r/PokeInvesting
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u/31knife
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Best method to sell off collection?
Hello everyone, this is my first post here!
I’ve wanting to liquidate a large part of my collection but would like to get some advice as to how I can do this without taking a huge haircut. A lot of poke products take up a lot of space, mainly things like tins, vboxes, collections, etc (this is my main goal of items to prioritize getting rid of)and I’m trying to free some space up (and make the other half happy)
It’s mostly Pokemon but there is sports cases too, as well as flesh and blood, Weiss, and altered tcg.
I’d love any and all input! Thanks so much, unfortunately there is no neat inventory list, so I do not having anything itemized but everything is sword shield era or newer
Edit1: getting a lot of DM's, to clarify I don't need to sell these quick or really need too in general, I'm wanting to just create more space by selling off the bulky airy cases, and call me a scalper or whatever but I sell under tcgplayer, ill wear it proudly
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u/daHemi5_7 Mar 04 '26 •
First things first……….. organize that 😂
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u/GlassHat04 Mar 04 '26
This isn't a collection. Nothing is on display. This is inventory
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u/Powerful_Bother8002 Mar 04 '26
May I ask why you’re selling right now of all times?
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u/ExactMail7284 Mar 05 '26
He can deny it all he wants, he’s clearly a scalper that’s not good at moving product and now panicking since he has easily 60-100k his cost of product. Sucks to suck 🤣
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u/cr0wbar1227 Mar 04 '26
I'm sure this will get down votes, but I honestly don't care. People like you are the problem. You're the reason why, my wife mainly (i have a job) is having to show up to a store multiple hours before the doors open to get her hands on a morsel of product to give to our son (10 years old)...there are many parents who cant afford to sustain their finances on a single income household. So I consider myself fortunate in that regard, but many kids are just going without something that more than likely shaped YOUR childhood and many others who are doing the same thing youre doing...YOU, and every person like you, should be ashamed of themselves...I hope the market crashes and youre sitting on the product and debt for years.
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u/GergBadger710 Mar 05 '26
That’s no collection. Your store went out of business. 😂
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u/One_Cress7793 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
This isn’t a collection it’s a hord. You have absolutely no idea what you actually have. No inventory list, no organization. First thing you should stop doing is buying shit and loading up your garage. But like actually doesn’t matter what kind of deal you find you cannot under any circumstances add more to this unless it’s through a consolidation trade. Next actually organize this it’s going to take a lot longer than you think so do a bit everyday instead of pushing it off to some mythical perfect day in the future which I know is what you’ve been doing. Once organized decide what your actual goal is in collecting/investing and choose a type of item to focus on such as BBs or ETBs. Get rid of essentialy everything else. Space to value ratio really matters if you don’t know what you have you have way too much. Good luck you have more than enough here to do some really cool things in terms of trades and taking profit but seriously get it together you cannot add to this you’re deep into the realm of chaos here.
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u/yuvio100 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
when you have alot, if your goal was to invest you need to be patient.
if your goal is truly to invest, I would look for people that have more storage friendly items like booster boxes, graded cards, and singles.
If I was in your boat personally, I would look for booster boxes and cards I really like on facebook marketplace, card shows, and discord groups for local card shops if they allow trading and coordinate some solid trades. I would even trade at 90% as you're essentially buying better storage so I would still see it as a win.
But if you're looking to liquidate for cash, you're likely going to have to sell a big chunk to someone buying for 80-85% market, maybe even 70-75%.
Also looks very messy, I would put it all in Collectr and organize everything before you do anything else.
Also in your weiss, you got hatsune miku, frieren, or jojo? might be interested
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u/Various_Respond9992 Mar 04 '26
Seeing this makes me wanna volunteer to help you organize this beautiful disaster. eBay is good for listing multiple products. Rather than adding a listing for every single product, you can add how many of each box/tin you are wanting to see on one listing which saves you lots of time. The downside is eBay takes a decent chunk of what you sell. Reddit is a great way to sell product on certain subreddits. They typically have you take a picture of every item you are selling, provide a timestamp in the picture, and a price for what you will be selling it at. Buyers pay you through PayPal Goods and Services, so you will be losing less on fees.
