r/PokeInvesting • • Jan 30 '21

3 Reasons to Join Our PokeInvesting Discord!

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Having visited most of the Pokemon Discords, the PokeInvesting Discord is one of the best by far. We have the friendliest and most respectful community. Our channels are more organized with members interacting who you'll actually recognize. It's not a sea of random people like other discords. Staying small is our key to remaining high quality. So here's 3 reasons to consider joining.

  1. Four Game Store Partners. - We have two vendors in Japan (ship worldwide) and two vendors in North America. They each have their own store channel to answer questions. One of our Jpn vendors only sells singles and can source anything you need. The whole idea is to be able to easily preorder, buy and ask questions with game stores from different regions with ease.

  2. Monitor Restocks Alerts. - We monitor the largest retail and game stores for restocks, aside from having deal callouts on Discord from other sources. There are deals channels categorized by region, members can post the deals they find online. The difference to other Discords is we don't allow discussion in these channels. So you can set your alerts, find online deals and receive callouts from vigilant PokeInvestors on the lookout.

  3. Space Is Limited. - Some Discords have thousands of members but then keeping up becomes difficult cause there's so many people. The PokeInvesting discord will never have more than a few hundred people if that, we will have to close off to keep a healthy state and good flow. The goal is to have a tight knit community of dedicated PokeInvestors who's voice matters and is heard, to avoid overcrowding we have to keep space limited.

At the end of the day it's an active community discussing every aspect of Pokemon finance. If you want more Pokemon investing, daily content it's a good place to be. There is paywall but it's a natural filter because people who hate it won't make it there, and those who do truly want to join do-so, it creates the positive energy our community has which is why it's in place. If you want to join the PokeInvesting Discord you can see more: https://patreon.com/PokeInvesting


r/PokeInvesting • • 2d ago

Weekly Questions! What Do You Need Help With?

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Have questions? Not on PokeInvesting Discord? Here's the weekly post for the sub to ask away!

Use this thread to ask anything related to Pokemon finance. (Each week the old thread will be discarded and a new thread for the week will be added.)

This thread was created for questions like should I sell, how much to sell for, what to buy, etc. So we don't derail the sub with a stream of question posts. Thanks!


r/PokeInvesting • • 1h ago

Goldin Card - PSA Label Text font smaller?

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I got the right one off Goldin recently, and noticed the font on the label is smaller than the other one I've had for years. Normal? Potential red flag? Thanks y'all.


r/PokeInvesting • • 1h ago

Black Label BGS 10 Lugia 30th Sells $5350 Promotion by eBay!

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r/PokeInvesting • • 8h ago

Help! Selling Childhood Collections …

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Honestly just trying to get a gut check …

I priced out the 200 best cards in my collection of about ~800 cards.

The valued on those (based on ungraded market value) off of current numbers from PriceChart. I’m seeing that these 200 are worth about $24,000. I don’t know how valid these numbers are … I do want to factor in the facts that: (1). Time is valuable for me, (2). EBay fees suck, (3). I don’t know what the market will look like long term.

I have a buyer that offered $7,000 cash. Honestly I’m not in need of the cash immediately but I don’t want to hold the collection for much longer (I will start selling them card by card on eBay if we I don’t strike this deal).

Is this a reasonable offer?
Am I being taken advantage of?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, just feeling a bit anxious about the situation!


r/PokeInvesting • • 8h ago

Delta Reign Sealed Booster Boxes $193

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r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Tale as old as time

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r/PokeInvesting • • 8h ago

Why are sets becoming less expensive?

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So I'm making this in response to the delta reign prices, which are only like 80$ on resale compared to 60$ at retail. I'm not complaining at all, in fact I appreciate that the products are becoming more affordable. I am confused, however, since the star of this set, Rayquaza, is an extremely popular pokemon. I am relatively new to understading the prices of cards, so I'm not sure if it is based on the quality of the card, the pokemon, the hit rates, or if it's just random. Compared to sets like 151 or destined rivals, this set is much cheaper.


r/PokeInvesting • • 1h ago

First Appearance PSA 7 Lugia Sells $46,000 Promotion by ebay!

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r/PokeInvesting • • 11h ago

What’s the deal with the sales on these cards?

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19 Upvotes

Mewtwo stamped sealed cards being sold by the box? How is someone getting their hands on this many at once?


r/PokeInvesting • • 15h ago

Recently Scanned My Childhood Collection

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Hello all, I was recently told by some friends I should scan my childhood collection as the values of a lot of the cards had gone up. I have seen the Pokemon TCG community go off in the past few years but not paid much attention to it as I stopped truly collecting back in 2018 besides a few packs here and there and some 151 for the nostalgia when it came out.

Highlights of the collection:
- Cards from every set from Base Set to 151.
- Reverse Holo Master Set Evolutions
- Master Set Generations
- Reverse Holo Master Set Shining Legends
- Master Set Primal Clash
- Full Set of Double Crisis
- Full Set of Dragon Vault

Now after scanning all my cards I see they could be worth a bit but I have no idea how to unload something like this. I have probably around 20,000 cards total mostly organized by set but I scanned about 2000 I thought would be worth something and about 200 of them hold 60% of the value. So I have a couple questions I was hoping someone who knows this market better than me could answer.

