You are becoming my favorite POV content creator man . Love the way you are ruthless but at the same time respectful with vendors … I’ve never been a fan of buying slabs at eBay auction sales because at the end of the day bids are usually a bunch of people low balling each other with the luckiest most persistent low baller winning the auction … I’m also a Bay Area native and have recently started going to different shows in the area and your videos are a testament of how to interact with vendors
One of my core memories with pokemon is either getting 3 free cards on the bus in 3rd grade (had no idea what they were at the time), finding a $10 shining jirachi full art card in a mid-vintage lot I bought for $40, or probably going to my first ever card shop today and buying a bunch of cool stuff!!!! Love your vids man, keep up the great work!
I'm a Sylveon collector and one of my core Pokemon memories is when I got a Gardevoir & Sylveon Tag Team alt art. Normally worth over $200, but got it for $30 because it had a crease. My partner and I didn't have the extra money at first and anxiously checked every day for weeks until payday. Finally, we bought it, and it’s now the prized gem of my collection!
Core memory: I remember buying my base set unlimited Charizard for $10 in middle school during the lull. Graded it last year and it came to be a PSA 7. Love that thing!
I love seeing collectors go to these shows and add to their personal collection instead of flipping/WhatNot etc. Keep doing what you’re doing and your channel will grow! My favourite memory has to be playing Pokemon Blue for the first time as a young one. That feeling was truly special.
This comment really means a lot because this is essentially why I started making these videos. There wasn't much buyer POV on youtube compared to vendor POV, and more than half of the creators doing buyer POV have been card biz guys dropping $40k in a weekend on inventory (no knock on them - I watch those too!). But I went into it thinking people might want to see realistic buyer POV where someone spends $200-2000, with a majority being random things they liked for their collection.
Damn, my core memory with Pokemon was when my mom bought a booster pack in Tue early 2000s and I pulled a holo ninetales. Its been my forgive ever since. I just got get from my dads closet haha
I’m a newbie who just started collecting again since I stopped after when I was a kid. Recently I went to the NJ con but dang there were so many people. I learned from watching this that I gotta learn how to make a deal like you lol never knew I could negotiate. Thanks for the great video 👍
when I was a kid in the 2000's, i went to EB games and bought 4 packs of Pokemon cards. 2 Neo Revelations and 2 Neo Genesis pulled 2 Lugia's and Entei and Ho-oh. That was my best booster pack pulls ever.
Core memory is probably watching the movies in the past with Celebi and the movie with Latios and latias. Watching those movies were amazing, and that is why when I started getting back into collecting Pokemon cards a few months back I started collecting Celebi cards. Best movies ever in my youth!
Hey Tycho! The movies and anime were definitely gateaways into loving certain mons. I love Celebi too, the Celebi V alt art is one of my top favorites from SWSH. Love that it's still so cheap, I own 3 copies!
Hellooooo, my favorite memory from Pokémon is that recently I went to my first card show with my little brother and had such a blast talking to vendors and just exploring. We’re going to keep going every time we can.
that is a lot of insane pokemon cards that i think my eyes are not enough. My core memory is that I bought and traded cards with a lot of my friends and made a lot of new friends this way during elementary school. i still remember pokemon card is insanely popular during my school years that a lot of us bring cards to school.
First time viewer. Love the video. Core memory is ripping the packs with my kids. With them its not about the super rare cards its just the family time and us ripping packs together
Hey Oyama. Just started collecting pokemon cards again and trying to complete twlight masquerade. My fondest memory of pokemon was finding my VHS Pokemon 2000 movie and my damaged ancient mew card. Thanks for the video
alakazam, my all time favorite pokemon... was my first holo pokemon i ever owned in 1999, when i started collecting. i still remember my first first card ever, and thought it was pretty cool, a machop.
Just found your content! Just subscribed and definitely will be watching more. One of my biggest core memories of Pokemon is definitely picking my starter. It was always a struggle!
Just found your channel and watched a lot of the videos so far! Core memory for me is going to the mall and buying base set, jungle, or fossil booster packs with my parents!
Hi! I just started collecting last year and I would say one of my core memories or one of the memories I enjoyed the most would be buying some booster packs and taking turns with my 2 brothers opening packs seeing just what we get. The adrenaline and excitement we got from pulling a hit was just amazing!
