Now, I normally do not really care about those notification because they are usually some BOT following me based on some financial tweet I retweeted, or I liked some funny thing, and those notifications are just something I need to clear out because I see that little bubble with the number on it and I can't just leave it there.
Well well well, fuck me in the goat ass... I see that @realCardSphere account with the Following bubble next to it. I had to take a second look because I did not believe what I was seeing. At first I was like, oh look the CardSphere twitter account, that is nice. Then I asked myself, "Self - what does that even mean, did I send them a message over night?" And it slowly crept into my twitter brain that CardSphere decided to follow me on Twitter.
Like /u/trodney thought it was important enough to follow me on the tweets. Like he thinks I am cool enough to keep up with! Like he thought that DogonSiereht guy is someone of importance that I NEED to follow him. Ok ok, he most likely just recognized the userID from CS and figured it was me and though "Heh, why not..."
But fuck you Ted! I love it! I was so excited that I tweeted about it!
In all honesty, I am really happy about it. I was so ecstatic I told my wife, "You know that site that I use to send all those pieces of cardboard that you hate so much? Well those guys just followed me on Twitter!" She smiled! No really, she actually smiled! (She does not really hate MTG, but she will never play...)
I am not much of a tweeter, and I really do not promote my Blog or anything I do on Twitter, and just use it for news and updates from the things I like (Manchester United!), but to see that the site I spend most of my extra time on decided to follow me was just a treat!
If you have not done so, you should get a Twitter account and start following anything you like. It is a great tool, especially if you are shopping around for MTG deals. I cannot tell you how many times I see a local store's tweet about some awesome deal or new product, and then I race down to the store to pick up said item. It is a great tool for updates and news. A really specific connection tool.
So yeah, it might not be such a big deal, but to me it was an honor, and I am happy that they thought it was something they wanted to get updates on. I can only assume they will mute me though, unless they want to get all my retweets on investing and finance.
/hugs Ted!
Unlimited Count: 23
I have to admit, I thought it was fake. I was really scared about this on coming in, just because it was so well kept. It is a nice addition to the Unlimited set, and now I am sitting at 23 more for the complete set. There are only 2 cards that are on the Reserved List, but I am hopeful with CardSphere's help. I really think I am someone that can take advantage of CS and how it works, since I am a collector I can pay TCGPlayer Mid prices, and people will be more than willing to send at those prices.
I do not have to worry about getting cards at a lower price point, even though I do try. For things I really want, I will up my pricing to make it worth folks to go out and get the cards for me.
I know I keep repeating myself, but I am using everything that is totally extra to me and sending out those cards to get balance. That balance is what I am using to get the cards I want. That to me is just amazing because of the amount of extra cards I have laying around. I might be paying out $100 for a card, but to me that is like spending $90, just because I can avoid pulling out the cash and getting hit with the 10% withdraw fee.
I am also using the power of the pack with CS. All the folks on CS have the ability to go out and find the cards at their LGS to send to me. I have found that there are a lot of LGS's around my house that have no online presence but still have a lot of cards for sale. CS traders might find cards at their local LGS to fulfill my needs at the same time building up their CS Balance.
Or they might have a trade-in balance with an LGS, and they can pick up the cards at discounted prices to gain balance on CS, so they can get what they are looking for. You can do Buy-Listing with the larger retailers to maintain a balance with them, and then find someone on CS looking for something, then cash out their trade-in balance to send those times within CS and build up that CS Balance.
Really, I have said it before, and I will say it again, CardSphere is just a great trading floor for the MTG community. When you are dialed into the CS membership, you are able to see all the best % based items people are looking for, and then go out and find them for those traders. Those items are usually for the people that are willing to pay more than 100% for an item, that means you are more than likely going to be making money on the deal.
Most of the sealed product is well above the 100% mark that MSRP was posted on.
So yeah, I know I just posted something, and I was going to hold off on the new Unlimited card for next week, but I thought I would just post again because CardSphere decided to follow me on Twitter.
Again, help me get my referral badges on CS and click this link and join me on CS!
https://www.cardsphere.com/ref/711/e4031f
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