From:	Geoffrey Boga <bogag@***.GOV.AU>
Subject:	Re: Price Guides
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 11:42:56 EST

>I just purchased scrye 5.2 also, I must agree the prices are at best
>laughable. but I have always thought that (though I am not a hard core ccger)
>
>If you take their breakdown, $.20 for each common, $1.00 for each uncommon,
>$5.50 for each rare (except those high sellers like torgo)
>
>Then If I buy a pack from the store for $2.95, and sell all the cards back for
>their supposed value I make $8.55 in profit, this is just plain crazy.
>
>BTW--if any of you know of any card shope that are paying these prices, let me
>know I'm sure that after 4 boxes of boosters, and 2 boxes of starters that I
>have plenty of commons to recoup my investment :-)
>
>Jason,


Don't forget that these price guides are ment to reperesent the price you would
pay to buy an individual card from a store, not the price they are willing to
pay for them.

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Geoffrey Boga