First video I've seen by you so far- I accidentally stumbled across you while looking for videos like this. It genuinely shocked me when you mentioned having 500 subscribers, I expected waaaaay more with the quality of your content being this good. You'll have no problem blowing up on TH-cam! Keep up the great work, much love from Arizona!
Core memory is playing Pokemon Red version on my gameboy color at night in bed with the little light adapter to see the screen in the dark. Good times good times. 🤙🏽
Great video, definitely earned a new sub. Me and my wife playing Sun and Moon and getting back into cards with Sun and Moon base would for sure be the most recent core memory. Keep up the good stuff.
Enjoyed the content! Got back into the Hobby with Crown Zenith last year with my wife. We both collected as kids, and it's cool to complete the older sets that we couldn't when we were younger.
always enjoy these videos. and my favorite moment in pokemon was when i was playing pokemon black and white in 2012 and i got my first shiny ever and it was a musharna
A core memory of mine was when my older brother traded me his base set Zard for something like a jungle holo jolteon. He knew I really wanted it and made the sacrifice. If only we held on to those damn cards though😂. Also great seeing you after all those years bro, your content is 🔥
Love the videos and hope to meet you at one of the card shows soon! Favorite memory is when I was a kid, my dad used to go on business trips over seas and he came back with a ton of japanese pokemon cards. Still have a japanese chrizard today that I plan to get graded to keep.
Hey! Just ran the giveaway wheel and you won the Alakazam ex for this vid! I'll reach out to get it sent to ya. Just posted the video of the comment picker wheel to IG story highlight.
Another banger my man, feels good getting back into Pokemon. I rember growing up and on those early Sunday mornings turning the channel to Cartoon Network and watching the show, mom making pancakes in the kitchen. Simplier times lol!
Love the content! Just got back into pokemon and went card hunting yesterday lol core memory with pokemon are definitely the venonat and ponyta episodes from the first season. Had those episodes on vhs and watched them over and over again. Also a charmander i won at a carnival lol
You made it! I knew I heard your voice somewhere on sunday might of seen you but dont remember I went both days had fun at this card show with my friend bought some raw and graded vendors were chill cool to talk to them
@@oyamastradingnext show I’ll be going to will be galaxycon in San Jose if your going I’ll definitely say hi to you, also you picked up some cool cards in this video I’m definitely gonna be going for some more mid era / master / pokeball reverse cards next time
Loving the content! Just got back into collecting with 151 and your vids have been fun to watch and the 5 tips vid was rlly helpful. Core memory is collecting the TOPPS 1999 cards and the gold Pokémon cards in a pokeball from Burger King 😂
Thanks so much for watching. You know what's so funny, the other day I saw someone on reddit listed some of those gold plated BK Pokemon cards. I hadn't thought of them years so I started looking into them. Next day was with my buddy, turns out he had JUST bought every single one with the original case, paper, and pokeball. 🤣 I was like dude you're not gonna believe this
My favourite memory would be buying my first Pokemon single gardevoir ex still in love with that card ❤ Love your content bro 🎉🎉 congratulations for 500 subs way more to go
@@sahilgusain9268 that Gardevoir was my chase from paldean fates and i pulled it from my 7th pack, i know exactly the excitement you felt getting that beautiful card! Thanks so much for watching, glad you like the vids!!
Just curious, why do you use TCGPlayer LOW instead of Market Price? And a secondary question, how do you get a way with that with vendors, all the vendors I talk to say they won't use the LOW, they go off of Market price.
Hey! So of course buyers and sellers may have different incentives when setting price. As a *buyer* the TCGPlayer Low (or eBay BIN low) is quite literally the price I could buy that card for now. I couldn't care less if the MARKET average is $500, if I could buy the card for $400 standing right there (before taxes etc of course). MARKET can also be influenced by outlier sales, and it may not reflect an active move DOWN in the market (i.e. probably common on brand new sets, a few initial sales set the Market Average, but as supply goes up, the increased competition drives the floor down as sellers undercut each other. Again -- as a buyer, why would I care about a $500 market price, if every sale in the past day or two are $430? Market price will update to reflect the move DOWN within a couple days. That's the logic I go to when discussing price with vendors. Obviously if we're talking low value cards with small margins, I don't expect them to budge (i.e. market is $5 but TCGPlayer verified low is $4.20). But as the buyer with the cash, IMO it's often defensible to say, "why would I buy this from you for Market, if I'm staring at a listing of the same card in the same condition for $X less on ebay right now?
