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Feb 3, 2014the_cardfather posted a message on Launch Giveaway!Wall of Roots - From when green was really good for things other than fatties.Posted in: Announcements
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Nov 19, 2012the_cardfather posted a message on Lantern's MTG Salvation IQ Tournaments, 6 Months InYea, I could see that application. "He runs PRE's"Posted in: Lantern Blog
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http://blog.stamps.com/2015/10/22/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-january-17-2016/
I noticed while I was pumping out eBay auctions for my wife's toy business that her plush dolls were costing the same price to ship as TCG auctions and pins so I did a little research.
Several years ago USPS made a change to charge the same rate for all parcel business (tracking) between 1-3 oz. As more and more buyers demanded tracking and "I didn't get it" fraud increased the small bubble mailer w/ toploaders became the default upgrade from the plain envelope (PWE).
This latest upgrade makes all packages up to 8oz $2.60. This is a boon for people who want to ship out full decks and lots up to about 100 cards, but hurts people wanting tracking in the $10-20 range for singles.
From the USPS standpoint it makes perfect sense. The bulk of the cost of handling these packages is in scanning them not weight or volume.
What do you think about these changes?
Their official answer was the variance was too high to be a competitive format. Basically they didn't like having to give out QPs for it and the 8 mans didn't really fire. At least Pauper requires some new cards. Momir requires nothing but entry fees so it gets regulated to the 2 man queues.
WotC isn't acknowledging the real problem which is that the client change plus $25 redemption fee have had major economic impacts. AKA people are quitting. That's why the queues aren't firing. Grinders will play whatever fires fastest. Standard. There used to be enough other people to give those of us who don't want to play only standard a choice, but now they aren't around.
Wizards knows for the most part with the exception of new players (which are few and far between these days) they sell tix and redemptions in their online store. With all the cashing out that's going on there are a surplus of both tix and cards right now. The bots have absorbed it because the big chains have pretty deep pockets (and speculators have gobbled the rest).
Don't forget your cards weren't going to rotate for a year so you could sell them at peak times.
Machines do eat cards. In my experience small envelopes get eaten more than large ones and get delayed because they have to be hand sorted more often.
The lowliest paid postal employee makes enough in half a day to buy a UL trop so they aren't risking a job and that took 3 months to a couple years to get plus jail time by stealing mail. I know most of the heavy traders/ mtg purchasers in town (I see where the packages are coming from) and usually go out of my way to make sure people get their cards.
I saw that on twitter. I thought it was just a sweet alter. Dang those eyes in foil....
Spec on BFZ having Colorless Matters Theme.
I think MTGO Traders runs a penny bot and I think Marlon had old cards for 0.01 for a while too.
This will replace the old Extreme Budget Challenge. Thanks to shinbatsu for taking the lead on this one.
I've had a lot of Fringe Infect foils sell off in the past couple weeks so the deck is gaining in popularity. I kind of have my doubts on a card like Distortion Strike getting reprinted.