when do we think this bullshit hype phase will die out if ever? Im so tired of not find any cards around me.

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Should I sell it? It's getting pricey

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Sum cardz arrived today... groper and kizukis ^^

>>58402708
eat it

>>58402708
No give it to me

>>58402587
Expect a small crash starting now through January
While shopping and spending does increase during holiday times, short term scalpers/investors/nftbros will sell off everything they can even if it means panic selling at lower than market just to take advantage of the timing of buying cards for family/friends/kids
January typically is a slow month because everyone already spent their money and I expect January to be the best month to buy anything, so if possible don't spend until then

February will either revive the bubble or continue trend downwards depending on what exactly the 30th anniversary set entails
Everyone hyping this set up forgets how celebrations was received initially and how it didn't rise in price until this year really
Just be smart

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Huh i just realised i got the most recent sumyoshi kizuki card (paradox rift zubat) in a pack a week ago which is kind of a funny coincidence considering how many i seem to have from the past despite never having that many cards in total and now i'm collecting a few of the others from some of those sets.

>>58402788
The logic makes sense. However, the only problem is that january is when they will release the new special set. We'll get a sneak peak of it in December in JP and if looks remotely decent people will buy it up

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Chinese seller included a free promo pack.

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>still buying physical

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>still grading cards

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Thoughts on my fish?

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>>58404213
STONKS

>>58404234
BUY THIS PENIS FISH NOW

The only card shows worth going to are mall shows since the organizers cannot charge buyers to enter. Honestly I like that malls are becoming populated again because of these type of events

>>58403005
太酷了,黑鬼

Glad I picked up the new Lillie's Determination full trainer, gonna keep an eye out for the SIR. I think her cards will only go up.

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>>58402559
Bought this on a whim. Don't even like Salamence but it seemed pretty cheap.

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>2025
>still buying moonbreons

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I thought fixing white spot on the back of cards with a blue marker and sell these raw cards as NM was already easy enough, but this is on a complete new level to farm Poketards.

Stellar Crown might actually be the worst set they've made in over a decade

Yugioh is getting full arts and serialized cards next year. Cant wait to drop all this poke crap and go all in on yugi

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Btw whoever introduced me to Japanese Pokemon cards, I (love) hate you.
I spent like $650 this month on vintage sealed stuff.
(two Southern Island 3-cards set Togepi and Ledyba, a sealed N64 promo set with Porygon + Hungry Snorlax + sealed CD and a sealed Trading Card game for GameBoy Color, game with a UNP Dragonite inside).

>>58405899
Yu-Gi-Oh is more fun to play honestly. Pokemon are just more cool than a Dark Magician full art or whatever.

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>Expect a small crash starting now through January
If those "leaks" true then the next GEN game will come in ...2030?
That's a lot of time.
i thought the next gen will be around 2027+ after 30th celebration

We will definitely go to shit if it's just 2030.
anyways i feel good.
Everything tells that Autumn of the next year is time when market will start dying.
i sleep.
I will wake up next autumn
So long suckers!

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>>58406030
>yellow border

>>58406061
silver looks souless
Yellow make them look like they are in an old-fashioned frame.
Silver gives me an Iphone/Ikea/Minimalist bullshit feel.

>>58406030
>>58406061
First full art where it looks like the Pokemon doesn't want to fuck the trainer

It's upsetting my fave mons dont have any nice looking cards.

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>>58393212
>Not sure how many Lillies I'll be able to get, but the SM base set and the new Lillie's Determination SIR are at least feasible.
Yeah those ones aren't too bad. I'm also eyeing the SM base set one myself.
>I can buy without remorse a card for $150, but $500+ would hurt.
>It's like selling super cars at a boatshow, $5m for a boat or $175k for a car makes the car actually seem reasonable.
That is a good analogy lol
>>58395747
They look great. I love the composition in the Caterpie card
>>58404213
Impressive big (small) fish collection

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>bought the southern island collection as a kid
>check prices

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>>58406155
Which mons?

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>still buying vintage

>>58406216
>Lillie's Determination SIR
Breloom, Dhelmise, and Scovillain.

