Blackmoor wrote:You can pick these babies up for next to nothing almost anywhere, old Game shops, Ebay (If you are patient)Except for a complete gold or ruby set they are worthless really
Whiskers wrote:Your talking Gold border Collector Cards right? The Silver border factory sets are worthless. Anyone can get them.Good luck. I only ever talked to two other people in 15 years that had the complete Gold & Ruby border collector sets with all the promos.
Zenfinite wrote:In closing, 5 of your posts contain references to how rare and valuable you think these cards are. People might think you're here to further your own valuation ends, and, they might be right. If you want to talk about your love of collecting this game, please, by all means, contribute to the vast amount of knowledge available on this website.Zen
Zenfinite wrote:I believe the problem here is that, even though the gold and ruby sets are rare, rarity is not the only thing that drives value. Demand needs to be injected into the formula at some point, and frankly, there is about zero demand for these cards. I'd probably have tried to assemble a ruby bordered set over the last 20 years that I've known about them, but, for some silly reason, resellers insist on charging ~$20 a box for these cards, when in reality a price closer to $5 would still probably be overcharging for them. They made millions of these cards, and the simple fact that you can go to any of a dozen Internet sites and buy unopened boxes speaks to the lack of demand and glut of supply. I think any sarcasm you'd encounter here would be from members who are tired of people trying to artificially inflate the value of things. I understand YOU think they are very rare and valuable, however, you'd be very hard pressed to find others who share your opinion. I think I remember seeing a ruby set for sale on eBay at one point, and the seller wanted like $2000 for it. That's insane. The fact that it did NOT sell, might indicate an over-valuation of its worth. Granted, all it takes is one other person to agree with your idea of its worth to conclude a sale. In closing, 5 of your posts contain references to how rare and valuable you think these cards are. People might think you're here to further your own valuation ends, and, they might be right. If you want to talk about your love of collecting this game, please, by all means, contribute to the vast amount of knowledge available on this website.Zen
Whiskers wrote:You people are nasty here. The guy asked for some info and I gave it to him. Know you come up with this conspiracy theory. Wow!
TheHistorian wrote:You seem confident that your math is right, and I have no reason to doubt it. Thus I'm happy to concede that you have a rare item.The problem pretty much falls under "correlation does not imply causation". Items that are rare can be valuable, but rarity does not in itself make something valuable. It also has to be desired by at least one other person.Absurd example:The napkin I used for dinner tonight is rare, unique actually, as no other is exactly like it, with the same stains and tears. Rare - yes; valuable - no.The last napkin that Gary Gygax ever used was similarly unique. In theory, someone would buy it because of the celebrity attached to it. Rare - yes; valuable - yes.So, I think what people are trying to say (admittedly a bit too harshly) is that while you may have a hard to find item, in our opinion you won't be able to sell it quickly and for a lot of money. You may eventually find someone who shares your opinion of its rarity and value, and then cash in, but we think the market is small and thus the sale would be difficult, so you'd either have to sell for less or wait for longer.I for one will hope that our assessment is wrong and that you will quickly be able to sell your cards for a fortune should you ever decide to.
Whiskers wrote:Thanks for the non-nasty response. There are some nice people on this forum. That's the only point I was trying to make. The cards are rare.Later
Zenfinite wrote:You're retarded. Allow me to quote the FIRST SENTENCE of my response."I believe the problem here is that, even though the gold and ruby sets are rare, rarity is not the only thing that drives value."So, if the only point you were trying to make was that they are rare, I conceded that point in the absolute first words in my "nasty" response. Maybe if you bothered to READ, instead of crying, you'd have no complaints. In all reality, you are dealing with people on this forum who know more about Dungeons and Dragons in ALL its forms than you could ever hope to know, including your precious collector's cards. We know all the numbers. We know every statistic you just quoted. And look! It STILL doesn't affect the worthlessness of your cards. You wanted nasty forum-goers? You found one. You're lucky you're beneath the notice of the REAL nasty guys, they don't even bother to post about this lame topic. I happened to be bored waiting for the Playoffs to start. Zen
sauromatian wrote:To other collectors, D&D appears too obscure to bother with. Why chase after woodies if comic books & baseball cards are a more sound investment? Let's make fun of D&D fans because they don't know nothing about value.
