Amiibo cards are tripling in price :(

[cheezu]

I ordered 4 brand new packs of amiibo cards a few weeks ago and was very happy with them.
I really wanted more soon after but was worried about the possible COVID-19 delays but wanted to treat myself to something nice amongst all this chaos... but when I checked the same order today it has TRIPLED in price.
Looks like I'll just need to go hunting for my Zucker boy through island tours.

 

[tajikey]

They were well on the rise prior to the release of the game. I got in early enough to get the one card I wanted, and make some money.

 

[niko2]

Buy homemade(fake) ones or print your own. Don't give in to scalpers. Unless you plan to buy new cards from a store I don't see any moral argument against this.

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

Not to mention the prices for single cards. I'm waiting to see a single Kabuki card that I could find in any given pack I buy at the store sell for three times as much as a first generation holofoil Charizard. I'm at the point where I'm ready to give up on dream villagers just to save my wallet.

 

[FelixFraldarius]

They just re-released the cards in Japan, if you don't mind Japanese card look on Nintendo Japan and order there.

 

[alitwick]

+1 for homemade cards. There are even etsy shops that make them for you. Don’t give the scalpers money!

Charging $80-90 for one card is NOT okay.

 

[cheezu]

Buy homemade(fake) ones or print your own. Don't give in to scalpers. Unless you plan to buy new cards from a store I don't see any moral argument against this.

I've ordered a bunch off of etsy but they never got to me (not sure if it's because of any delays or if they're just lost), which is why I wanted to go with Amazon to be safe. How do you make your own anyway? I need one for Zucker.

 

[mayor.lauren]

+1 for homemade cards. There are even etsy shops that make them for you. Don’t give the scalpers money!

Charging $80-90 for one card is NOT okay.

How do homemade cards work? Are you still able to scan them in?

 

[cheezu]

+1 for homemade cards. There are even etsy shops that make them for you. Don’t give the scalpers money!

Charging $80-90 for one card is NOT okay.

I ordered a bunch of the fake ones but they never got to me - not sure if it's because they use a cheap shipping service (shipping for free) or if they got all because of all the chaos.
I do enjoy collecting the originals but I really badly need Zucker. My Island just doesn't feel the same without him but I'm worried about partaking in adoptions at the moment (plus I don't have 200+ NMT's to spare).

 

[DeMarzi]

I bought some homemade stickers off Etsy for a few villagers and they were like $2.50 each. Wish I would have bought more so I could rotate my villagers more but the shop I used isn’t taking orders anymore.

just search Etsy and see if other sellers are making them still!

 

[JKDOS]

I second making your own or buying premade homemade ones. Don't ask me how, because I won't discuss it openly here.

 

[Spunki]

I think it depends on the Card. I don’t buy random packs, but did look for Single Cards for my Collection.

Like some are super cheap, because People don’t ask a lot for those Villagers, but if I would ever want Marshal, Erik or Whitney, oh boy...

I even had to pay a certain amount for Kidd and Static. And Rod was always sold out, even if it was one of the cheapest cards I purchased (Even if i was lucky to get one Copy). It’s just silly.

 

[alitwick]

How do homemade cards work? Are you still able to scan them in?

Every card and every Amiibo has its own NFC tag attached to it. There’s a database of NFC tags for all Amiibos out there. All that needs to be done is to print the tag associated with the card you want and scan it with your Switch.

 

[ForbiddenSecrets]

I make my own ever since real stores stopped selling them. I print them on stock paper front and back so they look fairly good next to my real ones in my binder. Costs me about 41 cents a card for the printing plus NTAG215 sticker. No way would I pay these inflated prices.

 

[cheezu]

Sadly, I can't get my hands on all this equipment.
I wish they could just printed on normal paper. lol.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i too support homemade or fake ones, i don't care anymore... it's nintendo's fault anyway for NOT releasing them or making them more available. why would we give the scalpers money lol

 

[Renkindle]

I've been considering making my own NFC tags (they are very cheap to buy in bulk, just make extra sure the ones you're getting are amiibo compatible) - I did see somebody on Etsy who was making NFC villager amiibo keychains with custom art, but they're doing a shop refresh right now.

 

[CrankyPirate]

I feel you guys, I only miss Marina from my dream team and her amiibo is going for 30-50£ which is outrageous..

 

[tajikey]

Buy homemade(fake) ones or print your own. Don't give in to scalpers. Unless you plan to buy new cards from a store I don't see any moral argument against this.

You realize that buying hacked cards is more dishonest than paying a higher price for the genuine thing on eBay, right? Ethically and morally, you're enabling theft.

I bought 18 packs of Series 4 a week or 2 before the boom. I was only looking for and did end up pulling one of Stitches. You better believe I sold the rest. We aren't scalpers, we're people taking advantage of the secondary market; eBay exists for this very purpose.

 

[CowKing]

What's funny is that I order a Mathilda card for like 6 dollars (I also paid extra to get it to my house faster, the total was like 14 USD) and the next day, the price went down to 1 cent, but you had to pay for shipping