In the same vein, I don't fight hard to get low outlier prices like a $500 card where I could cherrypick one individual ebay auction that went for $440, when the lowest BINs are $480 and average prices are around $500. I'd want as the buyer to price that closer to the $480, acknowledging that I *can't* just up and buy the card for $440, it'd require luck and timing winning an underpriced auction which may never happen.
love the stuff. curious to know what your recording setup is. It's perfect the way you respect the privacy of others and keep the focus on the pokemon.
@@jclipz_ i figured id get this question eventually! About 2/3 is for my personal collection which I display or vault in various places. About 1/3 is for resale. I’ll start a little bit of card show vending later in the year as well so the bias might tilt to 50/50 buying to collect and buying to resell. My biggest thing in starting these buyer POVs though was that most buyer POVs on youtube were card business guys, nothing against it at all (i watch those guys drop 35k in a weekend too) .. but I felt like there had to be demand for more realistic collector-oriented buyer POV
@@oyamastrading sweet! We share similar interest sort of. Rn I’ve been investing in mid- high end raw cards to resell, or to get graded and resell them. Wanting to make extra money for my personal collection. Would you have any tips?
@@jclipz_ That's exactly how I got started selling pokemon cards again! As my PC grew in value I thought, "could I make enough with Pokemon cards to eventually cover the cost of my collection?" Tips for sure but would depend on what you have access to! My last video was card show buyer tips. But most of my profit is made buying and selling lots online. I think biggest tip is find people who regularly grade a lot of stuff themselves. People who do well grading have a ton of margin built in so they're easy to make deals with on slabs. I've bought $1-2k lots at 70% a few times and done really well on those, and they get to unload 10-20 items in one transaction and they're probably still up 200%. Everyone wins.
@@oyamastrading I’ll definitely take a look at the video you mentioned. what would you say is easier to resell, raw cards or graded cards. Also looking to send in a few cards to get graded. The cost to do that is a lot but possible return could be massive. Would you recommend someone who is just starting to build a small business to invest in getting cards graded or buy graded?
@@jclipz_ getting cards graded is the most lucrative but it for sure requires some experience and time. I'm super new to it so I can't give much advice on how to do it well -- yet anyway. As for what's better to sell, really depends on your goal. If you want to build a bunch of feedback and experience do singles around $10ish. If you want to make decent money in an absolute sense, focus on $50-1000 slabs IMO
I always wondered why the ungraded cards the vendor has are priced so high when i go to price charting or tcg, for ungraded its like 10-20$? Am i missing something lol
@@ChillStudyDate not sure what you’re referring to specifically but in short vendors can ask for any amount, it just doesnt mean they’ll sell it. For pricecharting the variation probably has to do with condition. Have to click into the listing to properly appreciate if you’re looking at something mint vs damaged
@@sahilgusain9268 youre probably referring to the mid-era Primes from sets like Undaunted! They all have the close up 3d pokemon with a glint in its eye and the spiky border. Theyre really good value for money in my opinion, very underrated
You are becoming my favorite POV content creator man . Love the way you are ruthless but at the same time respectful with vendors … I’ve never been a fan of buying slabs at eBay auction sales because at the end of the day bids are usually a bunch of people low balling each other with the luckiest most persistent low baller winning the auction … I’m also a Bay Area native and have recently started going to different shows in the area and your videos are a testament of how to interact with vendors
Thanks so much for those kinds words. Truly appreciate it! Hope we run into each other at a show soon.
One of my core memories with pokemon is either getting 3 free cards on the bus in 3rd grade (had no idea what they were at the time), finding a $10 shining jirachi full art card in a mid-vintage lot I bought for $40, or probably going to my first ever card shop today and buying a bunch of cool stuff!!!! Love your vids man, keep up the great work!
Smooth Criminal 😉👍 I remember playing Pokemon as a kid hiding my cards at school and making crazy trades during lunch. Good times
classic times!
