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Quote from: Wings of Music on February 10, 2012, 12:55:14 PM

Wow, saying that out loud made me sound like a penny pinching scrooge.

How about trying to be a good steward of God's money!     By the way, we all know exactly where you are coming from in that regard!

Ditto.  I'll give cards away, but I'm not blessed enough financially (yet!) to pay for shipping.

Hey there,

What would you say the average amount of credit is if I donated around 150+ common cards?

I think I remember that LordZardeck was starting some sort of program where people would donate cards to him and then he would use them to create complete decks to give to new playgroups.

Yes and no. I originally started with the plan to make complete decks, but now that seems illogical since I'd have to spend lots of time designing different decks. Instead, to make compatible with the Academy's course, i'm making supplementary "sets". Cards to help a new player extend and create new decks from the starter decks. That way I can write the course based on the starter decks, and it doesn't matter what cards I get, the instructions stay the same. This is going to take some time however, as I'm still in the process of getting the course written.

Is this still going on?

Schaef left the message boards several months ago, and even before then this hadn't been active for some time. So I would presume not.

I am getting ready to sell my collection, and I have 1,752 commons/uncommons.  I wanted to find how much they could be donated for and sell them for 60-75% of that amount, so I get some decent money from otherwise "useless" cards and the buyer would still benefit by getting a decent little return on their "investment" by way of discounts toward more Redemption product.

I can't offer quite as good of a discount as The Storehouse, but my plan is to coordinate people with extra cards and playgroups who can use them. I will offer a 20% 'rebate' on any booster packs, starter decks, tins, or single cards on Three Lions Gaming using the credit from the value of cards someone sends to interested playgroups.

To anyone interested in donating: You can email me at Ken@ThreeLionsGaming.com to let me know you are interested in donating cards. It's helpful if you can give me an idea about what sets the cards are from, rarity, etc, but I don't need too much information. I will then email you back with the address of a playgroup, and you will be responsible for shipping the cards to the group. After they have tallied the value, I will email you to let you know what it is. For example, if you send me cards that are valued at $100 based on current Three Lions Gaming prices, you could purchase up to $100 in cards and receive a 20% rebate on those cards (up to $20). You would place your order like normal on Three Lions Gaming, and I will refund 20% of the purchase price when your order is sent. You can store up credit as long as you would like and use all or some of it at any time for any cards we have in-stock. Unused credit is carried over to your next purchase. If we do not have a card, pack, starter deck, or tin in stock, it is not eligible for this offer. Credit may be given away if both the giver and receiver email Ken@ThreeLionsGaming.com to let us know it needs to be transferred.

To any playgroups interested in receiving donations: All I would ask of you and your playgroup is that you email me at Ken@ThreeLionsGaming.com to let me know what type of cards you'd prefer to receive and if there is anything that you do not want. I will email you when I have a donation available to make sure you are still interested. If you accept the donation, you are responsible for adding the total value of the donation based on current Three Lions Gaming prices and reporting back to me within 3 weeks of when you receive the cards. Aside from that, the cards are yours to use for your playgroup!

If you have any questions, you are welcome to email me, PM me, or post here. I am doing it so that cards can get to people who can use them, and potentially increase sales at Three Lions Gaming.

God bless,
Ken

You're welcome - so far we've helped two playgroups!