Dissipated Dipshit EditionPrevious Thread: >>59667055FAQ: https://pastebin.com/MypNBzca
How come TCGplayer sellers offer so many cards for just a few cents each? The same ones at card shows or card shops are way more expensive.
>>59684171Based Pokemon Stadium Action 3Ds. Got the full folder of those thanks to a fat fuck friend in the mirror back in the day.
>still buying physical
>still buying modern
need somewhere to vent abt the deceptive practices of a gacha. too embarassed to admit i fell for it to anyone who knows me. tldr they advertised 200% bonus play credit on your first deposit but then after the transaction goes through, tell you the bonus play credit is unlocked through using your real credit for play, at a rate of 2 percent. I wasn't allowed to just play everything at once. This means you have to play 50X worth the bonus amount to unlock it, which is practically impossible to do with the amount you deposited, since of course you're most likely to be losing 40-50% of your deposit every play. I was fortunate enough to only lose a hundred bucks on this and I'm not really mad about that, but I do really think this should be categorized as a type of fraud and more than ever I want some sort of rules to be created for online gambling. For fucks sake, I'm in Vegas for work trips every month and still I have never felt this taken advantage of in any of their casinos ever. I will be okay but I can only imagine the gambling addicts out there that will not.
>>59684558I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you in the wrong thread?
>>59684573no
>In July 2003, The Pokémon Company took the place of Wizards of the Coast as publisher for the cards. The first set published by Pokémon USA, Inc. was EX Ruby and Sapphire.Is it fair to say then that true "vintage" cards are only those that were made by Wizards of the Coast?Vintage cards are only 2003 and below
>Selling card as MP>Basically a quick "not worth grading" disclaimer>Receive messageLET ME SEE EDGES CORNERS>y u do dis
>>59685088yes, that's where "mid-era" starts
I bought a WOTC card on saturday. £2. I did forget where a table was that had a load of e reader cards, and there was a cool pre release card I saw, but walked away before buying it. I'm aiming for 3 cardshows next year. In the same places I went this year, but then 1 extra. I didn't do too bad for my 2nd show, came home with money and a decent amount of cards. But didn't remember any of the vendors who I bought cards off.
>>59684243Pokemon stadium for 3ds????thats my favorite handheld AND console wtf??with 3d function??i need the full gestalt
Got all the cards i wanted in my first china booster lmao cards look insane irl 75 cards costed jack shit lmao.They won
>>59685088Anything before 30th anniversary is vintage
>>59684558>Gacha>With % bonus credit>>>>Deceptive Woah I would have never guessed, I thought they gifted you both free money and free cards
These are the pulls from my latest Chinese booster box.
This gem just came in the mail.
>>59685463Action 3Ds not 3ds anon
>>59685492i mean the deceptive part shouldve been it remotely helping you not get completely rinsed. not it just being completely unusable. Like I said, free play at a casino is just free play, no retarded strings attached. It doesn't help you win, because you're never going to win, but it also isn't just a bold-faced lie.
>>59685662https://youtu.be/zcGv-bcIL-k?si=IP3xJ7mmLZmTB-no ??forgot to post muh cardsThey won
Is the new Chinese Hilda out yet? I can't even search on ebay without trash garbage coming up in the results.
>>59685619Nice how much did you get it for?
>>59686136$215 so just $30 more than ungraded so I figured I would pay extra
>>59686176Nice! I’ve been wanting to pick that card up for a while now.I actually just got these from a buddy of mine. I normally wouldn’t spend this much on cards, especially graded ones, but he gave me a pretty good deal at 70% of market value for both since he didn’t feel like dealing with selling them online or taking it to our LGS. Pretty happy with the pickup overall.
>still grading cards
>be me>find a seller with huge amount of rare vintage Pokemon cards>he doesn't have the card I want>DM him>"let me check">pulls out a NM/MINT raw pristine card>how much, sir?>it's more than double the already inflated market price, almost as much as a Beckett 9,5 already gradedI promised me to not pay the investorcucks extra premium, but I'm still tempted.
