With world events what they are it seems the card collecting hobby is going to take a price hit. The price of wholesale paper and pulp has increased drastically in the last few months and now the prices are set to jump 8-12% in the next few weeks. These problems will hit the European market first and are caused in no small part by the Finnish port strikes and of course the Chile’s earthquake. Between them they account for almost 12% (source) of the worlds pulp sales, and the production mills have stopped running.
Already major card printers Cartamundi* have jumped on this sending out warning emails to all manufacturers stating that they will be increasing prices. Apparently they will hold off until the end of the month one would guess they anticipate that this is when they will need to re-stock on paper, or it’s a good ploy to bump sales.
It looks like cards are about to get more expensive.
*Note: Cartamundi are printers under license and deal with the printing for many of the large manufacturers, including brands like Yu-GiOjh World of Warcraft Strictly Ink, Upper Deck, and several others.
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I would like to hearfrom anyone who can assist in our efforts shemming@proflixuk.com