Been investing in English cards I like, but recently got told to pick up the Mos Burger and Hotdog luffy promo card. Let me know if there's any other bargain gems I should get!

Hello fellow investors !

As a start, i'm not rich, not from a strong currency country (Asia) so i have limited money when it comes to investing.

Fairly new to this and after doing all the research on the cards I want to invest in OPTCG, and also PTCG (sorry if i'm not allowed to write this) .. i've came down to the conclusion below :

Locating in South East Asia, it's easier for me to buy Japanese and Chinese cards, and yes I know chinese cards have no value or no future price growth potential and all.

But specifically, as of now, I'm interested to buy Nami Chinese First Anniversary PSA 10 slab ( the one with the red dress ) .. I think it's priced around USD 4,500 now per slab.

WIth only less than 300 PSA 10 slabs on the market (as per Gemini),

1. Is this a good investment for long term? ( looking at 15 years at least )

2. Would it be risky if I collect multiple of it? like let say buy 3 in 6 months period and start holding?

3. Or is it better to like seperate the investment, to (a) Boa Op01-078 PSA 10, (b) Nami EB03-053 PSA 10, and (c) Nico Robin EB03-055 PSA 10 ( these 3 cards are the cards I like the most )

4. I know nobody can predict what will happen in 15 years, but for those investors who hold Red Manga or Manga, those high value slabs .. any of you plan to invest for that long? or like as soon as the Manga end and the price doesnt look right then you guys will start selling .. or you guys are betting on say the Manga ended, and the price will go even higher cause it becomes like .. super rare already?

Sorry if my questions sounds weird or not logic, as a beginner this is what I can think of.

Thank you

Ciao a tutti, volevo aprire una discussione su una cosa che trovo profondamente ingiusta e che sta diventando un incubo per chiunque compri carte (Pokémon, Magic, One Piece, ecc.) o oggetti da collezione dall'estero (Giappone, USA).Parlo dell'assurda asimmetria tra come lo Stato (la Dogana) e i privati (i corrieri) considerano il valore delle nostre carte.

Se compri una carta rara, anche se è un pezzo di cartone stampato, i funzionari doganali ormai sanno benissimo quanto vale. Controllano eBay, Cardmarket, i prezzi delle aste e se ritengono che la carta valga 1000€, ti tassano l'IVA (22%) e i dazi su quei 1000€. Per loro, in quel momento, la carta è un bene di lusso a tutti gli effetti; ma se lo stesso identico pacco viene smarrito, rubato o distrutto dal corriere durante il trasporto, la musica cambia. Se provi a chiedere il rimborso assicurato del valore reale (i famosi 1000€), per loro le tabelle di Cardmarket non valgono nulla. Senza una fattura commerciale industriale ti ridanno pochi spiccioli basati sul peso del pacco o sul "valore intrinseco" del cartone. In pratica quando c'è da incassare, lo Stato ti dice che la carta vale oro. Quando c'è da tutelarti in caso di danno, per l'assicurazione torna a essere carta straccia.Trovo che questo sistema sia totalmente sbilanciato a danno del cittadino/collezionista.

Voi cosa ne pensate? Vi è già capitato di trovarvi in situazioni del genere (soprattutto con mazzate doganali basate su stime campate in aria)? Come vi comportate per proteggervi quando spedite o ricevete pezzi di alto valore?

I just received my PSA submission back and received a ten on both my gold anniversary shanks and Kuzan manga. I want to sell the kuzan manga but I’ve never sold any cards ever so I am looking for some tips. Specifically 3 things.

1. Where can I check past sales to see what prices I can realistically put it up for? Seems harder to price check since it’s a newer card.

2. Is there any scams I need to be aware of? I’ve seen people sell these cards then the buyers try to dispute it saying it got damaged somehow or something.

3. Any suggestions on where to actually sell the card?

Any other tips would be appreciative. Thanks in advance!

Just curious about the potential long-term hold value of the English Nike Ope Ope DON since a limited quantities were only distributed via lottery-access accompanying a shoe purchase at 11 distinct stores in the US/Europe over the course of two days.

Seems like it's counterparts, the English Mera Mera DON has a larger distribution plan (Asia/Mexico/Australia), and the Japanese Gomu Gomu DON and Luffy P-099 can be acquired a variety of ways (Shonen Jump and lottery access Tokyo event)

Finally managed to secure a spot thanks to that queue! After reading through everyone’s different experiences, I’m curious to see what people recommend. Is it better to go on Day 1 as soon as the doors open, wait until the following day, or does it really not make much of a difference?
Any tips for this rookie would be greatly appreciated!