>>59685593Really nice pulls anon I like the N card but I prefer the original.>>596861326th of November. Thats if you want it first day release.
>>59686625Why are you tempted to pay double to this random seller specifically, though?
>>59686132Nah, just wait till November and buy some boxes from Aliexpress if you want to hunt. There are literally so many random AI generated gooner/slop cards around though, annoying to trawl through.
After 11 days, a parcel from Nippon has been dispatched. I need to remember the seller's name, and never use them again.
>>59686994Invoostors and scalpers exist for people like him, who even in front of evidence of ridiculous overpricing, they must consoom right now at any price.
Finally buyee sent my stuff after the PHP issue. I can't wait to pay an extra 50 for customs
Finished my old Neo sets. Funnily enough the last card i was missing for the longest time was Impostor professor Oak's invention
>>59687205This page is like $100k worth in investments
>>59687205Jesus man....
>>59687205Invest in magnet loaders, anon. These cards are not safe in a binder.
>invest
>>59686994>>59687145Because it's a rare vintage promo card, with low liquidity in the market in NM/MINT conditions.But I'm not gonna pay the equivalent of a PSA 9/BSG 9,5 for a raw card, I'll try to negotiate.
anyone in the queue?
>>59687487Yep, jumped from 10, to 2 to 4 hours. I actually just want some presents for my pack ripping fiend friend for Xmas, probably won’t even be able to check out like last time though..
>>59687422These are assets, more profitable than stocks and bonds
Asset my balls in your mouth
>>59686625Nah fuck that dude at that point just buy the already graded version at that point.
>>59687466Is it just not possible to get it at market elsewhere? Or is it just a matter of wanting a reputable seller and not gambling on an eBay rando?
If youre a true collector why would you not take profit where possibly selling a few cards could cover what you paid for your entire collection so far? And why would you let these newfag subhumans profit off your hobby instead of long term true collectors like yourself? You are leaving more money to funnel into these investorbros pockets by not being actively involved in the market by selling and taking some share of the pool of money available in the market.
>>59687716Not in the same conditions.The few others NM cards available have white dots or little scratches and are anyway still almost the double than trending price.I could just wait 3-4 months and maybe the prices would normalize, Idk.
>>59687422Ok, scratch the fuck out of them. Fold then let the kids at the park have their way with them.
>>59687881>If youre a true collector why would you not take profit where possibly selling a few cards could cover what you paid for your entire collection so far?Because 90% of the browns in this general are incapable of thinking this far ahead. You're supposed to hang on to every single card you dont like or else you're an evil investor.
>/tcc/ doesn't even pretend they aren't /biz/ anymore
>basic money management is somehow /biz/ now
Pokemon cards aren’t investments. They are going to collapse in value after the AI bubble pops.
how do I just get some cards? my son found out about Pokemon and is now into the cards after his friend started showing up to school with them. we cruised by target a couple of times looking for cards but they're always sold out. It looks like Walmart sells boxes of multi packs for inflated prices. Im just looking for a couple of small packs at non inflated prices. any tips? are all the packs/series the same? is there only one series being sold at any given time?thanks
>>59688310Stop going to NPC slopshops and go to actual TCG stores.
>>59688349alright, I'll give it a shot. I figured box stores would be more likely to sell at msrp
>>59688294damn i can't wait two weeks till that happens!
>>59687968>Invest in child laborFuck off already
>>59688294The absolute top will be Coinbase adding the digital rip packs feature and the possibility to sell it for crypto.Screenshot this.
Meowth won China won pikachu lost
>>59688310Singles is your best bet and online if you're trying to collect or make a deck. Ripping gets you in the habit of buying packs and nothing else
What do you guys think? Worth grading?