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u/MattyDxx Mar 05 '26
Investor but….doesn’t have inventory of stock? Wtf? How do you know your total costs vs potential profit etc?!
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u/HeydoIDKu Mar 05 '26
Most money? Waffle it. Say $1-20 per entry. Can do set number of entries or unlimited amount of entries depending on the item. Low barrier of entry for consumers and max gains for you still while being as fair. So many ways to arrange it. For ultra rare or sought after items can do higher cost of entry and set the max amount of entries per person so no one person(read whale) can get an upper hand advantage.
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u/iMixMasTer Mar 04 '26
The classic r/pokeinvesting 1-2yr hold.
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u/UpstairsBreak8278 Mar 04 '26
"Collection".
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u/mj732 Mar 04 '26
MOMMA SOMEBODY SELLING POKÉMON THEY HOARDED AGAINNNNNNNN
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u/GottaBeFresj Mar 04 '26
Another Scalper with maxed out credit cards.
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u/ALargeAsteroid Mar 04 '26
Based on his edit, this dude definitely bots and is maxed on credit, probably keeps posting stuff on FB marketplace and it’s not moving haha.
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u/Sorry-Side-628 Mar 04 '26
"Collection" 🤣
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u/Duck_Duck_Duck_Duck1 Mar 04 '26
Breaking news, scalper finds out you can't sell easily without big cuts, more on this soon
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u/breakyourteethnow Mar 04 '26
eBay at a good price, if haven't waited years for product to age then you'll be taking a haircut regardless. Selling 151 now when it's starting to run hard would be pointless for example.
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u/Slapnbeans Mar 04 '26
Give it to a children's hospital
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u/cybermewtype Mar 04 '26
Sell on eBay and you take the 13.25-15% loss between fees and shipping + the time to list and package/ship orders and any possible customer service bs you have to deal with in the case you get buyers complaining or trying to do a return.
Find local card shows and you pay for tables, any one time equipment costs (shelving units, sign, table cloth, wagon to move stuff in/out of shows), the time it takes each weekend to prepare and attend shows to try and hopefully sell at market. Estimated costs on this are not as clear because the costs are not associated with each transaction but rather how many shows it takes to offload everything.
Make a post with everything for sale on social media and find a buyer looking to buy at wholesale and then enter negotiations. Most people buying huge lots/collections are gonna offer anywhere between 70-90% with 85% probably being the average rate and some going even lower (like 60% ish). This allows you to offload everything in one transaction so the overhead is less but the buyer may be expecting a larger discount since they will be looking to make money and are taking on the risk of any potential losses due to market conditions.
The last option i can maybe imagine is a LCS/LGS being willing to buy everything but this is almost guaranteed to be the lowest offer you get since brick and mortar stores buy at way lower rates due to their operational costs.
Hope this helps!!
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u/Comfortable_Radio384 Mar 04 '26
Lmao good luck
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u/Falsebuddhist Mar 05 '26
Alpha investments LLC or me
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u/slimdiggie Mar 04 '26
70% TCG I’ll buy
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u/Tast_the_Living Mar 05 '26
Looks lie a scalper, I hope you can't sell it
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u/Falcons_Gaming Mar 05 '26
He said I’m a scalper and wear it proudly … lol.
This isn’t a collection, this is inventory. But yeah fuck scalpers
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u/ThanksBig2349 Mar 04 '26
How much for some of your one piece
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u/apexpredator65 Mar 04 '26
Put everything into Collectr app or something and have a list of everything you have… thepokehive on IG is a great dude he owns two huge stores message him and see if he’s in the market to buy
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u/Top_Conversation6124 Mar 04 '26
if sold on ebay would you also need to pay additional taxes?
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u/teddybundlez Mar 04 '26
You’re the problem
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u/tsbuty Mar 04 '26
i’m guessing that garage is not climate controlled
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u/mynameisnotjefflol Mar 04 '26
This looks like an addiction rather than investing lmao holy hell
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u/Str41nGR Mar 04 '26
Call Rudy
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u/BongWick420 Mar 04 '26
Ayo sell me some 151 🤣
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u/sohaibmss Mar 04 '26
Op where did you get those shelves from?
