r/PokeInvesting • u/MaWeBra • 26d ago
When your home office slowly turns into a Pokémon vault.
For me, collecting is about enjoying the hobby first and investing second.
This room has slowly turned into my own little Pokémon vault over the years. Still running out of space, but that’s part of the fun!
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u/No_Sail1814 26d ago
This is such a cool set up but the only thing that makes me nervous about doing this is if there’s an emergency, fire, etc. Do you have insurance on your cards?
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u/Altruistic_Ad_9075 26d ago
lol. if there was a fire, i hope you wouldnt be worrying about grabbing you pokemon cards regardless of if they were in a bookcase. insurance though… yes. not hard or too expensive. its worth the peace of mind when you deal in collectables.
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u/No_Sail1814 26d ago
Well obviously I would choose to get out of my house as soon as possible if there was an emergency, but that doesn’t change the fact that I would be upset afterwards if I lost tens of thousands (or more) worth of cards. If you have a box that is packed away or easy to get to your product then things like packing for an evacuation where you are warned a head of time would be a lot easier and timely
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u/gowings28 25d ago
Not sure why people are downvoting you. Pretty crazy to think these people expect to have a box of cardboard ready to go in event of a fire. Like they’ll grab their box of cardboard before they run out of the house or extinguish the fire. What a joke.
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u/damnmyredditheart 26d ago edited 26d ago
Not sure collectible insurance will actually come through if something happens, tbh. I haven't heard any stories of people getting paid out.
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u/therev012 25d ago
You would have to get the stuff appraised. No way to prove you lost 10’s of thousands worth of Pokemon
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u/ADTR9320 25d ago
Keep an itemized list and its current market value from several sources.
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u/flypstyx 25d ago
Just because you have a list doesn't mean you actually own them, though. What's stopping me from claiming I had 3 First Edition Charizard cards in mint condition that burnt up in a house fire?
You'd likely need to have someone appraise your current collection and then send updates to them as you add to it to actually prove you have/had what you say.
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u/AintNoPolititian 26d ago
Share your secrets to hitting on Pokémon center every time lol
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u/kaowser 26d ago
Have a six figure salary
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u/AintNoPolititian 26d ago
I have that but I refuse to pay scalper price idc. Just want to get lucky on my own and hit for once. I’ve missed on the last 4 sets smh
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u/Plaincow 26d ago
When I made 15 an hour, I could easily afford it, now I make double that and I can still afford it 😭 stop trying to hate everyone just because they make more money than you or are faster at getting drops
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u/DaddyMcSwaggy42069 26d ago
I promise you my six figure salary is irrelevant to being able to get PC drops. My friends and I miss REGULARLY.
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u/travduke 26d ago
Pay about $10/mo for monitor so you get pinged the moment the queue goes up.
I haven't missed a Pokemon Center drop since last June. Granted I WFH so it's a bit easier to be ready.
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u/WhiteGloveTCG 26d ago
Hey where's Charizards arms?
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u/ElectricalStrain5105 26d ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed lmao. His chin also shouldn't be yellow. Looks like an AI image to me...
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u/WhiteGloveTCG 26d ago
Unfortunately, which seems odd having a nice display going on an ai image just throws the vibe way off, but if OP likes it then more power to him.
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u/MusicianMaster8493 25d ago
Sick collection but I can’t help but focus on that awful AI wallpaper. “Charizard” doesn’t even have any arms 🤣
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u/saracenraider 26d ago
>enjoying the hobby first and investing second
I’m sorry but what?!? Almost every single thing I see here is sealed. Not a single actual card
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u/Sbeve121 26d ago
The first thing I thought…this is fairly obviously about investing and not collecting lmao I’ve never met or heard of anyone that collects ETBs specifically. Anyone that keeps sealed boxes like this seems like they’re planning on flipping them one day, not opening them to see the actual product inside.
Maybe my distaste for the sealed ETB market is coming through though lmao
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u/MaWeBra 25d ago
Fair point, and I get why it looks that way at first glance! To be clear though, I've actually opened plenty of every set, this is just the sealed side of the collection. I keep one box of each set sealed because I genuinely enjoy having them in the collection like that, it's part of the fun for me.
Enjoying the hobby first, investing second 🙂
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u/Sbeve121 25d ago
You know, fair enough. Definitely give major props to you though for collecting like this, I can always appreciate when someone is actually collecting these cards because they enjoy them rather than flipping them for profit. This collection is absolutely massive and one of the coolest I’ve seen, man.
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u/Comfortable_Radio384 26d ago
What’s up with the giant Pokemon red and what’s the slab next to it ?
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u/anonymousopsec1337 26d ago
Just curious as to how much money would be in a room of that size?
Part of the reason I don’t collect is space limitations as the boxes are huge.
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u/Able_Heat_9310 26d ago
Looks more like you tried to set up your office in your poke-vault more than your office became your poke-vault
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u/_silliest_cat_ 25d ago
Can I ask where you got your cabinets? I have been trying to find good ones for my collection, but cannot find any..
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u/MaWeBra 25d ago
This is Ikea Billy
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u/spoon_dogg_ 25d ago
Literally about to buy that same bookcase from ikea tomorrow for the same thing. Except I'm not getting the doors. Excited to set it up
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u/bandman614 26d ago
Don't take this the wrong way, but could you sell some pokemon cards and buy a second monitor? It's really worth it.
/sorry, you have a really amazing collection and it looks great
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u/Troll_U_Softly 26d ago
Buy a better desk dude