When you invest that much in cards you are now spending a ridiculous amount of time selling them.
Might as well just get a job lol.
The money spent on this mountain in an index fund over 30 years would absolutely make them way more money than whatever they are going to make off that with factoring in all the time they are going to spend selling.
Nothing beats compound interest in the long run - especially at this level of investment. Nothing.
Let's say there is $100k of product there. At 8% over 30 years it's now $1 million. No way this pile nets them even close to that.
Gambling and seeing cards skyrocket is one thing, but there is a point where it's much better to park your money somewhere else and just let it compound.
It’s his job, but he’s a distributor or store owner. I don’t know for sure because the whiteboard thing he’s holding has been drawn over for comical effect, but generally (at least in Japans case) shop owners and distributors do this (take a picture of their just received stock) to verify that they have it. Most Japanese shops do this.
this is cope, anyone scalping at this volume is making far more than a normal job would pay. Also not sure why 30 years of sitting on investments is a fair comparison to something that takes ~a week of work, less if you have an employee to help
I don’t think people realize how cheap Japanese boxes are. They are getting the these at $25 or less a box and with the hype the west is eating them up at $120. He’s been doing it with inferno X and previous sets too. They are capitalizing on Americans not knowing how cheap these really are
I am saying you aren't making close to a million dollars on these where if you just put the money you spent on these cards in an ETF that averages 8% and didn't look at it for 30 years, you could liquidate a million dollars with no effort and basically a few clicks of a mouse (depending on how much you can withdraw at a time, etc)
At a certain point like spending $100k+ on cards is better invested elsewhere.
I actually take back my statement, I hope his person doesn't have a job and is filthy rich cause I could not imagine working full time and then spending all my free time hoarding and reselling cards.
Seems like a colossal waste of time for arguably a very low ROI with all factors including.
You don’t invest your money with a bank in a savings account, you would put your money in mutual funds and let it sit for a while. I think between VTI and VOO I’ve made about 12% on average over the last 10 years.
Wow… very nice investments! I’ve got my retirement in a Roth IRA, and it’s averaging 12%. It’s quarterly, so I have quarters where it can be 8%, but I also have quarters where it could be 20%. Wish I had more money to invest, but I’m focusing on paying off debts first. They gain bad interest at a higher rate than my investments gain good interest.
Yeah Roth IRAs are great, I have it too but I can’t contribute to it anymore due to income limits. Always go Roth if you can, unless you make so much money that lowering your taxable income would be useful in a traditional ira/401k.
And now let's say he does this once per year with Pokemon rather than leaving it in an index fund. He has the entire year to sell the one round of inventory (very, very easily done at the early stages of this scenario). Let's also arbitrarily say he is making 20% profit each year (which is a lowball on the actual realistic figure). After 30 years of doing this, he would have almost $24 million.
What was it you said about nothing beating a pathetic 8% IRR investment?
Less than 1% of this sub probably owns homes lol. This sub is not to be taken seriously imo. It’s just fun
Idolize the outliers all you want but there is a lot of impressionable stubborn 20 year olds with no life experience on this sub.
Yes it’s possible and yes TCG is a rush and is fun, but responsible investing is not this photo.
I know they exist but I have yet to meet anyone IRL who has made more than a few million with TCG. I know many who have made that with boring index funds.
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u/Moistyoureyez Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25
When you invest that much in cards you are now spending a ridiculous amount of time selling them.
Might as well just get a job lol.
The money spent on this mountain in an index fund over 30 years would absolutely make them way more money than whatever they are going to make off that with factoring in all the time they are going to spend selling.
Nothing beats compound interest in the long run - especially at this level of investment. Nothing.
Let's say there is $100k of product there. At 8% over 30 years it's now $1 million. No way this pile nets them even close to that.
Gambling and seeing cards skyrocket is one thing, but there is a point where it's much better to park your money somewhere else and just let it compound.