I bought marbles for cheap at the dollar store last summer. They're good for camping games when you don't have a lot of space.
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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You can't find cheap marbles?
Not on estate auction. The bidding wars on them are ridiculous and I’d love to know why.
Everyone lost their marbles
You might be better off using steel ball bearings if they aren't going to be visible. From a casual search it looks like steel is cheaper than glass as far as balls are concerned.
People get into the mood of bidding and lose all rationality.
You can buy 100 marbles for like $10 online
You based in Australia? I'll ship you my marble collection.
I can see sets of 100 marbles for £6 on Amazon. Though I would recommend buying elsewhere if possible, just wanted to do a quick search.
hey, I found these on Amazon.com for £6. Don't shop on Amazon.com though, they treat their workers like shit, are actively anti-union, and their environmental record is abysmal. I just wanted to say that you can get 100 marbles on Amazon.com for £6, but do not buy the £6 marbles from Amazon.com, go out looking for them yourself on some other website.
What is the point of your comment? Amazon is global and a good way to see an approximate price of something like this, I don't know where OP lives so I can hardly recommend a specific local shop but I can encourage them to look for one instead.
my point is if you discourage people against using amazon, its probably not the best idea to direct them to a cheap product on amazon.
If things taking up space is a concern, marbles seem like they have an advantage over most things.
This is super random and interesting. I assume you’re not in Japan? People selling hand items here have serious brain damage with the prices they think people will pay.
States. You can find marbles new. But I’d added some to watch lists on a few auctions now, thinking I’d scoop some up on the cheap instead of buying new. I was so wrong, and it’s a pattern of high spending by bidders.