I am pretty sure local game stores make money when they sell booster packs to a kid at full price, kid sells them the best cards at a 30% discount and then the

I am pretty sure local game stores make money when they sell booster packs to a kid at full price, kid sells them the best cards at a 30% discount and then the store resells it for market value. Sure there is risk here but they make it very hard to lose. Running the store lets them have options to purchase cards at a discount every time the sell a booster pack.