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zaeil
Decorated
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 233 Location: NC, US
Wave 3 silvers are rare birds indeed!
I just bought a retailer's box of mixed waves 1-3. In 36 packs, I found four silvers. Only *one* was Wave 3. The ratio would likely be similar in a box of pure wave 3--you'd probably only get four or five silvers.
From the perspective of the eBay seller, the silvers are the money makers. With only 4-5 in a box, however, and at the going rate of silver cards on eBay (despite the increased rarity of the Wave 3's), you can't even make back the cost of the box since the other cards sell for little to nothing! Selling individual cards is not particularly profitable for the eBay sellers this wave, so the number of cards available for purchase is dwindling.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:33 pm
cheetahfur
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Warrington, England
Well... Its luck I bought a Box of wave 4 mixed cards and i got a total of 14 silvers!
It depends on luck, but i think the distribrution in the 4th wave are better.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:50 am
Sophiecat
Decorated
Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 171 Location: North East UK
Yes, we know you did!!! We had to sit and watch you open them.
Grrrr!!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:17 am
cheetahfur
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Warrington, England
Who is you ???
are you my stalker
Or were you at fanboy3 ???
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:08 am
cheetahfur
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Warrington, England
Oh, I think i knows you... do you still need those 2 cards? If so i can give you the codes!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:56 am
walther
Boot
Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 38
Re: Well... Its luck
cheetahfur wrote:
It depends on luck, but i think the distribrution in the 4th wave are better.
No, it's not! I opened 48 Pure Wave 4 packs and got 0 Silver cards.
After my brush-off when I complained about ordering 24 packs and getting 50% identical packs in my Wave 2 order back at Christmas, I'm not holding my breath on any kind of resolution.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:11 pm
jazzychad
Veteran
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 74
Yeah... the distribution is very strange this wave... I ordered a 36 pack from firebox and got 9 silvers (two of which were duplicates...). I thought I was in heaven... Then again I only got *2* blacks.. and a heck of a lot of duplicates of all other wave 4 cards.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:24 pm
Grizy
Veteran
Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 89 Location: Preston, UK
I also opened a box of wave 4 cards and got 0 silvers. Nice to know I'm not alone.
I'm hoping that MC will be selling individual cards in the not too distant future at a reasonable price.
[wheres that praying emoticon gone? ]
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:47 pm
blandestk
Kilroy
Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 2
I haven't purchased a full box, but I have probably opened a box worth of individual packs and I have not pulled one silver card......bogus.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:37 am
cheetahfur
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Warrington, England
I had a lot of silvers but I think that my generosity can smoetimes get the better of me.
Someone wanted Reiman off me and I only had one.
Even though he seemed to think that i was doing a 'bad deal' for myself, but I knew that he wanted the card, especially because it was an unsolved one I swapped it for swarms and a few lower value cards that i didnt have.
Do you think I did right or think im a stupid ****-wit?
(I agree with the 2nd)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:27 am
Ruuku
Unfettered
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 373
I got a silver (#255 Clinical Explanation) on my 3rd all waves mixed pack
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:22 pm
obrienk
Veteran
Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 73
cheetahfur wrote:
I had a lot of silvers but I think that my generosity can smoetimes get the better of me.
Someone wanted Reiman off me and I only had one.
Even though he seemed to think that i was doing a 'bad deal' for myself, but I knew that he wanted the card, especially because it was an unsolved one I swapped it for swarms and a few lower value cards that i didnt have.
Do you think I did right or think im a stupid ****-wit?
(I agree with the 2nd)
i beleive reiman is no longer being printed, so you probably could have got ALL his cards for it
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:20 am
mac_monkey
Decorated
Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 250
All his cards?
That's somewhat an exaggeration- Unless they only have 2 cards.
Relitivity isn't being printed either.
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:37 am
rosemary
Boot
Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 17
I've bought most of my silvers on ebay, but you can get better prices, despite the postage, on US deals sometimes, as they seem to have
a smaller percentage population playing. Good luck and I hope we don't end up bidding against one another,
Rosemary
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:07 pm
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