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>>58406234
I think you're right which is a shame. I really like Breloom and Dhelmise as well. This was the nicest card I found out of those mons.
Also, I'm surprised Breloom hasn't gotten a better full art card. I thought it was a bit more popular.

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>>58406263
It doesnt help I'm a picky fucker too. I dont like the GCI 3D card art, and I dont like card art in a city environment. This breloom art looks okay, but it feels so bland.

>>58406030
There are enough people saying they're going to wait for a crash, for there not to be a crash lol

>>58406155
You can't just say that without telling us which Pokemon are your favorites

>>58406294
I did, Breloom, Dhelmise, Scovillain.

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>>58406285
>I dont like the GCI 3D card art, and I dont like card art in a city environment.
Totally understandable
And yeah the art style in that Breloom is somewhat interesting but it doesn't particularly stand out.

>>58406306
Like, look as this pachu card, it's cute, and color, it's not some bland single color background. You can tell the artist who drew this likes this pokemon, and wasnt just filling a quota.

>>58406299
Those all have full arts, you fucking retard

>>58406325
They look like dogshit. Full art isnt the problem, it's the quality of the art.

>>58406331
You should be grateful your shitty garbage favorite Pokemon that no one cares about even got a full art card

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>>58406286
>There are enough people saying
they will return as soon as they open youtube and see PHANTASMAL FLAME JUST GOT RELEASED HOLY SHIT HYYYYYYYPE!!! BUY BUY BUY!!!!

all this crap will fall down.
All of it.
i already lived through it.

People were saying that Giratina will go up to $600 in 2023 for Christmas.
lmao...instead it went down and then pokemon crash started.

it will happen with current Mega charizards.
I will sure buy mega charizard for around 200-300 bucks.

>>58406030
next gen is 2026
you're thinking of the one after that

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I swear BlackBolt-WhiteFlare sets are CURSED.
These two sets are
- awesome
- gave so many cool cards to less known pokemon
- but at the same time they are way too huge and have those cursed masterball-pokeball holos so collecting them is super long and difficult.

Because of this even if i went through these sets and looked at ther cards i STILL FIND CARDS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT...like this awesome Genesect card.
and...it's an expensive card...what the fuck...nobody knows about this card and nobody talked about it. and the set is new and on shelves. Why it's hyped???

>>58406724
nobody cares about unova

>>58406355
Look how much Giratina is now. Pokémon only has an upward trajectory if you hold stock for long enough

>>58406758
>nobody cares
>Genesect is more expensive than "third chase card" of Sword and Shield era

>>58406724
>set is on shelves
where? I haven't seen BW since launch day in my area.

>>58406777
>Look how much Giratina is now. Pokémon only has an upward trajectory if you hold stock for long enough
that's what i meant. I forgot to write that i wasn't going to buy giratina on it's peak in 2023 and the main reason was that normies and investorcucks were hyping it.
And in each discord normies were "WOOOO GIRATINAAA :0"

so it's like was the biggest red flag. It's on it's peak. don't touch that.
So i waited for pokemon crush and bought Giratina for slightly less than $300.
Sure it will grow in long term. (every sane person talks about waiting for 5-10 years) but it's so stupid to buy it when it's new and on it's current peak
(i told this story many times in these threads. might just screencap this as an example)

>>58406801
>where? I haven't seen BW since launch day in my area.
in europe we have black and white everywhere. It's the second Journey Together in EU.
If you go to buy pokemon cards you see nothing but B/W

>>58406812
Which is why people are going to wait it out. Pokémon will never truly crash. There will be a new floor every time there is a minicrash, but the economy of scarcity in the hobby means that you will always make money in the long term.

Only poorfags don't HODL

>>58406817
I hate being in the UK. We have proportionally less people that actually care about pokemon but the people that do, are all giganiggers who act like americans with chasing restocks

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bump

>>58406817
not in Germany

>>58406853
Isn't that in the middle east?

>>58406864
that's Berlin

>>58406839
>>58406853
I honestly thought people hate BW or something. Here we have these sets everywhere... literally all products and ETBs.

