Why Craigslist is a terrible place to buy magic cards: Houston Edition 1

by tony guo

Craiglist is among the most frustrating places to buy magic cards.  Today I will go through some of the recent posts found on Houston Cragislist.  

Post 1:  Mesa means Money

I have 2 binders and 2 boxes of Magic the Gathering cards. look at photos to see just how many. First decent offer gets them. I'm open to trades. I want to sell all, not just a few. If you took your time to part them out, you could double your money.

link below is to photobucket there are 120 photos of the cards in there.

i have a list of about 640+ have small box full of cards havent inventoried yet
http://s1221.beta.photobucket.com/user/howlchr/library/magic

These are just the 10 most expencive cards per the site I have found so far. If you ordered all the cards i have from cardkingdom, it would cost well over $700

set : card name price on cardkingdom.com # i have
Stronghold: Mox Diamond $34.95 1
Urza's Saga: Serra's Sanctum $19.95 1
beta black knight $14.95 2
reviesed 3rd edition demonic tutor $12.95 2
5th Edition: Mesa Pegasus $12.50 4
3rd Edition: Wheel of Fortune $10.95 1
5th Edition: Angry Mob $6.50 2
Exodus: Oath of Druids $6.50 1
5th Edition: Mesa Falcon $5.95 4
Stronghold: Ensnaring Bridge $5.95 1

• Location: Woodlands
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

 Since when did Mesa Pegasus become 12.50?  And wow I'm glad he has a playset for trade.  I've dealt with this dealer, and he originally wanted 100 dollars which I thought that price was way to high.  Well I'm glad he found out that Mesa Pegasus and Mesa Falcon were so valuable.  

 Post 2: Commons for sale

25,000 common magic cards. Most are in in Mint/Near Mint condition, although some are in "played" condition. Cards range from Innistrad back to Revised. Also some Unhinged & Unglued. There are a playset (4) of many many individual cards and multiples of some cards do exist in quantity.


Asking $650

• Location: The Woodlands
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Again I've dealt with this person before.  His commons are sorted through with great care.  Meaning no brainstorms, no lightning bolts, just a whole bunch of crap....  

 But perhaps the most ridiculous 

Dec 9 - MTG Magic Black Lotus Unlimited - $1699 (The Woodlands ) collectibles - by owner

Dec 7 - Toyota Matrix XRS 2004 - $4500 (Sugar Land / Houston) cars & trucks - by owner pic

Dec 3 - """Sprint ..@ Galaxy III - $230"" - electronics - by owner pic

Dec 3 - ""iphone3gs 16 gb blk mint for trade unlk - $130""" - electronics - by owner pic

Nov 29 - black lotus unlimited mint - $1500 (the woodlands) collectibles - by owner  

 The guy posts a unlimited lotus (not nm by the way) and asks for 1500 on Nov 29.  He repost at 1700 on Dec 9.  Man, if he waits until the end of the year he can post for 2000.  Why would you repost for a higher value when you couldn't get the lower value, and still leave up the post.  His black lotus is maybe worth 1000, maybe...