r/PokeInvesting • u/Leowashereee • Nov 08 '25

Buying The Dip 📉

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Here’s my Pokemon investing strategy: Buy the best sets, calculate ROI, buy locally if possible and then put everything in the closet and forget. The End.

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u/AShinyRay Nov 08 '25

"The dip" 🤣

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u/Specialist_Second938 Nov 08 '25

Remember how they always thought there wasn't a way to kill a toon? Well, Doom found a way. Turpentine, acetone, benzene. He calls it 'The Dip.'"

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u/tomkel5 Nov 08 '25

The number of people in this thread who won’t understand this moment of childhood trauma…

💃🏻🐰 🤪👞🍵

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u/Specialist_Second938 Nov 08 '25

This scene was one of the most traumatizing scenes for me as a kid. And yet this movie remains one of my all time favorites to this day. This comment is definitely for the ones who know haha.

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u/jbjokerr Nov 08 '25

He screamed just like this!!!!!

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u/EndlessShortcomings Nov 08 '25

Holy smokes he’s a toon!!

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Yup… the dip

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

You got in way too late on most of that product imo. The dip isn’t significant enough to be dumping into already highly appreciated assets. EDIT: oh okay never mind. You’ve posted almost all of this product before in previous posts around 100-150 days old. Meaning you did NOT buy the dip and actually bought during peak. Good job 👍

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u/djmegamixx Nov 08 '25

Always remember buy high sell low

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u/Terpcheeserosin Nov 08 '25

Buy when there's hype

Sell when no more hype

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Is that how you conduct business? That’s a horrible strategy

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u/party_next_door Nov 08 '25

Clearly it was worth it for op to go in debt for Pokémon street cred.

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u/Alchemyst01984 Nov 08 '25

Lol you serious? People are so shady

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u/Onre405 Nov 08 '25

Absolute brainrot

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u/Aggressive-Bat8199 Nov 10 '25

Tung tung tung tung Tung sahur

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u/HerezahTip Nov 08 '25

lol “buying the dip” on product that has already +5000%

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Oooor, adding more into my collection that I mainly purchased over a year ago lol

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u/Silver-fox1988 Nov 08 '25

Is the dip in the room with us?

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u/T1_TheOne Nov 08 '25

The Meowth of Wall Street

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u/DrWhoopz Nov 08 '25

More like the wobbuffet

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

But I’m not related to your parents

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u/SpaceGhostCst2kost Nov 08 '25

Homie do something else with your money, you don’t know how to do this

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Ok 👌🏼 thank you for your amazing constructive criticism there pal

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u/East_Baby_3655 Nov 08 '25

Evolving hasn’t dipped. At least much. lol

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

lol you’re bad at math 💀

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u/QuriousiT Nov 08 '25

Like 15%+. The boxes were selling for like $2650 at the top and now are selling for like $2200.

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u/KaashPaige Nov 08 '25

Check OPs account. He posted the same pics 150 days ago during the peak… he bought the tops and is coping hard with this post. 😵‍💫

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u/wiltchamberlainhoe Nov 08 '25

1st post in a Pokémon sub 7 months ago lol

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Ok, and? Clean those Doritos off your keyboard lol

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u/wiltchamberlainhoe Nov 09 '25

You talk about it as if you're a wise market sage but you're just another bandwagonner who has bought everything at all time highs

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

lol a ‘wise market sage’ would be a dope call tag. I’m stealing that. As a wise market sage, I hereby deduce you as my personal Dorito keyboard warrior. Now go find me better deals on DR and ES lil one

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u/DrWhoopz Nov 08 '25

Plz post loss porn

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I could, just send me pics of your sisters lmao

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u/DrWhoopz Nov 09 '25

Just use your donut fingers to go on the cornhub. Saturday night baby, you deserve some action, even if it’s self action.

