Best place for singles that ship to UK?
Economics forum
Posted on Nov. 3, 2013, 4:54 p.m. by Judicious
I'm in great need of a good website that sells singles in the UK. If anybody could share some hidden treasures they know I would be very grateful!
google MagicCardMarket for a cheap European marketplace that can easily, EASILY undercut any UK shops. Can personally vouch for the seller Dunckler Herrsher.
The payment is a bit confusing. You top up an account balance on the site and then any purchases you make are deducted from that balance.
November 3, 2013 5:42 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #4
www.magicsingles.co.uk
Great site, cheapest prices guaranteed. However due to this fact what you are after could be out of stock. Worth a look though, managed to complete a few deck with cards from just this site for a steal.
November 3, 2013 6:29 p.m.
Quick search to verify claims that magicsingles is the cheapest.
Wrath of God on magicsingles - cheapest price: 5.04 GBP
Wrath of God on magiccardmarket - cheapest price: (for tournament legal version): 2 Euros (1.70 GBP)
Magiccardmarket seems to blow it out the water.
November 3, 2013 6:33 p.m.
http://www.patriotgamesleeds.com/ is my preferred place.
November 3, 2013 6:55 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #7
Multiple Sellers, None of whom you can be sure you can trust. Magicsingles is a single seller, and I only meant cheapest in the UK.
I'd rather deal with a company I know I can trust than these proxy ebay sites that are hard to use and unreliable. At least that's my thoughts on the matter.
November 3, 2013 7:01 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #8
Also what's the shipping costs on that market site? Is it different per seller, and do you have to pay postage for each seller if you are buying a lot of cards? Both of which would dig into the savings one could make there.
November 3, 2013 7:03 p.m.
WovenNebula says... #9
Amazon surprisingly has a lot of third party sellers that are excellent priced and ship fast single cards, just go with the top rated sellers.
November 3, 2013 8:14 p.m.
Well it operates on a feedback system exactly the same as ebay so it's all pretty legit. I mean yeh the fact that it's multiple sellers is a negative but....... ebay's been running for a long time now and the system does work and is robust. But that's besides the point because there are large businesses that you use that site to make all their sales - these guys have hundreds of thousands of positive feedback and lots of experiences, so really it's that same as buying from a shop.
Shipping is a headache, i'll admit that, but there are some sellers on there that are obviously shops - so you can buy everything you need from one guy. This Dunckler Herrscher guy (can't spell German very well) is a shop based around Berlin I think that has over 500,000 (yes that's half a million) singles on sale for very cheap. He charges around 1 euro for a package of about 15 cards and it goes up to 3 euros for a larger package of 20 cards +.
When I saw the prices I thought it was a load of bullshit but then all my cards arrived and the guy I bought from had underestimated conditions (ie - saying something was just 'good' condition when really the card had no marks on it at all). I've made 3 successful purchases now. 2 from the German guy and 1 from a random other person. Managed to grab a Mind Seize commander deck for around 30GBP which is wicked.
It's worth checking out - but yeh it does have some drawbacks like you have to trust the feedback system and shipping can add up if you use multiple sellers.
November 3, 2013 8:21 p.m.
I'll definitely check that guy out then! Some of the smaller businesses only have one or none of some cards I need, so although their prices may be good I'm not able to get what I need.
November 3, 2013 8:28 p.m.
If you go onto the site then you'll see a search bar on the top right. On the right of the search bar in small letters it says 'member search'. You can find the Dunckler Herrscher guy like that. Average shipping time from Ger to UK is about 7 days.
November 3, 2013 8:32 p.m.
beakedbard says... #13
With the shops in the UK i generally switch between the main three Epoc mentions all three seem to have differing prices for everything and none are specifically cheaper and some don't have the stock. Its also worth noting with Magicmadhouse orders over 20 have free delivery and with Manaleak its 1 pound for delivery but they will give you freebies aka a randomized rare which is usually junk but its still kinda cool. Generally speaking Bazaargames are the cheapest and they have a loyalty thing where if you spend over a certain amount you get a certain percent off your price but of the three they seem to be the least in stock. I say put your order up on the site and see which one comes out cheapest because funnily enough Manaleak were 5 cheaper for booster boxes.
Epochalyptik says... #2
I've never used any of these sites, but I know of
Magic Madhouse
Mana Leak
Bazaar Games
November 3, 2013 5:01 p.m.