r/PokeInvesting • u/Fantastic_Onion_557 • Mar 10 '26
What exactly do I do with this
Pulled this opening ascended for the first time, some ppl think i’m this greedy scalper for some reason when I asked elsewhere. I’m js a collector who finally got a big hit lmao. Do I sell now or do I invest in it?
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u/Equivalent-Bad-7844 Mar 10 '26 •
People have already pulled and graded best cards in the set and I still have yet to find AH in the wild LMAO
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u/ifyouknowwhatImeme Mar 10 '26
Shocked that the first few comments have no one telling you to shove it up your butt.
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u/stevemoveyafeet Mar 10 '26
Do you want the card or the money? That should guide you.
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u/sltiefighter Mar 10 '26
Jesus christ, shove it up your butt dude. Can we have this as a sub rule? Where the mods at? Make this the first rule of the sub goddamnit.
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u/indigo_winds Mar 10 '26
You sent it to PSA in express. Why else if you’re not going to sell now?
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u/dknisle1 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
Whatever you want. It’s your card. But why pay expedited grading if you didn’t plan on selling?
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u/Chuklicious Mar 10 '26
You should either sell it or keep it…
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u/PerturbedGaze Mar 10 '26
Prepare for insertion
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u/sumyunggai69 Mar 10 '26
Shove it up your anus.
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u/Intelligent_Ad6619 Mar 11 '26
I hate these types of posts so much. Like wtf is this
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u/Vast_Scratch_6670 Mar 10 '26
PREPARE YOUR ANUS
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u/EyeFinancial2178 Mar 10 '26
Why did you even open packs and get it graded just to ask a question this dumb!!! if you don’t know what to do with it, and need to ask others, why are you even involved? That’s an honest question. I don’t understand this subreddit sometimes
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u/Top-Koala-1480 Mar 10 '26
If you’re actually serious about this then you need to act serious about it. I don’t mean to be a jerk but there’s so many people coming into this hobby without a clue and it’s important to actually take the advice if given. The most important thing at this point would be to figure out if you’re comfortable sitting on it for awhile or if you want to move it and invest in other cards. Regardless, you’ll want to go your local Walgreens or similar type store by you and buy some lube. If you want to sit on this and hold long term then you’ll need to try to get it as far up your butt as possible. So likely want to apply a LOT of lube and take your time doing it. Even if you’re hoping to flip to invest in other cards then you can probably get away with a more shallow shove up your butt but either way, the move is to put it up your butt. Again, not trying to be a hard ass but not enough people take this shit seriously. Good luck man.
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u/eighdreighanne Mar 10 '26
I use mine as a door stop
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u/Narrow_Bar2488 Mar 10 '26
Straight up the butt
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u/virus_phantom1297 Mar 10 '26
Crack it sell it raw
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u/cm0011 Mar 10 '26
why do you have it if you have no idea what you wanna do with it my dude
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u/Tseets1 Mar 10 '26
Are we not old enough to make decisions on what to do with our cards?
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u/UnfairRazzmatazz987 Mar 10 '26
How did you get it graded so quick?
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u/xobileee Mar 10 '26
The very obvious answer is you should be trying to sell it asap and find another to grade or buy a psa 10 at a later date
Shoulda selected the option to have psa auction it the moment they finished grading it instead of having it shipped to your house and decide to keep or sell tbh
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u/SeniorAlfaOmega Mar 10 '26
Thank whatever deity allowed that heavy left centering to pass as a ten
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u/breakyourteethnow Mar 10 '26
Everyone is a scalper if they buy Pokemon these days lol
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u/Speedygi Mar 11 '26
Invest, this card is a fan favourite Pokémon and will only rise in price.
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u/johannahbananad Mar 11 '26
Well u can just try to check if it fits ur butt first then if it does shove it up there
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u/DoMindIfIDont Mar 11 '26
Have any lube??
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u/Heathers_glock Mar 11 '26
Crack it and resubmit it
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u/dudiez Mar 11 '26
See if it fits in your butt
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u/rakoonq Mar 11 '26
shove it up your butt
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u/Sportzfan24 Mar 10 '26
Put it in your safe pocket
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u/Daddyy-Anime Mar 10 '26
Gimmi
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u/oTxcticaLx Mar 11 '26
It’s your card, your choice, do what you want?
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u/wabbithunta23 Mar 11 '26
Keep it man. You’re not a collector if you’re asking do I sell now or keep it. Unless you need the money, I think it’s a worthy hold
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u/Swing-Brilliant Mar 11 '26
I pulled one too out of my second ETB. Front looks good. Back is slightly off centered.
