Buying Puzzles at Competitions

[dChan]

I was wondering about how you go about doing this? Does the person have a booth or something? Do you just walk about to some random guy and ask him if you could buy a puzzle off of him? My comp is next week and I have 40 bucks to blow on puzzles so I was wondering how I do this.

 

[Cubinator]

At Rutgers, Bob announced twice when someone was selling something. When it was announced that a guy was selling 4x4's, I went over and talked to him and ended up asking if he had a Magic, then buying it.

 

[joey]

People are friendly! If you see someone with lots of puzzles, and it looks like he is selling, just ask him!

 

[dChan]

How much do people seel puzzles for? Like for a Square-1, Magic, or a Revenge? What's the typical price?

 

[joey]

Magic, probably about $10.
Revenge, maybe about $15-20.

 

[dChan]

Icky. I wonder if they have Square-1s there.

 

[csfield]

It's just like buying drugs at a rave. When you walk around there will be dudes muttering "megaminx, studio cubes" and stuff like that. You just make sure security isn't looking then slip them the money and they slip you the goods. You are on your own as far as risk goes, since some shady peeps might give you bunk goods.

 

[Inferno.Fighter.IV]

Originally posted by csfield@Apr 28 2007, 11:09 PM
It's just like buying drugs at a rave. When you walk around there will be dudes muttering "megaminx, studio cubes" and stuff like that. You just make sure security isn't looking then slip them the money and they slip you the goods. You are on your own as far as risk goes, since some shady peeps might give you bunk goods.

Ha ha ha, csfield's got it right.

 

[dChan]

lol. Sounds exactly like buying drugs! For cube addicts, I guess it sort of is like buying drugs. Puzzles= heroine for Cube addicts.