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Designed to be drafted, the Modern Masters 2017 Booster Box represents everything from Eighth Edition through Magic 2014, highlighting Innistrad and Return to Ravnica. Featuring some of Magic’s most iconic cards—with new artwork on a handful of them—this set is a great way to revisit the classics Read More
That just isn't the case here. $20 dollar bills have a monumentally larger number of consumers interested in them than Masters 2017 boxes. Buying in bulk for a reduced rate applies to any good, no matter the rarity, when you are dealing with large quantities. Even more so if its a niche item. To give an example, if you had 200 Scooby-Doo lunch boxes from 1973 worth $140, its only worth that money if you can find a buyer. If you cant, they're worth nothing and just taking up space. If someone came to you and said "I'm buying all 1973 Scooby-Doo lunch boxes I find, but only for $139 each, you might be tempted by that deal, even if its a loss on the going rate, if you aren't getting better offers (or their value is dropping; or they're costing you money to store). We've both made examples of the extreme ends of the spectrum; reality is always in the middle. As long as the seller is selling at a profit, most will be willing to sell at a discounted rate for a larger order of product. There are many factors that enter into it, but the bottom line is, in business everything is negotiable if the moneys right.
PhaesicYou are correct in theory by what you say but in my opinion in reality it is not accurate. My guess is anyone supplying Massdrop with product such as MM2017 in qty at this point is someone who buys and sells out of print product. The remaining supply of unopened MM2017 is set and will never increase, but only decrease, over time. Thus, unless the supplier has a reason to believe the product is going to drop in value over time he would have no incentive to drop the price to sell more units if he is able to sell the units already at the price he is asking.. obviously if there are no buyers at a set price then yes, he may need to lower his price.
One example that always caught my attention of a similar scenario involves an art gallery in Vegas. The famous artist does a painting and the gallery makes 100 limited and numbered reprints of the original. Their sales model is to raise the price by 20% for every 10 they sell. Thus the 1st 10 copies may be $500 each, the final 10 copies are $2500 each. Nothing changed other than as the supply went down and the price went up.
Man, looking back at the older comments, people were complaining about $250 price tag 5 weeks ago... Would have loved to pick up a box or two, but this price is not worth it.
I'm not sure where people are seeing Modern Masters 2017 for less than $250 consistently. I just checked eBay (2/28/2018 @ 5:29PM PST), and the absolute lowest box I see is listed at $235 with 7 watchers. The average price seems to be between $230 and $260. So, great for you if your local game store sells them cheaper, but for most people this doesn't seem like a terrible Drop