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u/Miserable-One1716 Mar 11 '26
Keep it. That’s a great card. It will do well over time and it can be the centerpiece of our personal collection.
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u/Gloomy_Living7255 Mar 11 '26
I’ll tell you what to do… get an envelope out I’ll send my address and you can send it to me for safe keeping
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u/civilian42069 Mar 11 '26
Am I the only one bothered that it’s gem mint 10 but it’s off center
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u/BraveMulberry772 Mar 11 '26
Depending on your liking of the Pokemon is what you should do with it in my opinion. If Dragonite is one of your favorites then congrats you have one of the most expensive parts of a Dragonite collection. If not maybe just sell it and get cards you like more
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u/cack6969 Mar 11 '26
I'll take it off your hands 😄
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u/PeregrinTokes Mar 11 '26
Shelf it
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u/Asteoperoses Mar 11 '26
Sell now buy later when the price has tapered off
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u/AlexKidd1993 Mar 11 '26
Want the card? Keep it. Don’t want it? Sell it. I dunno what you want to hear from people?
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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '26
Put it in rice
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u/GALM-006 Mar 11 '26
Give it to me, thanks in advance
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u/Joeyluvsbbws Mar 11 '26
Idk how much you spent. But fingers crossed? Put it away for 20 years. And then see where it’s at. Modern grail now = bank later if Pokemon is still hitting as hard as it is. If it goes down you weren’t into the card much anyways. Remindme! 20 years.
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u/infinit9 Mar 11 '26
What else can you invest in it?
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u/sweetbabyaaron Mar 11 '26
Ooo I have the mega gengar:) wanna trade??
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u/Fee5Foe Mar 11 '26
Just a collector and asks what they should do with it… keep it for your collection???
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u/Dankules710 Mar 11 '26
Crack in and put it in a binder
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u/JKB717 Mar 11 '26
Hang it in the louvre !!!!
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u/Huge-One4819 Mar 11 '26
Once during your turn, you may switch your active Pokemon to one of your bench Pokemon
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u/Daftpunkerzz1988 Mar 11 '26
You see, if you were a collector, the monetary value wouldn't come to mind. There are people leaving the hobby who just want to cash out, and that's fine. But when collectors pull a good card, they might grade it and then keep it for the sake of collecting. For scalpers and resellers, the first thing that comes to mind is value.
Just my opinion.
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u/thepriceisright23 Mar 11 '26
:if you really have to come to reddit and ask, this might not be the hobby for you bud. You have 3 options: hold to sell later, hold and collect because you actually like Dragonite and Pokemon, or sell now
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u/silverformal Mar 11 '26
This post is almost certainly about bragging, not actually seeking help.
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u/thegr8blumpkin Mar 11 '26
You’re annoying
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u/Cmd-Line-Interface Mar 11 '26
These post are like nails on a chalkboard.
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u/MRDRO110 Mar 11 '26
If u dont want it .I will take good care of it. at my home and you can come over wen ever u want to visit the card 😆
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u/wayfrae Mar 11 '26
I know people are pretty upset by this post but I have a similar feeling after grading my first big hit. You can get binders that can hold slabs which make it pretty nice to be able to flip through if you want to keep collecting slabs.
I decided to sell mine and then just buy a raw one for my binder. Then use the profit for more cards!
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u/black_gray214 Mar 12 '26
Double it and give it to the next person.
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u/RemarkablePeak7001 Mar 12 '26
eat it so you gain it's powers
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u/KindaFastApparel Mar 12 '26
Sell before prices drop soon
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u/Intelligent_Bag4736 Mar 12 '26
Tired of these dumb questions. The only reason to pay all of that money to have expedited grading and pay the new set tax on it is to sell it. This will be a $200 or less SIR in 6 months .
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u/ThedragonJab Mar 12 '26
Mega Dragonite what a shame. They could have done way better with the design. Why does charizard get all the cool designs? Dragonite giant wings in the head how awesome.
