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Not a lot of people spend 10k or 100k on pokemon cards. Quantity matters.

by dannyw 4y ago

williamcotton 4y ago
There’s a decent quantity of people who buy cases upon cases of collectible cards and sell the singles online.
- RuggedPineapple 4y ago
  I strongly suspect that number is smaller then imagined. Like, a non-ironic use of the 'There are dozens of us!' line from Arrested Development.
  - williamcotton 4y ago
    It’s probably a lot bigger than outsider’s would imagine: https://www.tcgplayer.com/ https://www.tcgplayer.com/
  - cableshaft 4y ago
    You've been living under a rock and missed the Pokemon card craze in the past few years then. "Target stores around the country have pre-sunrise lines around the block, and the trading card sections look like bread aisles before a snowstorm or toilet paper aisles at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as fans, collectors, and resellers are trying to arbitrage tins of Pokémon cards that can be resold for an easy profit."[1] "The intense demand for Pokémon trading cards, which steadily rose in recent years then rocketed up even more during the pandemic, has caused Target to temporarily suspend sales of the cards, citing a threat to the safety of customers and workers."[2] "You can probably guess what happened next. Thanks to the increased visibility of card collecting on social media, along with a surge in grading services pricing out high-value collectibles, folks are practically camping out of stores just to get the latest Pokémon card shipment. Everyone wants to find a rare card that they can flip for thousands of dollars, just like they’ve seen in the news."[3] "YouTuber Logan Paul (USA) has recently acquired a coveted PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card following a record-breaking trade worth $5,275,000 (£3,862,424 / €4,477,146)."[4] [1]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9dd/target-is-prepared-to-call-the-cops-on-frantic-pokemon-card-hunters https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9dd/target-is-prepared-to... [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-target.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-ta... [3]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-target.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-ta... [4]: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-owns-5-275-million-pokemon-card-after-record-breaking-trade-697189 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-...
- LeeroyWasHere 4y ago
  "Healing Crystals" , multi billion dollar industry, I don't see anyone complaining about the pollution of water ways, destructive mines and slave labor... But NFTs are a scam...
Kiro 4y ago
Have you missed streamers blowing millions of dollars on Pokémon cards live? A lot of people are indeed spending 10k or 100k or even millions on Pokémon cards (one card was sold for $5 million last year, but the real money is from people buying packs upon packs).
PaulHoule 4y ago
There are the people who spend figures like that on Gatcha games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fxfuWhff0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fxfuWhff0 I was a fan of Fate/Extra and Fate/Extella, so I was curious about Fate/Grand Order and found it very hard to run on any Android emulators, the NVIVIA Shield, AMZN Fire tablets and the other off-brand Android devices I have a huge collection of. Eventually I got it running and found the English translations make no sense at all, but it is moe-driven more than story driven and it wouldn't bother fans at all.

Not a lot of people spend 10k or 100k on pokemon cards. Quantity matters.

by dannyw 4y ago

Not a lot of people spend 10k or 100k on pokemon cards. Quantity matters.

williamcotton 4y ago

There’s a decent quantity of people who buy cases upon cases of collectible cards and sell the singles online.

RuggedPineapple 4y ago
I strongly suspect that number is smaller then imagined. Like, a non-ironic use of the 'There are dozens of us!' line from Arrested Development.
- williamcotton 4y ago
  It’s probably a lot bigger than outsider’s would imagine: https://www.tcgplayer.com/ https://www.tcgplayer.com/
- cableshaft 4y ago
  You've been living under a rock and missed the Pokemon card craze in the past few years then. "Target stores around the country have pre-sunrise lines around the block, and the trading card sections look like bread aisles before a snowstorm or toilet paper aisles at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as fans, collectors, and resellers are trying to arbitrage tins of Pokémon cards that can be resold for an easy profit."[1] "The intense demand for Pokémon trading cards, which steadily rose in recent years then rocketed up even more during the pandemic, has caused Target to temporarily suspend sales of the cards, citing a threat to the safety of customers and workers."[2] "You can probably guess what happened next. Thanks to the increased visibility of card collecting on social media, along with a surge in grading services pricing out high-value collectibles, folks are practically camping out of stores just to get the latest Pokémon card shipment. Everyone wants to find a rare card that they can flip for thousands of dollars, just like they’ve seen in the news."[3] "YouTuber Logan Paul (USA) has recently acquired a coveted PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card following a record-breaking trade worth $5,275,000 (£3,862,424 / €4,477,146)."[4] [1]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9dd/target-is-prepared-to-call-the-cops-on-frantic-pokemon-card-hunters https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9dd/target-is-prepared-to... [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-target.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-ta... [3]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-target.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/pokemon-cards-ta... [4]: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-owns-5-275-million-pokemon-card-after-record-breaking-trade-697189 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-...
LeeroyWasHere 4y ago
"Healing Crystals" , multi billion dollar industry, I don't see anyone complaining about the pollution of water ways, destructive mines and slave labor... But NFTs are a scam...

Kiro 4y ago

Have you missed streamers blowing millions of dollars on Pokémon cards live? A lot of people are indeed spending 10k or 100k or even millions on Pokémon cards (one card was sold for $5 million last year, but the real money is from people buying packs upon packs).

PaulHoule 4y ago

There are the people who spend figures like that on Gatcha games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fxfuWhff0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fxfuWhff0 I was a fan of Fate/Extra and Fate/Extella, so I was curious about Fate/Grand Order and found it very hard to run on any Android emulators, the NVIVIA Shield, AMZN Fire tablets and the other off-brand Android devices I have a huge collection of. Eventually I got it running and found the English translations make no sense at all, but it is moe-driven more than story driven and it wouldn't bother fans at all.