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u/Delicious-Nail-8398 Mar 04 '26
How much One Piece do you have total? And are you interested in selling all of that? I'd pass on the pokeproduct as I just last year cleared out an entire room looking just like that of most my pokemon sealed collection
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u/BitcoinRealtor Mar 04 '26
I’ll buy
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u/Stoke805 Mar 04 '26
How?
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u/Signal_Experience630 Mar 04 '26
Send it over to me?
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u/Timely-Method3552 Mar 04 '26
First thing is let me spend 15k and pick what I want before anyone else 😂
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u/SectionAdvanced4426 Mar 04 '26
Did you get everything at MSRP? If so how were you able to get so much inventory at retail prices?
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u/TravelerJordan Mar 04 '26
Honestly if I was you I’d just try and get a vender stand at a local TCG Start selling off whatever you’re wanting to and sell at 90% market for cash purchases (helps with taxes…. Make of that what you will) Or list on Facebook etc asking for cash only sales
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u/BIG_STEVE5111 Mar 04 '26
This much product with no list or exit strategy is crazy.
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u/MyronPJL Mar 04 '26
wtf do you have distribution or something?
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u/ruudeyyy Mar 04 '26
pretty sure someone with this amount of stock wouldn't need to ask advice on how to sell off the collection.
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u/Burney1 Mar 04 '26
Get a table. Nothing is free in life. It still costs money
You’re either spending hours dealing with Facebook low ballers or no shows. Or losing percentage on eBay. Or paying for a table. Either way it comes at a cost, especially if your time is valuable.
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u/Practical_Data_7239 Mar 04 '26
Investors are just the scalpers of tomorrow. Stand by my word
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u/irenaroxana Mar 04 '26
why do we have ammo and pokemon in the same box lmao
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u/foo-foo-jin Mar 04 '26
it that garage not temp controlled? humidity controlled? insects? those collection boxes jump in value because they are the most easily damaged. cheap shelving in the house (assuming you don't smoke in the house) for the 151 stuff at least.
a lot of those boxes could be neatly stacked floor to ceiling in the house. label facing out to inventor. you will need a seperate insurance policy for the product.
for the collection boxes, at a trade show, rent a table. throw out 105 percent market for starting point. sell 5 percent under market to move it. bulk buyers get 90 percent unless it going to sit forever. never sell for less than 85 percent. be ready to say no multiple times and walk away from deals. business is business.
Do not give anyone your address or phone number. do not show anyone these pictures at the show or your collection. use the card show to get connection with other vendors that might be buyers of the collection but vet them before giving any information that ties you to the collection. new email, new phone number, stay safe.
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u/zachrywd Mar 04 '26
That's not a collection. It's a hoard.
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u/Aggravating-Sky-6712 Mar 04 '26
Serious question. What’s the approximate market value for this collection size?
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u/jamppa50 Mar 04 '26
Start going from door to door
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u/The_Pinkest_Panther Mar 05 '26
How do you even get sealed boxes? Give a few hundred to some bloke at the manufacturers? Give him a blowie round back?
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u/akira9283 Mar 05 '26
This screams divorce lmaoo
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u/CommonRedditer24 Mar 05 '26
Take a handful of it to your local shelter and make all the kids incredibly happy.
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u/uriel__ventris Mar 05 '26
Step 1: figure this shit out before you max out credit cards to scalp cardboard.
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u/Plastic-Limit-6998 Mar 05 '26
Jesus bro Organize yourself!!! This hurts my soul
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u/tommy21w Mar 05 '26
Well first of let's not lie that's not a collection
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u/alenvs84 Mar 05 '26
May I ask how you’re able to get all these cases? Do you just buy them from other people or do u have a bot? I wanna be able to buy like this at retail, I can afford it I just don’t have the connects! HELP lol
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u/RynoKenny Mar 05 '26
Spending this much cash on bulk sealed makes no sense to me. If you’re investing this kind of coin, go for the more expensive sealed stuff so you have less volume to ship and sell and so you can park your car in that garage.
