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« on: December 29, 2018, 01:10:54 pm »
Hi friends!
I wanted to ask this community about card sleeves. I know I'm not the first to raise the topic; I looked at some of the old threads, but a warning dialogue suggested I start a new thread because the newest thread hadn't been updated in almost 2 years.
I have quite a few Dominion cards: Base Set (1st ed. + updates), Intrigue (1st ed. + updates), Seaside, Prosperity, Dark Ages, Empires, and several promos, for a total of 2,621 cards (well, originally, anyway ... I may have lost a Copper or two at some point). I've been saving up to try to buy sleeves, because some of the more commonly used cards are showing their age, and I don't want someone spilling their drink (for example) and ruining my investment.
I live in England now, and I've found a website that's selling the Mayday sleeves in groups of 500 for £8.50, which could get me 3,000 sleeves for £56; that's significantly cheaper than anywhere else I've seen. What concerns me is that the ratings for Mayday sleeves seem abysmal overall. Lots of people are saying they don't shuffle well, some are the wrong size, some crack at the corners, and some come with creases that make them unusable. Admittedly, there are a few positive reviews, so it could just be the classic case of the vocal minority flooding the Internet with criticism while millions of satisfied customers forget to comment.
Basically what I want to know is whether you think it's worth the £56 to sleeve all my cards and get a few dud sleeves (or perhaps all duds, if they really are terrible), or whether I should save up the few hundred pounds I'd probably need in order to sleeve them with premium sleeves.
As for alternatives, the results are not encouraging, and I'd appreciate suggestions. I've been looking at SleeveDominion.com, and they seem reasonably priced but they've been completely out of stock for months now, so I don't want to pin all my hopes on a restock. Fantasy Flight sleeves are the highest rated but look to cost a fortune (around £200 for all my cards), and lots of other manufacturers don't make the right size sleeves at all.
I'd appreciate any advice!
- J.