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Topic: Supplies: Looking for ways to reduce costs
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Browbeater
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posted December 05, 2011 03:17 PM
        
Just wondering what people do here to save money on supplies. Binders/pages and card protectors/deck boxes seem to be my biggest expenditures other than the cards themselves.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by Browbeater on December 05, 2011]
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choco man
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posted December 05, 2011 04:56 PM
Try asking local players for used stuff.
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Bagbokk
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posted December 05, 2011 05:04 PM
Buy enough in bulk so that you don't have to keep buying small amounts. I'd need more information on how exactly you're using all of your current supplies to determine the best way to "save money"... for example, if you're putting junk U/Cs in binders like some people do then one of my primary suggestions would be to invest in some of those long white boxes. They're also good for putting decks in, since you don't have to get a separate deck protector for each deck, just have some way of separating them within the box.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by Bagbokk on December 05, 2011]
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Browbeater
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posted December 05, 2011 05:17 PM
Right now I use about 7-8 3200 count boxes for UC/C and binders for rares. I was looking at getting new binders for my sets (well, my wife was looking really), which will be 10-15 new binders, and the best price I found so far for 2" D ring binders are $6 a piece, which translates to $66 to $90 before taxes/shipping.
As for my decks, I use a 1600 count box for my 12 main decks, all sleeved with metal deck boxes. I usually use Ultra-Pro, but their sleeves durability-wise have been hit or miss lately. I started buying just colored ones, but those tend to get dirty fast.
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dputz
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posted December 05, 2011 05:31 PM
Binders - 15 @ $3.92 = $58.80 free shipping on orders over $50.http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pages/item-unv20746.html
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Timmyhill
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posted December 05, 2011 06:36 PM
I found some some really sweet binders locally but they run about $8.00 each and I"m in the process of replaces all 45+ as I complete my playset of each set.
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mtglover
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posted December 05, 2011 07:47 PM
I put all bulk cards in boxes and that inccludes rares and mythic bulks so I don't need to buy that many binders and sleeves.
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jshields
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posted December 08, 2011 04:42 PM
I am doing like the others have done with bulk commons and uncommons, parsing them (usually) by color into used 2-5 row boxes. Furthermore, almost any card worth over $3 goes into my binders. I lastly separated my bulk rares, foils, mythics, and foil rares into flat-priced $1, $2, and $3 per card row boxes to save time + limited space in my binders // fire safe.
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Mr.C
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posted December 08, 2011 07:37 PM
I only ever bought binders on Craigslist. Bought once 48 2.5" High-Quality D-Rings from a company that was clearing stuff out. Paid $50 for all.__________________
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