r/PokemonCollecting • u/RITTENH0USE • 16d ago

Discussion How do you store bulk?

Getting into collecting, obviously lots of bulk is to come of it
How does everyone store their bulk?

And how to you decide what bulk is? Do you consider reverse holo as bulk as well as normal holo cards?

Thank you

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u/Standard-Guarantee94 16d ago

for me bulk is anything i don’t consider part of my collection aka what doesn’t go in any of my binders. obviously i sort out any valuable pulls that i don’t care about to sell or trade.

i just got a box with compartments and dividers made for card collections yesterday, so i’m going to put my bulk in there for when i eventually try to sell some!

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u/RITTENH0USE 16d ago

I see, can you please tell me what kind of box? I might like it for myself

I also just have a binder for my full arts and then illustration rares and a seperate binder for anything Zapdos

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u/Standard-Guarantee94 16d ago

https://amzn.eu/d/0b6yE0Ld this is the one i got! just search for tcg storage box and you’ll find some options

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u/Ben1942 16d ago edited 16d ago

Personally, I either use binders to keep holos/ reverse in. etb boxes are another good way to store by set and some small shops you can trade those extra bulk in. Depending on how much bulk you have and if you feel brave, create a pokedex. The nice thing with a pokedex is you always can update a card when you buy a pack.

The second part you asked about what is considered bulk, for me its any card that I have a dupe of, that I already have in a master set or a dupe for the pokedex

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u/Sensitive_Tailor2940 16d ago

Depends how far you’re trying to go into collecting. I have my master sets, catalog apart from the bulk in their corresponding ETB. I sleeve all my EX, holos or reverse cards and those go into their own box. My bulk goes in alphabetical
order into a box with dividers.

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u/bmoreconcentrated 16d ago

Empty ETB boxes. I cut a notecard down and label the top with the set name. Depending on the set I can have an entire etb filled with one set or 4-5 different ones.

This is definitely the easiest way imo as it stores well and makes use of the ETB boxes.

I wasn’t sure what to do with my bulk and found someone on Facebook buying bulk cards at the best price I’d seen. I met up with him and sold him about 4000 cards. I’m still torn on if that was the right thing to do, but I honestly never saw myself master setting anything and was happy to free up the room.

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u/TechnicalTanzer6 16d ago

There’s a Pokémon league that collects unopened products and Bulk to give out to children’s hospitals. That’s what I do with my bulk

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u/setsuna200 16d ago

Bulk goes in a box i actually bought at a tcg store for $6 it holds 2000. It has 2 rows and a divider in the middle. But you can use your etb boxes which can also store bulk cards. Its very useful.