Buylist Policy

Last updated: 14 October 2026

This policy explains how we buy cards through our buylist: how to submit, how we check your cards, and how offers and payment work. By submitting a buylist, you agree to it.

The short version

  • Prices can change until you submit. When you submit, your offer is held until the "Held until" date on your confirmation, 5 days later.
  • Your final offer comes once we've checked your cards in hand. Prices assume Near Mint, English cards, graded to our Condition Guide.
  • Bring or send your cards in the order you listed them, out of binders and sleeves.
  • You're paid in store credit (the higher offer for singles) or cash by e-transfer, your choice at payout.
  • Once you've accepted and been paid, the sale is final.

1. Ways to sell

  • Online buylist: search each card, choose its printing, condition and quantity, and see the cash and store credit offer before you submit. Then choose Bring it to the store or Ship it in.
  • Easy-Drop: drop off a collection without listing every card. We enter and grade every card ourselves, so the 15% sorting fee in section 5 applies, it takes longer, and we may limit or pause Easy-Drop when we're busy or overstocked.
  • Bulk: bought at the counter at fixed rates, in store only unless we agree otherwise in advance. See Selling Your Bulk.

2. Who can sell

  • If you're under 18, a parent or guardian has to approve the sale before we pay you, either with you at the counter or by email from their own address. This applies to cash and store credit.
  • Buylists are open to Canadian residents.
  • You don't need an account to submit. Use an email address you can sign in with: we email your list there, and store credit goes on the customer account for that email (we create one if you don't have it yet).
  • The minimum submission is $5.00.
  • By submitting, you confirm you own the cards (or may sell them), that they're genuine, and that they aren't stolen or subject to any claim.

3. Prices and holds

Buylist prices can change at any time until you submit. When you submit (the Lock my offer button), the prices on your list are held until the "Held until" date shown on your confirmation, 5 days after you submit. Cards that reach us after that date may be repriced at that day's buylist prices. Your final offer still comes after we've checked the cards in hand, so differences in condition, printing or quantity can change it. We correct obvious pricing, catalogue or system errors and reference our current stock on hand before making an offer.

4. What we check

For every card: name, set, collector number, printing, foil or non-foil, language, quantity, condition and authenticity, and whether we still need it. Prices assume Near Mint and English unless the listing says otherwise. A lower condition means a lower offer, and our team has the final say on condition.

We may decline any card or quantity, including cards that are damaged, altered, signed, not needed because we're overstocked, or counterfeit or suspected counterfeit. We won't buy counterfeit cards and may decline to return them.

5. Preparing your cards

  • Keep them in the order of your submission, with the first card face up on top.
  • Take them out of binders, sleeves and toploaders. High-value cards may stay in a penny sleeve and toploader.
  • Don't add or swap cards after you submit.
  • Keep any bulk separate.

If cards aren't in the submitted order, or need extra sorting (binders, sleeves, cards mixed in), we may deduct a 15% sorting fee from the offer. The same fee applies to cards brought in without a submitted list, including Easy-Drop, because we enter and grade every card from scratch; we tell you about it when you drop them off. For a submitted list, the fee counts toward the 10% / $100.00 limit in section 8, so we email you before paying, and you can decline and take your cards back. We may decline a submission that's too far off, and repeated problems can cost buylist privileges.

6. Bring it to the store

Bring your cards in during opening hours with your list or reference number; no appointment needed. We pull your list at the counter and confirm the offer while you wait when we can. Larger lists usually take 2 to 3 business days, and we email you the offer.

7. Ship it in

  1. Choose Ship it in when you submit. We email you your list and reference number.
  2. Put a copy of the list (or the reference number) in the box with your cards. Pack carefully: cards in submitted order, space filled so nothing shifts, no rubber bands on cards, and "Box 1 of 3" style labels if you send more than one box. Don't include anything else, and don't expect packaging supplies back.
  3. Ship to Fantasy Forged, 113 Broadway, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 1K2, in time to reach us by your "Held until" date.

You pay the shipping, and the cards are your responsibility until they reach us. Tracking is strongly recommended, and insurance for valuable cards. Any postage due is deducted from your offer. We usually process mail-ins within 2 to 3 business days of arrival.

8. Revised offers

If the cards don't match the submission (condition, printing, missing or extra cards, quantities), we adjust the offer and email you the revised offer. If the total drops by more than 10%, or by more than $100.00, whichever comes first, we wait 2 business days before paying; reply to that email within that time to decline. If you don't reply by then, we pay the revised offer and the sale is final. Smaller changes go ahead unless you tell us otherwise before we pay.

You can decline the revised offer instead. In store, we hand your cards back. For mail-ins, you pay the return shipping before we send the cards back; if you decline only some cards, we can take the postage out of what we pay you for the rest.

9. Payment

  • Store credit: our highest offer for singles, added to your Fantasy Forged account when we pay you. See the In-Store Credit Policy.
  • Cash: paid by e-transfer to the email on your submission; we don't pay out in banknotes. Over $2,000.00, we arrange e-transfer, vendor payment or PayPal with you.
  • Bulk at the counter: store credit or e-transfer, at the rates on Selling Your Bulk.

You choose at payout. We usually pay within 2 to 3 business days of your acceptance. You can change your payout method until we've paid you.

10. Final sale

Once you've accepted the final offer and been paid, the sale is final and the cards belong to Fantasy Forged. It can't be reversed once the cards are in our inventory.

11. Large collections

Please contact us before bringing in or sending a large collection, so we can set time aside. We may review a large submission in stages, or limit or pause intake when we're overstocked.

12. Contact

Buylist questions are handled by email at support@fantasyforged.ca. Please check your spam folder for our replies. +1 519 261 1993 · 113 Broadway, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 1K2 · Fantasy Forged is operated by Fantasy Forged: Cards and Collectibles LTD.

We may update this policy. The version in effect when you submit applies to your buylist.

Related: Our buylist · In-Store Credit Policy · Condition Guide · Selling Your Bulk · Terms of Service