I suspect the reason they take all the cards is because its just faster to grab everything and dump it in to storage than cherry pick the cards you think you want.
I am not sure you know how to sell a collection? You are not allowed to sell an account. So you provide the buyer with your password and then they transfer all cards. The 400 card limit is thus real but you dont need to be online. Again if you dont want the pacifism as the buyer then just dont transfer them.
You also seem to believe that the buyer is actually paying something for your 270 pacifism? Your collection quote will not change if you take out all your crap commons.
If mtgotraders would actually pay you something for your pacifism then it is because they want them and you can just sell them to mtgotraders. In that case we would not be talking about what to do with crap commons. You could just sell them to mtgotraders.
That would probably actually cost the vendors more money than just sitting on 55k pacifisms. A trade limit of 400 would mean a lot more transferring when the other person was online. You could buy someone's collection by just buying their account.
It also assumes that the people who are selling collections are happier getting slightly less money but keeping crappy cards. For a lot of people, it would be far simpler to simply sell the entire collection.
2 problems? Hmmm. Excess mtgo cards and poverty in Africa?
I talked about how vendors could avoid ending up with 55k copies of a card. They could simply just stop buying them. It would not affect their business at all. Right now vendors are effectively acting as shredders for people cashing out. Instead of buying an entire collection, they could just buy the cards they actually wanted which are the same cards used to price the collection anyway.
Like I said above excess cards is an issue for limited players not for vendors.
Right. I would say Neels with the long "E". There is a youtube video with the pronounciation of Niels Bohr the name of a nobel prize winner. That is how it is pronounced where I am from.
I guess the moderating effects are that more drafting also increase supply. And that you dont need to buy packs if the pack price approach 4 tix which is almost already the case. So I would not expect a huge jump. Especially not if it is an influx of player points instead of tix.
Because a one shot boost of tickets would likely cause people to buy up more packs for drafting, or singles they wanted. If enough people are buying, economics indicate the prices will increase.
But I am not completely certain that tix would be worth less. You can use them to enter events not just to buy cards on the secondary market. So if people use the tix to enter more events the market will be flooded with cards from limited events and boosters from prizes. So cards and boosters will decrease in value?
Card y used to cost x. Now tix are worth less. So...now card y costs x+z where z is the difference in the amount of tix it now takes to approximate the old price in value. Is that more sensible to you?
What you wrote makes no sense to me at all. I am sure you are on to something. Could you make the argument one step at a time? I dont think you explained the =
Nitpicking (...again): By coincidence my real name is Niels like Niels Noorlander. Niels is a fairly common name in my part of the world. Very frequently when someone with an anglo american background writes my name they think I misspelled it and correct it to Neils instead. I completely get why Neils looks more correct for an English speaker. It is a small but very consistent mistake :)
It really depends on the number of tickets. If it was automated and every account had it happen, there would probably be a notable jump.
However, it would be fair more likely that it would be optional, meaning an account owner would have to take the time to do it. That is pretty improbable to en masse lead to a jump, at least of any significance.
You are fooling yourself if you believe that mtgotraders are paying you anything for the 270 pacifism. They would still buy the part of the collection they actully wanted. And you would still be able to cash out, except that you are left with some useless cards.
Like I wrote above. It is an issue for those who sold the collection. Not for the buyer. The buyer could just buy the part of the collection they actually wanted.
One small improvement to resolving this issue would be a toggleable account button choice as to whether you wish the client to prevent itself from adding basic lands (maybe WBURG basics only) to your deck from Limited format pools. At least you know your favorite Constructed basic lands will stay the same.
Yep, time consuming tasks are time consuming.
I suspect the reason they take all the cards is because its just faster to grab everything and dump it in to storage than cherry pick the cards you think you want.
You are wrong.
I am not sure you know how to sell a collection? You are not allowed to sell an account. So you provide the buyer with your password and then they transfer all cards. The 400 card limit is thus real but you dont need to be online. Again if you dont want the pacifism as the buyer then just dont transfer them.