>>58407070
the people in your area really hate gen 5 or the distributor is sending everything there

>>58407082
i think people just don't know who the fuck is Zekrom or Reshiram.
people used to known pokemon to be on ETB pictures or something like that.

>>58407070
Depends on where you live. The more investorniggers you have, the more irrelevant how much someone likes a set comes into play. How many of these balding niggers do you think actually played BW/BW2? I'd imagine <10% of people that hype it up, ever touched the games. But they buy it out so they can basedface in front of their sealed collections

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>>58407098
investorcucks dont know even that Gigantamax Charizard and Mega Charizard are two different things (i saw two videos talking that last time we got Mega Charizard X was during sword and shield (when it was Gigantamax charizard))

I'm pretty sure 99% of investorcucks don't know who picrelated is. it's some random pokemon to them so the whole B/W set is "uhhhh i dont know what is this...where is charziard??? Cofagrigus??? what??? pokemon is Egypt now???"

>>58407168
Another recent tell has been the Gumshoos IR. Niggers are like OMG IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMP, not realising we had this meme 9 years ago.

>>58402587
As I look towards the speculation of the next few sets, they appear that they can all be hyped in their own individual ways.
We still have a video game release coming with some new megas.
Even if the 30th anniversary set is a flop, there could be other special products or decks that are massive hits.
Anything can be hyped (seismatoad & tymino) as examples of absolute shit no one cares about still able to be pumped for no reason besides being able to be pumped.
In complete honesty, it doesnt get better until we all walk away from the hobby. If youre still here dont expect it to improve.

>>58404213
Nice fish tank pages

>>58404304
In my experience the organizers dont even charge people for tables either.
They just want foot traffic in the mall.

>>58406355
Its a small set, so it seems that all the cards will be easier to pull statistically.
The only thing that could dampen this, is if there is an over abundance of people keeping it sealed and not opening the product.
I think PF will be kept sealed more than any other set. Due to its size and Charizard chase.

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>Destined rivals mewtwo that's still in print is now the same price as EX team rocket returns mewtwo that came out over 20 years ago
Make it make sense

>>58407357
Asians (chinks and viets) and baldfat millennials got into the hobby.

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>favorite Pokemon is Hydreigon
>no SARs

>>58407626
Is this bait? He has two

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am I fucked?
i ordered "Near Mint or Better" card from Ebay seller and it arrived with this white scuff/chipping at the bottom. it's very visible when you look at it.

Seller sent me a ling to "what Ebay means when it's "Near Mint" and (i put it as a screenshot on this picture) it says there can be some chipping...

The seller is right? this just sucks....nobody in a sane mind would see this a s a Near Mint card...

>>58407732
That's Near Mint. Near Mint doesn't mean PSA 10

>>58407732
If that's the only imperfection then he's technically right but you can try escalating it to ebay anyway. Maybe you can get a junk Japanese card and scratch up the back a bit and lie and say that's the card you got. Since it's the back of the card they won't be able to see the front kek

>>58407756
>That's Near Mint. Near Mint doesn't mean PSA 10
That card with white thing won't get a PSA 9 at all...not to mention Beckett 9 with their more strict rules.
>>58407757
i'll just leave a bad review. I'm glad it's just a $10 card... i will never buy a card without provided photos from now on (that card just was a stock photo but i decided to trust japanese seller with good reviews).

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>>58407779
>won't get a PSA 9
PSA 7 is Near Mint

>>58407795
well that's just fucking awful..
But grading is a huge scam overall...

I just fucking hate that white scuffing/chipping on my card. (i know on that photo it looks tiny but it's really visible as soon as you take a loot at your card)

>>58407812
I get that the white spot is annoying but you're being upset that your near mint card isn't mint.
But honestly how often do you really look at the back of your cards? Throw it in an ETB sleeve or a similar one with artwork on the back and you'll never see it again.

>>58407836
you are right. I will probably won't take it out of my binder for a few years.
And it was a good lesson that didn't cost that much.

>>58407905
always ask for pictures if possible. was there no picture of the backside available?