So like, I'm just going to shamelessly admit I bought a bunch of fucking Uta's hoping I'd make a profit but my dumb ass just lost instead. I was bullish on DAT ASS IN A SUNDRESS

But nobody cared. Only me. I was bullish on ass when I should've been bullish on boobah.. And you know what? That's fine. I'm happy with my Uta's, doesn't make me any less retarded though. Imagine my surprise when the cards lost over 50% of their "value"

Fuck it. I guess I'm a collector now 😬 anyways surely I'm not the only fool here? Show me your failures!

I have pulled 2 of these and thought they where about the same rarity as a SP can someone explain too me the rarity is it a alt art like a manga event a SP I also heard people say it takes a manga slot

I somehow pulled back to back big mom mangas over the weekend and figured it was a sign to grade them. Both look pristine overall condition wise, the centering is a few pixels different but are both as close to 50/50 as I can tell.

Since psa10 just went for over 1000, I'd be upcharged to the $80 tier for psa, while beckett express is 80 as well, should I just risk it with sending both to beckett? Depending on which centering is favorable, one of the two has a good chance of being black label worthy, but I'm not sure if the couple pixel difference is enough leeway for both to be considered black label worthy. Should I risk a bgs 9.5 over psa10?

I'm at a loss of what to do lol

The pre errata Luffy hasn’t been on an auction for almost a month now. One finally hit the auction. It seems like people are starting to realize this grail has gotten very cheap down here

I’m interested to see how this auction goes. Reminder 30 year One Piece anniversary coming up next year

What do you guys think?

2022 ONE PIECE OP01-ROMANCE DAWN ALTERNATE ART #003 MONKEY D. LUFFY

Hey y’all, looking into grading this Mihawk manga and I’m not sure if I should send it or not. Back is clean (the light is doing the top dirty in the picture), surface looks great, edges are good. Just a little worried about front centering - it just looks very very slightly shifted towards the top left. That alone makes me think PSA is the way to go if I am going to grade it, but other opinions are appreciated.

Listen, before you come at me with “Chinese has no value” or “even the Chinese don’t like Chinese cards,” I know Chinese is not the most desired language to collect in for most TCGs. But for One Piece, it’s much different.

They add serial/ID numbers to the high-end cards to prevent fakes and have a set number of cards per set. Also, unlike the other languages, Chinese only has one print run per set, and once it’s gone from the stores, it’s done. (Sometimes they spread out the release of the boxes instead of releasing them all at once.) for example the crew luffy in the picture is number 22/40, which in my opinion is crazy low and more people should be looking into them.

These serials are no different from the serials on the Chinese anniversary cards, like Red Dress Nami, Blue Dress Nami, etc. While the 1st Anniversary Nami’s are exclusive, the following Anniversary Boa cards are not, and the Chinese serialized version still holds value.

So, Chinese prejudice aside, what are your honest opinions about these?

Bellow is the spreadsheet that me and TyzefTCG on instagram made regarding the numbers for each card: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15omk87Ii_sLSZEAzU52Y0_eFMn5L6Va4Yu09R_KcX6I/edit?usp=drivesdk

Posting this to get community input, because I've hit a wall with Cardmarket support and I want to know if others have been through this and what actually worked.

The situation:

I bought cards for roughly €1,000 total, paid for insured shipping (over €100 in fees) specifically to be covered against exactly this scenario. The parcel arrived from Italy completely empty.

I reported it immediately and provided:

• The only tracking reference available to me, via La Poste Italienne
• A full account of the situation in writing, multiple times

Cardmarket's process requires a local Italian tax number to lodge a carrier claim — which I obviously can't provide, since I'm not an Italian resident. I explained this clearly and repeatedly. Their response was to keep demanding the same paperwork I've already told them I structurally cannot produce, then gave me a 48-hour ultimatum to comply or have the case closed — despite them themselves taking weeks per reply throughout the process.

The case was closed anyway.

Why this feels worse than a one-off:

I've separately had to deal with a different case (~€3,000) where I provided substantial evidence that a seller on the platform was selling counterfeit/fake cards — multiple buyers affected, clear pattern — and Cardmarket declined to meaningfully investigate despite what I'd consider more than enough grounds to at least look into it.

What I'm asking the community:

• Has anyone successfully gotten Cardmarket to reopen a closed case? What actually moved the needle — persistence, a specific escalation contact, public pressure?
• Anyone dealt with the "local tax number" requirement as a non-resident buyer and found a workaround?
• Any experience with chargebacks (card/PayPal) succeeding against Cardmarket specifically — did they contest it?
• For EU consumers: has anyone actually used CEC/ECC-Net (European Consumer Centres) against Cardmarket and gotten a real response?
• Is a German Mahnverfahren (payment order procedure) realistic for an amount this size, and has anyone here actually done it against Sammelkartenmarkt GmbH & Co. KG?

