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Who here investorCHAD?
>>57202708I like to do both.
>still buying physical
For you pack openers, how many boosters do you typically open before you decide to just go for singles of what you still want?
Luv me packsLuv me bindersLuv me card art'ate scalpers'ate investors'ate tcpi not meeting demandSimple as.
>>57202723I don't necessarily do it that way. I'm a player too, so when I'm out at stores I check out other people's collections for cards I like, and occasionally find a single from a pack I want, so I buy it on the spot, even if I'm still opening packs
>>57202708I am literally incapable of keeping sealed product in my closet. I have zero self control.
Pray for me bros. I opened 3 juniper milk cartons and got nothing. Then sunk cost falicy kicked in.
>being an Nfag today
>>57202730Forgot to add, the downside is occasionally I pull a card I already bought, but in these cases I keep the better one and sell/trade the other one
>>57202733Based
>>57202733I understand that urge. I bought 3 Surging Sparks boosters and opened one, but the other two are still sitting sealed. If I Get the urge to open one I usually will drive down the street and put $5 in the pokemon vending machine and get a random booster.
>>57202746>boostersBooster Boxes
>>57202735Must be nice.
>only able to get terastal and battle partnersIs this a sign that I should become a JP only fag?
>>57202708I botted 10 ETBs today lmaoI don't know why people go manual, especially since we're entering a bull market. Being a faggot manual inputter is only a disadvantage
>>57202766teach me
>>57202766Because I don't know how to bot.Its that simple really.
im just gonna pay the scalper price for one pc etb, after that im gonna be done buying cards until the team rocket set. im so over this shit, why the fuck is there a limit to pre orders?????
>>57202723>For you pack openers, how many boosters do you typically open before you decide to just go for singles of what you still want?Until I get bored.For 151, I did two UPCs, two ETBs, a few bundles, and I have no drive to open any more packs. I'll finish the set off as singles at some point.For Crozn Zenith, I did 1 ETB, a bunch of box sets and tins, and I'm mostly done with that set now, but I'd probably rip it if I found it.With Surging Sparks, I've opened one ETB and a few blisters, and am unlikely to open any more.I've got two PrE Pokémon Center ETBs on the way, and I probably won't open much more of that outside of any booster bundles I find.
>>57202776>done buying cards until team rocketSo, you'll be done for two months?
>>57202770>>57202771You have to pay to get into some Diiscord groups. But you can make that profit back after one drop
>>57202723Ordinarily I would do one etb and then a couple of promo products depending on the promo cards included. From there I would wait until the next set or two drops to seriously start buying/trading for singles from the previous set while passively opening packs that I get from participating in tournaments.Of course right now I can't fucking do that because this faggot market is cleaning my LCS out of the packs I actually want to prize out on.
>>57202723I've opened over 6 build and battle stadiums and close to 10 lost origin etbs, At this point im preparing to bite the bullet and just buy the fucking tina
>>57202756>Is this a sign that I should become a JP only fag?No, JP sellers are catching on and are starting to hike their prices/sell resealed boxes to gaijiins
>>57202792Pay to enter a discord to learn to bot? Paying to get in a discord seems so dumb to me honestly. Learned about that even being possible with shit like Pokenotify's discord.Might be worth it just to know how that shit works in general. Maybe I'll have to look into it sometime.>>57202783I think I'm costing till Team Rocket or Black and White myself.Really hoping the hype dies a little for Black and White.
>>57202817>Really hoping the hype dies a little for Black and White.It wont because they just announced boxes for Mega Pokemon
>megascompensating for something?
>>57202734>Astral Radianceoof
>>57202792Can I find these by just googling checkout bot discords or something?
>>57202817>Really hoping the hype dies a little for Black and White.>Black and White Set>Glory of Team Rocket>Legends Z-A with megas>30th AnniversaryNigga, it's going to be a wild ride until 2027 at the earliest
Im not gonna bother messing with pre orders and shit. Ill just pay a little extra to some flipper and maybe give him a tip for making my life easier by not having to fight fat losers at walmart for some packs.
>>57202857>maybe give him a tipwhy, you're already paying more
>>57202857>maybe give him a tipCalm down Rabbi, you're not fooling anyone
>>57202836It went better than expected.
>>57202872great pulls anon, gz>clairpretty
>>57202854Guess I'll have to take the botting anon's advice.
>>57202785>Did Lillie even have a clefairy in game?Lillie hates her mom because mommevolved her clearly without her consent. So she had a clefairy at some point.
Should I switch to being a MtG investorfag and stick to collecting pokemon, instead of doing both collecting and investorfagging pokemon?