>>58407357
Vintage and quasi-vintage cards have been already allocated into real collections for years, and the ones still circulating the market are few, and can't be manipulated as easily as modernslop.
On the other hand modernslop chases such as the DR Mewtwo are still being printed, can still be scalped, hoarded, hyped and manipulated by 1000000 investrots and youtubers at the same time, so if 10000000 people say that mewtwo costs $500, then 1000000000000000 retarded cattle redditors will blindly say yes, because they only trust the green numbers on videos and graphs.
Look at the amount of listings for any pre-SM and post-SM era card. It's not only about scalping and hoarding the sealed boxes to cause scarciy, it's really about making a cartel and deciding the market price based purely on hype.

>>58407168
Investorcuckolds being like this makes me wonder if the Gen X set will see a market collapse because of the sheer amount of new pokemon in it.

>>58407168
Think that's bad? I saw a short the other day where people were showing off the Ditto sticker cards from Pokemon GO and people were flabbergasted by them and asking if they were fake.

This hobby is so flooded with absolutely no-nothing retards which is why prices are going out of control. It's so easy to take these idiots money.

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>still buying modern

I didn't have much of an opinion about Houndoom growing up until you fuckers made me absolutely hate it

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>>58409786
That nigga doesn't even have ears LMAO

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just packed this from 1 out of the 6 Team Rocket tins I got

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>>58409843
Speaking of, I should put this in a top loader, right?

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she arrived.

>>58409931
I would

I hate pokemons

I really wanted to pull the Misty's Psyduck

>>58410035
It's a cheap card, just buy the single

>>58409947
She's off center

I need to organize and then donate. I got impulsive and went on a ripping spree and have a bunch of cards that I don't even want

>>58410197
That's why it was sold. if it was gradable it would have been. Only obvious not 10s get put up for sale now.

>>58407960
One of the few intelligent posts ever made in these threads

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>>58408445
It won't collapse, TPC will still throw in some nostalgia bait to keep people interested, and they will still hoard boxes. But it will kill a significant amount of interest from the more casual crowd

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>>58410190
It's like $70 on TCG Player

>>58405872
what is? grading?

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>>58406030
>>58406061
>not posting the consequences of fishing near dangerous pokemon

>>58410760
slabs are easily cracked open with a bottle opener that doesnt completely destroy the plastic casing.
just another of the hundreds of cases proving grading is for sub-zero iq tards who deserve to have their money stolen

>>58410772
>>58406061
i always thought that Octilerry shot that girl just a bit but that was enough for her to fall in that water...

I wonder why we didn't get TCG AR cards for the 3DS. I would have liked to see a collab type thing like with the e-reader

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I bought a twilight masquerade box like one year ago for nostalgia sake. Is is it still scalper hell and prices soaring??? what the hell I would assume it would crash by now.

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Kino arrived

>>58411152
lol what nostalgia, that's literally the last game/dlc released

>>58411251
wait, I forgot about blueberry, but still it's pretty new

>>58411152
>twilight masquerade
>nostalgia
Top kek
what a newfag

>>58411251
He clearly meant nostalgia for opening pokemon cards.

>>58409947
these do not look that good. You pulled this right?

>>58410722
Oh, you want the engl*sh version.................

>>58411209
How much did you pay? Also buy a better camera

>>58409559
I traded the neo discovery houndoom holo the other day, might look for the neo revelation one online since i got the nd kinda cheap

you know ive hated slabbers for years, but honestly i might join em. i wanna profit off these braindead retards too.

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>>58409947
Pretty cool design to be honest
>>58410035
I want it too

low pop. vintage.

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This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them!

>>58411563
>Buying noodle languages
I seriously hope you guys don't do this

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>>58411944
Japanese cards simply look better
There are only few instances of the english cards looking better

>>58411897
you pulled 2?

>>58412087
those arent even good examples of your point

>>58411897
give me one.

I caved and bought the lillie's clefairy SIR... the price going up got me nervous, luckily i got it for $110

>>58412144
fuck them kids

>>58412089
One from a PokeCenter booster and one from a scalper's overpriced booster bundle

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wtf am I looking at...

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I love steel types

>>58412209
Someone who really needs to charge their phone

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>>58412177
Enjoy the card. Lillie's expression in that card is super cute

>>58412209
Someone whose mom still cooks and cleans for him

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Nice

>>58411897
twoMewtwo

>>58412461
Where are the textures? Are these fake

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>>58411576
$160 all together.

