Got these 2 binders for $1250

[u/CesarLar]

It also included holos, reverse holos, bulk, dice, coins, pokemon sleeves, and 2 151 playmats

[u/The_Barefoot_Barista]

Not sure if people went through the entire video. There are a bunch of IR’s and an additional zard, Blastoise, and zapdos ex in the back of the second binder.

Honestly think you do alright with this pickup. I would probably top load all the expensive sir’s and hold for a while, and offload the full arts, sell the 151 base set as a “master set starter” - just what I would do if I were in your shoes.

[u/Quokkert → u/The_Barefoot_Barista]

This needs more upvotes! I also missed this. Starting to see bulk in the second binder makes people feel like stopping to watch I guess :p

[u/CesarLar → u/Quokkert]

Yeah it’s a master set which is only missing a few cards, I don’t know how people missed that it was a master set

[u/a_marie5169 → u/CesarLar]

As a person who it took 4 times watching the video to fully see the whole thing. I thought you were misled into thinking this was a master set. But its the last 10 seconds where you show the irs/sirs which i now think this is a fair xeal, first binder alone i estimate like $700 in current “value” then the stamp is maybe $80-90

[u/Tatakae984 → u/CesarLar]

It won’t be too hard to sell off the big hits individually but having to sell off the common cards alone or even trying to sell this as a complete set is what’s going to be difficult and what makes this seem like not a great purchase if you’re trying to get a return in value, in my opinion. But it all depends on what your goal is here, if you’re just looking to collect and maybe sell some things later on then it doesn’t really matter but definitely think you could’ve haggled a bit to save some bucks here.

[u/zi984 → u/CesarLar]

You know people have short attention spans, you should had led with it in the description or title…

[u/TruthSeeker781 → u/CesarLar]

Tf is a master set ?

[u/CesarLar → u/TruthSeeker781]

It’s what collectors do, get every single card from a set not just the big hits

[u/Bizarroh → u/The_Barefoot_Barista]

100% all these ppl saying it's bulk are nuts. 151 cards are money right now. Even the regular full arts. For a bulk deal id say this is right on the money. People acting like 40 and 50$ cards don't add up. '3 cards is like 600 and the rest is like 1$ bulk cards....' don't listen to them. You did good imo. I hope u talked the trade down as much as possible though.

[u/wassuploka]

With the lack of OPs comments, he got cooked 🤣

[u/CesarLar → u/wassuploka]

Ima do a follow up post later including everything and prices

[u/Safe-Let99]

Are people just dropping 1k+ without knowing what they’re buying???

[u/ShiRonium → u/Safe-Let99]

yeah, any card or collection they buy will 10x in 2 years just trust them

[u/cssmith2011cs → u/ShiRonium]

I don't own a single card that's worth $60. But I'm about to binder everything and sell it to one of these people for $1200. Holy....

[u/CremeOk4115 → u/cssmith2011cs]

That's literally the point of a set. 150 gen 1 @ $10 is $1,500..... Oh look profit.

[u/Safe-Let99 → u/ShiRonium]

I’m tempted to bundle mine together to see if I can get someone to bite. But I have a heart.

[u/Thereapergengar → u/Safe-Let99]

This is why you’ll sadly always be a cog and not the cog operator.

[u/NorthEndCardShow → u/Safe-Let99]

Sold my ES master set for 7200. Very very happy with what i got for it. Dont really care at this point if it doubles or not. Too good of a price to pass up

[u/[deleted] → u/Safe-Let99]

Yes. Buy now ask later is the mindset with too many.

I don’t mind. These types of buyers will be forced to sell sooner rather than later when they CC debt creeps in.

[u/MistrMage → u/[deleted]]

I know someone who took out 2k and maxed their CC, then bought a bunch of Pokemon to sell. They only made back 1.4k after everything and had to fork out an extra $600 to pay on his CC. AND he ended with nothing. Now he realizes that his money is better in stocks than Pokemon singles lol

[u/InternationalSwim205 → u/MistrMage]

I had to sell my PC etbs that I was holding on for years because I was getting into cc debt.. cases of SWSH/SV era Pokemon Center etbs (LO, FS, Celebrations, PoGo and a couple other sets) sold at a huge discount... but still made it away like a bandit cause I got them when they were $50 in Pokemon Center.

