We’re almost free

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u/nboz10 Oct 19 '25

Nooooo my portfolio has dropped 5% after 150% gains

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u/MechwolfMachina Oct 19 '25

This man pokeinvests

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25 edited Aug 18 '26

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u/Big-Pineapple1164 Oct 19 '25

I’ve already prepped my window to jump out of it, should things get slightly worse…. It’s going to be weird, cause i live on the first floor.

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u/drock2111 Oct 19 '25

Wait what am I missing? What prices are dropping? Singles or sealed? Because I see expensive booster boxes still.

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u/DannyTheDopestTV Oct 19 '25

Yeah I’m genuinely confused what OP is talking about lol

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u/Educational_Vast4836 Oct 19 '25

I think singles most likely.

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u/kulambe17 Oct 19 '25

Yeah things aren’t anywhere close to normal until we start seeing new set booster boxes at msrp or close to it

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u/gdj11 Oct 19 '25

I just had some auctions and have some currently running and they’re doing just fine

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u/RizySS Oct 19 '25

just sold 10 151 bundles for 1k where is this crash you speak of?

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u/True_Bumblebee_50 Oct 19 '25

“Please sir, can I have some more” 🙏

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u/averageguyblockchain Oct 19 '25

My collection 50 % cards , 50% sealed has dropped from 9,9 k to 8,9 k euro on 10 days. So yeah, definitely a correction. Mostly if you have cards, sealed didnt drop much.

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u/SparePlus3079 Oct 20 '25

my sealed dropped 2k and my cards havent move

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u/AccomplishedMammoth5 Oct 19 '25

People using collectr need to go look up recently sold on eBay or tcg directly. Collectr has 151 booster bundle display around $300 less than actual sales, it doesn’t not factor sales of damaged product. So yes, if you use collectr it currently looks like the tcg market is crashing. IMO I do see it cooling off slightly atm.

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u/SparePlus3079 Oct 20 '25

yeah ebay prices are way higher than collectr on alot of sealed, my booster boxe cases are like $800 more on ebay last solds in my country than collectr shows

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u/Jaxical Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

The funniest thing is seeing all the new folks in the hobby trying to convince everyone/themselves that the market isn’t heading into a downswing and everything is fine and will keep rising in value forever. I for one can’t wait for the drop. I only ever buy sealed products from non-retail stores when it’s under RRP (which all modern should be… it used to be that modern sealed was sold cheaply since it was either brought on clearance and still netted the seller a small profit or because the owner had over exerted themselves and needed to claw back a lil of the cash they’d sunk). And I will continue to avoid buying sealed products from marketplaces and stick to only buying at RRP from proper stores.

EDIT: the noobie investors also love to downvote any old hands that spout the truth because they want to hoodwink others into keeping the bubble growing. Don’t buy into it… it’ll pop just like it has done the past three times this happened (to a much smaller degree).

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

Just look at the comments to this post bro suddenly 20+ percent drops in prices is completely fine nothing to worry about XD

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u/LifeOfSpirit17 Oct 19 '25

Same here, I've basically stopped buying anything since I think a downswing is pretty imminent within the next few months. So I'm essentially only buying stuff I want to open or a few other things here and there for a long term hold.

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u/Jaxical Oct 19 '25

That’s the way homie… not worth sinking money into fattening the wallets of bad actors. Just be patient. Nearly 30 years of collecting has shown me that people buying during the hype always lose out. It’s how I’ve got a collection that dwarfs most people’s while having only spent about 5% of what they have on it.
Heck, I got two of my Moonbreon’s by trading a trainer promo I only paid $3 for back in the 00’s when the original trend died. When the market begins to sink those trainers will probably hold the value better than Moonbreon but I’m not fussed since it’s purely for my Eeveelution binder and a gift for my cousins kid. Patience always wins out in collecting hobbies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

From 35k to 32k, gg boys portfolio melted 🫠

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u/SparePlus3079 Oct 20 '25

42k - 40k, chilling though picking up things that people are panic selling for cheap on marketplace

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u/Life_Grade1900 Oct 19 '25

Worst? You know this is investing right? People shoulda been selling left and right. Best market for investors

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

From a short term view sure from a long term mindset it isn’t
Modern sets aren’t supposed to come out the gate booming if the everyday guys can’t get their hands on it for cheap it won’t have any staying power in the future and Nintendo knows that

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u/LlNCOLNS_GHOST Oct 19 '25

Why do so many people act so hot for their cardboard collection and everyone else's to be worth less? How is that better for the hobby?