>>58412461
>Ethan's Ho-Oh
Had the potential to be a sick card
Unfortunately unlike the Lugia V, the setting isn't fitting enough for how majetic of a pokemon it is
Golden/Shining theme yet only ray of sun showing through cloudy sky? Ugly background
The perspective based on where Ethan's standing and where his eyes look towards also makes Ho-Oh look incredibly small

Compare that to Lugia whose entire card motif fits, the perspective of the human looks better, scaling is great and the art fits with the theme of Lugia and the attacks as well

>>58412615

it's the best art of destined rivals in my mind

What are we investing in at the moment boys?

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>>58412714
The art isn't bad, it just doesn't fit the thematics of what ho-oh is and stands for
It's majestic, it brings light with it, shines and radiates

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>>58412758
DP holos

>>58413095
how does this even happen?

>>58412214
Did Ryo retire?

>>58412177
That's a pretty good price. Congrats, Anon

>>58413228
He said IR so that's a bad price for english

>>58412691
they're never giving my son a mega form

>>58412177
Considering it's $170 MP, is it real, does it have any damage? Jap or English? English is going up and Jap is going down.

>>58413399
It's english, centering is a bit wonky but it's genuine. My local group has had trouble selling cards at market so people undercut the market often if you're willing to pay cash outright.

Do any of you guys have experience buying simplified Chinese cards? Are they any good?

>>58413917
The only thing I know about them is that the holo foil ones should have a watermark on the bottom left corner of the card to signify that it's real

>>58413917
Seems like if you don't like a lot of bulk they're a pain in the ass because they pack them crazy full

>>58413917
I dont like buying chinese booster boxes because the bulk is useless if you dont pull anything good. But the singles are good tho. The quality is on par/sometimes better than JP and theres a cute watermark on the bottom

>>58414095
>The quality is on par/sometimes better than JP
xD

>>58414095
>the bulk is useless
just...throw it away? give it to some kids? drop it off at a free library? give it to your LGS?

>>58414102
literally made in the same factory

>>58414102
>>58414095
How does Korean compare? I bought a Korean Shauna, but I'm thinking of picking up the English too.

>>58414112
I mean sure but why do that when I can just buy the single. The autistic urge to gamble -ehm rip packs goes away after riping a box or two and getting shit.

>>58414121
The only korean card I have is that lapras ditto promo and its pretty good quaility. The common sentiment is that theyre thinner and lower quality but I cant personally verify that

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>>58414116
Doesn't matter, they're not the same quality.
Different card backs, different materials, different thickness
I can even test 2 random cards right here, different feel entirely
Same printer doesn't matter

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>>58414147
That would explain why my korean Klara is about 3 grams lighter than the other lamguages

>>58407795
Near Mint is fine.
Near Mint is equal to pack fresh by ebays selling standards policy.
Its basically equal to a card freshly pulles from a pack.
Meaning its imperfections are factory related not handling related.
Anything below 7 is terrible though.

>>58414045
good to know
>>58414057
>>58414095
I see thanks. I'm only interested in buying singles
>>58414314
is the difference super noticeable?

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>>58414333
>is the difference super noticeable?
No
China in terms of texture/holos/patterns are equivalent/slightly better than english
In terms of thickness, they're thinner than English
In terms of QC they're better than English

Purely in terms of quality Japan > Belgium/Netherlands > China >= English > The rest
Purely in terms of holo patterns/foil/details Japan > The rest

If you're putting it in a toploader or in a binder it doesn't matter
Only spergos truly care

>>58413384
It's for the best

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>>58413326
They look like they're going for $150 off ebay right now. How was what that Anon paid for a bad price?

>>58414383
Thanks anon. I’ll consider buying chinese singles then since they’re cheaper. I’m just a little afraid of getting scammed

>>58414383
I do love that so many Japanese cards can be had cheaper, way cheaper, than English.