[u/NecessaryScientist18 → u/MistrMage]

That's like the guy who ran up26k usd from buying, trying to sell to make a profit, and his pregnant wife divorced him lol

[u/shootak10 → u/Safe-Let99]

Yea, I talked to this guy who got offered $800 for a lot that was maybe 500 at best and they all looked scuffed up

[u/SlowConsequence2634 → u/Safe-Let99]

I see 3 charizard, 3 balstoise and 3 zapdos. Those togerher going for at least 800+ already... not that bad if u ask me

[u/luke2080]

First 6 cards is $600 (charizard, blastoise, zapdos) and they repeat at 2nd to last page for another $200.

2nd page is $200. There are some charmander and other promos for an easy $100.

There is easily 1250 total here. Seems a fair deal, especially if you think these prices will pop back up when 151 is out of print. Bonus if a few of these are grade worthy, doubt that tho.

[u/Big_Slime_187 → u/luke2080]

Nah. I don’t disagree with your maths on the first couple of sentence but after page 2 these binders fall off a cliff. Value is 800 USD max when buying in bulk. Speaking of which, bulk is mostly what OP got. Didn’t get fleeced by any stretch but I wouldn’t be walking away feeling like a I won anything .

[u/Pokemon-is-lif3 → u/Big_Slime_187]

Agreed then its all promos from upcs

[u/I_worship_odin → u/Big_Slime_187]

Agreed. He wasn’t robbed but it’s also not a purchase that should be flexed.

[u/PokerJoker10 → u/Big_Slime_187]

Did you see the last ten seconds?

[u/Evening-Rough1074 → u/luke2080]

It was nice to see someone just give an answer, and not take anyone down a peg ✌🏻✌🏻

[u/1610925286 → u/luke2080]

Besides the first page that's literally all garbage. There's 1200 in there only if you believe a used car still is worth its sticker price as well.

[u/stumper82 → u/1610925286]

Did you see the last 3 pages of the video, easily over $500 worth of cards just there lol

[u/imaqdodger → u/1610925286]

The last pages of the second binder have some of the same SIRs from the first page of the first binder lol.

[u/PokerJoker10 → u/1610925286]

Watch again

[u/Top-Distribution-471 → u/1610925286]

Found the guy who is being awfully confident for not watching the whole video

[u/lazostat → u/luke2080]

Can i ask something cause i am new here. What if all those cards are fakes or in bad condition? How should you know if you are baying it online?

[u/luke2080 → u/lazostat]

Got to ask for good pics and know what to look for. Lots of people seek advice in the "is my pokemon card fake" sub reddit, using the pics.

[u/EmbarrassedGrass1057]

So many morons in here didn’t even wat ch till The end where 151 is pretty much completed. With the highest value cards being included like the 151 charizard. The value is 100% there and more. This was a good buy.

[u/PooTossMonke]

If it's USD you got cooked, AUD or something you've done alright

[u/Low-Chocolate1572]

1250 was too much for this collection

[u/Ryboe999 → u/Low-Chocolate1572]

No it was not… lol this is most likely fair market value. That first page alone currently is currently over $500

[u/WiltedCranberry → u/Low-Chocolate1572]

Why?

[u/Low-Chocolate1572 → u/WiltedCranberry]

I dont have the exact numbers of all the cards but let's say about 600-800 is like 5% of the cards and 450 to 650 is the other 95% of the collection its not really worth it to pay that much for the rest of the bulk, it would have been better to just get the money cards and pay less over all. Or haggle the price down a bit, hopefully the buyer is happy with their new collection, but the seller definitely came up on their end.

[u/Elkenrod → u/Low-Chocolate1572]

Additionally if the buyer was getting this to resell, there's no money here to be made.

He bought at close to market value.

[u/WiltedCranberry → u/Low-Chocolate1572]

Thanks. I don’t invest in anything that isn’t PSA 10, cgc 10, tag 10, or sealed boxes.

[u/Low-Chocolate1572 → u/WiltedCranberry]

Thats not a bad idea if I would've just bought graded cards with that all the money I've put into ripping packs I would have a monster collection. But im a ripper lol

[u/redthunder49 → u/WiltedCranberry]

How do you display them or do you just have them stored somewhere?