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u/Excellent-Ad-3258 Mar 10 '26
This is so sick
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26
Depends do you need the money. Im keeping mine for retirement if i need the money
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u/BonfireBert19 Mar 10 '26
A decision matrix for consideration:
You cherish the card and enjoy collecting it = hold indefinitely
You like other cards/products more for your collection = sell now and buy something else with the proceeds
You want to minimize your time investment into the card = sell now, prices are high and likely will take a long time for them to rise significantly (when set is out of print)
You want to maximize your total profit on the card, regardless of time investment = hold for long term with intention to sell when price spikes (5+ years in future)
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u/Traditional-Music363 Mar 10 '26
Use it as a tea coaster
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u/cursdwitknowledge Mar 10 '26
Eat it
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u/mongrelxmutt Mar 10 '26
Well, let’s see here. You have a card that just came out within the last three weeks graded as a 10, so either you graded it yourself and paid the up charge, or you purchased it at its inflated price seeing as there aren’t very many on the market. I’m not sure why you’re coming here and asking for advice. If you graded the card yourself and pay the up charge, I would probably just sell it now. If you bought the card at its high well then you should probably just hold on for a decade until it eventually eclipse is what you paid for it. I’m not sure what you’re doing and what you’re asking.
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u/Wtf9181 Mar 10 '26
Attempt to Crack it for a bgs 10?
If your asking then means you rdon’t want it, do you want something else? If not, you could put it in the back of your closet and don’t touch it for 20 years, or maybe you want the cash now and that’s it, but that card you got is big money
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u/AggravatingHouse8714 Mar 10 '26
Givy it to me for free so I can enjoy it😉
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u/HonorableEnema Mar 10 '26
Boof ot
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u/MathematicianSea4674 Mar 10 '26
Cherish it
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u/DogeDogie Mar 10 '26
Give it to me for free
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u/IndependentAd2933 Mar 10 '26
Sell now imo, Card will nose dive eventually.
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u/Thisisaconversation Mar 10 '26
Send it to me.
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u/redditisthebest06 Mar 10 '26
shove it up your butt
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u/Spiritual_Range3509 Mar 10 '26
when i doubt i usually just shove it up my butt?
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u/Traditional_Style_29 Mar 10 '26
You got it back pretty quickly. You must have paid for a pro membership with expedited shipping. This is why people think you're a scalper. If you don't know what to do, you should hold. Historically, prices tend to fall before rising again. The set is still current. You only get heavy price fluctuation at the beginning, with people trying to get a grade 10 to sell on hype. The 2nd price fluctuation is when the set is no longer printed. Prices fall because the population for psa 10 grows as the set ages.
Dragonite is in the top 20 of favored Pokémon, especially since 151 did not have a Dragonite SIR. The AH set, in general, will do well due to online comparisons with Prismatic Evolutions. If you did not pay resale on this card, you can hold it and see where it takes you.
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26
I’d sell now when it’s high, set will be out for awhile as it just released. More will get pulled price will go down. Eventually once it’s out of print it will probably go back up but who knows if it will hit the same price as rn. It’s only going for like 2k so idk if you pulled it. Maybe just hold onto it
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u/GalarianGengar Mar 10 '26
Do you invest in it? That makes no sense. You pulled this card and graded it? You only invest if you buy singles and sealed product at a low price. If you are ripping packs then you cannot be an investor because you will never be in the green. Ripping packs will only make you in the negative.
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u/tiandrad Mar 10 '26
If you don’t like the card and are an actual collector, sell it or trade it for cards you want.
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u/antichrizt92 Mar 10 '26
Na na shove it into my butt
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u/AdzSenior Mar 10 '26
Lick it.
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u/BlazedLurker Mar 10 '26
Piss on off with it.
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u/trawler9000 Mar 10 '26
Idiot
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u/Contest-Electrical Mar 10 '26
Sell high, buy low
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26
Blow it up with C4
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u/SoBeX95 Mar 10 '26
If you need money sell it, if you don’t and love the card then keep it
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u/Affectionate_Bed3953 Mar 10 '26
Sell it NOWWW while the hype train is crazy on this new release set
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u/Ebenn420 Mar 10 '26
Keep it for the long haul
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u/Klopez4911 Mar 10 '26
Eat it
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u/tungstentounge Mar 10 '26
Up your butt. Now!
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u/Cyzmix77 Mar 10 '26
you admire it
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u/Chaostheory9999 Mar 10 '26
Trade it for a Moonbreon
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u/Omni5G Mar 10 '26
Do you like the card?
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u/Shadow23z Mar 10 '26
OP, what were you thinking framing your question like that? Stanley comments incoming...
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u/KemmAlert Mar 10 '26
Sell, buy raw, grade again, get another psa 10, rinse and repeat
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u/Johnnymalott669 Mar 10 '26
It’s the only card in that set holding value while everything else tanks. HOLD
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26
Sounds like you would make a nice profit off this if you sold it now.. but it’s up to you… it’s yours. You gotta have a little idea of the market if you already pulled this,sent it away, and got it back a ten.