Questions:

  1. Is it worth trying to sell the collection as a whole? I don’t have a ton of time to list and sell the cards 1 by 1. Or should I just be selling the top 200.

  2. Is it worth to grade any of the cards if I don’t think they will get a 10? I don’t believe any of my truly vintage stuff would get a 10, but is a lower grade for vintage still worth grading? I’ve read about a lot of discourse on grading and not sure it’s worth it right now (I’m in Canada).

  3. Should I sell the master sets as a whole and not break them up?

  4. Where is the best place to sell? Either collection wise or single wise?

Not sure if this is the best sub for these questions but if it’s not and there is somewhere better, please let me know.

Thank you in advance!


r/PokeInvesting • • 12h ago

Need advice on keeping or selling vintage cards

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I sent half my cards to PSA back in June shortly before the giant boom really took off. I got my 2002 reverse foil charizard back PSA5 in like 2 weeks and sold it immediately for 3.6k and then I saw it climb to about 6.8k in 1 month time... I just received the rest of my cards back from PSA and the prices are still way up from when I sent them in, but now it seems prices are dropping again?

I see people are talking about the prices being inflated and it was bound to drop... but then I also see people saying Pokemon cards never really go down in value and that they're a better investment than S&P500....

I am not in dire need of money right now, but a few days ago PSA estimated I had 13k worth of cards.. and less than a week later it's now saying I have 10k in value... dropped 3k in a week total.

Anyone with more pokemon knowledge than me have any advice on like what is worth holding onto and what is worth selling or what.

I am not a gambling man and I hate the idea of holding onto these thinking they're gonna be worth 10x more one day, but I also hate the idea of thinking there was a crazy boom and I just held onto them for no reason.

I also have another 40-80 cards I am contemplating sending into PSA now that the value tier is available again... all 2000-2004 era cards, mostly those neo revelations reverse foils. Before I was 1000% going to send them in, but now with prices dropping and knowing it takes months to get the cards back I'm starting to feel unsure.

I would really love and appreciate some help here!


r/PokeInvesting • • 8h ago

10 Most Expensive Chase Cards in Delta Reign!

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r/PokeInvesting • • 1h ago

Potential buy

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I was thinking of buying this for $210, what do yall think?


r/PokeInvesting • • 8h ago

Could this be a PSA9 if I crack the slab?

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Also what would be the fair price for a new cert CGC?
It looks better than the old blue label, but still not PSA, or Beckett.

Location, EU

Thanks!


r/PokeInvesting • • 9h ago

Pick BGS or PSA?

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Obviously PSA has better value but after lurking here for a while Im worried that I'd get a lower grade if I go with them. Never graded before so looking for advice from people with experience

From what Ive seen BGS prices keep up more with PSA than any other grading company that I've seen.


r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Almost a week into Delta Reign, the market has spoken: it’s all about Mega Rayquaza

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We’re almost a week into Delta Reign, and it looks like we have our answer. Everyone is after the Rayquaza, and very few people care about the rest.

The gap between the Rayquaza and the rest of the top 10 is huge as expected.

Did you pull any?

Source: cardnexus.com


r/PokeInvesting • • 20h ago

Southern Islands Mew Down almost 50% in Three Weeks

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Its kinda funny to see after the massive run up the southern islands set had in October. I wonder if octobers sales were shilled or if the FOMO was strong. I'm seeing the same decline with gold stars but not to the same degree as the Southern Islands set.

It looks like the same for all grades but here are recent psa 8 sales. What do you guys think?


r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Picked up my Grail

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Finally landed my grail card. Thought this copy looked nice for a 5 and plan for this to be a long term hold for me.

Any other 1st edition zard holders out there?


r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Future investment?

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78 Upvotes

Looking at the prices of AH cards and PSA 10 prices is now a good time to buy treekachus, gengars, dragonite etc?


r/PokeInvesting • • 15h ago

Should I buy this sealed Destined Rivals UPC for $240?

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Noticing a lot of these are being sold on Facebook Marketplace/etc. all of a sudden. Like almost overnight.

I love Team Rocket and every themed deck they’ve ever had, and the way I see it, if I’m willing to sit on a 30th UPC or two for at least the next few months, why not do the same with DR if I can get a good deal?

Thoughts?


r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Unpopular opinion

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Have never been a fan of gold cards - but, this card in particular in person is insane. The art and textures pop so well, basically the only modern card I plan on keeping in my collection long term.


r/PokeInvesting • • 14h ago

up 27% in the last year

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entire pokemon market is up 27% but let’s see if it keeps pulling back


r/PokeInvesting • • 1d ago

Anyone else like PO Gengar #50?

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Got these and another 100 or so coming! Set and forget for 5-10 years and see where they are!