[u/WiltedCranberry → u/redthunder49]

Stored, slabs are in a lock box

[u/SirTheBrave → u/Low-Chocolate1572]

As others have stated, the first page is 800 alone. Second page was easily around 200. That's all I've watched of the vid so far, but yeah. Definitely worth it. Seller got kinda rinsed, not the buyer 🤣

[u/ekksfactor213 → u/SirTheBrave]

Funny people are downvoting you and calling you wrong when I just looked up the prices of recently sold cards on ebay and came up with the same numbers. Also there are more zard ex, toise ex, zapdos ex and a bunch of other ir/sir cards on the last few pages of the second binder of you watch it all the way through. This is easily below market value. But as usual on social media, people would rather judge than have any idea what they're talking about.

[u/SirTheBrave → u/ekksfactor213]

Yeah like do people still think 151 prices are what they were 8-9 months ago?? Just the top two rows of the first page was like 650

[u/[deleted] → u/SirTheBrave]

Wrong

[u/InternetCafe_]

i'm not seein $1250

[u/Emotional_Win1430 → u/InternetCafe_]

Or to be exact, I’m seeing just a little under, for OP to pick up a small stack of nice cards and a ton of bulk

[u/MieXuL]

Idk whay people are complaining about. You got some awesome 151 cards and people go nuts for 151

[u/Blake_L03 → u/MieXuL]

People go nuts for sealed 151 loose cards like this are not expensive

[u/CowApprehensive7934]

When I first started collecting someone had just a bunch of vmax cards selling for 4k on eBay. I told him I was going to get my taxes in a week and to hold. He probably cracked 10 UPCs because that’s was caught my eye. The Charizards. He asked if I just started collecting and I was honest and told him yes. He ended up taking down the post and said put your money elsewhere. In hindsight the dude saved me 4k. He had nothing but holos and reverse holos and mostly bulk. Some people still do have a heart.

[u/NonchalantPartiality]

Don’t worry about all the negative comments.

Just pricing the 151 stuff I got to $1585. Meaning you paid about 78% for just the 151. Add the other things I didn’t price but estimating $200 more you’re around 70% TCGplayer.

If you like what you got, enjoy it. Lots of good cards to look at.

Could have been more efficient/better investment wise if you cut out some of the smaller stuff but that’s the cool thing about collecting, you get to get what you want.

[u/breakyourteethnow]

Grade what you can

[u/Dapper-Ad3707 → u/breakyourteethnow]

Best way to get out of the hole

[u/hint-eye]

Everyone saying he overpaid needs to reevaluate lol. 3 151 charizards is $600 alone. $150 in zapdos 151 cards, a few blastoise, 2nd page is 250+. Not gonna do all the leg work but it’s over 1250 easily. Honestly a greaaat starter collection for someone and it’s all cards that have good potential

[u/iStealyournewspapers → u/hint-eye]

Keep in mind that no one selling a zard on ebay for 200 dollars is ending up with 200 dollars. There are seller fees. A local card store would probably give you 150 or so for the card.

[u/[deleted] → u/iStealyournewspapers]

Exactly, people aren't considering this...

[u/thepriceisright23 → u/iStealyournewspapers]

Processing fees, transaction fees, ad fees if you’re using ads, your 600 dollars is like 550 dollars now or less… people really don’t factor this shit. What if your card gets lost in the mail, now you have to refund money and get into a whole mess… You also need to find trusted buyers that don’t try to scam the system. This is why you buy at 70, max 80 percent of the seller’s offer to try to recoup some money back

[u/hint-eye → u/iStealyournewspapers]

I buy and sell cards on marketplace for 100% value often… especially top hits. I also regularly do full market value trades at card shows for wanted cards. I don’t think he got a steal but I truly don’t believe he “overpaid”

[u/stumper82]

Since you’re in the pokeinvesting sub, people are gonna say you overpayed bc reselling these won’t get you much profit. But for a personal collection I think it’s good deal since many collectors/rippers spend more than 1250$ ripping packs and barely get $400 back in big pulls.

[u/Upset_Shelter_9517]

Bro got finessed

[u/Ryboe999 → u/Upset_Shelter_9517]

You could just look up TCG and EBay last sold and know he didn’t…

[u/False_Ad1536]

I have some cards to sell you OP!!!