>>57202857>false flagging this hard to get people to buy your ebay listings Lmao
>>57202705Got a couple of Kingambit Shrouded Fable boxes from a friend as a Christmas gift, so here are the pulls. Honestly a lot better than the ones from the Greninja and Kingdra boxes I got for myself a few months ago.
And here's the reason why scalpers wont fuck off, Because faggoty "content" creators will buy it off them to shit out some garbage video
>Unova 151 setIs it her time?
>>57203009Hopefully.
>>57202705Japanese cards are as expensivw as american cards right? considering buying some booster boxes.for sparking and 151
Buyout or are people finally realizing how good this card looks?
>>57203015>Japanese cards are as expensivw as american cards right?They're supposed to be way cheaper, but these investing scalper faggots are fucking up the price for the latest set and the one coming out this month. Its not just English sealed product being fucking RUINED right now.
>>57203002Shrouded kino
>>57203015>Japanese cards are as expensivw as american cards right?Yeah, youtubers are telling investorfags to buy jap sets to offload their bags. Jap sellers are catching on and hiking up their prices. its a whole shit show
>>57203002>Honestly a lot better than the ones from the Greninja and Kingdra boxes I got for myself a few months ago.For comparison for anyone curious.
>Mega SymphoniaNoivern?>Mega BravePyroar?
>>57203005Niggers like this too, and he;s employed by pokemon
>still getting cucked by scalpers
>>57203049Kek thanks anon, about to report every single one
>>57203049Godamn hero
>>57203049"mystery boxes" are also against TOS but I'm too lazy to report those scamming faggots.
>>57203049Fucking snitching FAGGOT
>>57203066Hold your bags nigger, we're reporting every single listing
>>57203049based
>>57203066Invooster niggers need to hang from trees, simple as.
As a heads up, ebay tells us the username of who reported us if you are a big enough seller. You have been warned.
>>57203049Nice.
>>57203086No they don't lmao.
>>57203086ooooo what are you gonna do about it, bitch nigger?
>>57203086Lmao seethe
>>57203086Cry more faggot, go back to selling sneakers
>>57202792>DiiscordKnew investorfags were trannies all along lmao
>>57203044TOO LATE!?
>>57202776>im just gonna pay the scalper price for one pc etbDon't enable them, you fucking retard. You're fucking over not only the rest of us but also yourself because this will affect your precious Rocket set too.
>>57203049Anon, you are based and don't ever let these fuckers stop you. Report them all. Ban them all. Send every investor to the gulag.
>>57203066get fucked
>>57203066>thinking this is the prison yardGet a job
>>57203049Already reported over 30 of them, about to take a quick snack break and then get back to it
>>57203049Impossibly based. Scalpers on suicide watch.
>>57203009based cactusbro
>>57202857>>57202776I know what you're thinking>All you have to do is click the buy button and this will all be over. I'll have my ETB and /VP/ can't do anything about it.Go ahead. But if you do, you have to admit one thing to me:that you're a piece of trash just like the rest of them.
>>57203049Already sold my 4, seethe computer-illiterate poorfag hahaha
This is the Zorua promo. It'll be included as an IR/SIR in the actual set, right? I don't care about the PC stamp.
>>57203190cullencolors huh? Interesting.
>>57203038Just wait until TPC prints English 151 out the ass. Reddit investors are coping hard about blooming waters "it's not a reprint bro." But they're too retarded to ask why they made the collection Blastoise themed of all Pokemon. Because it's foreplay. Next they will release a Venusaur set and for the climax they'll do a big old normiezard set. Maybe a Pikachu set after that.
>>57203239>It'll be included as an IR/SIR in the actual set, right?For Japan maybe, if a card's turned into a promo in a given language it stays like that.
>>57203239No, it's a promo Anon. At least the etb promos are super cheap since most people only want the packs. The expensive ones are the pokemon cemetery stamped ones.
>>57203251>>57203255That's promising. I collect Japanese trainer cards, but I wanted to collect N's in both languages.
>still grading cards
Does anyone know if Battle Partners will be released again on PC JP? I missed out the first time around because of muh queues.>>57203026>>57203038I'm so fucking sick of this shit. Half these retards don't even know what Pokemon is. When will this bubble hurry up and burst?
>>57203086What are you gonna do, tell my mom? Get fucked dumbass bitch.
>>57203005Pokerev gets his product through distribution.
>>57203578>Pokerev gets his product through clout.ftfy
>>57203450>When will this bubble hurry up and burst?There will be an announcement that they will print more of a recent set than people anticipated. Some big resellers will shit their pants and start selling off their stock for cheap and the equation will shift from who will pay the most to who will pay now.