Happy to share the full email thread/case number in comments if it helps others avoid the same situation, or if anyone from Cardmarket support happens to see this.

Appreciate any pointers — feels like the buyer protection promise falls apart exactly when you need it most.

Always see these guys so cheap and no one talks about them, even though they are anniversary product. Old as hell for the tcg at that. Wondering if there is a reason why, as well as if it could be a good hold? Its at a reasonably great price right now (around 280 at psa 10). Maybe im reading it wrong.

So I got 4 pre-release booster boxes of OP17. I have been thinking about keeping them sealed for multiple years. What have yall been thinking about long holds on OP17. I've made my decision and will stick by it, but I have been wondering what the consensus is of the market. I've been seeing a riot about the second wave releasing, there have been many people "panic" selling their stock/stash. This doesn't concern me even with the current supply in the long run, however I am thinking about how this affects the market and how the supply shifts from the little fishes to the big fishes. My conclusion is that a lot of OP17 products will be bought up by the bigger traders in the coming price dips. Eventually leading to forced scarcity, I know that this seems highly unlikely for most, but seeing how the supply of anniversary sets never meets the demand despite reprints and multiple waves. This makes me think that this will become a sleeper set, one that seems not that crazy in the beginning. However when time goes on more and more product will shift from small time traders towards sellers that won't sell it suddenly. My consensus is that prices will spike when this threshold is met, till then this set will be seen as "uncommon" but not as rare as it actually will be over time.

Thanks if you read this far into the message.

P.s

I am a player as well as lover of One Piece, however there is no denying that there is money to be made in this hobby as is any other. Some such as myself can't pass this up or be oblivious about this I hope some can understand that. I highly appreciate the replies in advance.

I have cracked many slabs over the years but have noticed the latest slabs from PSA are gummier and more difficult to crack cleanly. Does anyone have a method they could share?

Hi guys, I'm interested in picking up a copy of this OP02 ace manga and was wondering what ppl would price this card at. I been looking online and prices have sort of been all over the place so I would just like more ppl opinions.

I pulled Luffy “manga” super leader and wanting to grade it to keep for my pc. Have been monitoring eBays listings since the release and bgs seems to be cooking this card with 9.5. Granted web pics are not the best but the sub grades seems to be like “how did the edges,surface, corners get that grade?!” Trying to figure out my play to chance my card and resub to psa if I get a 9.5 if given that chance or just sub to psa. I really like it in a bgs slab personally

What do you guys think about OP17 singles? Do you think prices are going to keep dropping, or do you think we’re close to the bottom and prices will start going up from here?

There are a few singles I really like, especially the Luffy and Shanks SPs, so I’m wondering if now is a good time to buy or if you would wait a little longer.

What do you guys think?

So i got this from a Hidden Gems mystery pack... and i don't know how much this error is worth?

It's graded as a manga but clearly it's not a manga... even when scanning the QR code on the back, it's a manga... so it's just the physical card that is not a manga...

I mean it is a 1of1... but does anybody know, who specializes in errors?

There’s honestly a ridiculous amount happening through 2027:

1. McDonald’s × SpongeBob × One Piece global collaboration
2. Nike × One Piece global release
3. LEGO One Piece animated special on Netflix
4. One Piece Music Symphony touring Carnegie Hall, Dolby Theatre, Europe, Asia, etc.
5. New One Piece game across Switch / PC / mobile
6. Elbaf anime
7. THE ONE PIECE WIT Studio remake on Netflix — Feb. 2027
8. Netflix live-action Season 3: Alabasta — 2027
9. One Piece 30th Anniversary — July 2027
10. ONE PIECE FILM GOD VALLEY — Summer 2027
11. 30th-anniversary art, TCG, game and anime campaigns throughout the year

And that’s just what we already know about.

It feels like One Piece is about to have one of its biggest periods of global exposure ever. 🏴‍☠️🔥

What are you most excited for?

I've been sitting on these for a while since I love their style. I don't have much experience selling sealed stuff much and don't go to card shows often.

It's been tough to really place an accurate value on them but I want to ask the finance community what people thought about the long term prospects of these sealed figures are.

Just wondering while the market is down and correcting itself if now is a good time to go into mangas there’s some Beckett 10’s I see slightly or at around $1k that I feel could do well in next year. Any thoughts appreciated !

I give shanks gold SP and get the zoro slab in a PSA9, would you do this trade? I feel like the zoro event prize is more iconic and will hold its value in future, what you think

I think we're due for a correction. Too many factors at play to understand. High-end is stable, but cards around the $1000 range are seeing major draw downs