What goes up, must come down..

[boxbuster7]

I totally ignore pokemon

I don't understand it. respect it's cultural relevance but not for me.

[Big35Hurt]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Not only that, how do folks participate in Pokémon breaks?

Is that even a thing? If it is, I have no idea unless they go by the characters or go by characters that start A-D, E-H, etc.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Not only that, how do folks participate in Pokémon breaks?

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1601082

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Graded pop report numbers?

Something that goes up over time. Basically the opposite of the limited aspect of a numbered card.

[rwperu34]

This is hilarious. The baseball market is the hottest it has been since I started selling full time in Q4:2021.

[boxbuster7]

Originally Posted by rwperu34

This is hilarious. The baseball market is the hottest it has been since I started selling full time in Q4:2021.

is that actually true?

Your index post from last year kinda says otherwise

[rms13]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

is that actually true?

Your index post from last year kinda says otherwise

Maybe on the high end. My experience trying to sell lower end numbered cards of stars, HOF, future HOF guys is quite the opposite. Stuff still sells but I'm getting a lot less then I was over the past few years for comparable cards.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by rms13

Maybe on the high end. My experience trying to sell lower end numbered cards of stars, HOF, future HOF guys is quite the opposite. Stuff still sells but I'm getting a lot less then I was over the past few years for comparable cards.

If you are trying to make money, I have a feeling lower end numbered veteran cards is not the stuff to sell in this junk parallel era. It's certainly not a good way to guage the market.

[mfw13]

I always find it interesting when people talk about the "market" as if it was a monolithic whole, when in fact it is actually composed of many different smaller markets, which sometimes act in concert and sometimes don't.

It's pretty common and normal for some segments of the hobby/market to be doing well while others struggle.

[rms13]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

If you are trying to make money, I have a feeling lower end numbered veteran cards is not the stuff to sell in this junk parallel era. It's certainly not a good way to guage the market.

I'm not trying to make money. I'm just trying to sell PC stuff to make room for better PC stuff and selling stuff from packs I occasionally open. But what you are saying is the "market" is only for high end stuff which is also what I'm saying. Not everyone is selling high end stuff. People used to be able to open packs/boxes and sell stuff to make a profit or at least offset the cost of purchases but I think those days are over.

[ThoseBackPages]

i think the lower end stuff you mention would probably do well at shows (not on the internet where fees and shipping are deterrents)

[rms13]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

i think the lower end stuff you mention would probably do well at shows (not on the internet where fees and shipping are deterrents)

It would definitely do better at shows for me because I have been netting about .30 per card after ebay fees. I sell everything with $1.25 shipping. Selling at a show wouldn't work for me either because I probably have about 100 cards that I would like to move and the money I'd make selling them for $1-5 wouldn't cover the fees to set up at a show and that's assuming I could sell everything in one day. But that's all right, I'll just stick things in a box for now. Slowing making $100 over a few months on ebay isn't worth my time. I mostly sell because I think there are people that would want these cards but if I'm getting .30 per card at the end of the day it's not worth it. I'll probably put everything together in a lot eventually and hopefully get $20

[eastbayak]

Ever since I started listing sub-$20 cards on eBay (around 1-2 years ago), my sales have exploded.

I'm constantly selling (including now) such cards daily and I love it because most of it would've sat in random boxes or been given away otherwise otherwise.

[acunamatata1]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Ever since I started listing sub-$20 cards on eBay (around 1-2 years ago), my sales have exploded.

I'm constantly selling (including now) such cards daily and I love it because most of it would've sat in random boxes or been given away otherwise otherwise.

BIN? What do you do for shipping?

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by acunamatata1

BIN? What do you do for shipping?

BINs +/- OBO. Free shipping.

For standard card sizes, I usually do something like this:
- $6.99 and under => 1 oz ($0.69).
- $7-$12.99 => 2 oz ($0.97)
- $13-$20 => 3 oz ($1.25)

Card sold is typically shipped out via PWE with a toploader (penny sleeved).
- 1 oz => tape 1 card to 1 side of the toploader
- 2 oz => tape 2 cards to each side
- 3 oz => tape 3 cards to each side

For thicker cards, I modify as-needed (less cards used for padding and occasionally ship out via card savers if I don't have a large enough toploader).

[f2tornado]

Originally Posted by rms13

Maybe on the high end. My experience trying to sell lower end numbered cards of stars, HOF, future HOF guys is quite the opposite. Stuff still sells but I'm getting a lot less then I was over the past few years for comparable cards.

Volume is high, perhaps record high, for me on lower priced stuff while slab prices are coming in lower, at least for the non-Judge, Ohtani, Betts, Harper type stuff.

Heck, someone got my PSA 10 Lindor 2021 Chrome Update Refractor /250 for $14 the other day. Auction fail. Figured a lower numbered first Mets card would fetch above grading cost. Not exactly a flaming slab market.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

Not exactly a flaming slab market.

We're in a junk slab era....way too many cards being slabbed where the slab either does not add value, or actually decreases the cards value.

[rms13]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Ever since I started listing sub-$20 cards on eBay (around 1-2 years ago), my sales have exploded.

I'm constantly selling (including now) such cards daily and I love it because most of it would've sat in random boxes or been given away otherwise otherwise.

Everything I list sells. But I list most things at 0.99 auction and most sell with one bid. Then I see the same cards I sold selling for $5 with $5 shipping from bigger sellers. I don't pay for promotion and I know ebay buries my listings because of it so that's part of the problem. But I don't think paying for promotion is worth it for me

[boxbuster7]

I've always found low end to be way more liquid than high end

[MoreToppsPlease]

Originally Posted by mfw13

I always find it interesting when people talk about the "market" as if it was a monolithic whole, when in fact it is actually composed of many different smaller markets, which sometimes act in concert and sometimes don't.

It's pretty common and normal for some segments of the hobby/market to be doing well while others struggle.

Absolutely. The same people purposefully call everybody who sells cards for monetary gain as being part of “the hobby” even when it’s perfectly obvious that hobbies are literally defined as not trying to financially gain.

This type of corruption is not a good look and just leads to bigger corruption.

[Gidtheson]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Ever since I started listing sub-$20 cards on eBay (around 1-2 years ago), my sales have exploded.

I'm constantly selling (including now) such cards daily and I love it because most of it would've sat in random boxes or been given away otherwise otherwise.

This is my experience as well

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

Absolutely. The same people purposefully call everybody who sells cards for monetary gain as being part of “the hobby” even when it’s perfectly obvious that hobbies are literally defined as not trying to financially gain.

This type of corruption is not a good look and just leads to bigger corruption.

Sort of like someone who would be ignorant enough to call everybody who sells cards a non-collector.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

Absolutely. The same people purposefully call everybody who sells cards for monetary gain as being part of “the hobby” even when it’s perfectly obvious that hobbies are literally defined as not trying to financially gain.

This type of corruption is not a good look and just leads to bigger corruption.

Where have you been? I keep expecting to see your canned replies in response to people but they aren't there. Were you on vacation?

[f2tornado]

Originally Posted by Gidtheson

This is my experience as well

Likewise. Once I started using ESE... Boom. I also tend to price on the lower end of comps. Move it quick so I have the money for better things.

[imbluestreak23]

Did the crybabies buy the dip?

Or are we still mad at orange man