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1994borntohula Jul 5, 2013 @ 4:19pm

Booster Pack Prices

Is it just me, or have booster pack prices gone down a lot over the last few hours? I checked the prices a few hours ago; is the cause of this market bust just the result of people realizing that they're not really worth $5+?

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Spawn of Totoro Jul 5, 2013 @ 4:22pm

They have gone down. I think they released a bunch today.

Mardak Jul 5, 2013 @ 4:58pm

Yes. Many have received boosters today.

Satoru Jul 5, 2013 @ 5:06pm

They issued a bunch of packs recentl, ergo supply increases, demand decreases, prices drop

psi onix Jul 5, 2013 @ 7:58pm

booster packs?? can someone explain? i don't have any idea whats going on with the steam community anymore but i'm interested. i don't understand why they do not give us any information? i have to look this stuff up on google or something??? lol.

Spawn of Totoro Jul 5, 2013 @ 8:19pm

Originally posted by Psi:
booster packs?? can someone explain? i don't have any idea whats going on with the steam community anymore but i'm interested. i don't understand why they do not give us any information? i have to look this stuff up on google or something??? lol.

It can be found in the Trading Card's Group.

Booster pack contain 3 cards for a sepcific game. They appear randomly to a qualified account for a random game that also qualifies.

A qualifying account is one that has logged in at least one time for the week.

A qualifying game is a non-free-to-play game that has exhausted all of it's card drops.

Last edited by Spawn of Totoro; Jul 5, 2013 @ 8:21pm

psi onix Jul 5, 2013 @ 8:22pm

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

It can be found in the Trading Card's Group.

Yeah but i don't even know what trading cards are so it's kind of hard to know about a trading card group or even have a reason to join it. But i will check it out, thanks.

Just don't understand why they do not make more of an effort to inform people about this stuff...

 KARR™ Jul 5, 2013 @ 11:31pm

Originally posted by Psi:
Yeah but i don't even know what trading cards are so it's kind of hard to know about a trading card group or even have a reason to join it. But i will check it out, thanks.

Just don't understand why they do not make more of an effort to inform people about this stuff...

Apart from the many pop ups from within Steam when it went into Beta and went into Live and the links on your profile that go to the 'what are badges/cards' page. :P

But as to the OP, how could a booster pack be sold for $5 when individual cards are being sold for as little as 8cents? Chances are people that bought them for the higher price either bought them for the "ooo i must have every item possible" and never unpacked them OR people that doesn't understand the price difference.

Gus the Crocodile Jul 5, 2013 @ 11:35pm

Originally posted by KARR:
But as to the OP, how could a booster pack be sold for $5 when individual cards are being sold for as little as 8cents?

Booster packs give a chance at a foil card. Buying three normal cards obviously does not.

Last edited by Gus the Crocodile; Jul 5, 2013 @ 11:35pm

Pyrophoros Jul 6, 2013 @ 1:43am

Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:

Booster packs give a chance at a foil card. Buying three normal cards obviously does not. [/quote] And buying foil cards outright costs less than five bucks. You could buy two foil cards for that, nearly 3, depending on the game and fluctuations.

Gus the Crocodile Jul 6, 2013 @ 2:41am

Well yes - "depending on the game and the fluctuations" being the important part there. I don't believe the OP was intending to say booster packs are all a uniform $5.

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DoubleD Jul 6, 2013 @ 5:36am

Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:
Originally posted by KARR:
But as to the OP, how could a booster pack be sold for $5 when individual cards are being sold for as little as 8cents?
Booster packs give a chance at a foil card. Buying three normal cards obviously does not.

Correct. I sold one after unpacking the cards first and received less the half the money I got for selling a booster pack unopened. People are trying for another chance at a foil card

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psi onix Jul 6, 2013 @ 9:47am

Originally posted by KARR:
Originally posted by Psi:
Just don't understand why they do not make more of an effort to inform people about this stuff...

Apart from the many pop ups from within Steam when it went into Beta and went into Live and the links on your profile that go to the 'what are badges/cards' page. :P

...I don't recall ever receiving a pop-up about it. And i typically pay close attention to the pop-ups because i'm always interested in what new games come to steam (Like FF7 the other day, which i did buy).

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