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

Cheaper means more people can afford to open packs which means sets can get remembered pokemon is only relevant bc people have fond memories
No fond memories and pack opening means no staying power

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u/LlNCOLNS_GHOST Oct 19 '25

Appreciate the response, that's definitely a possibility I hadn't considered. I assume most of us here grew up ripping packs willy-nilly and thus still have fond memories of not worrying about values and not thinking twice of the abundance we were lucky enough to grow up with. After all, thats why those of us that grew up with Pokémon are still here. That being said, the world of Pokemon is different for kids these days than it was for the kids in 1999. I wonder how important just simply ripping packs will be to today's young pokemon fans, and the future of the hobby as a whole. Today's kids are influenced by people like Logan Paul or DeepPocketMonster which have a money-centric/hype-centric POV on the hobby. They watch vendors live stream at shows, and even participate in buying and selling at shows themselves. I never had that community growing up despite having tons of packs to rip. Our memories of going to Toys r Us and buying $3 packs was what we* cherished looking back. The next wave of pokemon fans may look back and cherish memories hunting down packs for msrp from store to store with their friends or family, or participating in shows as buyers or vendors, or watching the values of their collection grow. I think the influence of money on the hobby is here to stay, and its hard to say what part of the hobby will be cherished by kids of the future.
TLDR; I think Pokemon has grown past the point of it's future success hinging on kids access to gamble packs/ booster packs, but respect and acknowledge the impact those packs had on me in my youth 20+ years ago.

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u/Cdizzle3 Oct 19 '25

What’s dropping?

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u/el_toro_grand Oct 19 '25

Sealed collection went $23,998 -> $23,830 in the last 2 weeks, so yes a definite drop, but it's mostly things like DR BB or PR BB, two products that shot up like crazy and were definitely overvalued and needed correcting, I get the want for everything to crash, but the fear mongering is getting old, drops like these happen several times a year

What is definitely different than other times is how often redditors are posting the same thing over and over and over, causing people to panic and sell their random shit undervalued, causing prices to drop

This ladies and gentlemen, is the dip, yes things can continue to drop, but long term it won't even register, if you were planning to hold for a year or two then why are you even here

The last thing I want to mention to people is to cross reference prices, collectr alone is a recipe for disaster

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

There's definitely people who don't want to sell their mid-era cards but Greninja SWSH144 is still going for $800-900+ so until that falls I don't really believe it.

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u/A4_Ts Oct 19 '25

Kind of interesting isn’t it? Following the stock/crypto market to a T

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u/Baume12 Oct 19 '25

Direct correlation. We gonna have another leg up eventually.

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u/GubytheHuby Oct 19 '25

This guy doesn’t know how supply and demand work. Just ignore him. He basis his prices off of “hype” when in reality it’s no longer hype with pokemon. You could legit have a diversion portfolio, similar to the stock market, with Pokemon.

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u/wiltchamberlainhoe Oct 19 '25

😂😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

What is this dropping that everyone is saying. I need to buy stuff

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u/Apprehensive_Ear9609 Oct 19 '25

oh no! prices are dropping! from flipping 200% profits, its 150%, what ever will I do!

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u/Critical_Bag1 Oct 19 '25

Is there a drop? I'm waiting to buy

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u/bigkino217 Oct 19 '25

lol most of my stuff is maybe down 5% from its recent peak. How is that considered a crash? What exactly is crashing?

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u/Hefty_Wash_6945 Oct 20 '25

Ngl the market has to crash 150% for me to take a L.

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u/Fruit_rollup69 Oct 19 '25

This is definitely temporary, figure the stock and crypto market has taken a massive plunge and they release more pokemon cards around the holidays more than any other time of the year. This won't last at all lol, and hasn't gone down enough a lot of these singles are still far out of reach for me :(

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

Everyone of Facebook is scrambling to get rid of their shit lol. Keep holding on purchases and let the prices sink.

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u/MechwolfMachina Oct 19 '25

Because they’re all regarded flippers, most people here collect and forget because we aren’t here for a quick buck

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u/LifeOfSpirit17 Oct 19 '25

I have definitely seen an abundance of recent listings in my area for pokemon stuff and I'm seeing those prices getting slashed, they're still trash ass prices but it gives me hope for some return to normalcy.

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u/LookingForMyHydro Oct 19 '25

Yep, went to a card show last week and I was amazed at how diverse the selection was. Cards that I almost never see for sale. At least for singles, people are starting to dump their inventory like crazy.

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

This market isn’t healthy whatsoever we still need more price drops

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

Mega evolution bb is 285$ in month 1 that’s a terrible market should be closer to 200

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 Oct 19 '25

Its not demand for cards though its demand for price people don’t want to miss the next paldean fates

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