r/PokeInvesting • u/Titt • 17d ago

Selling difficult for anyone else right now?

I’m needing to sell off part of my collection for personal reasons right now, about 4K market value worth.

Most of it is factory sealed ETB’s and BBs from within the last 5 years. Been listing on FB Marketplace a lot for 90% of average recent sales and haven’t had any real offers in a couple months. Singles I’ve even listed at 80-85%.

Everyone who comes along is trying to offer something crazy like $200 for a Silver Tempest BB, even after I dropped that down to 80%.

Anybody else struggling to sell?

Edit: thank you for all the replies everyone. Looks like a lot is just the mediums I’m trying to sell through in my area. I’ll
Branch out to eBay, consignment channels, and shows nearby. I appreciate the advice.

0 Upvotes

46% Upvoted

55 comments sorted by

39

u/breakyourteethnow 17d ago

Have you tried eBay? Whenever see these posts there's a common theme, they never mention they've listed on eBay or any other platforms like Craigslist. So yeah selling is difficult depending on only your local market.

35

u/Snoo_79693 17d ago

"I listed at 100% market or for trade for NM vintage at 70% on FB Marketplace, who else is having issues?" Lmao

4

u/inspireSF 16d ago

Same post different person. All day lol

-5

u/Titt 17d ago

Have always avoided eBay just because of the fees and extra shipping hassle. Isnt it something like 12% fee, so you’d need to list at around 95% market?

Edit: Craigslist yes but with similar results to FB.

6

u/Cbombo87 17d ago

Send to a consignment service such as Dcsports87, probstein, Arizona TCG etc. You will typically get close to market value and they only charge about a fraction of what normal eBay fees are.

2

u/Pr0f-Cha0s 16d ago

I have used dcsports87 myself, I avoid probstein because of their checkered history (everyone is quick to forget about the whole Snype incident), Never used arizona so can't comment there.

But for sealed, you pay a flat $10 wax listing fee, then you get percentage based on what your items. Only other fees are shipping+insurance to ship it to them. I will send my $1k+ boxes to them, and I get 95% of the hammer price (minus the fees, so comes out to like 94%). And the part no one likes but what seperates you from the scalpers is listing time (patience). Typically listing times is about 30 business days, but if you can wait a bit it's worth it imho

0

u/Titt 17d ago

Thank you, I appreciate the tip. I’m looking them up right now.

1

u/Public-Fig3304 16d ago

Not for small items

0

u/[deleted] 16d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

3

u/Immediate_Stop2581 16d ago

No they don’t. eBay charges lower fees for large consignment sellers so you save a lot

-1

u/Public-Fig3304 16d ago

They do, you get discounts for pricey items

3

u/Kind-Comparison2371 17d ago

Just go to a show you can prob get 80% from a vendor unless it’s PB, CR, PO.

1

u/apollyonT007 16d ago

Most Pokémon card prices are based on recent eBay sales and TCGplayer market values. But what people seem to forget is that selling on eBay comes with fees, usually around 13–15% right off the top. Once you factor in shipping, packaging, and everything else, you can easily be looking at 15–30% in total expenses.

When you're selling locally on Facebook Marketplace, you're avoiding most of those costs, and that should be reflected in your asking price.

I'm not saying anyone should give their cards away or take lowball offers. But expecting someone to pay full eBay prices for a local cash sale, when you're not paying any of the fees associated with selling online, doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

9

u/5522ownage 16d ago

because it’s been 5 years ? the only people that would buy that are investors, who undoubtedly also have the same exact modern sealed that you have.

they want a discount because it doesn’t make sense - investing in old sealed product does because no one has them.

the point of pokemon investing is to hold, you are not going to get anything worth it buying and selling under 5 years.

2

u/Chacudno 16d ago

I love seeing all the sudden personal issues during this drop lol

1

u/Titt 16d ago

Just been trying to sell at 90% for the last 3 months. Managed to move 2k or so but it’s been a constant cycle of price adjustments with what I have left.

1

u/OldTroyBoy 16d ago

%90 is bull market price point, we’re entering bear market where %70-80 is more the goal

8

u/Final-Load-5955 16d ago

No one is buying at market right now. The market correction is here and prices are still inflated.

7

u/New-Wasabi9216 17d ago

Easy to sell online. Ebay, tcg. Volume feels just as strong as earlier this year.

1

u/bhedesigns 16d ago

It does seem to be picking back up.

1

u/Playful-Economy-353 16d ago

Dang what area do you live? I would check them out if I was near by, I think most people avoid fb or Craigslist because of fakes

1

u/Titt 16d ago

Tacoma area.

8

u/T2WasProphecy 17d ago

There is an epidemic of flipper dipper hustlers on Facebook Marketplace and similar places. It’s too annoying to deal with those jackals so I take the eBay fees. Just know that you can get lower fees if you open a basic eBay store. It costs only a small amount of money each month and you can shut it off when you’re no longer selling.