You also seem to believe that the buyer is actually paying something for your 270 pacifism? Your collection quote will not change if you take out all your crap commons.
If mtgotraders would actually pay you something for your pacifism then it is because they want them and you can just sell them to mtgotraders. In that case we would not be talking about what to do with crap commons. You could just sell them to mtgotraders.
That would probably actually cost the vendors more money than just sitting on 55k pacifisms. A trade limit of 400 would mean a lot more transferring when the other person was online. You could buy someone's collection by just buying their account.
It also assumes that the people who are selling collections are happier getting slightly less money but keeping crappy cards. For a lot of people, it would be far simpler to simply sell the entire collection.
2 problems? Hmmm. Excess mtgo cards and poverty in Africa?
I talked about how vendors could avoid ending up with 55k copies of a card. They could simply just stop buying them. It would not affect their business at all. Right now vendors are effectively acting as shredders for people cashing out. Instead of buying an entire collection, they could just buy the cards they actually wanted which are the same cards used to price the collection anyway.
Like I said above excess cards is an issue for limited players not for vendors.
Thanks both.
Right. I would say Neels with the long "E". There is a youtube video with the pronounciation of Niels Bohr the name of a nobel prize winner. That is how it is pronounced where I am from.
I agree.
I guess the moderating effects are that more drafting also increase supply. And that you dont need to buy packs if the pack price approach 4 tix which is almost already the case. So I would not expect a huge jump. Especially not if it is an influx of player points instead of tix.
Because a one shot boost of tickets would likely cause people to buy up more packs for drafting, or singles they wanted. If enough people are buying, economics indicate the prices will increase.
What two problems do you see then?
I see one, accounts end up getting cluttered with junk cards nobody wants.
You're right, it looked correct, I've changed it, thanks you!
I sound it out in my head like German: "ie" is long "E" and "ei" is long "I".
Yes. I get it now. Thanks.
But I am not completely certain that tix would be worth less. You can use them to enter events not just to buy cards on the secondary market. So if people use the tix to enter more events the market will be flooded with cards from limited events and boosters from prizes. So cards and boosters will decrease in value?
Now I am curious, does that pronounce as "Nils", "Nihals", "Neils" or something else?
Card y used to cost x. Now tix are worth less. So...now card y costs x+z where z is the difference in the amount of tix it now takes to approximate the old price in value. Is that more sensible to you?
What you wrote makes no sense to me at all. I am sure you are on to something. Could you make the argument one step at a time? I dont think you explained the =
Because more tix = higher price even if the overall value of that price is lower? I assume that's what was meant.
I simply cannot resist :)
Nitpicking (...again): By coincidence my real name is Niels like Niels Noorlander. Niels is a fairly common name in my part of the world. Very frequently when someone with an anglo american background writes my name they think I misspelled it and correct it to Neils instead. I completely get why Neils looks more correct for an English speaker. It is a small but very consistent mistake :)
Why would a flood of tix cause a jump up instead of a jump down in pack and single prices? Can you maybe elaborate on your logic?
It really depends on the number of tickets. If it was automated and every account had it happen, there would probably be a notable jump.
However, it would be fair more likely that it would be optional, meaning an account owner would have to take the time to do it. That is pretty improbable to en masse lead to a jump, at least of any significance.
You are fooling yourself if you believe that mtgotraders are paying you anything for the 270 pacifism. They would still buy the part of the collection they actully wanted. And you would still be able to cash out, except that you are left with some useless cards.
I am not acting.
Like I wrote above. It is an issue for those who sold the collection. Not for the buyer. The buyer could just buy the part of the collection they actually wanted.
Wouldn't a flood of tix cause pack and singles prices to rise (if even temporary)?
If 55K Pacifisms makes it even .01% less likely MTGO Traders doesn't buy future collections or even folds somehow, then it is all of our problem.
One small improvement to resolving this issue would be a toggleable account button choice as to whether you wish the client to prevent itself from adding basic lands (maybe WBURG basics only) to your deck from Limited format pools. At least you know your favorite Constructed basic lands will stay the same.