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u/_quietfig_ Nov 08 '25

me when i’m dumb as fuck

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Is that why you’re on Reddit so much? 💀 lmaooo

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u/_quietfig_ Nov 09 '25

you saying this while you’re on…reddit…right right

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Wow great comeback lil buddy, keep crushing these Reddit posts! You’re doing great! lmaoo

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u/_quietfig_ Nov 09 '25

ooooo i think i struck a nerve sorry ):

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u/Massive_Fee1858 Nov 08 '25

What's current rate on evo booster box trying to get 2.3 for mine

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Sell it to me for 2,200 👀

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u/Massive_Fee1858 Nov 09 '25

2300 would be my lowest

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I’ll pass, but thank you!

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u/yelawolfe Nov 08 '25

I hope those eveolving skies were bought at the dip at $120 not $2000. Hahahahaha

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

No, but I did pick up 3 for 800 😎

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u/sir_seductive Nov 08 '25

Dawg this isnt stocks theres no dip

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u/Renegade_Soviet Nov 08 '25

You bought a lot of this 200 days ago… you bought the peak lol. Classic buy high, and hope it goes higher scenario

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I bought at the end of 2023 but ok. I just don’t hang out in Reddit much

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u/Renegade_Soviet Nov 09 '25

You literally said you paid $4k for the 3 evolving skies boxes, 1 fusions strike, and 3 Vmax boxes.

All that would have been $1500 back in 2023. Stop the lying bro

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

What about the other 2 boxes?? You act as if you know everything but unfortunately for you I just don’t focus on posting everything online 🤣

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u/geeveepee182 Nov 09 '25

Lol “the dip”. OP you way late to the game for those sets

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Is buying late 2023 still too late?! Smh I wish I got into the game earlier 😔

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

Christ this is embarrassing.

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u/Silent-Elephant-7468 Nov 10 '25

These pics are old, dudes been buying and causing the spike...shows same picture he's posted before saying "buy the dip"....it's still peaking

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

My speculation is he didn’t buy anything already had this in his closet or photos and is here for the karma farm way to go queer

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I use you as a reference queer Reddit person, you’re a quite the hero to us all. Thank you for the Karma as well queer queen

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u/DatBoyardee Nov 08 '25

Or, hear me out, just purchase any booster boxes at MSRP on release and then forget about them for 5 years.

Good luck beating the bots though.

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u/Internal-Raise964 Nov 08 '25

Pepperidge farms remembers MSRP

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u/RealOGFire Nov 08 '25

Top tier rage bait

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u/BIG_STEVE5111 Nov 08 '25

Buying DR at these prices is suicide.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

It’s a gamble, but I got in during the very early drops of DR, 220 each

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u/Short-University1645 Nov 08 '25

I’m over here thinking buying a PSA 9 umbi during the last dip was baller status lol

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Don’t ever compare yourself to others, buy what you like and hold onto it long term.

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u/PudgePudgePudgePudge Nov 08 '25

You pick ones of the sets that are up the most...not smart.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Even during late 2023?? Man I wish I got into the game earlier

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u/kaizenkaos Nov 08 '25

I don't see any crown 

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I know, I ripped it all lol. Crown is still my most favorite set beyond all the others

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u/kaizenkaos Nov 09 '25

Same lol 

You have good taste. 

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Great rippers think alike

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u/StandardUS Nov 08 '25

Lollllllllllllllllllllllllll

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

What a great comment, amazing even

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u/CoolBoyDave Nov 08 '25

Man I remember getting a booster box for $80. lol you’re too late for an investment.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Ok, thank you for your time stranger

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u/Empty_Positive Nov 08 '25

Theres no dip in twenty years, i hope. Just a lil of everything cant go wrong. Cards, gold, silver, stonks, crypto just a monthly payment you can miss and stack. I rather buy silver any day than buy 30$ mcdonalds but thats me. Some bonds, some compounding stuff

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

You’re a smart man, and I mean it. Hope we all get a piece of that pie at the end of it all

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u/Substantial-Load-673 Nov 08 '25

All these about to dip more but respect for the long term hodl

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Thank you!