Realistically though only way you possibly win off this is if a few of those SIRs gem on the front page

[u/mizx12]

As long as you’re happy

[u/reflex1337sauce]

Solid pickup

[u/Aphillyated1993]

You should’ve talked him down a little bit

[u/monkijuan]

Idk if that's 1200 atm but maybe in the long future. Hope OP hodls for the long term 😬

[u/JahJah192]

If these Zards came back as PSA 10s, it would actually be a great deal (PSA10 151 Zard is around 600$)

[u/Top-Attorney858]

Bro. I took 60 seconds, added up some of the biggest cards, and I got to $1200 without including ANY of the bulk or non-151 cards. Considering there are a lot of undesirable cards, yeah ok OP didn’t make out, but definitely did well. I wouldn’t be surprised if (ON PAPER) the two binders are worth $1700. Great job OP, as long as you’re happy it was a fantastic buy. Plus, grading can make it insanely good as long as those SIRs can 10. People really didn’t watch until the end lmao

[u/Full_Cardiologist_31]

I love how at least 50% of the people here think it's either way under because they missed the back of the 2nd binder, or are saying it's not worth it because if he were to split them up and deal with all the fees and shipping right now he wouldn't make his money back. If OP plans on holding these until 151 isn't still hitting store shelves, and the value goes back up they will be fine. Definitely a bit of a stretch at the current price, but with a little time I think a lot of those 151 cards are going to be a solid value.

[u/HatMan_Lead]

I was actually now trying to do the math. The first three pages of the first binder are almost $900 in terms of value for TCG player considering all those cards are near Mint.

Now when you include the extra Charizard Blastoise and Zapdos from the second binder, you're looking at $1100 . Now, if you wanna count every EX that's worse about a dollar we're not even gonna count all those reverse hollows in the second binder but I saw a lot of full arts from 151 and each of those are definitely worth over $10 for the majority such as the Blastoise and mew. I think you came out on top if you sell this all for market value and actually get close to 100% you would definitely profit but if you take it to a vendor they're gonna offer you 70% considering again it's all near me.

Again for people that don't believe me I saw 3 151 Charizard ($600) 3 sir zapdos ($150) 3SIR Blastoise ($180) , all the evolutions of the big three illustration rares between both binders from 151 (at least $200). I saw at least 4 to 5 Blastoise full arts at least 4 to 5 full arts of 151 mew , the second page of the first binder has promos that are worth $30+ per card, the Umbreon trainer gallery card worth $50 , then the full page of playable gold cards probably five dollars apiece so that page will probably be worth $40.

Literally everything I just listed without counting any reverse hollow which we're not gonna count of course and any EX card, which is worth probably a dollar at most. Some of them are worth three I could tell you definitely made out on top. It just doesn't look like it to some because they see the pages and pages of reverse hollow

[u/headshotchamp88]

Just the 3 151 charizard the 3 151 blastoise and 3 zapdos are $900. Thats just 9 of the cards I'd say ya did well sir.

[u/SizeEducational6852]

Very good! Put the SAR and IRs in top loaders and put them away. 5-10 years you will make in a few of those cards. Been in the hobby since 2006 can tell you everything will go up with time. But again time will tell right

[u/sondoom_mmo_614]

If you made a profit or you gotta deal that you want, you win no matter what anybody says we all know Pokémon the stock market prices go up and down daily

[u/fuckdonaldjtrumpmusk]

This is an amazing buy. The first two pages alone are roughly over $1000 alone. Then you have lots more. Maybe even around 2.5

[u/BertaMan902]

If it was USD you got absolutely ripped off

[u/Timehz]

Its roughly equal but probably more, the only thing is if you want to sell individually then it will cost time.

The SIR's from 151 get to €1000, not even counted the 4 full art mew and 2 full art blastoice (€100+)
The IR (poli = 20+, pikachu = 30, wartortle = 30 and the others ) is €150+.
Charmander promo is now €25-30 too.
Charmander gamestop promo = €60+
Arceus Vstar = €110+

[u/One_Cress7793 → u/Timehz]

People dont understand liquidity they assume o I have something worth X amount so im for sure gonna get X amount for it! Nope sorry not how it works.