>>58414392
>I’m just a little afraid of getting scammed
If you're buying from random sellers on ebay/whatnot/tiktok you will be
China has a shit ton of fakes and fake factories dedicated to their fake cards and box etc.
Obviously fakes exist everywhere, but relative to the chinese scene, china has way more given the exclusive sets and cards
Only buy from verified and reputable people

>>58402559
I sold my PSA10 Pika recently at 3x profit because this is starting to look Moonbreon tier. Good idea?

>>58414407
>If you're buying from random sellers on ebay/whatnot/tiktok you will be
>China has a shit ton of fakes and fake factories dedicated to their fake cards and box etc.
Yeah that’s what I’m afraid of. It’s relatively safe to buy from tcgplayer vendors right? Sorry I’m new to this
>china has way more given the exclusive sets and cards
I have seen some of the exclusives and they look fantastic

Gonna need to start donating honestly. Too many fucking cards

>>58414407
Ebay is great. Just be smart and look at seller reviews and photos. You'll be fine even if you're a newb. If it ends up being fake or you get scammed ebay will always back the buyer (unless youre a shitty buyer)

>>58414383
Remember those fusion strike god boxes in canada.
What about the canada printing facility?

>>58414407
>>58414449
china is terrible like that it really is. its communist mentality. everything should be free and no intellectual rights exist. this is a perfect example of this shit mentality being bad not only for businesses but the end consumer. endless ripoff trash copys because nothing is sacred.

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>>58414449
>I have seen some of the exclusives and they look fantastic
Some of them sure, some exclusives look like shit
shitty holo pattern that looks worse than the legendary collection in terms of fakeness

>>58414424
>Pikachu has been featured on 218 different cards since it debuted in the Base Set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
nigga which one

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>>58414502
Canada doesn't print pokemon
The fusion strike god box mystery was never solved, but most likely it was an american printer and distro that was responsible for that considering it only appeared in Kentucky and Canada
No idea how else you'd explain it

>>58414554
pikachu with grey felt hat nigga

>>58414679
O I C

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I like this card but i am bad at picturing

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>>58414502
>>58414621
The god box error boxes were a result of TPCI trying to avoid a lawsuit for the massive card theft at that time
Thousands of ES and FS chase cards were stolen in factory and that affected the pull rates of that era
Normally it would make sense for TCPI to dispose of them, however the cards were already printed, rather than lose money they just decided to put them in that particular error code lot and sell them off anyway

>>58414854
there's easily over 500 Gengar VMAXs there and the stupid thing is selling for half/over half a grand
how am I supposed to take prices seriously?

>>58414854
>>58414915
Jesus. Rarity becomes meaningless with quantities like that.

>>58414915
you're not supposed to take prices seriously. im an investor and I don't take prices seriously. its hype driven

Any decent addon/way to summarize sold ebay listings? Just wanna get a decent idea of expected price when bidding

>>58415309
what specifically are you asking?

>>58415349
I look at recently sold listing on ebay to get a rough price. I look at a few listings then average them out. Just wondering if there's an easier way

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>>58414915
>>58415042
you don't say
lel
https://vimeo.com/232947476?fl=pl&fe=vl

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>>58415357
Unless I'm missing something you should just be using tcgplayer or pricecharting and base your ebay picks on that instead

>>58415384
>It's believed that these were printed in bulk without Pokémon's knowledge. How they ended up in Renaz' hands is unknown, but in 2015 he took to Reddit to start selling and trading them for other cards (without originally revealing how many he had).
>In total it's believed that over 5,000 of the cards were leaked onto the market, and even today the cards still appear in large quantities on eBay and Virbank.
>To put this into some perspective, the Gold Star pull rate is 1 per 72 packs. 5,000 of them is equivalent to 360,000 EX Unseen Forces booster packs-worth of cards being printed.

>>58415395
I'm in Australia so prices are all fucked, so would use tcg player but the prices don't line up that well. Also would love to just buy some stuff from tcgplayer since its prices for some items are better but it doesn't ship here

>>58414383
That's fake and gay, EU factory and US factory have the same quality

>>58414515
>Chinese cards
>look fake
hm

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Have to buy this stupid zard box just to get one of my favorite bird

>>58415476
tcgplayer sucks because it includes heavy damaged, use price charting

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Fucking hell, 4 Mewtwo's could buy you a fucking car

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>>58415484
Belgium and Netherlands are better the US factory, just fact
Here's how the dipshits in the US treat your cards

>>58415751
What do the Waffle and Underwear factories look like?

