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by Yannaria
Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: Magic General
Topic: Sharking
Replies: 71
Views: 247852

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES!
by Yannaria
Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:39 am
Forum: Magic General
Topic: Sharking
Replies: 71
Views: 247852

I don't tell them what the cards are worth, I just find something I want and go "I want this." I let them pick what they think is appropriate and if they're happy I'm happy. I don't feel bad about it, it isn't my job to tell you what your cards are worth, and worth is in the eye of the beholder anyway.
so you're sharking them.
There is an objective value of worth for magic cards.
like I don't have a problem with trading a kid 20 bulk rares for a snapcaster mage, but I always let them know so a reputation doesn't get around that I'm a total scumbag when it comes to trades
by Yannaria
Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:33 am
Forum: Magic General
Topic: Sharking
Replies: 71
Views: 247852

It isn't sharking, you offer person a card for their card and they say ok. You did nothing wrong the agreed to it, they wanted to make the trade
When you take advantage of the fact that one party does not know card prices and leverage their lack of knowledge against your knowledge, which I assume is what you mean by "offer person a card for their card and they say ok" that is the literal definition of sharking.
nValue is subjective though. There are a lot of different levels of players. Finding casuals that are simply interested in bulk rares shouldn't make you feel bad, especially if you're giving them the better part of a new deck they're working on.

Example: There's a store near my house that is mostly board and tabletop games, not really big into CCGs. They have some people there who play Magic pretty casually. One day I showed up with my bulk box and found these two guys who were working on some bad tribal decks (sphinx and cats I think?) so the bulk box, to them at least, was a goldmine. I traded one guy like 12 bulk rare sphinx's for a foil Boros Reckoner, and the other guy I traded a set of Door of Destinies for a Dark Confidant. Was it a balanced trade? Clearly not. But those guys got what they wanted, and the value of not having to find these "cool" cards on their own outweighed monetary value. Everyone in all parties is going to actually play with those cards, so no bad feels.
(Although I have yet to find the last Bob I need, so...not quite yet.)
But that is sharking.
If you intentionally don't tell someone the value then you are sharking them.
If you tell them "hey, that Dark Confidant you have is worth 70 dollars" and they still only want four Doors, sure whatever. But if you pull that out, and they pull out the doors and they ask you if that's fin,e you are intentionally sharking and basically an asshole.
I generally make trades perfectly even, and like Thrillho, make out like a bandit when my shit goes up.
Hellrider is a great example, I bought two playsets, and traded for 2 more playsets and they went dumb.

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