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Message no. 1
From: "(Ryan Smith)" <SnakeIzBac@***.COM>
Subject: Booster Pack prices
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 14:45:39 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-07 14:12:24 EDT, you write:

<< Not to worry about Underworld. They don't plan on getting any. Current
stock of boosters is 20, and they are $5 apiece. Shipping will depend
on how many you want. >>

I e-mailed someone today becuase they had shadowrun boosters for sale. This
person sent me back this! 5 Dollars a piece he/she is selling shadowrun
boosters! Ultra Rip-off!!!! I can go to the store and buy them for the
regular listed price of 2.99. Also, i can even get a discount for buying a
certain amount!! I say this is highway robbery!!
Message no. 2
From: Wildfire <sara.miller@***********.EDU>
Subject: Re: Booster Pack prices
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 14:03:20 -0500
> I e-mailed someone today becuase they had shadowrun boosters for sale. This
> person sent me back this! 5 Dollars a piece he/she is selling shadowrun
> boosters! Ultra Rip-off!!!! I can go to the store and buy them for the
> regular listed price of 2.99. Also, i can even get a discount for buying a
> certain amount!! I say this is highway robbery!!

Hey, sorry. I won't be nice anymore. I'm lucky if I can get my hands on a few
booster packs once in a while, period. The only gaming store which carries them
get a few in every now and again. Assuming that the game is popular and that
maybe other people might not be able to get cards at all(apparently not you), I
offered to be able to pick some up. If you can get them cheaper, that's great.
Please don't assume that everyone has access to the same supplies as you do.

Wildfire
Message no. 3
From: "(Ryan Smith)" <SnakeIzBac@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Booster Pack prices
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 15:36:07 EDT
Sorry about that- I thought you personally were selling them for that much.
But anyways i still think it's highway robbery.
Message no. 4
From: "Walter K. Mei" <wkmei@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Booster Pack prices
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:32:17 -0700
Wildfire wrote:
>
> > I e-mailed someone today becuase they had shadowrun boosters for sale. This
> > person sent me back this! 5 Dollars a piece he/she is selling shadowrun
> > boosters! Ultra Rip-off!!!! I can go to the store and buy them for the
> > regular listed price of 2.99. Also, i can even get a discount for buying a
> > certain amount!! I say this is highway robbery!!
>
> Hey, sorry. I won't be nice anymore. I'm lucky if I can get my hands on a few
> booster packs once in a while, period. The only gaming store which carries them
> get a few in every now and again. Assuming that the game is popular and that
> maybe other people might not be able to get cards at all(apparently not you), I
> offered to be able to pick some up. If you can get them cheaper, that's great.
> Please don't assume that everyone has access to the same supplies as you do.
>
> Wildfire

I would add a few comments about being "nice" and asking for a nearly
70% mark-up in the same breath, but this is not the forum.

As to the issue of *access* to supplies, well, we are all right now on
the best forum available to have access to almost anything in the WORLD.
Use it.

The most economical way to get packs is to buy boxes of booster packs. I
know some of you cannot afford the initial expense, but I am pretty sure
there are some trustworthy people on this list who would be willing to
*split* a box.

Depending on your vendor, the prices can range. The following website is
one of the better ones for very fair pricing:

http://www.allstartradingcards.com

This is just one of several sites on the internet that have SRTCG for
sale. Please check around and perform searches *before* you actually
make any purchases. Although it is a fun game, in some areas it may not
do as well. Vendors will sometimes clear their inventories at discounted
prices.

These are just my opinions, send your flames privately, and I will deal
with each of them in turn.

Thank you,

Walter
Message no. 5
From: ""Jens_P._DrÀger""
Subject: Re: Booster Pack prices
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 08:23:25 +0200
At 15:36 07.07.1998 EDT, you wrote:
>Sorry about that- I thought you personally were selling them for that much.
>But anyways i still think it's highway robbery.

Well, given the fact that you have no chance to come across any more Limited
Edition boosters in stores over here in good ol' Germany, it seems ok to me
to pay $5 for a booster (you could also trade against rares, but most of
them are at least worth $3 or 4 anyway)... The best price of course can be
achieved by ordering via mail order e.g. at All Star Trading Cards, but not
everybody (at least over here across the Atlantic) knows about these
possibilities from the beginning of his collector's career :-)

I would have certainly paid $5 for a booster a little time ago...

Jens P.



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