captain_slinky | Something for Nothing

Have had several responses to my request for D&D Minis based solely on the word "Beta" in my craigslist ad. Once they discover that it's only maybe 10 or 20 cards, all land and Merfolk, they get less gung-ho. And then when I tell them tht I don't have any of "The Power Nine", they suddenly are no longer interested.

DUDE.

I want your $10 worth of plastic that is readily available at any Barnes & Noble. You want INVESTMENT CARDS. You want to turn around and sell these on Ebay, then tell all your friends that you TOTALLY ripped-off this fat-dude in Bothell! He was such an idiot! He didn't know that he had a full set of Moxes and a Lotus and so on and so forth!

I'm not looking for that. I'm looking for an equal exchange of goods. I have excess Magic; you have excess D&D Minis. Let's work out a fair trade, shall we?

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