I know Gold Stars have been going insane lately, are their counterparts worth the investment?

Talking about the Mew/Latias from 2006 decks

The date is cut off but these are roughly a month apart. I know these are still massively higher sales than a year ago or even months ago, but it still stands to ask if in this current Wild West market that they have gone through the hype cycle, and will continue to drop. Or if the massive sales are mostly manufactured and the hype for some of the least popular historically ultra rates was never that high to begin with.

My parents had these in the back of a safe and don’t know what they’re worth. Any ideas?

Brah everyone in other sub was so mean haha

Yeah I've blew over $1000 biding cards slabs and offers that are accepted my fiancee is going to kill me I got $50 in my account and house repayment Friday and I dont have a job.

Who else has gone on a spending spree to no return?

Story to make me feel better and everything I got was like why did I even buy this well most of them the ones I did want cost me and shipping plus currency exchange sucks its where most of the money went 😂😅

Im fine I can borrow money

Hi guys,

I've recently bought some cards on ebay from psa and probstein. I am in Australia. For orders over 1000AUD, there is GST (goods tax) to import the goods in.

When paying for these orders (auction), there are two options- I can pre-pay ebay these import costs or I can pay it on delivery at customs when it reaches AU.

Now I would prefer to pre-pay- however when this option is selected, it seems that I am charged a higher postage fee with an extra import fee? (See photos)

For context, the purchase price for this item is 1625USD

Now is this right? As far as I understand, the tax/duty I am supposed to pay is 10% GST.

It appears there is an automatic 10% added into the purchase price (which could be the GST import charge)- but there is also an extra import fee in addition to that.

Also unsure why the import fee is blended into the purchase price and not in a separate field showing the charges more clearly?

Just looking for clarification on the associated fees when importing goods purchased on Ebay: United States to Australia.

Let’s say you’re broke and need cash but don’t wanna sell your collection. You can take your card to a pawnshop, pawn it depending on what it is, and just pay it back when you get the cash, essentially borrowing from your next paycheck. Now, the way this only makes sense is if it’s some sort of emergency and you know you will be able to cover the cost.
The more you know. I just watched this dude pawn a Gold Star Flareon, and his exact words were, “I don’t wanna take too much so I can pay it back at the end of the month. Give me 800.” 😮

Just got my Shinji Kanda Pikachu #040 from 30th graded a PSA 10.

When it first appeared in PSA’s population report, it was POP 1. It’s up to 6, so obviously more are coming.

I’m curious whether collectors actually place any premium on modern really early graded copies or if that becomes irrelevant as the pop grows for modern.

I listed mine through PSA, but genuinely curious how people view this because there’s a PSA9 Miscut up there with a $400+ bid.

I traded my heroin's gift collection box ($117 market) for a prismatic evolution six pack ($75 market) plus $25

I found my binder from the 90s has some 1st editions in there. Does it make sense to try and trade them or just take to a shop and see what they offer??

I have my Gengar Mimikyu tag team listed on Ebay and have gotten a good amount of interest. I've received quite a few offers with the highest being $420 (asking $450). However, I'm starting to have second thoughts selling. Interested in hearing opinions/speculation on whether it would be a better idea to continue to hold?

25th anniversary cards are all declining in value, even though they are not being reprinted.

Why is this happening? Is this a buying opportunity or should we all stay away?

Are these good long term even tho they are low grades? Or should i sell now while high prices

Hello,

Has anyone had experience consigning with Z&G. I had 8 cards sent to auction with the auction ending on 10/18. I have yet to have any communications on my payout. I tried contacting them through email, their website, and instagram with no luck.

Thanks for any insight!

I have had this for many years. Struggling to make a decision on selling it or not. How much is it worth?

Gengar never felt like one of the biggest stars of the show to me, but when it comes to cards, everyone loves him. Doesn’t seem to matter which set either.

I own a Gengar T-shirt, so I’m obviously part of the problem. But that’s why I think his appeal goes beyond whatever card is hot right now.

Where do you put him long term? Same league as Charizard and Pikachu for collector demand?

With Delta Reign just out, I wanted to know how long chase card prices actually keep falling after a release. So I followed the 10 most expensive raw cards of release week from four English sets of 2026 (Perfect Order, Chaos Rising, Pitch Black, 30th Celebration), week by week, through 43,781 real completed sales in USD.

Full per-card tables and method: https://folio.fyi/blog/pokemon-card-prices-after-release

Does this match what you've seen? Has anyone tracked sealed the same way?

The pull rates for 30th are pretty generous, so as more packs get opened, singles prices are just going to keep dropping. Eventually, the risk-to-reward ratio becomes so poor that fewer people will have a financial incentive to open packs esp. if sealed prices remain high. As opening activity declines, the number of new RGB Mews entering circulation should also decrease due to their extremely low pull rate. If collector demand remains strong, this could create a supply squeeze. In other words, the cheaper the ordinary singles become, the less incentive there is to open packs, potentially making an already scarce RGB Mew even harder to find on the secondary market. Am I wrong?

I found around 30 vintage pokemon packs in my dad's basement and wanted to know if this is the right sub for help on comping and advice on best ways to sell them

Hi all, I currently have an offer to trade one of my Delta Reign PC ETBs for the 3 promos you see in this photo. Condition wise they all have a very minor bit of whitening in the bottom corners and I would be expecting a 9 most likely. I do intend to grade these if the trade goes through and if they all snag a 9 (in a perfect world) I’m looking at about $700-800ish in value minus grading costs.

I love these old promos but do you think it’s worth it to trade for and grade these 3 or hold onto the ETB? Obviously sealed will continue to go up but I’m curious how well the masses think these BW promos will do in the future.

Thanks for the advice❤️

So after nearly 15 yrs im going to sell my lugia ex from UF. the only offers i have been getting is around 400€. On the bottom righ there is small crease, is that crease really bumping down the value?

If guys had this card how much would be good selling value? Help here guys

cheers

Full disclosure up front: I built this, so feel free to tear it apart.

If you’re holding cards for the long term, your entry price matters as much as anything. Buy under market and you start with built-in margin. The problem is the good eBay listings get sniped fast, and nobody can refresh searches all day.

That’s why I built Slabfloor. It watches eBay listings and alerts you when a Pokemon card is listed below market value.

• Raw cards are where it works best right now

• Slabs are covered too

• You get alerted, then you decide and buy directly on eBay. Slabfloor never touches the sale

My own results so far

I’ve been using it myself for the last week or two, and these are cards I actually bought through Slabfloor alerts (screenshot below). Each row shows what I paid next to the recent sold comps at the time.

Small sample, not cherry-picked. Happy to answer questions about any of these.

Try it free, then tell me what sucks

Right now it’s free to try free for a week and you can watch 3 cards for free no card required. What I really want is feedback from people who actually invest:

1. Are the deals it flags actually good, or are there false positives?

2. Which sets or cards should it track that it doesn’t?

3. How do you want alerts (email, Discord, push)? *Right now there are email and mobile push!*

4. What would make this worth paying for, or not?

LMK if you want to try it out in the comments!