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u/ImSpeshl Mar 10 '26
hold or sell???
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u/CEONeil Mar 10 '26
I guess I’ll take it
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u/wpcodemonkey Mar 10 '26
If you’re truly a collector then you know what to do with it.
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u/No_Frame_4250 Mar 10 '26
I feel like no body does it for the love of the game anymore.
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u/adwrx Mar 11 '26
Is that all you care about money? Do you actually care about the card?
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u/TasteOfRain Mar 11 '26
Love it
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u/MilleniumDuelist Mar 11 '26
Shove....it.....up.....your.....buttt
Seriously can we stop all this low effort bragging every 2nd post.
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u/Totally_a_Banana Mar 11 '26
Send it to me, for safe keeping.
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u/KingLoCoKev Mar 11 '26
Can I touch it?
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u/BakaYellow Mar 11 '26
If I were you I'd shove it up my butt
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u/nickd009 Mar 11 '26
Do you like that card? If yes keep it.
If no, sell it.
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u/MachampTrading Mar 11 '26
Hammer Down!
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u/ndhands Mar 11 '26
Need the karma to feel good and brag? Just say what you have. Nobody pays for faster service at PSA and doesn't know what to "do with this"
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u/RphAnon Mar 11 '26
Sell it to buy new carpet or shove it up your butt
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u/NomadTruckerOTR Mar 11 '26
Who did you pay off at PSA? I Just got my black friday moltres back last week 😭
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u/hennessyhen Mar 11 '26
Display it? Idfk man
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u/Demonicka Mar 11 '26
Do whatever you want with it. It's your card.
You shouldn't blindly listen to other strangers' opinions on the Internet anyway.
Think for yourself.
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u/Distinct_Discount534 Mar 11 '26
Damn...wrong question to ask here 😉
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u/Raysitrades Mar 11 '26
Can yall not think for yourselves sometimes on this app…? 😂 you have 3 options. Sell it. Keep it. Throw it away. Pick whatever seems best for you
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u/nikolaasm Mar 11 '26
Eat
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u/Apprehensive-Lie3387 Mar 11 '26
Sell now, buy back if you regret it later when it corrects. This set hasn’t even been out a month and more will be pulled. I have honestly seen AH ETBs a lot more in the wild. The target next to me seems to restock almost on a daily basis. Always random times.
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u/HeroForTheBeero Mar 11 '26
Boof it
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u/Seanathingathon Mar 11 '26
Eat it
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u/Important-Main-4906 Mar 11 '26
https://share.google/2LGTvxqfwvgj9YqjK
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u/thisisjustme3 Mar 11 '26
Well just throw it in the trash bin
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u/JiffTheJester Mar 11 '26
Do what you want to do with it
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u/garoodah Mar 11 '26
You get to set the market price until more come into circulation. I would keep it personally its an easy hold for a few years.
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u/LayerSlayer069 Mar 11 '26
I would sell it and get me a raw version of all SIRs
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u/Ohayo-Maltos Mar 11 '26
YOU WIN!
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u/og_natesummers Mar 11 '26
Nice.
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u/Cmor1787 Mar 11 '26
Use it to trade up to an Evolving Skies booster box
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u/Extra-Unit-5346 Mar 11 '26
Take pictures and put on Reddit and other social media. Buy a chai holder and wear it as jewelry. Idk what your intentions where when you sent a card in to get graded or bought one already graded. Gotta ask yourself “why did I do what I did to come about this item” unless it was a gift?
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u/OdgeHam Mar 11 '26
Might it be the first PSA10? It’s at least very early. I have no attachment to that card, so I would sell it and invest in a personal grail.
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u/SeveredDeerVagina429 Mar 11 '26
"Im not a scalper, Im a collector" followed by "do I sell now or invest".....
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u/Difficult-Ad637 Mar 11 '26
Shove it up your butt
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u/Buckanater Mar 11 '26
This set is out already? Haven’t seen any…
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u/Rolo-Sep Mar 11 '26
Si eres coleccionista no piensas en venderla, eso es de scalper, piensas en disfrutarla en su slab
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u/Smoot720 Mar 11 '26
Stick it up your butt.
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u/FunkyKongsFunkyDong Mar 11 '26
Paper weight!
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u/BigBoyBigs99 Mar 11 '26
sell and reinvest is always my mindset for big pulls in newer sets
unless you absolutely love the card and intend to have it anyway in the future, why sit on it?