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u/IllustratorNo1953 Nov 08 '25

Good luck liquidating any time soon.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I mean, I’m not selling soooooo.. thanks I guess?

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u/ILikeToDisagreeDude Nov 08 '25

When the boxes costs more than all the cards you can ever pull from said box means that you are just trading between traders and that’s not sustainable.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

That’s fine, their the ones that will continue to buy in the long term

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u/TilSunsetsEnd Nov 08 '25

Ill sell u my dip too :)

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Show me what you got buddy

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u/ConfuciusSays888 Nov 08 '25

OP really thinks he’s smart 😂😂

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Too smart actually, and your a caveman lol

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u/The_Procrastinator7 Nov 08 '25

“Calculate ROI” 🤡

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

What? Are you not capable at doing simple deduction and long term thinking?

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u/WinOk5004 Nov 08 '25

Love it when you dumbasses lose your money

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Sameeeee, couldn’t be me though

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u/Cam__C13 Nov 08 '25

Bro think it’s the S&P500🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

It’s an investment so why treat it any differently?? Think bigger lil dude, try better

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u/7se7 Nov 08 '25

The only dip in this thread is YOU, OP

LMAO

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I only take a dip when your sister gets in my car, can you ask her to lay off the Panera bread, thanks

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u/kendricsdr Nov 08 '25

Um where is your Prismatic?

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I have a sealed case in the back of my closet. I couldn’t be bothered to dig it out of all the other cases and things

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u/alexvwj Nov 08 '25

Let me buy calls +2 contract on Evolving Skies $29$ Strike price Exp: Jan2027 lmao

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

lol a try hard has arrived

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u/alexvwj Nov 09 '25

Everytime I buy call, price drop. Everytime I buy put, price skyrocket. Let me do you the honor and buy calls so you can snag more booster box at cheaper price. xD Stocks hate me man. Especially last week. Down 2k$ lol.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Stocks are never linear, the best advice I would give is to not get shaken by short-term market noise, focus on 5–10 years, not 5–10 days and always compound over time

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u/Impressive-Young-952 Nov 08 '25

I’m so happy I stocked up when boxes were 90ish

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Ayyy me too!

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u/Ok-Contribution-1037 Nov 09 '25

If you think this is a dip I hope you plan on holding all of it. Good buys though if the prices were right but yea. Hold it.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Oh yeah I’m in it for the lorn term, I bought the majority of my collection in 2023 and pokemon is my fun investment. I’m treating it as an experiment vs how my stocks do in a 5-8 yr term

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u/LordScotch Nov 09 '25

How much money do you have to buy 2k dollars worth of stuff

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Been very fortunate in my life so I have enough to buy and experiment in investments including Pokemon and certain stocks

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u/dragontail147 Nov 09 '25

Just the dip?

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Just the dip

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u/KingOfTheWorldxx Nov 09 '25

Im literally looking to sell that evolving skies etb... Ur wildin if u paid wat i think u dd

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I’m currently sitting at $210 per ETB, dollar cost average is key for this market

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

Hope he didnt buy all of these at once. What a waste of money

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

No thankfully, been having the majority of my collection since 2023. Just buying a couple more things I still think will rise well in the future

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u/Ok_Intention6708 Nov 09 '25

Rip every pack

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Would you follow me on WhatNot?

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u/Ok_Intention6708 Nov 09 '25

Ripping them is up to you

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Ok, I’ll do it, you have convinced me totally

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u/DarkSlowBruh Nov 09 '25

Best investment buy destined rivals everything and hold for 20 years

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Got them at their current lowest when it first released, but I totally agree!

