# QotD: What personal rule would you bend or outright break if you found a good deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** qotd\ **Created:** [June 19, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963 "2026-06-19T22:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lyleberr](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lyleberr/32/156919_2.png) [@lyleberr](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lyleberr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/1 "2026-06-19T22:43:33Z")
Welcome to the next Question of the Day! The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questionsj are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like. Helpful Considerations may or may not help some people focus their answer, these are blurred to not bother those who have their own ideas. [QotD Archive](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/question-of-the-day-archive/52220) [Suggest future things here](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/question-of-the-day-suggestions/52221) **Today’s Question:** _QotD: What personal rule would you bend or outright break if you found a good deal?_ Helpful considerations: Budget? Buying from certain sources? Condition? ---
**Author:** ![eevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eevee/32/230472_2.png) [@eevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eevee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/2 "2026-06-19T23:06:58Z")
Tell my wife Im sleeping on the couch tonight, and go all in. ---
**Author:** ![c0ll3ct0r](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/c0ll3ct0r/32/26306_2.png) [@c0ll3ct0r](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/c0ll3ct0r)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/3 "2026-06-19T23:12:56Z")
Rule? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Silphnaut](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/silphnaut/32/242895_2.png) [@Silphnaut](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Silphnaut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/4 "2026-06-19T23:27:43Z")
![sddefault](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/6/5/c/65c78e1d7b85ea9c4a2666bf22dcd12b1e021c0f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![lyleberr](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lyleberr/32/156919_2.png) [@lyleberr](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lyleberr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/5 "2026-06-20T00:12:49Z")
![guidelines](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/9/6/9/969f82d306cf29248ef24f7d0dd340bc817bb183.webp) ---
**Author:** ![c0ll3ct0r](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/c0ll3ct0r/32/26306_2.png) [@c0ll3ct0r](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/c0ll3ct0r)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/6 "2026-06-20T00:17:38Z")
**EXACTLY!** ---
**Author:** ![fourthstartcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fourthstartcg/32/163893_2.png) [@fourthstartcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/fourthstartcg)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/7 "2026-06-20T02:40:48Z")
> [@Second chance offer on shill bid item](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/second-chance-offer-on-shill-bid-item/14591/5): > > I guess it depends how bad you want the item. Ideally, I’d like to say just cut the loss and don’t support scum bags. But then, I know that if someone had the last two cards I need for an unreleased set that I don’t publicize because I’m afraid someone else will finish the set and rob the market of the cards I’ve spent years of my life hunting for, i would probably buy them from ISIS if they had them. So i guess only buy it if you have absolutely no other way of hoping to obtain the card. Othe… ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/8 "2026-06-20T04:25:19Z")
I’ve bought cards from objectively scummy organizations/people. Unfortunately, it is a necessary evil if you are looking for rare or exclusive cards. ---
**Author:** ![zubat](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/zubat/32/154200_2.png) [@zubat](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/zubat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/9 "2026-06-20T05:08:29Z")
The only sensible way to collect Pokémon cards is without rules. ---
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/10 "2026-06-20T09:56:27Z")
I try to keep an emergency funds on my savings account at all times. But when I was already a bit low on money late last year thinking I should slow down a bit to save up again and at that exact moment the German Surf-Pikachu popped up (third copy I had seen in 10+ years time, and the first one I had the opportunity to buy), I of course did everything I could to try and win/buy it, which luckily I did. 🙂 Despite that being in September last year, I’m still recovering right now since I also bought a bunch of other cards in December last year, and had a lot of stacking non-collection expanses this year (e.g. I’ve bought a house battery; the usual multiple start-of-the-year taxes; the annual car check + repairs; etc.). But, I’m happy to say, after I brought my car to the garage past Wednesday and also paid off one last tax, I am now saving up again to a reasonable amount on my savings account, and will then start catching up with all new Pikachu; Seviper; FA Supporter/CHR; and Yu-Gi-Oh rarity releases between September last year and now. 🙂 But as already mentioned above: they’re more what you’d call guidelines, not actual rules. :pikahappy: Greetz, Quuador ---
**Author:** ![joponnes](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/joponnes/32/267759_2.png) [@joponnes](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/joponnes)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/qotd-what-personal-rule-would-you-bend-or-outright-break-if-you-found-a-good-deal/62963/11 "2026-06-29T09:55:48Z")
No biting