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## General explanation of buy rates

As a rural game store, 90+% of our single sales are on TCGPlayer, therefore TCGPlayer informs our buy rates.

As a member of the TCGPlayer Direct Program, we pay TCGPlayer the following commission fees for Pokemon and MTG sales:
  • ~25% fees for sales over $5
  • ~50% fees for sales under $5

FAB and Lorcana are not in the Direct program (yet) and our better buy rates for these games reflect this.

Our goal is to always give you the largest payout we can for your cards and be as transparent as possible.

## Pokemon Buy Rates

### Bulk

  • Definition: Near Mint, Common/Uncommon/Rare cards (regardless of foiling), worth less than $1
  • Exclusions: Basic Energy (Special Energy is ok though), Code Cards, Tokens, cards that smell like your mom's basement
  • Buy Rate: $1 per pound


### Bulk Rares

  • Definition: V, VMAX, GX, EX, ex, select playable trainers, etc worth between $1 and $4
  • Buy Rates:
 Market Price Payout
<$1 0.10/card
<$2 0.25/card
<$3 0.50/card
<$4 0.75/card
<$5 1.00/card


### The Good Stuff

  • Definition: Individual cards worth more than $5
  • Buy Rates:
    • 50% Market Price (cash)
    • 60% Market Price (store credit)
    • +10% for individual cards over $200


Note: Market Price is defined as the higher of "TCGPlayer Market Price" and "TCGPlayer Low"

### Slabs

  • Definition: cards graded by PSA, CGC, or Beckett
  • Buy Rates:
    • 50% Market Price (cash or store credit)
    • More for select higher-end slabs

Note: Market price here is a blend of PriceCharting, Ebay recent sales, and TCGplayer raw market price.

## MTG Buy Rates

### Bulk Bulk

  • Definition: Big boxes of Magic cards that are in reasonable shape
  • Exclusions: Basic lands, code cards, tokens, gold borders, world champ cards, cards that smell like your mom's basement
  • Buy Rate: $1/pound


### Bulk Rares

  • Definition: Rares and Mythics worth $2.99 or less
  • Exclusions: Gold border and world championship cards, rares buried within massive boxes of unsorted bulk
  • Buy Rate: $0.10/card


Want to increase your payout on Bulk Rares? Sort them by foil type and I'll run them through the Roca for you to see if we find any hidden gems.

### Good Bulk Rares

  • Definition: Cards with a market price between $3 and $4
  • Buy Rates:
    • Market Price $3.00 - 3.99 => $0.75 (cash or store credit)
    • Market Price $4.00 - 4.99 => $1.00 (cash or store credit)


Note: Market Price is defined as the higher of "TCGPlayer Market Price" and "TCGPlayer Low"

### The Good Stuff

  • Definition: Cards with a market price over $5.00
  • Buy Rates:
    • 50% Market Price (cash)
    • 60% Market Price (store credit)
    • +10% for individual cards over $200

Note: Market Price is defined as the higher of "TCGPlayer Market Price" and "TCGPlayer Low"

## Flesh and Blood Buy Rates

### Bulk

I'm not currently buying FAB bulk. Please forward all complaints to Marc.

### The Good Stuff

  • Definition: Cards with a market price over $1.00
  • Buy Rates:
    • 50% TCG Low-ish (cash)
    • 60% TCG Low-ish (store credit)
    • +10% for individual cards over $200

Note: Typically the true "market price" FAB cards is an average of the first 10 or so low listings on TCGPlayer, so that's usually where we pull our price from.

## Lorcana Buy Rates

### Bulk

I'm not currently buying Lorcana bulk. It's not his fault, but I suppose we can blame Marc for this as well.

### The Good Stuff

  • Definition: Cards with a market price over $1.00
  • Buy Rates:
    • 50% TCG Low-ish (cash)
    • 60% TCG Low-ish (store credit)
    • +10% for individual cards over $200

Note: Typically the true "market price" Lorcana cards is an average of the first 10 or so low listings on TCGPlayer, so that's usually where we pull our price from.

## Yugioh Buy Rates

ichooseyou TCGs does not buy Yugioh singles.