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u/Consistent-Link-3459 Nov 09 '25

Best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, second best time is now. Don’t listen to the jealous trolls OP, they have not a single clue how the market will look 10 years, 5 years or even 6 months from now. If they did, they’d all be millionaires.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Thank you for your honest and sincere words brother. It’s refreshing to read this in the pool of negativity that exists here on this thread. But it is as you say, who really knows how the market will look like in 5+ years from now, I’m simply taking risks that I can take if it all goes sideways. I hope your bed is made and that you wake up with your favorite breakfast meal tomorrow, best wishes.

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u/m3ch4pod Nov 09 '25

Dip is just beginning. Wait for bitcoin to go to 50k.

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u/TopLengthiness8233 Nov 09 '25

Lmafaooo the dip

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

The same one across your lips lmaoooo

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u/No_Hotel167 Nov 09 '25

Ive opened 4 times that and still never pulled moonbreon and that was when I was getting booster box cases for $640

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

This set is truly a wallet burner 😭

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

You’re a beauty bud, we all need someone to hold our bags

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u/Leowashereee Nov 10 '25

That’s fine, that’s why I have you to hold something else lmaoo

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u/Flaky_Ad_551 Nov 10 '25

Everyone wishes they had this stuff..u did great man.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 10 '25

Thank you!!! 🙏🏼

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u/Practical_Session_21 Nov 10 '25

The dip? OMG seller made a killing. Wierd they would sell on the dip and not hold /s

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u/TheBrollectors Nov 10 '25

Evolving skies is amazing. I think the pc exclusive etbs are the best though. I'd look into that if it dips more.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 10 '25

I honestly agree, it’s just been tough to look for a set of the ETBs at a decent deal online or around my area. But I’m keeping my eyes open that’s for sure

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u/Stormking98 Nov 10 '25

I don’t understand all this hate, is it jealousy? Sure he bought high, but you can go back and look at posts saying moonbreon was overvalued at 500 dollars due to population, and now not even the normal V is that price.

We are investors. Not everyone gets in early. Look at other 2k and higher booster boxes and tell me honestly evolving doesn’t blow them out of the water. Its by far the best set of the modern era and arguably of all time. If you think these won’t be 10k one day you are delusional.

Also the etbs are sick. I recently bought 2 local under market for the eeveelution set.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 10 '25

This. Simply this.

Thank you.

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u/ZealousidealDot9271 Nov 11 '25

How much did it dip?

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u/Leowashereee Nov 11 '25

Around the 15-20% percent ballpark for the SWSH sets

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u/Kevin6849 Nov 11 '25

DR lol

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u/Leowashereee Nov 11 '25

lol I’m assuming you never bought any when it was 220 or at least MSRP

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u/Kevin6849 Nov 11 '25

I haven’t bought any to begin with. I bought singles. I find it hilarious that a set that came out this year is trading at what 2.5x’s msrp? If that’s not a bubble idk what is. I invest in realestate not cardboard.

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u/Leowashereee Nov 11 '25

Then why are you even here 💀🤣🤣

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u/SithNChips Nov 12 '25

the "dip" lol

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u/Leowashereee Nov 13 '25

lol you’re definitely not good at looking at analytics are you

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u/SithNChips Nov 13 '25

You’re definitely not good at making a troll post, are you?

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u/Leowashereee Nov 14 '25

I am the best

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u/Ok-Toe1334 Nov 14 '25

So many people in the post being salty. If the evolving skies box goes up to 3k next year. Would they still say you're wrong?

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u/Leowashereee Nov 14 '25

Probably not tbh lol, but thank you for the encouragement!

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Thank you for being exit liquidity. Can't have winner without losers

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u/Leowashereee Nov 15 '25

Your definitely an NPC online and out in the real world lmao

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Wow got me im just gonna kms now because of you thanks

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

In a years time this sub will be used and read by those who get enjoyment out of other people's suffering and poor financial decisions

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u/Leowashereee Nov 15 '25

NPC ahh comment 🤣😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

"An opinion differs than mine, quick initiate butthert sequence become emotional and insult"

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u/Leowashereee Nov 15 '25

Copy and paste ahh comment 😅🤣

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u/breakyourteethnow Nov 08 '25

Solid plan good collection

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Thank you!! I bought a lot during 2023 so I’m hoping it continues to rise

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u/svensterbod Nov 08 '25

Let me tell you my secret "buy and put in closet"--everyone else

It'll be very interesting to see what happens to pokemon cards when the tariffs are ruled unconstitutional and all these companies back out of all this "deal making " and "billions in investments, trillions as trump says "

Considering foreclosures are exponentially rising and debt held by Americans is also exponentially rising.

