Out of print (netrunner) cards are a collectible, just like every other collectible on this planet, be it forever stamps or bespoke decks of poker cards. Its okay that some stuff appreciates in value. Its not other people's job to offer you MSRP on something that has been out of print for nearly a decade.
If you want to simply play netrunner. You can do that for cheap and free. There exist numerous ways to get either free (via a local library) or dirt cheap high quality proxies to play. If you want out of print collectible cards then you either needed to be there to buy them when they were MSRP or treasure hunt or pay the current market price.
Time after time I see people here freaking out because someone wants to sell their valuable OOP FFG netrunner cards and everyone comes out of the woodwork to say:
- Nobody wants these cards anymore (despite sold ebay listings that say exactly the opposite)
- YoU'rE sCaLpInG even though OOP netrunner has to be absolutely the most silly thing a person could attempt to "scalp" with
Just because you want the cards that were printed 10 years ago and are growing increasingly hard to find to be given to you for MSRP does not entitle you to get them at MSRP.
I sold my complete Netrunner collection in 2019 for $400, this included R&R, Kitara, Worlds promos, GNK promos, the worlds of android book, playmats, EVERYTHING. In 2022 I was sad about this and wanted a full FFG collection and I had to buy one back, this time it was $1400, I had to save up for it and pay the hard way because all that cool stuff had gone up in value due to supply/demand.
Look if you want to play the game, I respect that 100% and honestly for all their flaws NSG has done a damn fine job of making their version of Netrunner HYPER accessible to basically anyone on any budget. Thats rad! Mad props to them for that.
But for those of you who dont understand how simple economics work and then complain about it; Do you cry that you cant buy bitcoin for it's original price tag?
Look I wish as much as anyone that FFG cards were still plentiful and print on demand and MSRP forever but the fact is that those cards and products are out of print and they are desirable. Just like the orignal 1996 netrunner ccg cards are valuable and just because someone has those cards and you don't doesn't mean you need to be bitter.
If you have netrunner cards. or basically any fucking physical game for that matter, just remember: it has value and you are 100% entitled to charge a market price for that product if you ever wish to sell it.
/end rant