u/Due_Map_6397

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LGS Bulk Etiquette Question

So I’m pretty new to mtg, learned on Arena then bought a precon and am going to play my first game of commander tonight!

I want to build my collection and maybe try brewing a deck, but I don’t have a ton of money to spend on the hobby right now. One lgs near me has a box of bulk you can go through and buy cards for $0.25 each, and a different binder of cards you can go through for $2 each. I’m considering going through them to try and find cards there worth more than $0.25/$2 respectively to either resell and get money for singles I need, or keep for my collection.

Unfortunately, since I’m new and not very knowledgeable I would need to use a scanner like Manabox to check prices. My question is, would the lgs employees/other patrons find it rude to scan the store’s bulk looking for a good deal? I don’t know the social norms, and I’m not sure whether the store would feel like I’m taking advantage of them or just be happy that they sold bulk they didn’t want to sort and price out individually.

TLDR is it rude to scan/price check an lgs’ bulk?

EDIT: Seems like the consensus is that this would be useless at best and rude at worst. Understood! Thanks everyone for your advice, wish me luck at commander tonight!

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