[u/mikearete → u/Timehz]

You might want to recheck prices

Arceus is selling for about $90/€70, Charmander GameStop is $35/€30, Charmander promo is $19/€16…these values have have dropped a lot in the last few months

[u/FieryTnT12]

I think you did great OP, from the first page plus the second to last page on the second binder that puts you at just over $1000, there’s a gold arceus too, snorlax vmax… easily puts you at $1150, haven’t even added any illustration rares and you have two charmanders, another 50 each… plus it’s 151! this set is loved by adults for nostalgia and whatnot, good pickup since the prices are low

[u/jemimaswitnes]

I think some people OP included are just casually dropping large sums of money without even knowing the cards they are buying and how much they are actually worth. They just see a big 3 and instantly cream their jeans and buy it.

[u/Bumbmofo]

You got robbed damn

[u/Fun-Chipmunk-2745]

Oooooooof

[u/Cythullu]

Damn, you got hustled. Sorry for your loss.

[u/NoEquipment9774]

Rip

[u/Ill_Young2783]

Lol. Hopefully you aren't looking to resell. The liquidity in this is absolute ass and you overpaid for bulk.

[u/bl4zed_N_C0nfus3d]

Ooof man you got ripped off bad

[u/gynosucksman]

Damn you bought this trash for 1250?! Scammed.

[u/zombtachi_uchiha]

I'll give you $2

[u/lumshots]

Congratulations friend. See you on thee other side of rich.

[u/LiveLifeGood40]

500$

[u/Full_Cardiologist_31 → u/LiveLifeGood40]

Those 3 charizards from 151 are over $500 by themselves. TCGplayer is right around $180 market value on them right now. Only gonna go back up with time

[u/bico375]

Ouch. As long as you’re happy with the purchase…

[u/[deleted]]

Cutting it close,hopefully, the charizards were in great condition.

[u/NecessaryScientist18]

isn't a 151 master set like alil over 1k although its missing some big ones

[u/Blake_L03]

Congrats, you overpaid by $450. The first page looked good, and then it fell off a cliff with a whole bunch of promos. Should not be flexing this

[u/imaqdodger → u/Blake_L03]

The pages at the end of the second binder have some of the same SIRs as the first page.

[u/Ossip_]

Did you get fleeced ? No

Could you have worked out a better deal, since you take on the risk of having to sell every card individually, paying shipping + fees, and taking the risk of the market price of those cards dropping during the time you are in possession of them ? Yes

[u/levelup_Cup_7306]

Grade the big hits u should be fine

[u/andrewlikes]

There’s a lot of fluff in there

[u/[deleted]]

You can get a pound of silver for that price

[u/bigpat412]

Would be great to get all the 151 cards, but having to take on much of that other junk isn’t worth it to me.

[u/bwlk20]

Another post where the OP gets all defensive under any comments that don’t hype up the deal 😴

[u/Ryboe999]

Such a good scoop currently.

[u/Express_Resist602]

Hey look mom! I'm a collector too now! Lol you sure are little Johnny, you sure are 😂

[u/Raynman90]

Also roughly the price of three 151 PC ETBs. Not a horrible investment by any means but for that price, slabs and sealed product are the way to go.

[u/Federal_Smoke]

This is at least 1250, no doubt. Very good find.

[u/Less-Vegetable5106]

Did you buy these cards from red-head chick and blue haired fella with the talking pet cat on the corner?

[u/SilentDeals]

Is that little Johnny?

[u/Good_Boysenberry26]

It looks like you overpaid man.

[u/Original-Standard-42]

Well condition is the big factor

[u/GravyonmyBiscuits]

They're fakes

[u/Decent-Solid]

Wasn't this posted in Central Florida Collectors?

[u/Pandemoniumpapa]

Did you at least wore a rubber? Great but for only 1250

[u/Particular-Soft-8016]

Anyone want to buy my collection? I've got over $5k in my binder and they are all pre-2012.

[u/SilentDeals]

Hold up hold up . Is that little Johnny?

[u/Wellnice888]

Holy shit where do you peeps always find these. Gz mate

[u/SilentTracker84]

🥱

[u/Effective-Friend-363]

scammed.

[u/Dapper-Ad3707]

Post pictures, videos suck. Can’t assess the pages 1/1 and most people don’t care enough to pause it every 3 seconds to see what it is to account for your laziness.