First time see the buyers POV very awesome content
I'm a Sylveon collector and one of my core Pokemon memories is when I got a Gardevoir & Sylveon Tag Team alt art. Normally worth over $200, but got it for $30 because it had a crease. My partner and I didn't have the extra money at first and anxiously checked every day for weeks until payday. Finally, we bought it, and it’s now the prized gem of my collection!
Aw I love that! My most sentimental core memory cards are some of the lowest value in my collection too.
I'm loving all these buying pov videos popping up! Keep em coming!
love it. love ur trading
Core memory: I remember buying my base set unlimited Charizard for $10 in middle school during the lull. Graded it last year and it came to be a PSA 7. Love that thing!
I love seeing collectors go to these shows and add to their personal collection instead of flipping/WhatNot etc. Keep doing what you’re doing and your channel will grow!
My favourite memory has to be playing Pokemon Blue for the first time as a young one. That feeling was truly special.
This comment really means a lot because this is essentially why I started making these videos.
There wasn't much buyer POV on youtube compared to vendor POV, and more than half of the creators doing buyer POV have been card biz guys dropping $40k in a weekend on inventory (no knock on them - I watch those too!). But I went into it thinking people might want to see realistic buyer POV where someone spends $200-2000, with a majority being random things they liked for their collection.
Always nice to see a buyers POV. Keep up the good work!
Awesome video, the buyer POV videos are fun
Nice buys my man! Playing Pokemon heart gold blew me away as a kid! The night cycle and colors were amazing on the GB at the time.
Damn, my core memory with Pokemon was when my mom bought a booster pack in Tue early 2000s and I pulled a holo ninetales. Its been my forgive ever since. I just got get from my dads closet haha
This channel is quickly growing to be one of my go-to's for buyer POV's. Hoping to see more vids in the future.
Ahh thanks so much that really means a lot 🙏 no plans to stop, every part of it has been fun!
Awesome Video
I really enjoyed seeing that pokemon sleeping page in the collection!
thanks for sharing that! I found myself loving the sleepy arts naturally and eventually decided i might as well collect the theme. They make me smile
I’m a newbie who just started collecting again since I stopped after when I was a kid. Recently I went to the NJ con but dang there were so many people. I learned from watching this that I gotta learn how to make a deal like you lol never knew I could negotiate. Thanks for the great video 👍
I love your binder!!! You stole my sleepy page idea hahahaha
Lol! You can still do it too :)
Just found your page and I already watched 1.5 hours of content. Totally worth it!
@@fortunia08 wooo welcome!
when I was a kid in the 2000's, i went to EB games and bought 4 packs of Pokemon cards. 2 Neo Revelations and 2 Neo Genesis pulled 2 Lugia's and Entei and Ho-oh. That was my best booster pack pulls ever.
Wow epic luck! Love that. I also have a Neo Lugia pack pull core memory!
I really need a list of these local bay area card shows. Great content man thank you
Core memory is probably watching the movies in the past with Celebi and the movie with Latios and latias. Watching those movies were amazing, and that is why when I started getting back into collecting Pokemon cards a few months back I started collecting Celebi cards. Best movies ever in my youth!
Hey Tycho! The movies and anime were definitely gateaways into loving certain mons. I love Celebi too, the Celebi V alt art is one of my top favorites from SWSH. Love that it's still so cheap, I own 3 copies!
@@oyamastrading oh yeah for sure! I like how Celebi has nice looking cards for not that much money, it was a nice way of getting back into the space.
Here for the Zam!
Cool vid
awesome video
My core memory is Trading for the Golden Zekrom from Legendary Treasures!
Hellooooo, my favorite memory from Pokémon is that recently I went to my first card show with my little brother and had such a blast talking to vendors and just exploring. We’re going to keep going every time we can.
Sounds like beautiful quality time!
Nice video- love those primes! You didn’t get the Houndoom 😱 would love to go to an American card show
Got the Doom at the last show!
that is a lot of insane pokemon cards that i think my eyes are not enough. My core memory is that I bought and traded cards with a lot of my friends and made a lot of new friends this way during elementary school. i still remember pokemon card is insanely popular during my school years that a lot of us bring cards to school.
Loving the video's. Bulbastore producing the best selling POV's and you producing the best buyer POV's. Keep up the amazing content
Wow that's a huge compliment. I definitely take inspiration from tthat GOAT - I'm just having fun with cards and videos!
love the video! just recently came across your channel. i enjoy the raw purchases than slabs!
