I’ve seen this situation become rather sticky at times..My local LGS owner often wants to pick up the really desirable cards out of my binder and he gives 90% of TCG low in credit but only like 60% in cash so I’ve only sometimes traded in my cards, but recently I started selling more on ebay and have had to shoot him down with a customer waiting at his counter because he offered me too low on something, but it’s certainly an uncomfortable position to be in..for the most part I never sell cards in someone else’s store for that reason.

Usually i try to not make competition to them directly and if someone if offering money it’s usually because he was coming to the store to buy those cards and the store didn’t have the cards in question. Even if it’s just 10-15$, it’s enough to pay the meal or the beer after the tournament 😛 it’s hard to cash out without opening a eBay store or selling directly to stores(and losing a ton a money) so i take all opportunities…

Good call. I like making sure people in my LGS have what they need if the store doesn\’t have it. Thanks for sharing, there is a lot of money in what you\’re driving at.