What's the going rate for a Pokemon card to a gold or silver coin? Asking for a friend

>>58416199
I uhhhhhhhhh don't know

>>58416199
Pokemon cards have delivered roughly 3,821% monthly cumulative return since 2004, far outpacing the S&P 500’s 483% gain over the same period
Gold had a 783% increase over the same period

Gold ain't shit compared to pokemon

PSA vault lets you store singles but is there any vault system for boxes so I can buy 1000 evolving skies or whatever

>>58415715
when the great satan us collapses cards will be currency. small prices will be measured in energies. 1000 dollar notes will become moonbreons.

>>58415715
I almost bought Latias & Latios gold star cards earlier this year
Ended up buying a new car instead

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Happy ZA release day.

Damn it. I received the Ash-Greninja-EX card I bought the other day and I'm not sure if the seller tried to scam me but the card is full of creases and he didn't tell me that. He showed me photos but I couldn't see any of that in the photos. He said the front was perfect, only the back had whitening but how the fuck can it be perfect if it has creases?? Is he a scammer or just dumb?
Worst of all, this is supposed to be a professional seller. How can a professional seller sell a card listing it as Near Mint when the card has creases?
I already sent a message complaining but I'm not sure if I should keep the card and just get a partial refund or return the card to the seller. There aren't many listings of this card on Cardmarket so I don't know if I should settle for this copy or try to get one in a better condition.

Any recs for a good place to get rid of bulk? Like a charity for kids or something?

>>58418704
I just use them for kindling

>>58418704
I just use them for killing

>>58419032
So that's what kind of cards Gambit uses

I stopped buying cards, I feel so much better now that I just beat kids to steal their cards

>>58419383
Be a school bus driver, the kids leave their cards behind all the time. If you want to be a monster that is

>>58419440
They just leave bulk around, you need to sucker punch them while they are trading at school, that's why I applied to be a teacher

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TCG Player is starting to piss me off. Feels like 20-30% of the time I never get my order. I'm waiting on one now that's just a state over so you'd think it would arrive in a couple days but it's been well over a week.

I cringe when I see fags showing off their modern crap. We shouldve gatkept harder.

>>58416509
what kind of a cuck lets someone else keep their collectible items

i bought some mega boosters and an etb at my league meet today
let a few of the kids there open some packs and one of them pulled me the lillie 184, gave them some of my bulk cards and we had a great time

It's funny how card shows expose the "usual suspect" meme
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP0a-0hEyZM

>>58404234
kys

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>>58404213
I have literally never heard of this pokemon and it has like 3 full art cards meanwhile not a single genwun Sandslash SIR

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imagine the smell

>>58420300
no tracking on your order?

>>58415751
Nice, now i basically know how to make cards with a one time industrial printer investment. Fucking retards lmao

>>58420995
I'd rather see people steal cards than niggers and chinks selling them at scalper 'market' rates

>>58421287
None. It's only a few dollars sure but it's a bunch of singles I picked out so it was really convenient to get it all from one shop so I'm really hope it's just late

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Random thought: Do you think they'll every do blank cards? The name and moves are printed on like full arts but no pokemon so you can take it to a con and get an illustrator to draw and sign it, sorta how they sell those blonk cover comic books.

>>58422119
No

>>58422119
No but at some recent event they had just that and people made meme stuff

>>58406030
There's not going to be a crash unless pokemon decides to make an announcement or change something about production (they have no reason to). the hype will slow down very gradually over the course of a year or so

>>58422402
>retard scalpie even bought the holiday calendars
lmao

>>58420708
Someone who doesn’t want to deal with US tariffs

>>58422402
STONKS

Anyone ever used eBay to organise a local pickup? There's a listing and the guy is a town over and I was thinking about just dming and seeing if they wanted cash but ebay's dm system says not to do it. Just wondering if it's likely I'd get banned for doing it

>>58422402
based

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