know anyone who's ever bought a premade deck, edh or otherwise, as most people tend to have an idea of what they want to build and already have some of the cards. No point in spending extras on what you aren't going to use. I would organize your entire collection, and learn how to use Pucatrade. I don't personally use it, but i have heard that if you can learn to use it well (which involves highly organizing your collection), you can sell off bulk commons-mythics very easily. They don't give you cash, but you can use their currency to buy money cards to put on ebay.
Which brings me to my answer to your question. Sell your collection as singles on Ebay. Well, the cards that you know people want at least. A), it's a good way to boost your ebay rep, and b) it's a very easy and convenient way to get rid of cards. Just list em for buy out at 75-80% of their market price and they will sell like hotcakes. Plus, the buyer pays for the shipping so all you gotta do is stick em in a plastic loader and padded envelope and ship em off.
March 15, 2015 7:15 p.m.