Glad you enjoyed! I'm with you, I mostly collect raw :)
Core memory would be my first pokemon card I ever got from my dad when i was a kid. It was a baseset Poliwhirl !
still a banger!
First time viewer. Love the video. Core memory is ripping the packs with my kids. With them its not about the super rare cards its just the family time and us ripping packs together
Love that, hope they can hang onto that magic for as long as possible
Hey Oyama. Just started collecting pokemon cards again and trying to complete twlight masquerade. My fondest memory of pokemon was finding my VHS Pokemon 2000 movie and my damaged ancient mew card. Thanks for the video
That era of the world was such a good vibe! Very nostalgic for that late 90s early 00s childhood magic.
Core memory with Pokémon Tcg is we couldn't afford it when I was a kid, so now that I am an adult, I fill that void and buy my own when I want 😅.
Came up!! 💪🏼💪🏼
Love these vids! Fav memory of collecting Pokémon cards had to be pulling holo Charizard evolutions and declining all the offers at school.
1st shiny on pokemon leaf green, pidgeotto, used whirlwind on first turn.
@@Pokemon15169 nooooooooooo lollll RIP
Love the videos dude. I used to finish my homework asap and beg my sister to borrow her gameboy to play pokemon, good times lol
@@abc11eh thanks for watching!
alakazam, my all time favorite pokemon... was my first holo pokemon i ever owned in 1999, when i started collecting. i still remember my first first card ever, and thought it was pretty cool, a machop.
My boys growing! Good shit brother
@@PeacockTCG. appreciate ya dude
@@oyamastrading how many card shows do u go to u seem to pump out a vid every week
@@PeacockTCG. Haha I'd say 2-3 a month right now. I do try to get a high quality vid out about once a week.
Just found your content! Just subscribed and definitely will be watching more. One of my biggest core memories of Pokemon is definitely picking my starter. It was always a struggle!
🤘🤘🐠🐠
Let’s goo
Just found your channel and watched a lot of the videos so far! Core memory for me is going to the mall and buying base set, jungle, or fossil booster packs with my parents!
Glad you're enjoying the videos! I definitely distinctly remember opening Fossil around year 2000!
Hi! I just started collecting last year and I would say one of my core memories or one of the memories I enjoyed the most would be buying some booster packs and taking turns with my 2 brothers opening packs seeing just what we get. The adrenaline and excitement we got from pulling a hit was just amazing!
Soooo wholesomeeee 💙
Core memory is showing off my Japanese Articuno but not being able to read it. Wish I didn’t rough up those old cards when I was little…
First video I've seen by you so far- I accidentally stumbled across you while looking for videos like this. It genuinely shocked me when you mentioned having 500 subscribers, I expected waaaaay more with the quality of your content being this good. You'll have no problem blowing up on TH-cam! Keep up the great work, much love from Arizona!
Thank you so much 🙏 just getting started!
Core memory is playing Pokemon Red version on my gameboy color at night in bed with the little light adapter to see the screen in the dark. Good times good times. 🤙🏽
@@ZootedKoalaAirsoft soo classic! Great times
Great video, definitely earned a new sub. Me and my wife playing Sun and Moon and getting back into cards with Sun and Moon base would for sure be the most recent core memory. Keep up the good stuff.
Thanks so much for subbing and sharing!!
Enjoyed the content! Got back into the Hobby with Crown Zenith last year with my wife. We both collected as kids, and it's cool to complete the older sets that we couldn't when we were younger.
@@str8nashtygaming466 same story here! It’s extra special to share with your partner
New here and loving the channel already. It’s insane how far evolving skies has came in such a short amount of time
@@AlexWhite0221 welcome! Thanks so much for sharing that. Yeah it happened overnight but i think it makes sense for the set!
always enjoy these videos. and my favorite moment in pokemon was when i was playing pokemon black and white in 2012 and i got my first shiny ever and it was a musharna
I remember my first shiny too! Zigzagoon
A core memory of mine was when my older brother traded me his base set Zard for something like a jungle holo jolteon. He knew I really wanted it and made the sacrifice. If only we held on to those damn cards though😂. Also great seeing you after all those years bro, your content is 🔥
Appreciate you my dood. That's sweet your brother did that that's a great mem!!
