Why does everyone assume the volume of cards is the problem. Maybe i am wrong but i thought the main thing that will cost more is because of the price increase.
I assume dealers try to make roughly cost + $x in profit on top of that regardless of how many cards there is. I.e if more cards in the series the cost per card is less. I assume thats why select parrallels were always worth closer to $1 each while esps struggle to be worth 30 cents. So I figure I get more cards for my $x which isnt too bad. This of course is just based on buying from dealers. I am not talking about if people drive price up by buying all of one card like with souths golds last year and esp can't be blamed for that. E.g the duos from traders cost alot more then other sigs with similar print runs etc presumably because there wasn't alot of other ways for dealers to get their money back.
Obviously we will pay more this yr bc of the huge price jump. Which is a big issue for a lot of people and understandably so.
For me i think the parallels are a major detractor that esp struggles to listen to. They really just feel like spending money for the sake of it, even buying the bulldogs ones (my main collection) i don't get excited about them at all. The fact they have made them harder and probably more expensive makes me wonder if ppl will bother.
I like the fact they have listened from last year and not repeated the 1/1 mistake, although I fear the damage was already done last year and can't be repaired, as i'll see how The dogs cards go this time round but if it cost too much it is now easier to say no to them knowing I basically can't ever get everything so money might be better spent elsewhere.
That said credit to esp that they have tried to come up with some new concepts etc. time will tell if its a sucess or not. Hopefully it works.
I assume dealers try to make roughly cost + $x in profit on top of that regardless of how many cards there is. I.e if more cards in the series the cost per card is less. I assume thats why select parrallels were always worth closer to $1 each while esps struggle to be worth 30 cents. So I figure I get more cards for my $x which isnt too bad. This of course is just based on buying from dealers. I am not talking about if people drive price up by buying all of one card like with souths golds last year and esp can't be blamed for that. E.g the duos from traders cost alot more then other sigs with similar print runs etc presumably because there wasn't alot of other ways for dealers to get their money back.
Obviously we will pay more this yr bc of the huge price jump. Which is a big issue for a lot of people and understandably so.
For me i think the parallels are a major detractor that esp struggles to listen to. They really just feel like spending money for the sake of it, even buying the bulldogs ones (my main collection) i don't get excited about them at all. The fact they have made them harder and probably more expensive makes me wonder if ppl will bother.
I like the fact they have listened from last year and not repeated the 1/1 mistake, although I fear the damage was already done last year and can't be repaired, as i'll see how The dogs cards go this time round but if it cost too much it is now easier to say no to them knowing I basically can't ever get everything so money might be better spent elsewhere.
That said credit to esp that they have tried to come up with some new concepts etc. time will tell if its a sucess or not. Hopefully it works.