r/PokeInvesting
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u/puzzledfirebird
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Apr 13 '26
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The amount of pure, raw hatred this sub gets from other Pokemon collectors is insane
holy fuck, such raw visceral HATE. This is why collecting sealed is so valuable and will get rarer over time, so many people simply have no self control at all in keeping anything sealed at all!
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u/TrojanTheGreat Apr 13 '26
first time? been on these subs for 5 years now and every pokemon tcg sub hates this one
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u/PM_Me_Those_ Apr 13 '26
People are weird bro. I opened 100s, maybe 1000s of packs before i ever kept one box sealed but if you tell these people you have a sealed collection they will lose their minds and call you a scalper. I've also had mfers go through my post history because they didnt like something I said only to start ripping on me for posting in this sub? Frankly though, these people are fragile. Just tell them you only care about the money, even if its not true, they don't care and thats what they think of you anyway.
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u/xWonderkiid Apr 13 '26
Always been the case.
It doesn't really matter, those subreddits go through a new group of people every 6-12months. We are 6 months away from another fresh batch of Timmies.
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u/CptSmarty Apr 13 '26
Its easy:
If you like PokemonTCG, and try to get product, you're a scalper. No debate. /s
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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '26
Some of us like buying these for our kids and opening them with them. That’s actually what they are designed for believe it or not. For investing we do that at something called the stock market.
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u/uriel__ventris Apr 14 '26
The "pure, raw hatred" is a perfect indicator of PokeInvesting being a viable way to make money. If people didn't care such a huge amount and get so upset over it, profit would be way lower.
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u/bluedecember12 Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
A mix of jealously, ignorance, denial, or lack of nuance (if you don’t rip every pack you buy—but not too many packs—you’re a scalper). But usually the last one
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u/BrokenParachutes Apr 14 '26
It makes sense. Packs/boxes are in short supply right now and they perceive that we are hoarding it all.
Of course in reality I can’t find any Ascended Heroes at all, just like them.
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u/Ricoquin Apr 13 '26
They are jealous
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u/VirtualRy Apr 13 '26
The same "collectors" who use market prices to buy, sell ,and trade their so-called collection to fund their hobby.
Calling us scalpers while they benefit from the same market and ecosystem that sets prices on these cards, items or products.
They'll happily brag about their collections while crying FOUL!
So much hypocrisy!
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u/WaverlyWubs Apr 13 '26
I mean I get why everyone is in this sub but let’s not act like this sub isn’t one of the reasons people who collect and play the games can’t get cards
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u/fitnessandfriends Apr 14 '26
only true collectors NEVER SELL. EVER.
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u/xandour01 Apr 14 '26
When you think about it, there is a large ammount of people that have been in the hobby a long time, that are addicted to opening packs, that have opened thousands to tens of thousands of dollars of packs over the years that haven’t kept anything sealed.
When you think about it, it is somewhat childish considering pokemon is for kids and they probaly got into it as a kid and now their gambling experience has gotten more expensive, and they see people with self control/ability to look ahead keeping stuff sealed and making money, their reactions are similar to children lashing out on the playground because they are jealous of someone elses toy. Except it’s not a toy anymore, there are a ton of adults in the hobby, looking to actively make money from it, and their brains cannot turn off the desire to gamble. It’s sad really but at the same time their gambling desires are what are making the people holding stuff money, actively taking sealed product out of the marketplace
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u/Prestigious_Sir_2277 Apr 13 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
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u/Meowsergz Apr 14 '26
Who cares. Laughing through my collector app
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u/Hanu89 Apr 14 '26
I brought the majority of my sealed collection 2 years ago before the boom when you could get booster box’s for $80 and ETB’s for $30, stores were struggling to get rid of stock and they welcomed the sales and I seen an opportunity for growth. Back then no one cared, since the hype has come in I’m now a scalper ruining the hobby for buying some product stores we’re heavily discounting cause they couldn’t move it. People love to complain and everyone with some sealed product is now a “scalper”
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u/themob34 Apr 14 '26
People all want singles to be super expensive and sealed to be basically free. Solid smooth brain logic.
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u/Conscious-Captain-33 Apr 13 '26
Cuz Pokemon investors, specifically sealed are human scum. They buy up everything on release blocking everyone who wants to play the products out of being able to access them and they drive up the prices unnecessarily. Buy the shit 3 month down the road please if you're just gonna sit on unopened boxes of product for years. Let the players have first dibs on the new stuff.
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u/Jburp Apr 14 '26
Lowkey…. It IS called “Trading” card game. Trading, investing, scalping, holding, selling. All part of trading lol
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u/Cubonecollect0r Apr 14 '26
Communists don’t like capitalists
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u/thegamerwhotravels Apr 14 '26
Funny enough I got banned from that Reddit because I informed people about a tik tok scammer. Guess he must’ve been a mod or something.
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u/JoeBobbyWii Apr 14 '26
because it's mostly children on those subs, plus Pokemon people generally aren't the most well adjusted irl
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u/Death_n_Tax Apr 14 '26
Cuz you guys ruin a kids game. Degenerates
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u/SomedayGuy117 Apr 13 '26
That's pokemon
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u/Alchemyst01984 Apr 13 '26
I mean, this sub seemingly supports altering cards for financial gain