Another banger content made me wanna do this kind of vid, just started collecting
You should start if you'd find it fun!
Definitely going to Japan and getting a bunch of Pokemon cards for PC
Hey I love Pokémon and I found an old plush from 2005 from my collection that got me back into it. I love sealed stuff too
@@jonahlevenson7316 that’s awesome! What plush was it? thanks for sharing! ☺️
Love the videos and hope to meet you at one of the card shows soon! Favorite memory is when I was a kid, my dad used to go on business trips over seas and he came back with a ton of japanese pokemon cards. Still have a japanese chrizard today that I plan to get graded to keep.
Definitely say hi if we're at the same show! Thanks for sharing that story, that is so wholesome
awesome content as always bud
Thanks so much for watching, glad youre enjoying
@@oyamastrading this is where my mimikyu was from haha
@@aniclips3136 the mimikyu in this vid is english! You bought the jpn right?
Hey! Just ran the giveaway wheel and you won the Alakazam ex for this vid! I'll reach out to get it sent to ya.
Just posted the video of the comment picker wheel to IG story highlight.
Another banger my man, feels good getting back into Pokemon. I rember growing up and on those early Sunday mornings turning the channel to Cartoon Network and watching the show, mom making pancakes in the kitchen. Simplier times lol!
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My goal is to get a ES booster box......one day..
I hope it happens for you some day!
@@oyamastrading the price is dropping on them sooo kinda tempting lol, question.. what camera are you using?
@@helmsword9716 Camera is a DJI Osmo Action 4!
What app r u using to check the prices?
Hey! Mostly TCGPlayer, ebay, and Pricecharting. My last video was a buyer tips video that goes into more detail on this!
Love the content! Just got back into pokemon and went card hunting yesterday lol core memory with pokemon are definitely the venonat and ponyta episodes from the first season. Had those episodes on vhs and watched them over and over again. Also a charmander i won at a carnival lol
Wow that's kind of a deep cut! had to look up the venonat episode.
one of my core memmories was pulling the shiny Proto groudon Ex as a kid and how my friend gifted me his Groudon ex so i had the set
Opening Expedition packs for target lol. makes me cringe now lmao love the content. Ampharos was my best pull :)
Haha we couldn't have possibly known! Amphy is a GOAT for sure
Mr OYAMA
JAAY!
You made it! I knew I heard your voice somewhere on sunday might of seen you but dont remember I went both days had fun at this card show with my friend bought some raw and graded vendors were chill cool to talk to them
Definitely say hi next time! Glad you had a good time, this show was better than I was expecting
@@oyamastradingnext show I’ll be going to will be galaxycon in San Jose if your going I’ll definitely say hi to you, also you picked up some cool cards in this video I’m definitely gonna be going for some more mid era / master / pokeball reverse cards next time
Loving the content! Just got back into collecting with 151 and your vids have been fun to watch and the 5 tips vid was rlly helpful.
Core memory is collecting the TOPPS 1999 cards and the gold Pokémon cards in a pokeball from Burger King 😂
Thanks so much for watching. You know what's so funny, the other day I saw someone on reddit listed some of those gold plated BK Pokemon cards. I hadn't thought of them years so I started looking into them. Next day was with my buddy, turns out he had JUST bought every single one with the original case, paper, and pokeball. 🤣 I was like dude you're not gonna believe this
My favourite memory would be buying my first Pokemon single gardevoir ex still in love with that card ❤
Love your content bro 🎉🎉 congratulations for 500 subs way more to go
@@sahilgusain9268 which Gardevoir ex? Paldean Fates? Or earlier era?
@@oyamastrading paldean fates! Love your content buddy
@@sahilgusain9268 that Gardevoir was my chase from paldean fates and i pulled it from my 7th pack, i know exactly the excitement you felt getting that beautiful card!
Thanks so much for watching, glad you like the vids!!
Gizmo!
hope to win love your videos
Just curious, why do you use TCGPlayer LOW instead of Market Price? And a secondary question, how do you get a way with that with vendors, all the vendors I talk to say they won't use the LOW, they go off of Market price.
