Comments on: Insider: Adventures in Vending – Magic Origins Prerelease Weekend https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Harry https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/#comment-1062790 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:32:18 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=61641#comment-1062790 I had read your first article in this series and was really intrigued by the idea of being able to vend at events in local shops. I’ve been grinding out collection buys on craigslist for a few months and the pickings there are getting slim so I’ve been looking for ways to keep the profit rolling in when I’m not buying collections. So I decided to post on a local Facebook group that I was looking for a store to host me as a vendor during FNMs, gpts, etc. A local shop owner who stopped running events about a year ago contacted me and has offered to let me run fnms, gpts, iqs, etc. at his store. I will be buying and selling cards for myself during events and the store owner is going to pay me to do this. It should be a unique opportunity and I’m exited to see how it pans out. Thanks for putting this out there and planting the seed.

]]> By: Ryan Overturf https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/#comment-1046995 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:08:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=61641#comment-1046995 In reply to Brandon.

It’s going to depend on the EV of the set. Having cards in stock on release weekend is a great way to incentivize people to trade in their new cards to you, but it’s not worth it if the EV of a box is low. If it’s like, $10 over what you pay for them though, it’s a good to great idea, just so you have the things people want.

Origins doesn’t have great E.V. so unless you know you can move the cards quickly I wouldn’t recommend opening much product. Selling packs is just going to be better than cracking them, but you need to have inventory, too.

]]> By: Brandon https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/#comment-1046944 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:49:15 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=61641#comment-1046944 In reply to All is Dust.

You should never do anything like that. The odds are against you still in being able to return a profit. You’ll make more money selling the packs individually

]]> By: Kelly Reid https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/#comment-1046929 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:46:22 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=61641#comment-1046929 I found ANOTHER Firestorm in bulk last week in South Dakota, along with some Alternate 4th Edition commons. Bought the Godless Shrine I needed for $9 (below tcg mid) and then paid another buck for a stack of decent 10c cards (inc. the Firestorm).

]]> By: All is Dust https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/07/insider-adventures-in-vending-magic-origins-prerelease-weekend/#comment-1045868 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:57:01 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=61641#comment-1045868 Thanks for the article. I will start vending at a new game store opening up in a few months. Due to this I aim to increase my supply of standard cards by opening around a case of each new set ready for release weekend. In your experience do you think this is a good idea or should I just stick to picking cards up through buylists and trade ins?

Thanks

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