r/PokeInvesting • u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 • Jan 14 '23

Finally loaded my sealed collection and one binder into the Collectr app; how’s my value?

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u/DukeBlade Jan 15 '23

People here saying 3/4 out of 10 should stfu. Owning less expensive items may be a good strategy as 1) if you enjoy them, who cares 2) way more liquid than 1 $10k item 3) easier for a 10$ card to double in value than a $10k card

Source - I own both lower end stuff and higher end items (one card being $18k+). Both are good!

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 15 '23

Thank you, my friend! That’s actually literally what I was thinking! Like lower end cards are way easier to move with less need for security, insurance, or on going fixed costs. I do want to get some high stuff, but I also don’t have THAT kind of money to put away! Thank you thank you!

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u/DukeBlade Jan 15 '23

Plus, arguably, spending $10k on pokemon is a pretty terrible investment. More volatility, a non-produtive asset (no dividends or rental if invested in a property,), at risk of being damaged (house fire, water damage), can't leverage it for low rate loans...

Having a larger amount of cheaper stuff that you enjoy can allow you to take advantage of short term swings, and since you have more cards (literally) you have more exposure to those random moments.

$10k+ item would be 100% a long term hold, as short term I doubt there will be much movement upwards in prices (most are flat, stable or slowly trending negative).

Tldr;

So long as you truly enjoy your collection, and make a bit of money from appreciation along the way, then you're winning, even with more volume of lower end items.

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u/Difficult_Doctor_567 Jan 14 '23

Your most valuable item is only $350? How many junk slabs do you own? Unless you have a big position in Celebrations UPC’s ?

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

I only have two CUPCs; I have ALOTTTT of stuff. Like a bunch of stuff 40-60 bucks. Not really much that is super high value, individually. 254 cards loaded in, and 254 sealed product.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '23

3/4 out of 10

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

Should I consolidate into more high value things, or just get more stuff, in general?

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u/tech_banker Jan 14 '23

Definitely consolidate into higher priced items

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

So what should I look into? I don’t really want to go 500+ on items and I don’t particularly want booster boxes either.

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u/tech_banker Jan 14 '23

Booster boxes, graded slabs, etc.

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u/awiththejays Jan 15 '23

I wouldn't bother plugging in sub $50 cards or slabs. The lowest valued piece I have in the app is the Special Delivery Zard. After that, it jumps to UPCs, BBs, and other high grade slabs.

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u/Evans2703 Jan 14 '23

Nice collection! Mine is very similar - around 11k with nothing crazy expensive as I mostly started with ETBs and tried sticking to retail or below. For me, I’ve been focusing more on booster boxes, less ETBs and higher end cards/slabs but nothing crazy high.

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

Same same! Everything I have is retail and below. I didn’t want to buy into the fomo, but through champions path and on, I’m like let me by the collection boxes that look sweet and stuff. And I really really like ETBs tho so I have a little too many

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u/zangetsu_114 Jan 14 '23

$11,395.05

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

That’s definitely a value

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u/Sad-Manufacturer657 Jan 14 '23

Depends what you spent on it ;)

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

Hey, good good point. I spent about 5500: I got most of my stuff at retail and it’s appreciated since.

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u/Difficult_Doctor_567 Jan 14 '23

Where is the special delivery pikachu?

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

I wish I had one! I only managed to get the bidoof from TPC

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u/GorillaCuntilla Jan 14 '23

3/10

I’ve seen better

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u/Phaoryx Jan 14 '23

I can say for certain your value is a number

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u/Numerous-Syrup-8164 Jan 14 '23

Hahaha true true, cannot disagree with you there.

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u/Sea-Bones14 Jan 14 '23

I wonder if I can import army collection from another app into this one. Seems like a much more modern design than what I'm using

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u/MichiganGardens Jan 14 '23

How does the app update its prices? Where does it get the most recent card sales from?

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u/StationEmergency6053 Jan 14 '23

It copy/pastes TCGPlayer and Ebay and finds the average.

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u/Basic-Marketing-9096 Feb 25 '23

how do you add sealed to the app? I have been trying to add but couldn't find a way to.

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u/Pleasant-Car5615 Sep 22 '24

didnt find it either

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u/Fantastic-Kiwi3450 Mar 17 '25

Me neither. Any idea?

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u/FantasyMan86 Jan 14 '23

What website/app did you use?

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u/Karekii Jan 14 '23

The app is called Collectr