<![CDATA[Does every card in the market have a 10% gap between buy and sell prices?]]>Was just looking around the market trying to find some good deals to buy low on and noticed that pretty much all cards in the market seem to have a 10% (sometimes even less) gap between the Buy and Sell prices.

That's not good, and only leads to a stagnate market, and very low volume. I notice that many cards seem to only have a dozen or so transactions per hour. Something needs to happen to rejuvenate the market. Maybe do a 2 week period of no tax on sale of cards?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/81772/does-every-card-in-the-market-have-a-10-gap-between-buy-and-sell-pricesRSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 14:52:12 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2026 10:13:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Does every card in the market have a 10% gap between buy and sell prices? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:42:44 GMT]]>You should think of the prices as swing on a pendulum. The prices may maintain a constant 10% variance but it swings together. So it is best to buy when they are at their lowest and list to sell at that peak. Don't stress the current gaps as they aren't going to widen until other variants are introduced.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/745849https://forums.theshow.com/post/745849Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:42:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does every card in the market have a 10% gap between buy and sell prices? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:42:14 GMT]]>

@XxSoLiSxX_PSN said:

and bots, dont forget bots. And the flippers that are claiming to get banned for not useing bots but are somehow beating the bots on flipping even thou other post are saying the bots are insta buying and selling =p

FAST HANDS

There are far less bots now than previously. Some still exist but I believe the widespread bot use in the market has declined.

To answer OPs question, yeah there are almost no margins anymore. You usually expect that on higher priced cards but even silver, bronzes, and commons are pretty tight. Normally smaller margins on lower value cards can be accepted because there is so much volume but right now volume isn't making up for the lack of spreads.

This is what happens when people burn through the content that give packs. I'm not even sure a new inning path and ranked season will move the needle much.

People want to talk about packs being abundant. And sure, they were at the start but the changes the past two years to TA have drastically reduced the supply of packs which fed the market, kept prices somewhat in check and margins a bit beefier.

Without some changes, you can expect this to be the norm going forward.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/745848https://forums.theshow.com/post/745848Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:42:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does every card in the market have a 10% gap between buy and sell prices? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:10:03 GMT]]>and bots, dont forget bots. And the flippers that are claiming to get banned for not useing bots but are somehow beating the bots on flipping even thou other post are saying the bots are insta buying and selling =p

FAST HANDS

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/745841https://forums.theshow.com/post/745841Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:10:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does every card in the market have a 10% gap between buy and sell prices? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:07:48 GMT]]>That would only raise prices even more.

The reason margins are so tight is because the game has been out less than a month.

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