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Super Collie dijo:
There is not a chance in hell that Chris' cards are worth more than $500. Trading cards only have value to collectors when they are in mint or near mint condition, and Chris' cards are most likely play worn or possibly even damaged from the house fire.

OP would have better luck trying to flip all of the original "Classic Chris" art that was tucked into the pockets of the binders.

This guy thinks he's Pawn Stars but in reality he's a dumbass who is probably going to be out $450 at the end of the day.
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You're mistaken about most of this. Some cards have plenty of value even if lightly used. Chris' cards won't be in bad condition.

You'd have a better case if the guy didn't actually watch Chris' video before purchasing, but I believe he did.

This guy has a solid chance to make a profit from this.
 
Marvin dijo:
You'd have a better case if the guy didn't actually watch Chris' video before purchasing, but I believe he did.
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He not only watched Chris's video, but in his own first video posted here he analyzed it quite extensively and expounded upon several reasons why that video led him to believe the collection was worth more than $500. Then when the cards arrived, several of the things he had inferred or speculated from Chris's video turned out to be accurate. He himself had also expressed concern about possible smoke damage from the house fire, but decided it was worth it to gamble they were in decent condition (and they do seem to be).

On the one hand, analyzing a Chris-Chan video about Pokemon cards is super autistic. On the other hand, this guy actually sells cards at least as a side business if not for a living, and seems to have a solid grasp of what he's doing.

Posting here was stupid. But I do get the impression that the man does know Pokemon cards.
 
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If a 2nd guy gets doxed in the space of a month, then we will know for sure that Chris is the true arbiter of death on these forums, everything he touches dies and turns into dust.

Not that I particularly mind people buying worthless stuff from him, it's a (small) step above just giving him free money.

Marvin dijo:
You're mistaken about most of this. Some cards have plenty of value even if lightly used. Chris' cards won't be in bad condition.

You'd have a better case if the guy didn't actually watch Chris' video before purchasing, but I believe he did.

This guy has a solid chance to make a profit from this.
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Never been into Pokemon, but from watching the 1st video, I have a feeling the guy knows what he's doing here, he bargained for the binder, he pored over the listing announcement video, pausing it frame by frame to get a general idea about the contents and condition, he is very prepared to fight back if Chris reneges on sending the whole binder.

He may yet lose a small amount in this, but it doesn't sound like weening, too calculated IMO.

IMO, the only questionable step here is making this thread, since he can simply sell the cards on the open market without doing so, the only semi-logical reason I can come-up with is because he plans to sell the included art pages as memorabilia, and this subforum's viewers are the prime market for it (especially lurkers, whom I think are increasingly important in Christory in recent years).
 
neural dijo:
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It's not weening.

This thread is just filled with a bunch of people desperate to say something. And usually that something is cranky, impotent nerd rage that Chris is successfully executing a mutually beneficial economic arrangement.

I'm going to need to get more aggressive in threadbanning people in disco. You guys are fucking retarded.
 
Marvin dijo:
You're mistaken about most of this. Some cards have plenty of value even if lightly used. Chris' cards won't be in bad condition.
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I will admit I did not watch the entire video in the OP, nor did I watch Chris' original video where he announced that he was putting the cards up for sale. So take this with a grain of salt.

Not trying to argue, but let's talk hypotheticals here. In @cabalcoffers's video I saw that Chris seemed to have many copies of the card "Pokemon Trader". If you look online this card can be purchased in "lightly used" condition for $0.69. OP mentioned in his video that the card sleeves of the binder were "jam packed" with multiples of the same card, of which several sleeves had this one in it. Let's assume there are a dozen of Pokemon Trader cards in the binder, that totals just over eight dollars. Not exactly life-changing money, and this is assuming that he sells all of them.

He also noted that there was a "reverse holographic legendary" card on one of the first few pages he flipped through. That was the "Scoop Up" card, and it appears to be worth about six dollars by itself. Six bucks for one card is a lot better than 69 cents per card, but he's sitting on a ridiculous variant of a re-issued card that doesn't appear to be in extremely high demand. Things like reverse holos only appeal to hardcore collectors because someone who actually plays the TCG can save themselves five and a half bucks by purchasing the non-holo regular version of the card.