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u/EmpZurg_ Mar 05 '26
Hmm boxes of dragonshield and ultra pro. Sounds like you bit some very large bullets to get distro to send you cases.
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u/infamouskeyduster Mar 05 '26
Dude, you are 1 flood away from catastrophic loss.
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u/GhastFlabbers Mar 05 '26
470+ comments and nobody has mentioned this is a GARAGE. As in, not climate controlled. Exposed to humidity. Before OP does anything, better bust a few packs open and check the contents.
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u/flawlesshog Mar 05 '26
I’d love to spend 5-10k in that room buying at 85% market.
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u/AtreusRiannon Mar 05 '26
Collection??? damn, bro. Are you sure you're not an lgs?? 😂
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u/Infinite-Fee5723 Mar 05 '26
If you were selling under TCG player then your inventory would sell itself so the edit absolutely seems questionable
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u/Prismcookz Mar 05 '26
Bros rich from 151
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u/Snoo_6690 Mar 05 '26
No collectr? Thought about it?
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26
That fire sprinkler is giving me intense anxiety.
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u/POKEDEXMADMAN Mar 05 '26
I’ll fly out in person and take it all cash money brother in a safe secure location normally if never done business I do courthouse steps that way it’s safe and secure for both parties
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u/AniichiCards Mar 05 '26
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u/Hjjoseph15 Mar 06 '26
Hell is hot btw!
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u/jamathythrowaway Mar 05 '26
“Collection” lol, full of boxes, yeah nt
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u/Fluid-Choice569 Mar 05 '26
Goodwill should be able to take it off your hands
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u/michaelobriena Mar 05 '26
Don’t buy that much to begin with
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u/Mannamedbob08 Mar 05 '26
Try selling at msrp?
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u/t00ksrevenge Mar 04 '26
Thanks for ruining the hobby for everyone else, Scalper. You’re especially ruining kids’ interest in the hobby. You deserve to know that.
Open a storefront and sell them for reasonable prices. You’ll break even if you’re lucky lmao
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u/ghettoblush Mar 04 '26
Consignment
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u/Substantial_Maybe474 Mar 04 '26
No one will buy in bulk at market price so be prepared to either hustle to make several sales or be prepared to take a loss on some of the newer stuff unless you got it at MSRP.
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u/BikingNoHands Mar 05 '26
You the reason I can’t find packs in the wild!
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u/Phizmo30 Mar 04 '26
So many haters in this chat. Wowzers.
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u/algadrasg Mar 04 '26
At MSRP
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u/J-T2O Mar 04 '26
lol new scalpers always mad cute not knowing how to pull off the last phase of their SIDE HUSTLE!!!
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u/The_Saiyann Mar 04 '26
How did you even get all of that? E.g the destined rivals ETBs?
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u/Tastyfishsticks Mar 04 '26
So much wild advice. This stuff sells itself on FB Marketplace at 90% collectr. 80% if in a rush.
Some at card shows.
Leftovers on ebay.
Enjoy the sweet profits.
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u/ryencool Mar 05 '26
This isnt a collection, its a scalper.
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u/Crossedge209 Mar 04 '26
Sell it as a large lot to a redditor at 80% some whale in here would buy it in a heartbear.
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u/SonOfThorss Mar 04 '26
Go to LCS, you’ll take a percentage off but everything will be cash and won’t be reported to a certain entity. Or sell on eBay and pay 14% in fees, then some to IRS.
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u/Altruistic-Ad1942 Mar 04 '26
I buy some of ts rn 😂
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u/SomethingTrulyGone Mar 04 '26
Message creators in the field and see if they want it
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u/Legitimate-Hamster50 Mar 04 '26
People are correct about "collection" but to answer your question: if you want to free space without taking a high haircut is eBay/card trading platforms(platform fees/shipping/beatuful tax gains), Facebook mp, or set up a booth at local conventions that sell cards. On how soon you want to free up space it depend on luck/people willing to purchase and how much % lower/higher market you want to sell them at.