>EX series booster pack costs $2000+>Gold stars, EXes and rare reverses pulled would fetch $2000+ >Alt language EX series booster pack costs $1000+>Alt language gold stars, EXes and rare reverses pulled would fetch $2000+ Tell me why this wouldn't be a good idea
>youtube showing me some fat retard shilling magic as THE investment and how NOW IS THE TIME to BUY BUY BUY because no one else isPlease dear god let mtg become the scalper game just as the players are quitting due to the faggot crossover slop
>>59688294Explain because I fail to connect AI going bust (unlikely btw) causing Pokemon to implodeYou know the lillie hype that started it all was happened in 2018 right? That is 4 years before AI took over
>>59689234People forget MTG was bigger than Pokemon and YGO combined and boomers hoarding it caused it to just become redundant in the eyes of zoomers and basedlennials, add to that Wizards focusing on commander and turning MTG into a family board game and what you have left is a husk of what MTG used to represent. Wizards and scalping boomers caused MTG to leave the general zeitgeist and now no one gives a fuck about magic as an investment because there is no liquidity in MTGSame goes for yugioh and their awful mismanagement of their IPIn short people ITT should be EXTREMELY glad scalpers exist
>>59689525>In short people ITT should be EXTREMELY glad scalpers existThis isn't an investoors thread.
>>59688978What does it smell like?
Incredibly low quality trash tread, please delete and remake it
>>59685088nah true vintage is up to 2007 :)
>>59688353A lot of TCG/gaming stores have pocket money binders for kids and bulk/accessories to build decks for cheap, plus if you get in good they’ll often have customer preorders for new sets.
>>59689234Riftbound is pretty rife with investoors, as is Gundam and I imagine the new Naruto TCG will be. It’s more of a matter of said investoors actually being able to cash out of Pokemon to fully ruin other TCGs before the bubble pops and not just shill and exchange cards with eachother to drive market up.
>>59689525Yu Gi Oh is very resilient against scalping because they regularly reprint old cards and sets.
Finally an exclusive stamp for an event next to my home!
>>59689925Based chicken enjoyer
>>59689845hell yeah thanks
>>59689925You're missing the non-holo RS one.
are there any packs that collectors aren't into? like the theme of the pack is just classic pokemon but no valuables?
>>59690659halloween and pogo packs
>>59690659Fun packs from magazines? Best they have is reverse holos from my recollection.
>Find niche site in neighbouring country selling cards advertised as NM/M for reasonable prices>They actually are
>Set about 20 cards free from their psa and beckett cagesHow come some of the cards were inside sleeves aswell while some were just rawdogging it inside the cases?
>>59691733Post the slab carcasses here. Also I wouldn’t know but I assume either lazy practice from the cert company or somebody finessed a card out and replaced it with a fake.
>6 posts in 24hDead hobby see you on 35th anni
Invoosters killed us
>haven't hit on a walmart lottery drawing in 3 whole weeksI might be cooked... I just want 1 (ONE) Prismatic ETB. Have never opened a single one in the entire time it's been released because scumfuck scalpers have ruined finding product in person and there's no fucking way I'm paying $100+ for one. I've already given up ever getting a Super Premium Collection. But not even an ETB? Pokemon Center better reprint the shit out of this set when their new factory finishes next year.So ridiculous how a billion dollar company can't reprint their sets to meet demand. If they can make plushies card sleeves and other merch print to order why not cards, no other card game has this problem
How does it feel to know you precious futuristic rare cards came from Pocket?
>>59692755damn it. *yourmy point is nulled
Miscuts that I thought were on purpose bc they r all holo
>fake slab sold during an auction for almost $300ktop kek
>>59693399Bretty funny, honestly. PSA’s fault once again for not uploading a scan and now Fanatics are asking them to deactivate the cert so it screws over the guy whose slab they sold a fake of.