There are probably a handful of cards in that binder that are worth "actual money", in the range of maybe $10 each on a good day. The main problem @cabalcoffers is going to face, especially with some of the older cards, is that most of them are no longer allowed in official tournament play so he's going to have to bank on collectors buying the cards from him, and collectors are notoriously anal about condition. Chris played with his cards, this means they probably are not in the condition that collectors want, and they are from card sets that are not allowed in tournament play so they are also of no use to players.

Maybe OP will get his money back if there's enough things that he can use to nickel and dime his way back to breaking even, but turning a profit from this endeavor might end up being more trouble than it was worth when you consider labor hours that go into sorting, cataloging, listing, packing, and shipping every single card not to mention the amount of time it's going to take for these to actually sell in the first place.
 
You were told before by mods that posting about this on here was an idiotic idea. And yet you came back, Ian McGonigal.
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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011622482922 (http://archive.is/ik4ZY)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maunderingcabal/space-trucker-0 (http://archive.is/oNaLf)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-mcgonigal-aa951571
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These are adorable though. Stick to raising chickens.
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This forum isn't for advertising your store.
 
Super Collie dijo:
I will admit I did not watch the entire video in the OP, nor did I watch Chris' original video where he announced that he was putting the cards up for sale. So take this with a grain of salt.

Not trying to argue, but let's talk hypotheticals here. In @cabalcoffers's video I saw that Chris seemed to have many copies of the card "Pokemon Trader". If you look online this card can be purchased in "lightly used" condition for $0.69. OP mentioned in his video that the card sleeves of the binder were "jam packed" with multiples of the same card, of which several sleeves had this one in it. Let's assume there are a dozen of Pokemon Trader cards in the binder, that totals just over eight dollars. Not exactly life-changing money, and this is assuming that he sells all of them.

He also noted that there was a "reverse holographic legendary" card on one of the first few pages he flipped through. That was the "Scoop Up" card, and it appears to be worth about six dollars by itself. Six bucks for one card is a lot better than 69 cents per card, but he's sitting on a ridiculous variant of a re-issued card that doesn't appear to be in extremely high demand. Things like reverse holos only appeal to hardcore collectors because someone who actually plays the TCG can save themselves five and a half bucks by purchasing the non-holo regular version of the card.

There are probably a handful of cards in that binder that are worth "actual money", in the range of maybe $10 each on a good day. The main problem @cabalcoffers is going to face, especially with some of the older cards, is that most of them are no longer allowed in official tournament play so he's going to have to bank on collectors buying the cards from him, and collectors are notoriously anal about condition. Chris played with his cards, this means they probably are not in the condition that collectors want, and they are from card sets that are not allowed in tournament play so they are also of no use to players.

Maybe OP will get his money back if there's enough things that he can use to nickel and dime his way back to breaking even, but turning a profit from this endeavor might end up being more trouble than it was worth when you consider labor hours that go into sorting, cataloging, listing, packing, and shipping every single card not to mention the amount of time it's going to take for these to actually sell in the first place.
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I'll be blunt: I don't think you understand how these sorts of businesses work. I think you're talking out of your ass.
 
Marvin dijo:
It's not weening.
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I don't think you can even call it a trolling attempt. This transaction is clearly financially motivated, and it's already proving to be beneficial to both parties. Unless you count people getting salty that Chris is getting money for actually selling his toys, something a lot of people here have been wanting and pushing him to do for years..

Super Collie dijo:
Not trying to argue, but let's talk hypotheticals here. In @cabalcoffers's video I saw that Chris seemed to have many copies of the card "Pokemon Trader". If you look online this card can be purchased in "lightly used" condition for $0.69. OP mentioned in his video that the card sleeves of the binder were "jam packed" with multiples of the same card, of which several sleeves had this one in it. Let's assume there are a dozen of Pokemon Trader cards in the binder, that totals just over eight dollars. Not exactly life-changing money, and this is assuming that he sells all of them.
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In the 1st video, he mentions multiple Charizard cards, apparently, those are valuable enough to cover most of his investment.
 
I hope chris can turn a comfortable living selling stuff from the horde after barb passes so that he can live a confortable life in 14blc...who knows how far this will go? Maybe between patreon donations and horde selling maybe chris can afford srs if he wants to.

It warms my heart that a person like chris can hustle like this. If he can do it i dont see what anyones excuse could be to not make money.
 
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