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TCGplayer Content
Company blog · infinite.tcgplayer.comgamesbusiness
TCGplayer Content is the company blog at infinite.tcgplayer.com, writing about games and business. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “eBay to “Acquire” TCGplayer”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Magic: The Gathering and collectibles articles from TCGplayer's Infinite section, covering card price history, how to spot counterfeit cards, and seller news. Commenters cite these articles as sources only.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- eBay to “Acquire” TCGplayer2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-08-22
- /article/A-History-of-the-Price-of-Black-Lotus/6328d04e-a921-4200-b289-961b1c852ae4/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-17
What Hacker News says?
I find this argument very strange: > But it is, because in the long run, assets without cash flows cannot increase in value more than the economy as a whole. If something appreciates faster than the whole economy in the long run, it eventually eclipses the whole economy, which is impossible. No one is operating on an infinite time horizon in their investments, so this argument seems moot. You can certainly find coll…
Comment linking /article/A-History-of-the-Price-of-Black-Lotus/6328d04e-a921-4200-b289-961b1c852ae4/
on “Collectibles are terrible investments”Submitted eBay to “Acquire” TCGplayer as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe really crazy part is Cassie is not just some random, unknown seller to eBay...she has actually written almost 200 articles for (now) eBay-owned TCGPlayer about Magic The Gathering since 2020 with the most recent one being published on September 27, 2024. https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/author/Cassie-LaBelle?p=1 eBay acquired TCGPlayer in October 2022 and have been paying her to create content for them since. http…
Comment linking /author/Cassie-LaBelle?p=1
on “Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"”Submitted eBay acquires TCGplayer: A New Chapter for the Collectibles Community as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/A-History-of-the-Pric... Looks like it floats around a 20% to 35% APR depending on the years.
Comment linking /article/A-History-of-the-Price-of-Black-Lotus/6328d04e-a921-4200-b289-961b1c852ae4/
on “The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found”much like combating counterfeit legal tender, there are many anti-theft safeguards put into place by the printers of MTG cards. They aren't perfect but there are signs of forgery/fake prints: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/How-to-Spot-Counterfe... more info: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/buyer-beware-2004-... it can be done successfully, but there are many ways to fuck it up, as well. Also, if yo…
Comment linking /article/How-to-Spot-Counterfeit-Magic-The-Gathering-Cards/60b2b195-6c1c-4364-9f9b-0de3d8ede084/
on “Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus card sells for a record $540k”