>>59685088>>59685184>>59689553Anything generally becomes "vintage" after 20 years have passed
>>59687211I hate jews so much. I remember when I could have bought all this for less than 1000$
>normies even know about overgraded Moonbreon slopIt’s over. The containment has been breached. Sell your shit now before it’s too late.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zik7bHw0GV0&pp=ygUUcG9rZW1vbiBtYXJrZXQgY3Jhc2g%3D&ra=m
>>59685859Thats a 3DS console. The original poster was referring to a set of lenticular cards called Action 3D's (not the 3DS console) showing Pokemon Stadium 3D Pokemon models (a huge draw of stadium back then) moving around or evolving. These were distributed randomly in packets of chips in Australia in the early 2000s. Their picrel was of the folder you could purchase at your local supermarket to put the 3D cards in. In other words, they were collectible cards called "3D"s not the 3DS console.
>>59693655This guy makes videos and never gets the facts straight, his predictions are also always wrong. I don't understand why people watch this pencil neck
>>59693399>>59693492Fake slabs are even popping up in those GameStop power packs, that probably means someone at psa is in on it because these cards are being vaulted. Expect raw singles to skyrocket and slabs to experience a dip due to a lack of trust until those idiots fix the situation
>>59694041PSA are too big and lazy to fix anything, let’s be real. They’re coasting off sports card unc money and know invoostoors will keep using them mindlessly because they haven’t realised they’re holding the bag yet.
I boughtededed..........
>>59694564Wat boughted
These are the pulls from my latest simplified Chinese box. I just bought a box of 20 packs for $70 which is an all time low….nearly MSRP which is $52
>>59693707I read what you wrote and realized it feels good not giving a shit about cardboard fuckachu gamejew inc or australian crisps. I hope CHYNA reprints all sets and sinks japan into the sea
I'd like this card more if the background didnt look like a random cog
>>59693655It's not over until Coinbase launches their gambling service
I only collect pocket monsters from the KANTO region
Mail day, breddy gud 30th + rirries smile
>>59695704A nigga after my own heart. Cool pick ups.
>>59695704I love the 3 birds so much. I'll probably just buy those singles.
ASC rirries crefa is next
>>59693399What's a good way to get away with doing this?
>>59696177This investment page is worth $10,000 desu
>>59696273>investmentNo one cares faggot
>>59696273Shut up, I'm not investing at all.
>>59696167That texture
this guy has gotten fucking nothing but its Snorunt and Froslass have gotten multiple
>>59696359we love a little texture
Okay next try here in the right section: Hey, I need some advice. I bought this card on its 20th anniversary when it came out. I asked someone in Japan to get it for me and ship it over. The problem is, back then people weren't total turbo-autists about Pokémon yet, so he just shipped it normally. As you can see, the corner has a tiny ding/dent. How would PSA grade something like this? I'm thinking about sending it in.
>>59696802It would get a psa 6, maybe a psa 7 if psa is feeling generous. I would send that card to a card cleaner and have that dent and scratches fixed.
>>59696826that little dent is a big problem? oh... i think psa 7 or 8 but 6 is really hard... thanks
>>59696839Dents automatically get dropped down to a psa 6, but sometimes psa gives dented cards a 7 if the dent is subtle.
>>59696242What other ooga booga langauge are you gonna get it in? Why can't you just stick to English or Japanese?
we out here
>>59696273That spread is not worth that much lol Each of the holos are $100 at best.
Finally sold this putrid card
And got these instead
why
Got a toploader binder. Seems alright.
>>59697548
>>59697548>>59697556
>>59696957Specifically to make autists like (You) seethe.I'll get ASC lillie in Italian probably
Why does everyone know the value of cards now. I just wanna collect some cards from my childhood ffs.Not a chance of aunties or uncs selling "old Pokémon playing cards" of their kids anymore.
>>59696250>look for older pics on reddit from dummies posting their slabs with the cert number showing>check to see if PSA didn’t upload a scan>obtain fake card>put in fake slab>obtain services of middleman to sell it on fanatics>?????>profit
>>59697650Ummm sorry bro I know what I got, now pay the price from ebay's highest ever listing in history (not sold) for my lightly played folded in half chewed by dog card.
>>59697275>>59697280The right choice anon. The Pikachu looks like a cheap promo card, while the Mews look like lovely rare vintage