>>57203005>>57203578>>57203580
https://www.pokemon.jp/special/trainers_festival/
>>57203641Destiny's POV
>>57203652REEEEEEED
How likely do you guys see me me making a profit on these?
>>57203676nvm that's from masters
>>57203652>Hips got cucked from the header and the logoWhat happened? Didn't Japan unironically loved this annoying puece of shit because he is the same archetype of the "annoying first male friend" from Persona games which Japan loves for some reason?
>>57203680It's for both, is an event dedicated to human pokemon characters and includes the incoming trainer focused set, plus masters, plus shitloads of merchandise all around human pokemon characters.
>>57203652are there seriously no lilllie AR/SARs in this set? Is this TPC's war on coomers?
>>57203689no I meant I saw red in some coins and thought that was the full list of trainers from the new sets, but those coins are from masters
>>57203739You fucking moron, of course there are but they haven't show them yet and they don't need to, the whole set is already sold out, is pure insanity in japan, there hasn't been a set selling so fast since eevee heroes.
>>57203683Persoyna is more popular in america than japan.
>>57203793But America hates the "annoying first male friend" while Japane LOVES them. However I must specific that they love to bully them, to see them humiliated, to see them being retarded.
>>57203578This is a genuine question, how does one ever get product through "distribution"? Any product for that matter, not just pokemon cards. Don't you need to be a licensed business for that?Does that guy have a LGS or something he runs?
>>57203805You know a guy who works at a warehouse and pay them off.
>>57203800I think its a fine archetype.America has trash taste though.
>>57203744Those are badges, but if they actually do include the Subway Masters then the scalpers in Japan might get killed and eaten by fujoshis so that's a plus.
>>57203828NO! IS ANNOYING!
>>57203877>single you wanted doubled in price againFuck 'el m8
>>57203883You replied the wrong anon.
>>57203886[chair clattering]
>>57203899*cans rattling*
>still buying vintage
I'm cumming on these sleeves.
>>57203805You didn't need a brick and mortar location back before the pandemic. It was only during the first craze that they implemented that limitation.
>>57204074Cum in them
>>57203049B A S E DASED
>>57204089Not sure what you mean.I'm not talking about retailer caps. I'm talking about just getting access from a direct distributor.
We talk a lot about scalpers and investors ruining the hobby but people who buy entire collections just to sell each card as a single with a +30% margin price are also part of the problem. Fuck them.
Cute Zorua
>>57204123but anon the time it took me to get them and organize them, plus I plaid shipping and bought a binder...
>>57204147>not an Eeveelution>has a gross anime guyInvestorfags in shambles.
So like where do I go to buy booster boxes now that Pokemon Center sold out of Journey Together?
>>57204319>where do I go to buy booster boxes now that Pokemon Center sold out of Journey Together?
>>57204319You missed the boat anon
>>57204156I think he means buying complete collections and then parting out singles at a premium, older stuff where there's less inventory floating around. The only premium should be on the complete collection.
>>57204319
>>57204168>>57204147TPC really should have printed a Lillie with her ass half out.It'd instantly be like $500 on the secondary market.
>>57204576I want this only because the PokeTubers would have to come up with bullshit reasons about why the lewd little girl card is selling for so much.
>>57204319Just wait you retard. It's a main set. Tpci is still printing SV base.
How much corners matter for the grade of a card? (grade as in listing the card as excellent vs lightly played etc. I'm not actually grading it)I have this card that is pretty much spotless except it has a flap on one of its corners. Does this alone bring it down all the way to "good" or can I list it under excellent?
>>57203049based I got a couple listings removed as well
Why do these people not have any self awareness? Their focus and 'content' is entirely on INVOOOSTING, but the moment they lose out, it becomes a problem? As if these fucks aren't the ones who contribute to 'the problem;
>>57204845>I'M INVOOOSTING MAKE SURE YOU INVOOST LIKE I AM>OH NO THIS IS A TRAVESTY BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET STONKS THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL
>>57204855Like, seriously.
>>57204855this faggots retarded hand movements piss me off.
>>57203049My removal rate is about 1/4. The ebay system is AI so it seems to be random whether completely identical listings get removed or not.
>>57204839>my penis vs a boat with a Lillie SAR card in it.
literally imagine being a pack-buying cucki am watching this chaos with glee as I comfyly purchase the exact singles i want to add to my collection
>>57204915Based
>>57204887The problem is 99% of these niggers are keeping product sealed so that they can sell if off to some YouTuber in a few years time as a part of a "I OPENED THIS $5 GORILLION DOLLAR BOX OF POKEMON CARDS"The cost of singles is grossly inflated by limited supply
>>57204887Singles also go up in price when people can't open packs, you retard.