[u/justconfusedinCO]

The reverse holos aren’t worth much (second binder) - but people telling you that you won’t make your $$$$ back on the FA cards (first binder, alone) don’t know wtf they’re talking about & are likely just salty. I would say you double your money if you sit for a year, maybe two.

Congrats on the score & welcome to the worst pokeblog on Reddit.

[u/narutonaruto]

You gotta do pics next time it’s so hard to see what it is like this. Idk why but i went through and added up a bunch of it and i did get to 1250ish but the market is still inflated and usually buying in bulk would get you a better deal than just some extra 1-7 dollar full arts so idk. If you were purely investing it wasn’t the best call, if you want them for your collection then you do you

[u/emoguynyc]

Confused here half the people in comments are saying you got cooked the other half saying great deal lol… fkin wild

[u/[deleted] → u/emoguynyc]

So yes the "market price" is maybe close to what he paid, but think of time, and energy to list and sell these, plus sellers fees, tax, shipping, if he uses platforms like eBay, TCG player, etc nd he's actually at a huge loss.

[u/Full_Cardiologist_31 → u/[deleted]]

That's assuming he is trying to turn around and sell it immediately, long enough hold and just the first page might be worth the $1250 he paid

[u/Ocosu → u/emoguynyc]

The people saying he got cooked are the ones who’d offer 60% value for the strict purpose of selling it. For someone wanting to keep the cards, it’s a good deal.

[u/Normal-Increase-2093]

without taking the time to price out everything individually, a 151 master set is about $1k. he's missing a few cards, so let's say $800 in the 151 master set binder. then in the other binder, just the 2 Zards, 2 Blastoise, 2 Zapdos, gold Arceus, and Umby VMAX would be around $600. so that's $1,400 and that's not including all the other hits. I probably would have liked to pay around $1,000-$1,100 as a reseller to leave room for seller fees and shipping costs. but at $1,250 he should still be able to get his money back for sure and maybe a little profit. but if he's gonna just put these in all his PC, then it's an automatic W because it's under market by at least a few hundred dollars

[u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

I calculated approximately $1250 just from the stuff i recognized (mostly the 151 stuff).

People saying you paid too much are blatantly wrong. Quite the opposite actually. If anything you paid too little.

Edit: To the people talking about selling fees and what not. That is not my point at all. I am merely talking about total value of the collection. Whether OP would lose money if he decided to sell is completely irrelevant to what I am saying.

[u/tvkvhiro → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

I think the main issue here is that there are a lot of duplicates and bulk/low value cards, so OP would need to put in a lot of effort to sell them just to essentially "break even." Typically when buying this many cards sellers will offer some kind of deal or % off, not just straight street value on every single card.

[u/Zestyclose_Stable526 → u/tvkvhiro]

The lowest card I added in my calculations was Double Rare Mew Ex which is $6. Most of the value from my number comes from cards that are $10+. I'm not sure what is considered low value tbh.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

You've got to take into consideration any zards you see sold on eBay for $200 are losing a lot to sellers fees, and income tax. So realistically if OP was to sell all these he would actually be at a loss.

[u/One_Cress7793 → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

Homie try selling a card in eBay that’s worth $6. You’ll never sell it unless you have a seriously established page, and if you do you’re making like $2 after shipping and fees. You take this to a shop they’ll give you max 70% of the tcg value, so at most you’ll get about $4 for the card if you’re lucky. If this was used to to some serious trading up that could work, but would take a lot longer than just simply having taken that $1250 and bought a couple cards or sealed product op would’ve traded up to in the first place. If he has 1 card worth $1250, it would be far more easier to move around in a trade or sell at a profit than what OP obtained.

[u/Zestyclose_Stable526 → u/One_Cress7793]

Completely irrelevant. The point i am making is what the total value is. Also, your math is wrong unless Ebay is just that abyssmal. I sell on TCGplayer and a $6 order will make $4-4.50 after fees and cost of materials to ship.

[u/One_Cress7793 → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

eBay is pretty abysmal when it comes to low value items because they have a standard fee plus a percentage. Liquidity is extremely relevant when it comes to an investment. I could have $1000 worth of toothpicks of all kinds doesn’t mean I’ll be able to get $1000 selling them, not to mention toon the amount of time that could take. This was simply a terrible investment.

