Great stuff. You guys are budgeting for coming out to honolulu next year right?

Thanks for the pointers, Johnny.
Excellent idea on "making it a game."

Just FYI, I got 9 pithing needles and 6 Broodmate Dragons, @ a dime a piece.

John Ugalde, ladies and gentlemen.

Mike,
I understand the psychology of trading does dictate that this could be the case sometimes, but it's important to understand for every person you *think* won't do this, there are 3-4 who will. Bulking Mythics was something I hadn't considered seperately, but yes, if you can get them cheap, it sounds good!

Thanks for the great idea, Leo!

Where dyou live? It's difficult to believe that you don't have better access to Grand Prixs than most Americans – and there has to be like a european equivalent of Gen Con and Origins – oh, and Nationals is usually a good place to see vendors, too.

I mean – you're not usually allowed to buy/sell on a convention floor – you have to be a little surreptitious, but I don't *endorse* it, unless you've previously arranged this (prior to the event). I would say that it's a good idea to Abundance Trade for collections, as we're trying to avoid spending non-budget cash on cards here anyway.

I love me some bulk! I would also like to meet this buddy of your with the Emerald – I want it and since he's a trader I am sure we can work something out.

One thing I wanted to share with your readers is that http://www.trollandtoad.com buys bulk at .14 cash money!

Another technique that I use to help some people cope with the idea of bulking is that I let them chose the cards. I say I will give you .10 a piece on any card with a gold sylmbol. This encouges people to make a game out of it, trying to find the jankiest crap to give you for your tier 1 card.

Good Job on the Article. Later dude!

"I don't really see anything I want to trade for, but would you take $100 for this?"
"Um dude you serious"
"ya man.. I'm just getting started and need some cards" open wallet pull out cash…
"uh.. ok"

Keep anything worth $0.50 or more and bulk the rest back to a dealer at the same convention.

Also, thanks for the hindsight. (Pun intended) I sure wasn't approaching trades this way, yet is is effective and quite easy to try.

At least where I trade (Seattle and Boston), the traders who will bulk to you are too few.

There's nothing to be done with the people who know how to trade, so what I do is trade bulk but not at a dime, but usually for $0.25 or $0.50. This helps me capture those traders who dislike cardboard disadvantage. For example, you can easily price bulk mythics at $0.25 or $0.50, and flip them to Troll and Toad for $0.60.