From:	Felix Hoefert <FHoefert@********.DE>
Subject:	German prices (Was Re: Price Guides)
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 05:45:14 +0200

Geoffrey Boga wrote:
>
> >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.
>
Just for everybody´s information, German stores sell single cards for
about 10 cents (common), 50 to 2.10 (uncommon) and 3.20 through 4 to
13.50 (rare). They usually pay 70% of their store prices. ---Felix