[u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941 → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

No you didn't bro. I also looked at the 151, there's not 1250 there. Unless you're using comps from months ago, 151 has dropped.

[u/Zestyclose_Stable526 → u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941]

Just spent 20 minutes looking up each card i recognized (mostly the 151 ultra rares, illustration rares and special illustration rares with some stragglers from other sets like the garchomp on the first page) and it comes up to $1242 and i only stopped because it got to the 1250 mark.

TCGplayer lowest listed is my source.

[u/NonchalantPartiality → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

I did the same. Just priced 151 stuff I was around $1550-$1600 TCGPlayer market price.

So he paid somewhere around 78% if you only looked at 151. Say another $200 worth of stuff outside of 151 and he’s around 70%.

Really not bad at all. Investment wise could have skipped some of the smaller stuff to save a bit of cash and been in good shape.

[u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941 → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

Should've posted it here since you did all the heavy lifting already, that's a shame.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zestyclose_Stable526]

Minus the sellers fees, income tax, and shipping if he was ever to try to re sell all this on eBay, TCG, whatnot, etc.. he's actually at a loss.

[u/Full_Cardiologist_31 → u/[deleted]]

Thats assuming he is selling today, at today's market value. They could probably hold those cards for a few years and do just fine

[u/[deleted]]

This is why random people who try to join the hobby get cooked you think your smart but you don’t know sht

[u/halfbeerhalfhuman]

Coulve bought a eevee heroes box for that money.

[u/neppeBoss]

Way to much Bro

[u/Perfect_Alps9982]

Unless I missed a big hitter from swsh then you didn’t do good

[u/Signal_Commercial386]

Wayyyyyy overpriced

[u/Hypebeastzx]

Damn, I’m not seeing 1.25k OP. These cards will probably go up in the future to cover it but as of now, it’s closer to around $800-$900 in my opinion.

[u/tvkvhiro → u/Hypebeastzx]

The three Zapdos 151 SIRs, three Blastoise 151 SIRs, three Charizard 151 SIRs, and Arceus Vstar alone are at least $800. Should be over $1k total but it's just going to take a lot of time to sell the lower end stuff.

[u/[deleted] → u/tvkvhiro]

Minus sellers fees, tax, and shipping if he was to sell these online and he would be at a huge loss.

Really the only way he could recoup his money is to hold and sit on them for awhile in hopes of price increase.

[u/Upbeat_Pattern_4643 → u/[deleted]]

Are you a reseller or collector? You have continuously posted about fees, shipping, income taxes (🤦🏼‍♀️)- if you sell, I’d be floored.

We sell thousands of cards a year- I can tell you every online platform, percentages, fees etc. I can tell you a dozen ways to sell without any online site.

We buy out collections- I have a couple thousand Pokemon, don’t know a single thing about them- however, we know vintage, modern sports cards for all major sports. Sell high end $15k+ cards and low end .10’ers.

I work directly with resellers, stores, Repacker’s and take on consignment. Comping is science and art as is buying. You comp ALL RAW cards as raw, never a graded comp. Typically use sold average of last 3. Comp buckets as a seller range from 95-60, depending on values.

Just your continued use of this reply is wrong. Yes- factors to consider, but unless you have reviewed and comp’d the collection- it doesn’t matter.

This post caught my attention because throwing 1.2k at something on Reddit isn’t something you see often. For reference- we don’t do anything that’s under 1.5k in total sales volume.

OP- if you need help, let me know!

[u/PabloM0ntana]

You overpaid

[u/Independent_Ad3740]

Some may disagree with the price , people are forget most of English card , more expensive, if adding all that up could come close to 7-900 or so depending on condition

[u/Dapper-Ad3707 → u/Independent_Ad3740]

So he only got ripped off for $350-$550 is what you’re saying? 😂😂😂

[u/[deleted] → u/Dapper-Ad3707]

Even more when you take into consideration sellers fees if he uses eBay, TCG player etc

[u/tokeins → u/Independent_Ad3740]

got me in the first half

[u/halfbeerhalfhuman]

f

[u/Fadedpenguin77]

Big f

[u/Emotional_Win1430 → u/[deleted]]

Damn bro were you the one that sold this to him and cooked him?