Fraz Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 How do you think card prices come about? Like when people trade they'll usually be comparing prices of the cards to either get a good or equal trade. Kinda curious to hear what people respond with. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 i never understood how they worked, i always thought the value was down to if the card was highly sought after or if it's hard to get, but turns out i could be wrong inb4igetquoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:pyramid:. Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 for me its simple, if you come to me and want something iv got, and you have got stuff i can shift/trade-on easily i tend to only inflate the price by about 10% to get the better of the trade because i dont need to do the trade. however if you have only got stuff that i cant shift easily then i inflate what my cards are worth by like 40% because i dont want to be lumbered with cards i cant shift/trade-on easily. also card prices are determine by supply/ demand but if your too lazey to work it out ebay is your friend as it shows the most people can flogg it for, so thats what you base your price off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth_The_Legend Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Cards in Demand: Higher Price Cards not in demand: Throw ins or usually a random number from 1-5 depending on if it's somewhat useful or not. most players tend to trade for a profit, some don't because they don't know any better... but thats how the smart ones do it anyway.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKPLANT RISING Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Thank god I'm Japanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eibon1307 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Alot of players determine prices, other times it's as has been stated. High demand = $$$ But there is also the fact that Beckett Collector is the #1 most used card catalouge around so American enthusiasts usually have an up to date copy and use it, which Beckett has stated, they base their prices on what the companoes tell them to. I.E. If PoD is set at $120 a card, it's because "Konami told us to put that as the price." This has been noted on their site multiple times, so they redid their magazine format for "Childrens" card games so now you'll no longer see artfully packed magazines based on one card game. Now you get a 50 page (if that) mag called "Beckett Strategyst!" which has 10 pages per every card game they place in there. The newest Ive seen has info about everything from Duelist Revelations and Starstrike Blast. Marches should include Storm of Ragnarok info, and then a month after Extreme Victory comes out it'll have that info too. Sadly though, they still go by the "Because (company name here) told us that is the price" policy so theres no point in angry emails over why a thrid rate card has a first rate price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ReBeL Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I try and make the most profit. last week i got Caius for 2 dollars and a Cold Wave. my teammate literally got Solemn Warning for 5 dollars.this is how trades go: Good Trader and Good Trader-Trade is even or someone made very little profit Good Trader and Bad Trader-Good Trader made Great Trade or Trade couldn't be done because the bad trader just non negotiable Bad Trader and Bad Trader-Trade is Bad/Good it doesn't really matter to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefoursoulsofcaius Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 it's an interesting idea. i usually give the average of what i find on a site that sells cards and if the other trader doesn't like it, that 's tough. it's annoying when people ask what i value a card and then argue with my answer. for example, at my last regionals, someone wanted my ulti first edition enishi, shien's chancellor. they asked what i valued it at and i said ten dollars because i had just checked e-bay and that was the average. he disagreed and wouldn't stop arguing about it. he asked, i answered, guess he didn't want it that badly after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppeli Gyro Supreme Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 You should know, by the way, that vendor price is not trade price. Just like how you can't buy a computer from a store and then sell it on the street for the same exact price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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