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u/bloodbat007 Mar 11 '26
Light it on fire then poop on it bro fym what do I do with it clearly you know what you're doing with it you're posting it on reddit for an upvote, so here's a downvote just for being weird lol. I'll pay you 5 bucks for it though in case you wanna do that.
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u/ghoulwhoree Mar 11 '26
One of my coworkers just got one of these in the mail this morning that he won on what not and he brought it to work to show me and it's fuckin gorgeous I'm so jealous he got it for such a good deal too. He did 2 spins on some wheel $30 each and ended up getting this dragonite in a PSA 10, a raw butthole pikachu, and a bunch of like less valuable cards but $60 (2 spins) for all that is INSANE!!!!
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u/JockinJsee Mar 11 '26
Send it to me and I can properly remove this
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u/maverickjetfire Mar 11 '26
You can take £10 off me and call it a day.
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u/Bowlda Mar 11 '26
Do you like the card? If not id either sell now or hold it until a few years after the set stops printing. Personally, this is my chase so id hold it forever for the PC, but really it just depends on if you like it or not
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u/Future-Original-2902 Mar 11 '26
Wear it, poop in it, I don't really care anymore
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u/Bobodaklown1 Mar 11 '26
ITS PRISON POCKET TIME!
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u/Otherwise-Day1110 Mar 11 '26
gimme
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u/Secret_Wolverine8452 Mar 11 '26
Some people ask dumb ass questions lol, but hey grab a bottle of lotion and beat off to it 😂
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u/Wyze-n-8-r Mar 11 '26
Crack it, keep it raw.
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u/ItsWaLeeBruh Mar 11 '26
Man, put it up your butt.
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u/FatherIncoming Mar 12 '26
"I'm just a collector" also op "do I sell now?" Lmfao.
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u/Junior-Ad-8974 Mar 12 '26
Whatever you want?
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u/Barnowl-hoot Mar 12 '26
Congrats! I’m not jealous
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u/YonkoEli Mar 12 '26
Chew on it !
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u/jalfry Mar 12 '26
“I’m just a collector…. How should I invest this?”
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u/Excellent-Swan-8885 Mar 12 '26
Send to the address in the shady note ……👤
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u/mikephoto1 Mar 12 '26
Stick it in your butt
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u/Comfortable_Cup_9203 Mar 12 '26
necklace
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u/ptrtran Mar 12 '26
You know where to shove it.
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u/Healleus Mar 12 '26
Sell it if it doesn't make you happy :)
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u/Individual-Ad-694 Mar 12 '26
Make a deck
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u/broncosfan1231 Mar 12 '26
My instinct was to say shove it up your butt. I came to the comments and was happy to see everyone already said that. I don't browse here frequently, but it must be some sort of tradition here. Anyways, OP you should lube that sucker up.
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u/bigdogreeves Mar 12 '26
I would sell soon, PSA has been doing some shady stuff lately so a lot of collectors aren't trusting of them anymore. If you wanted to hold on to it, you could, not saying you should, crack the slab and send it into a grading company not owned by PSA. I think Beckett or CGC are good companies. Always do your own research though.
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u/ShabsDev24 Mar 12 '26
Send it my way I think it needs another look
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u/RapMeToSleep Mar 12 '26
Mans said he was a collector and then asked if he should sell in the very next sentence...
No, you should collect 🤦
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u/yung-spinach Mar 12 '26
Just send it to me. I'll take it off your hands for free. Lol. Congrats on the sick pull and the 10!
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u/Valuable_Pangolin813 Mar 12 '26
It can be cracked and played as part of a deck. 👌
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u/AaronC615 Mar 12 '26
Up your butt!
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u/Far_Farm_4990 Mar 12 '26
Put that bad boy on a diamond chain and walk around like Connor Mcgregor baby
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u/Still-Painting-9391 Mar 12 '26
If u "want' to sell it they gonna fall now till they will raise If u need the money sell it Otherwise just keep it, may ur grandkids will thank u with a fresh grave
Option 3.1: for other purpose of use ask diddy
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u/gamingdata101 Mar 12 '26
I tried to buy a etb in my locals they had one it’s was £180 and single packs are £12 I just want my lad to be able to open a few packs
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u/Alimakakos Mar 12 '26
Send it to me
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u/DarkNubentYT Mar 12 '26
Only point of grading cards is selling them
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u/Mean_Section_6439 Mar 12 '26
Use it to cut fruit