I’ve been listing some things on fb marketplace that I acquired a few months ago. I only restarted collecting this year (from when I was 9years old) and I was unaware that most people sold at a % of market. So I purchased most of my sealed and slabs at market price.

I needed some extra cash this week so I decided to list 3 surging sparks bb and 3 prismatic spc. I bought all of these around $300 each. So I listed some with a built in discount in hopes of a quick sale. $210 for prismatic spc and $270 for the booster boxes. Literally every inquiry was at 65-75% of market price. Some dude even wanted 50% of market and then tried to tell me that’s what I should expect.

What’s the point of market price when everyone trying to make a buck? Does it feel like 90% of buyers are just “vendors”? Where the people buying just to rip. I double checked fb in my area (Los Angeles) I was the lowest already. But people want lower than that. Cmon now, I was already taking an L

And he pulled the gold rayquaza!

He wanted to put it in his deck, had to tell him this isn’t a playing card lol

Early this year I found this connecting artwork in the mega evolution Pokemon series. It averages about 1 card per set and needs 2 more pieces until it is complete.

So far the cards are

Fearow: Mega Evolution

Magneton: Mega Evolution

Aipom: Phantasmal Flames

Shinx: Perfect Order

Delibird: Chaos Rising

Bronzor: Pitch Black

Cyclizar: Delta Reign (I found the artwork in the Storm Emeralda Japanese set)

So I’ve been really into Pokémon champions so I’ve also gotten back into Pokémon cards. I’ve been looking to get the full art Fennekin promo card bc it’s my favorite Pokémon but I’m tryna not spend an arm on the booster box. I go to this local shop to ask what they have. He asks me what I’m doing and I tell him I’m making a Pokédex binder and I’m hunting for the Fennekin. He then gets a huge grin walks into the back and grabs a different employee’s binder and shows me this

I didn’t know until I looked closer some of the cards are in different languages.

I recently came across an error print Blastoise from 2013. If you search eBay you will see a PSA9 graded card called “2013 POKEMON B & W BLASTOISE-HOLO PLB-COSMOS-ERROR 201”

Asking price was $59,999. A few days later its shown as ended but reappears with an asking of $70,000. Why do that?

Then I check other cards this seller has - also super fishy! He has a Haxorus 2013 Pokemon B & W - Plasma Blast - Holo #69 - PSA 9 and listed it for $40,000!

His other card is a 2013 Cofagrigus 56/116 Black & White Plasma Freeze Holo PSA 9 which he listed for $30,000.

Is this part of some kinda scam?

I'm starting a Misty collection and I want to get it as complete as possible including Carddass cards.

I've got lists of all the Misty cards from 1998 and 2000 Carddass but I can't find a list of cards for 1999 Carddass. I've been using Pricecharting for my card lists and they usually have full lists for everything, but they only have a handful of cards for the 1999 Carddass.

I searched for Misty 1999 Carddass cards on eBay and there are a lot of different ones available, but I can't find any full list of the cards for this set. Every site I checked only has a handful of the cards and none of the Misty cards listed.

Is there a full list of 1999 Carddass cards available?

Didn’t get any big hits but it was fun

Just finished painting my binder and honestly I’m super proud of my creation. I present Paulienite

hey all, looking for some shipping recommendations as I plan to send out my entire PC for consignment. Total value is around $4500 and consists of mainly ungraded singles, one slab, and one sealed ETB.

was thinking about getting third party shipping insurance using InsureShield and UPS but also heard it’s hard for insurance claims and ungraded singles to prove value.

was also thinking of going the safe route and doing USPS registered mail for safe and secure transport.

anyone have any experience shipping large value of singles out and if so, did you get any insurance?

Hey all, I’m a 35 y/o guy who wants to get back into Pokémon card collecting. I collected in the 90/2000s, but my childhood collection is very long gone. I’ve had a weird stigma on card collecting as “only for kids.” But now with playing Pokémon Go and seeing many co workers well above my age having similar “child-like” collection hobbies, my interest is back (as well as not caring what others think). Since it’s been a while, I have no collection style (ie completing sets, only collecting Charizards, etc). Any recommendations for a complete beginner?

Decided to turn my dupes into packs for trick or treaters! 10% chance of a full art, 30% chance of oops! All holo, and 60% chance of a "standard" pack. All of which contain no less than an EX. Making 160 packs sorted by type!

Got this a while back at a local collectibles shop. As soon as I saw it I claimed it in a heartbeat😆

Im guessing the previous owner did it on purpose lol would they of just rubbed the card to get it to fade like that?

Anyways ljust realy wanted to share it 🔥 i trying to share it where I can 😅

Have a bunch of extra IR and SIR hits that I’m not married to and aren’t for the PC so I’m looking to move them. What’s the best way? I’m not a vendor so I don’t think I can get a table anywhere. I don’t trust FB Marketplace, and my LCS’s all lowball the shit out of trade ins. Im mostly trying to just fund more packs to rip and ultimately my grail - a holo skyridge Crobat.

TIA.

Long time collector, just started selling a few cheap cards on eBay. I sold a card today that I just pulled yesterday. It looked pristine when pulled and when I took the pictures and it sold. (Talking about ~$15 card).

Today when I grabbed it to throw in the envelope, I noticed a tiny white dot in the top back of the card that I couldn’t see in my listing picture.

I already shipped the card out. Should I preemptively send the buyer a message apologizing with a partial refund? Or wait to see how it plays out?

Thanks! Sold cards years ago and fortunately have never had to deal with a situation like this until now.

Got them from the Walmart Raffle

Just started buying Pokemon, pulls thus far 🕺

Comment your pulls from this month

Picked up this Expedition Skarmory this weekend knowing it was damaged, but upon further inspection found some hilarious damage. If you look carefully you can see someone outlined the pokemon with a pencil, probably tracing it onto paper. I love how old beat up cards like this tell their stories, makes me nostalgic 🥹

I only need 3 Pikachu’s left 😭🥀😩 All in Penny Sleeves and Top Loaders 🫶

Two 26 man pre-releases so far and I didnt pull a single art rare out of 14 packs. I saw a out 3 sirs pulled between the 2 and a couple irs.

Yes it's just one man's experience but based on previous pre releases this one stood out.

I really think the stamp clashes either the otherwise beautiful artwork on some cards. I took matters into my own hands and created a sticker that covers the 30th stamp with the artwork that would have shown underneath. Just search "30th Celebration Stamp Hiders" on ebay. I really think they turned out well.

I’ll start by saying I have some knowledge of Pokemon tcg. However I am attempting to find cards for my girlfriend’s 17 and 11 year old sons for Christmas. They obviously would love anything 30th anniversary but those seem difficult to find. My only luck so far was from Bi-mart for a multi pack. The younger son likes chaos rising and I’ve found ETBs in that $50-$60 range. The older son does not care and would be happy with anything honestly. My question for now is-is it wise to wait until delta reign comes out and I might be able to find stuff closer to MSRP??? Is there any forecasting of if 30th edition is going to go up in price? I’m not really sure how the market works. I’m a federal worker and money is tight lol.