Hey! So of course buyers and sellers may have different incentives when setting price. As a *buyer* the TCGPlayer Low (or eBay BIN low) is quite literally the price I could buy that card for now. I couldn't care less if the MARKET average is $500, if I could buy the card for $400 standing right there (before taxes etc of course).
MARKET can also be influenced by outlier sales, and it may not reflect an active move DOWN in the market (i.e. probably common on brand new sets, a few initial sales set the Market Average, but as supply goes up, the increased competition drives the floor down as sellers undercut each other. Again -- as a buyer, why would I care about a $500 market price, if every sale in the past day or two are $430? Market price will update to reflect the move DOWN within a couple days.
That's the logic I go to when discussing price with vendors. Obviously if we're talking low value cards with small margins, I don't expect them to budge (i.e. market is $5 but TCGPlayer verified low is $4.20). But as the buyer with the cash, IMO it's often defensible to say, "why would I buy this from you for Market, if I'm staring at a listing of the same card in the same condition for $X less on ebay right now?
In the same vein, I don't fight hard to get low outlier prices like a $500 card where I could cherrypick one individual ebay auction that went for $440, when the lowest BINs are $480 and average prices are around $500. I'd want as the buyer to price that closer to the $480, acknowledging that I *can't* just up and buy the card for $440, it'd require luck and timing winning an underpriced auction which may never happen.
love the stuff. curious to know what your recording setup is. It's perfect the way you respect the privacy of others and keep the focus on the pokemon.
DJI Osmo action 4 with a chest strap
What do you do with most of your buys?
@@jclipz_ i figured id get this question eventually! About 2/3 is for my personal collection which I display or vault in various places. About 1/3 is for resale.
I’ll start a little bit of card show vending later in the year as well so the bias might tilt to 50/50 buying to collect and buying to resell. My biggest thing in starting these buyer POVs though was that most buyer POVs on youtube were card business guys, nothing against it at all (i watch those guys drop 35k in a weekend too) .. but I felt like there had to be demand for more realistic collector-oriented buyer POV
@@oyamastrading sweet! We share similar interest sort of. Rn I’ve been investing in mid- high end raw cards to resell, or to get graded and resell them. Wanting to make extra money for my personal collection. Would you have any tips?
@@jclipz_ That's exactly how I got started selling pokemon cards again! As my PC grew in value I thought, "could I make enough with Pokemon cards to eventually cover the cost of my collection?"
Tips for sure but would depend on what you have access to! My last video was card show buyer tips. But most of my profit is made buying and selling lots online. I think biggest tip is find people who regularly grade a lot of stuff themselves. People who do well grading have a ton of margin built in so they're easy to make deals with on slabs. I've bought $1-2k lots at 70% a few times and done really well on those, and they get to unload 10-20 items in one transaction and they're probably still up 200%. Everyone wins.
@@oyamastrading I’ll definitely take a look at the video you mentioned. what would you say is easier to resell, raw cards or graded cards. Also looking to send in a few cards to get graded. The cost to do that is a lot but possible return could be massive. Would you recommend someone who is just starting to build a small business to invest in getting cards graded or buy graded?
@@jclipz_ getting cards graded is the most lucrative but it for sure requires some experience and time. I'm super new to it so I can't give much advice on how to do it well -- yet anyway.
As for what's better to sell, really depends on your goal. If you want to build a bunch of feedback and experience do singles around $10ish. If you want to make decent money in an absolute sense, focus on $50-1000 slabs IMO
I always wondered why the ungraded cards the vendor has are priced so high when i go to price charting or tcg, for ungraded its like 10-20$? Am i missing something lol
@@ChillStudyDate not sure what you’re referring to specifically but in short vendors can ask for any amount, it just doesnt mean they’ll sell it. For pricecharting the variation probably has to do with condition. Have to click into the listing to properly appreciate if you’re looking at something mint vs damaged
@@oyamastrading oh sorry for not specifying lol that woulda helped, i was referring to the dragonite. a ungraded one is worth 250-300?
What are those different borders cards ?
@@sahilgusain9268 youre probably referring to the mid-era Primes from sets like Undaunted! They all have the close up 3d pokemon with a glint in its eye and the spiky border. Theyre really good value for money in my opinion, very underrated
@@oyamastrading oh wow nice they look cool 🆒