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Gapporin
Posts: 101
Joined: Sep 2018
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 11:30 AM | |
So I just came back from my LCS and the owner has told me that he is going to have to increase the prices on package of standard 3" x 4" toploaders by a quarter. He said he really tried to make it work but the suppliers are just wanting too much for them. This comes after the Wal-Mart stores here in town have boosted their prices for toploaders by a $1 extra per package.
Have the prices increased where you buy card supplies? Do you think there is an increased demand for them, or a steady demand that has never dropped?
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suomibear8
Posts: 795
Joined: Nov 2009
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 11:50 AM | |
I get mine either through eBay or direct from Ultra Pro or BCW by the case. Tends to be the cheapest way. I buy them once in a while from a shop or a show and they heven't seemed to move price-wise. But, your LCS has more to pay for than these big companies.
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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,538
Joined: Oct 2014
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 11:58 AM | |
I've never bought toploaders. Yet I have a large stockpile of them from trades, PIFs received, cards I buy at the LCS, and ebay buys.
The only supply I buy are pages. I get those on Amazon. So maybe Amazon might have the best price for toploaders.
Edited on: Sep 9, 2019 - 3:42PM
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PapaG321
Posts: 1,698
Joined: Mar 2018
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 3:22 PM | |
I have a shoebox full as well and have never come close to purchasing even one.
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Sportzcommish
Posts: 6,031
Joined: Oct 2016
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 3:38 PM | |
I guess since I store my cards in binders or boxes, with a few exceptions like the oversized Bowman and Topps Big sets, I don't use top loaders. Those I do have, and I've got plenty, have come from trades as well.
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ranfordfan
Posts: 4,975
Joined: Jun 2014
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 3:41 PM | |
I buy mine by the case and have all the standard sizes in the cave, my LCS has not changed the price but Im in Canada and that may be the difference.
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jeffzcubfan
Posts: 25
Joined: Sep 2019
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 3:42 PM | |
Same. My collection is all in binders or moving to them as I organize.
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RJ Smith
Posts: 960
Joined: Jun 2018
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engine614
Posts: 507
Joined: May 2013
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 4:17 PM | |
If anybody wants used top loaders in trade for some cards, I have a ton :)
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Bounty13
Posts: 739
Joined: Dec 2016
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| Monday, September 9, 2019 4:42 PM | |
Could be tariffs, all that stuff is made in China.
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