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Originally Posted by OneSickDegen
I went to the show here in Vegas at GVR yesterday and the line to get in was 100 yards that snaked down the hall and around the corner. Crazy. Tons of people looking for cash deals LOL
Talked to a couple dealers and they didn't wanna come off ebay comps for the few slabs/sealed product I was looking at. I don't understand that logic but whatever.
Found one hobby box and a bunch of cheap supplies I needed and got outta there.
Pokemon plus sportscard autist BO was thick. I was in and out in under an hour LOL
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Dealers are still at the denial stage of the hobby recession, which is still the earliest stage. Their pride is still speaking loudly and they would rather die with their cards clutched to their hands than lose a single penny on a sale.
Anger is the next stage. They will start to wonder and obsess over why their hot cards aren’t moving at 150% eBay comps. They will start to get irritable at the idiot customers who keep on “lowballing” them.
After a few more months, bargaining starts to set in. They realize their set up costs continue to rise and opportunity costs continue to mount and they start to pray that they pull some monsters in the group breaks they keep participating in to make up some costs and hope the cards of the players they invested in start to skyrocket come call up and playoff time.
Then the nasty depression starts to set in. The offseason is coming and they are stuck with heavy bags and prices keep dropping and they still can’t get anywhere close to what he’s got his cards priced at. People start to pass up his table at every show he does cause he’s got the same old cards with the same old prices on them every single time. He’s lost his day job and his wife is angry at him for not selling at the peak, where he could have made triple the money.
Finally acceptance kicks in the following year. He dumps his whole inventory at a major loss cause his wife is threatening to leave him for screwing up the household finances. He leaves the hobby forever except for getting into one cheap break on occasion for the impossible chance of hitting that million dollar card, holding a “will work 4 food” sign as he gathers money for his next group break.