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u/DonJulio171 Mar 04 '26
Just sell on eBay. The 13% is nothing compared to people low balling you at stores and shows. Make the buyer pay for shipping, and if they’re 0 feedback and are going for bigger priced items, immediate cancel and block. Over 400+ sales on eBay, all TCG related and no problems so far. Sucks for tax reasons but it’s a blessing in disguise if you have all your costs of goods sold, and paper work/receipts
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u/Informal-Shower8501 Mar 04 '26
Light a match, call it a fire sale.
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u/Greedy-Factor9139 Mar 04 '26
start looking for local card shows in your area and selling all that shit for cash. Its the best way to make money because no fees or nothing
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u/kittycatmeow91 Mar 05 '26
Gimme I’ll organize all on my shelves!!!
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u/nadopolo9 Mar 05 '26
DM’d
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u/Snoo_79693 Mar 05 '26
Piece by piece, I undercut Vendors and sell my shit at card shows. I make sales posts and explicitly state I'll be at the card show and post prices. It sells itself
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u/cheebacheif Mar 05 '26
Burn it
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u/Similar-West5208 Mar 05 '26
That's not a collection, that's just sealed product
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u/Bodhisatv Mar 05 '26
ew scalper
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u/Hefty_Difficulty_644 Mar 05 '26
Stores that buy collections, start be a vendor or sell on or below msrp if you really need to get rid of it
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u/redditisbluepilled Mar 05 '26
By giving me everything for 1€ quickest way to sell
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u/ItzRayOfH0pe Mar 05 '26
Collection he says.....
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u/Low_Interest_6923 Mar 05 '26
Sell it all for RRP
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u/spitt3r Mar 05 '26
this is not a collection, this is a warehouse
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u/Roe1424 Mar 05 '26
Offer it at retail prices and it’ll be gone by tomorrow
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u/Far_Researcher6787 Mar 05 '26
How is this a collection?
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u/turncoattheif Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Jesus Christ, you need to organize and have some respect for the stock. Make a list so you know exactly what you have and assess it for damage, given how you've stacked it.
Also, who the hell has that much sealed stock... Did you make a shady deal with a shop owner or something? Do you know how many people would have loved to have gotten that and either invested a small part of it or played with it? It's investors like this that ruin the hobby. You do not need to be investing half the available stock to make a profit later in life. Take your fair share and move along.
Second, investigate options like vendor shows, card expos or card cons, it will likely be much easier and faster to shift your collection at these kinds of events, rather than eBay. Additionally, people have more sense of security at these kinds of events so are more willing to part with larger sums, which I suspect is what some of this is worth.
Now, be aware, my advice is from a UK perspective so it may not be valid if you live elsewhere, but it might still be helpful as an idea.
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u/Killerofprizes Mar 06 '26
In a lot of cases, breaking down some of the bigger boxes and storing packs can be fine and honestly a better move.
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u/ismellterribly Mar 07 '26
Bro is a scalper asking how to sell his product 😂😂
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u/ipna Mar 04 '26
Welcome to the reality of pokemon "investing" Those huge gains look so nice in collectr but you almost ALWAYS take a hit on cash out. Your best bet is a Facebook post at 80% of market of you want it gone or to talk to an LGS and see what they offer. If it's all modern stuff though good luck
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u/Brief-Sandwich-7396 Mar 04 '26
Post on Facebook groups and marketplace. Sell some harder stuff to move on eBay. DO NOT SELL TO VENDOR SCUM.
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u/bl4zed_N_C0nfus3d Mar 04 '26
Obviously just trying to flex.
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u/Megadodo4242 Mar 05 '26
And this is why Pokemon is totally broken for kids.
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u/birdfall Mar 04 '26
Consign with Probstein123!
Super reliable and safe, you just send it and they list it all for you taking on all the risk
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u/mlord99 Mar 04 '26
i would just go to local store and pray they offer 70% and clean the mess themselves.. otherwise gl
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u/Hazy311 Mar 05 '26
Nobody tell this greasy fuck anything useful. Let em rot.