So...stores DO rip people off?The person who really got ripped off was the guy selling his collection.
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- Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:22 pm
- Forum: Magic General
- Topic: Sharking
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- Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:34 pm
- Forum: Magic General
- Topic: Sharking
- Replies: 71
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I think the issue of morality when it comes to something like trading pieces of colorful cardboard is quite interesting. I personally don't trade magic cards anymore because I was tired of spending my time and being offered shark trade after shark trade, and while I have had my fair share of crap rares for fetches stories, I also stopped trying to rip people when I was 15.
People have different concepts of what is moral. To Alex the idea is that if everyone gets what they want then the trade is moral. To kijin, this is underhanded when one side is clearly making away with a huge profit.
I remember I used to go to a store when I was between 13-16 that was primarily a sports card store but also sold magic cards and other collectables. They had no idea how to price magic cards and mainly used Scry magazine. Once they bought a huge collection from a dude with power and old duals etc and they took out the best cards,
throwing the "crap" in a pile for 10 cents a piece. My busy went through that huge pile and bought a foreign chains of Mephistopheles and 40 demonic tutors (some of them beta). Now that was a huge sharking...but it was of a store. They should know better, right? I always thought about that. They rip their customers off all the time, right?
Idk
People have different concepts of what is moral. To Alex the idea is that if everyone gets what they want then the trade is moral. To kijin, this is underhanded when one side is clearly making away with a huge profit.
I remember I used to go to a store when I was between 13-16 that was primarily a sports card store but also sold magic cards and other collectables. They had no idea how to price magic cards and mainly used Scry magazine. Once they bought a huge collection from a dude with power and old duals etc and they took out the best cards,
throwing the "crap" in a pile for 10 cents a piece. My busy went through that huge pile and bought a foreign chains of Mephistopheles and 40 demonic tutors (some of them beta). Now that was a huge sharking...but it was of a store. They should know better, right? I always thought about that. They rip their customers off all the time, right?
Idk