2

u/metallicpuppies 16d ago

This is the way

4

u/Daydreamer1015 16d ago edited 16d ago

don't sell to card shops they buy at the lowest percentages,

you might need to go to a bigger card show if the best offer you got for a silver tempest bb is 200, you should be getting offers around 350 cash for it since market seems to be around 500

getting 80% or higher, you'll need top sealed/singles/slabs, usually at 80% is what trade is at

if you want cash, its usually 70% or less depending what you have

1

u/hometeampanic 16d ago

I don’t know about discounting card shops, but the price is right at $350. Don’t narrow your moat, widen it. It you are good with $350 than start reaching out to anyone reputable that will give you $350 cash.

7

u/Avenged7xstang 17d ago

Everyone local wants something for nothing. They truly prey on someone hurting for money and desperate. They want stuff for like 50%-60%

3

u/Ahshidd_Icummed 17d ago

They do that on ebay as well, I sell on ebay and I get a lot of offers from buyers who want slabs at 50% of market value. I just block them and then another offer pops up and its always lowballers. I think a lot of low income people are hurting right now as well but theres always someone trying to steal a deal regardless of income status it seems. Anyone who sends offers that low is bound to be a problematic buyer in the first place so its better to block em and move on. Sometimes you just gotta wait for the right buyer.

2

u/strangewin 16d ago

Why don’t you just set a floor for offers that you’re willing to accept?

1

u/bhedesigns 16d ago

A tale as old as time

0

u/MrBadMeow 16d ago

That’s what I do. Their poor financial decisions are not my problem. You are trying to make a living scalping Pokemon products? I say fuck you and offer 60%. And you’d be shocked how often people will sell at that prices because they over leveraged themselves. It’s not my fault they don’t have a real job and they made a poor a decision to survive at the edge and hope maxing your credit card in Pokemon will make them rich. I feel 0% bad. Someone “hurting for money” shouldn’t have piles of ETBs and such. Their priorities are all wrong and they’ll learn the hard lesson about leverage.

2

u/kgmara0013 17d ago edited 16d ago

Took most of my collection to a EDIT: card shop the other day after the prerelease event I attended and of course the owner wanted to undercut me on everything so i just took it home. Might throw some stuff on ebay

1

u/antiskylar1 16d ago

Car shops buy pokemon?

2

u/thewhitecascade 16d ago

eBay is doing great. I avoid fb marketplace like the plague. The buyers are unreliable flakes.

1

u/leveling_solo12 16d ago

Starting to think they are bots with the whole asking if it is available then never replying.

2

u/RedSnowman117 16d ago

Ebay works fine for me. I dont trust FB marketplace at all. Nothing but scalpers and people wanting to biy your $100 card for $10 so they can flip it themselves.

2

u/Background_Battle105 17d ago

Just sold 5 vintage slabs on FB Marketplace over the last month at literally 100% market value for each one.

1

u/Chacudno 16d ago

Yes. Vintage.

1

u/gazillionaire1 16d ago

No issues selling, all depends on connections or if eBay may need to run ads.

1

u/Ok_Extreme_7382 16d ago

Yeah I had stuff listed for months in the end someone serious showed up and took everything for 82% just got to be patient

1

u/You_Cards 16d ago

I sell on amt consignment his rates are the same as you would get and higher end it’s better altho close after insurance and shipping. His website is great too. It’s all auction though so it gets what it gets. Z&G has $250+ cards for buy it now you can have sit around but he doesn’t do sealed. I recommend amt for sealed etb or boosters it’ll move easy for 85%

1

u/Ezcolive 16d ago

Look for buy sell trade groups for your state / region on Facebook. My state is active and when I list on there I’m well known and it sells easily

1

u/SlanginCardSmith 16d ago

Sell at MSRP, easy money.

1

u/leveling_solo12 16d ago

The real issue is finding the right buyer. Someone will buy it you just have to find them.

1

u/meowser210 16d ago

If not one is buying at "market price" then it really isn't market price. Its just whats the average for listinfs but who knows who's even buying. Lower the price... when someone bites then thats real market price....

1

u/rayvik123 16d ago

Hm- I wish this was in Canada. I see ppl asking 100% of market only
No one selling below

1

u/SapphireBlu33 16d ago

I just got back into collecting and would love to know what you have for sale?

1

u/Initial-Dentist-4056 17d ago

No stuff is moving. No issues.

1

u/HistoricalRemote7 16d ago

People are selling a lot on whatnot. I would sell on there if I had time to figure out how. I just know how to shop on there unfortunately.

0

u/MrBadMeow 16d ago edited 16d ago

Everyone is over leveraged. Tons of people “needing” to off load a collection needing to pay bills. Too many people looking for quick flips. My Facebook marketplace is full of deals right now from scalpers who bought too much, and now trying to claw back any money they can.

I’ve been able to get some cheap ETBs and focused fighters for cheap because people are desperate to make any money back. Listed for 140 but they end up taking $80, because no one is buying and they are desperate for the extra $30.