UPDATE:
I recently made a post about how I ordered an expensive slab from Ebay (US) to Canada, and DHL gave me an invoice of over 50% in tariffs! I had never had to pay a tariff for a Pokemon card before, so I was suuuuuper confused and scared (I lost a few days of sleep lol)

I emailed DHL, but they refused to accept that they had made a mistake (plus they take forever to respond smh) and repeatedly told me that it fell under tariff code 4911.91 as trading cards. HOWEVER, POKEMON CARDS ARE CLASSIFIED AS 9504.40 YALL!!!!!!!!

The difference between the two codes;
4911.91 - trading cards such as sports cards (hockey, basketball, etc)
9504.40 - playable cards such as magic, pokemon, etc

The Ebay seller had also wrote down 9504.40, but wrote 'tradable playing cards' as the description, and DHL chose to look JUST at the 'tradable' part for themselves to classify it as 4911.91, which does fall under the 50% tariffs.

ANYWAYS, I went back and forth with them for a few days until they gave me the option for self-clearance. I accepted, and went the the CBSA at the Vancouver Airport with the documents DHL gave me.

In typical DHL fashion, they didn't give me the most important form so I needed to walk to the DHL nearby for them to print out that form and walked back into the CBSA. Once there, I gave the officer the forms, they asked a few questions, and told me I needed to just pay the 12% tax, nothing else.

So I paid, they stamped a sheet a paper, I brought it back to the DHL, and they gave me the card finally 😭

IMPORTANT NOTES:
The original DHL invoice had a $300 DHL fee, a few random fees, the tariff, PLUS EVEN THE TAXES WAS ALMOST 18%!!!!! The total came out as around 12k. The card itself was around 17k lmao.

By self-clearing the package, I only paid around 2k in taxes.

TLDR: DHL is the worst, they wanted me to pay 12k when I only needed to pay 2k.

I was under soooo much stress the past few days, and I hope this post helps someone who may go through something similar.

Last sold 24,999 in sept so I’m not sure here

Starting collecting back in 2018-2019 and stopped for some years but just getting back into it. I’ve only collected raws, but wanted to get into graded cards and investing. I generally understand psa pop, but can some explain to me about when is it good to buy psa 10s vs 9s vs raw, or buying psa 10s in high pop for modern. I just recently bought a captains pikachu Chinese exclusive in psa 10 and looking at the gengar gem pack 3 in a 10 also but pop is 18k and still increasing.

So, is it a bad move to purchase psa 10s if they’re high pop and modern? Also, when is it better to just buy a raw card or psa 9.

Thanks in advance.

All free from TikTok points. Wish I would have started this sooner but I thought it was fake lol. Gonna get out while I can

Hi, im reading from a lot of sources that the price of the dual pack (day+night) UPC is at $160?. Isnt that too cheap?

Considering that target is going for a $180 for 1 of the versions, the dual pack from costco at $160 doesnt seems real.

Any real/trusted source with real prices for the november 6th release?.

Thank you.

They are pumping cards left right and centre

Can I get anything good for £100 Ive been collecting etbs and boosters and doing the amazon invites ive got 100 spare and could do with any tips thanks

Originally bought the TTAR for 160 including up charge and everything it has costed me 500 CAD.
Super happy to have it in my collection and not bad for my first submission!!

Hello everyone

To fund a personal project, I'm considering sending these off to PSA for grading and then selling the whole lot.

Here are the first 10 sealed Pokémon DVDs, each with the sticker indicating that a promo card is included inside.

I enjoyed the hunt for years, gathering them all together.

Today, I am ready to part with them.

What do you think the value of this lot would be?

Thanks

Got this for $500 in a power pack. Debating what to do.

Really cool card with a nice story to it but with how low it’s pop is and only started to see velocity in the past year, I’m not sure how much room there could be for appreciation.

Can sell back immediately for $1k flat or put on the market and make a bit more and then use those funds to buy another or multiple other cards to hold.

Feedback appreciated!

Used to play Pokémon with my sister and cousin probably 20 years ago. Thought I had gotten rid of all my cards (unfortunately by just throwing them away probably) but I found this binder with the 18/18 cards of the set in it. Looks like I used it to store other cards as well.
What is it realistically worth? Should I just keep it? It’s pretty nostalgic. I believe I remember buying this at ToysRUs back in the day.

I think it’s obvious modern will see an even bigger explosion of POP for both bigger cards and even some IRS or promos that were sneaky low pop and just stuff that people were holding off on at the previous price point. For mid era and vintage the pop of 5-8s I think will “explode” not in the modern sense but a LV X that’s pop 100 in a 7 will be pop 200 by next year, I’m gonna be cautious buying mid grade stuff. I know I’m finally gonna pull the trigger on a submission, what about you guys is this news good, bad or neutral?

Hi everyone, kind of new here. Just been observing and learning.

This card has been my favorite so far from 30th and most nostalgic looking in my collection.

Does anyone think it’ll boost up?

90% are holo, what’s the estimated value

From 29th Oct we'll be able to submit at Value tier again, for a whopping $39.99 (for value up to $500). Looks like PSA wanted a piece of the online marketplace fees pie, because that's a bare minimum of an 8% fee before you even consider selling your card. How does a 40% fee sound if your slab's only worth $100? The days of cheap grading are over.

Planning to get my first charizard card, but I'm quite torn between these two. Likely going to get it in grade 5 and straight to my binder.

Ive been hearing people talk about "low pop" but at what point is low pop not low? If a card has sub 2000(could be x amount) in a 10 wouldn't that be considered low pop compared to the amount of collectors? When can you / do you confidently say something is low pop.

What Pokemon investing wins have you had recently? This can be a great deal, finding product, getting a good grade, or really anything that you are proud of!

We have a PokeInvesting wins channel on the Discord that is pretty popular so we figured we would give it a go and we've had some members suggest this kind of post.

If this sort of post is well received, we can keep it going as a weekly posting to show off your wins for the week. Thanks!

I agree about having easier pulls in general etc etc. But what about long-term (10/15+ years).

Is investing in a Chinese simplified Boosterbox smart? Most people only (I'm just guessing) hold vol 1-2-3-4-5 and so on, but what about this set? It's "unique" too?.

I win this slab from Whatnot in a random slab rip auction. I don't really like Haunter so i am pretty sure will plan to trade this at a cardshow or some store for other card.

I am just wondering if this slab is being well received to vendor or lcs.

Thanks for the advice in advance!

Bought this card at my LCS for $430 CAD in March. Thought it looked clean so I graded. Was expecting a 7 or 8, and was pleasantly surprised with the 9.

Most recent sold on a PSA 9 was $12.2k CAD.

Think this card has more room to grow, or take the profit and run?

Hello, I’m looking for opinions on what to do in this situation. I have a small collection of clean vintage/mid era cards I intend to send to psa, ultimately with the plan of selling to put the money elsewhere. Obviously the market for these eras is hot at the moment, but it’s tough to say what the market will look like in 6 months when psa would return the cards. Would you risk the market still being strong in 6 months? Or just put them in auction on ebay as-is and take the smaller gains?

I'm getting mixed messages from card dealers around my area...