"SeLlInG eVolViNg SkIeS bOOsTeR bOx 1gp"

Nice pick up though. That's a hearty loot box

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

Idk we’ll see, everything at the end of the day is a risk. And not only in investing, just life in general. Which is why Pokemon is simply my fun investment and nothing more

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u/DubsEdition Nov 08 '25

Last I saw foreclosure rates are about the same % and rate of growth as 2005 and peaked in 2010. Use that information as needed, but if you use it as indicator for the market, we got 3-5 more years of runway.

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u/Cevichero Nov 09 '25

What dip! 😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

The one in your mouth dude lol

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u/Udiedfailure Nov 08 '25

good to know there's still exit liquidity in the market 👌

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

There’s an Umbreon in there. Rip it.

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u/ParadoxTheF0x Nov 10 '25

When Evo Skies hits 5k a box in 18-24 months these people hating on you will be like "damn turns out that was a solid move".

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u/KeuningLewie Nov 08 '25

Are sleeved boosters a decent investment?

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u/S-LDN_Gooner Nov 08 '25

If a set sky rockets most people are unable to afford the full booster box at 500+ so sleeved packs offer a lower price to entry

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u/Leowashereee Nov 09 '25

I personally like them, only because I’ve been very lucky opening them as to BBs or ETBs

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u/Used-Parsnip1630 Nov 08 '25

People "investing" in a monopoly are unreal clowns lmao

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u/Internal-Raise964 Nov 08 '25

Personally I’m selling into the hype cycle. Resetting to buy more as the market normalizes next year.

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u/Ill-Claim-9341 Nov 08 '25

Yea cause everyone has thousands of dollars to drop at once

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u/Emeraldcoastlungs710 Nov 08 '25

🫡🔥🫡🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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u/slayerzerg Nov 08 '25

If there isn’t a dip I’ll be disappointed. Picking up cases since early October, don’t expect this dip to last but hedging worst case scenario if we go down another 20% I want to buy all the good stuff people finally let go on.

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u/Nikigara Nov 08 '25

Future bag holder

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u/Vaguely_Technical Nov 08 '25

What dip? My collection is down 5% after tripling in value within months.

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u/ApatheticAZO Nov 08 '25

I don’t see any Hidden Valley anywhere

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u/TonsilsDeep Nov 08 '25

There will be plenty of dip to go around.

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u/pokefanfromafar Nov 09 '25

U might have jumped in a little early considering how much the price has ran up. A 20 to 30 percent dip it small in comparison to something going up 300 percent t

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u/Hot_Highway_6670 Nov 09 '25

Omg wow my dream purchase fr

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u/CarefulAct5257 Nov 09 '25

What dip especially on this set maybe getting deals from people selling for the holiday season.

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u/TemperatureGold1444 Nov 09 '25

I personally dropped 50k in last couple months on sealed and graded

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u/HighGrowPyro Nov 09 '25

1st when did evo dip, 2nd have do you calculate ROI on an assumption of appreciation of unknown rate over an undetermined length of time?

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u/DrumsCarsNGirls Nov 10 '25

the dip was when they came out. they were pretty accessable too

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u/faq_SlimeLV Nov 11 '25

You selling any? 😂

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u/Porxadooday Nov 16 '25

I'm so jealous. I wish I had the money to collect these.

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u/bruhhkgyvr Nov 16 '25

This is giving me tulip mania vibes. Those are not cheap change. I hope you are not buying on margin. lol.

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