Gladwell brings that argument to the NBA, proposing that owners of sports franchises aren’t factoring in the psychic benefits of owning a team into their valuation of its profits.
By and large, no one owns a famous piece of art for purely financial reasons – there are added benefits from owning something exquisite. If you own a piece of art, however, there is an inherent enjoyment factor that is an intrinsic part of the value. If you’re a business owner, all that matters is the bottom line. In the article, Gladwell argues that owning an NBA team should be more like owning a piece of art than owning a business. What are psychic benefits? I’ve borrowed the term from this Malcolm Gladwell article about NBA teams and their owners. This simplified way of thinking, however, ignores the psychic benefits of buying a repack. Anything less and you should probably take a pass. If the expected value of a repack is greater than the price of the pack, you’ll come out ahead.
It would seem, at its core, that a simple equation could be drawn up that would make repack decisions very easy If there’s any value to be had in buying repacks, perhaps I can figure out where it is.Īnd if not, well, maybe there’s a good market for SELLING repacks! Rather than dismiss repacks out of hand, then, I thought it might be fun to take a week and examine them.
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And usually when I respond with, “no, they’re a bad idea,” I get to hear an awesome story about this one time a dude they met at a PTQ totally ended up with a some sweet Beta card for a buck fifty plus shipping. Despite repacks seeming like an obvious stay-away, I still get asked about them all the time. Oh, you’re still here? Yeah, I figured you might be. Shia? How about it? Should I buy repacks? “Is it ever worth it to buy repacks? You know, those lots that are all over eBay where for four or five bucks you get a random collection of cards that might contain a Beta Mox or a couple of dual lands?”įor the short answer, I’m going to let Shia LeBoeuf explain my opinion. that's one of the cards in most sellers repacks!!!Īs far as weird stuff in the description to add a gambling factor here are sum i pulled from other eBay listings.I get asked a lot of questions with answers that seem obvious to me, but by far the most common one is this: they will sell, black lotus, dual lands, alpha beta!! google it!! one lotus sold for 82 grand 2 years ago. well just sell the 10 cards in the pic for 100 grand. and for the seller to profit on this and actually give out the cards promised. but in reality the chance more than likely does not exist. I see feedback left from others like "i bought 200 packs got nothing worth more than a dollar", but they cant really leave negative feedback cause its there fault for taking the gamble, the chance. maybe a solution would be if they supplied a you tube vid showing they actually posses these cards. But this is to help others out there before they get taking advantage of. I get it don't buy it like the guy commented below. also these repacks are usually more money than a new pack as well, due to the chance factor. there are a few sellers that do it right. odds are they don't, sum might but the majority of repacks are just getting rid of the bulk rare cards that are not worth anything. more than likely most of these re packers don't have these cards as they are so rare. its made to look like they have those cards on hand. looks like there is sellers all over the world with the same pic. now i can see using a pic or scan of a card for representation but these pics are on a kitchen table.
then google search there images and i see 200 of the same pic all over the web, selling all over, from different sellers and sites. the sellers post pics of sum of the most valuable cards in magic history. they say you have a chance to win super rare cards with high dollars value. people are repacking packs and selling them as repacks. when you buy a pack of cards they come in 15 card packs normally. So, most mtg players will know what I'm talkin about.
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