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Collection Reflection : Pokemon Corner Podcast Episode 127Added:
Time does fly, my friend.
>> Hello.
>> We're blaming on Eric once again for being late. Seven Seven minutes. Six minutes.
>> I don't know. I was here two minutes to spare and then you said you needed to brush your teeth before I could use the restroom.
>> I I brushed my teeth at 10:58. It took me probably >> That was two minutes that I could have peed.
>> Why don't you pee? Why didn't you pee on the way to work or water bottle?
>> No, like right before you left.
>> I peed at work. Why didn't you pee before you left work?
>> I left work at like like 30 minutes ago.
Oh, >> so it's like, you know, in that time.
Anyways, hello.
>> We're on Mexican time.
>> Um, >> actually, we're we should be early.
>> I've been MIA. Oh, >> we're on Mexican time. We should have been uh we should have been uh early.
>> Mex your Mexican time's early.
>> I think Mexican time is for sure like punctual as hell.
>> Oh, that's No. My my idea of Mexican time is is >> no Mexican time late.
>> That's No, that's not right.
>> And then you stay late later than you should.
>> No, you you come in early and you leave later than everyone else. That's Mexican time.
>> And we're underpaid.
>> Yes. [laughter] >> You agree with that?
>> Overpaid, underworked. No, underpaid, overworked.
>> You agree? You agree with that part? But um Oh, yeah. You got some compliments on your hoodie from from uh from uh Did you quit?
>> Quit there.
>> Yeah, I quit.
>> Okay.
>> I quit like in Janu March.
>> Damn, son.
>> All right, let's say what's up to everybody. We have 15 live viewers.
Matt, Matt Maker, what's going on? I was first. A heart attack. What is going on?
Who else? Tone and Turk, what's going on at work?
>> I work going to listen and weld. Hell yeah. That's sick. Jared, Jared, what's going on? Let's go. Podcast time.
Chamra, what's going on? Hamira lock jaw Jones. Hello. Hello. Alexand versus Gengar. Hectic. Look at the man's voice.
What's going on, Hector?
>> Aloha.
>> Good for you guys.
>> Aloha. Henry saw a video of someone who bought a Spanish Rayquaza V-Max for the price of English without realizing it was a Spanish card. Oh my god.
>> You guys cooked. What's going on, sailing? Hope you are the pups are doing well. Uh Jav uh Jab Dog, what's going on? What's up, guys? Chimera and EMTT Carlson, what's going on? Hello, everyone. I hope you're all doing well.
>> We're doing well.
>> Definitely almost got me before. Is it Indonesian or some certain >> Damn, you almost bought a Indonesian card. I think it was Spanish.
>> Some certain car No, there's some certain cars that have the still English names for like the Pokemon.
>> Mhm.
>> And then you don't Sometimes, you know, collector brand, you're not looking at the move sometimes.
>> No, you're right. No, you're No, you're 100% right.
>> But anyways, >> yeah, >> but also lately when I'm searching up cards, >> um, >> a lot of Indonesian cards are popping up when I'm like not searching for those.
>> That's cool. But anyways, hello. I feel like I'm I'm so out of it. I've been like I've been because I like I said, I've been MIA for like the last four or five days in my head for for me because I dick because you were dying.
>> I lost like six pounds from being sick.
If you know, you know. Um was coming out.
>> You had the flu. You think?
>> I think it was food poisoning.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Because it was it was kind of shortlived.
>> All those corn those corn dogs.
>> I know. I got to stop corn dogs and gizzies. You know what I mean?
>> Too many corn dogs.
>> What's going on, Odo? But so good.
>> All the corn dogs and white monsters just, you know, just does it does it does it to you, right? Just freaking >> Yeah, Tyler. I worry I worry about Tyler's teeth.
>> I can do it. I just feel like it's going to like >> spill on your teeth, dude. All it takes is one one chip away. Holy crap. What's going on, Bond Diggle? Hope you are doing well, my dude. So, today's uh I know Eric didn't see the the topic, but um it doesn't matter.
>> He says I didn't see it, guys. He does not send me the topic.
>> It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because he's not he's not gonna research or or think about it or think about it.
He's just going to show up and talk. So, it doesn't it really doesn't matter.
It's actually just a me podcast and then you can like >> Yeah.
>> bounce the ideas off of me. You know, >> that's what I'm here for.
>> Sometimes Sometimes it works on [laughter] >> Sometimes it works. Most times it doesn't. But, um, but we're here anyway.
Uh, I guess they tell you that.
>> What?
>> It's messed up.
>> They did. They do tell you that.
>> They do tell me that. Okay.
>> Um, the Korean two Korean pickups. You guys have seen these in my last video.
So, that's my buys of the week, but you guys already know that. So, it's not really a Oh, I did I did get this.
>> I don't think I have any buys of the weeks. I have stuff that have coming in.
>> Shout out to Crystal Collects.
>> Nice. Open it.
>> I I am I am in an opening video. I have some stuff I need to open. So, I'm going to be doing that. You haven't You want to show your your What is that? What What did you bring? Uh, you said to bring in subgroup. I still have to go through some of it because I'm not doing a whole big one like I did last time because I >> Do you want to show that? And I guess it's kind of like a buy because you're going to be paying for it.
>> Um, I'll show the one that I'm certain that I want to send in.
>> What's going on, Maxwell?
>> I already showed some of these though, so >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Those are ones you want to send in.
>> Yeah.
>> And none of those you were going to sell?
>> No, hold on. There's some that I might sell.
>> Here we go. Uhhuh. So, this is just a few so far that I I don't know if I might if I'm going to give it to you because I feel like I need to clean some of these because they're like kind of printed. So, I already showed you guys these ones, but I need to grade my Dragonite and my gold duck and then an ancient Mew that I want to grade.
>> That one for sure should should leave leave the leave the collection.
>> You know what's so silly though?
>> That should just be gone.
>> And I didn't catch myself when I before I did it. So, I recently opened it. It was sealed >> and then I opened it because I was like, "Oh, I want to grade it." And then I didn't I didn't look for how much they were going for.
>> Sealed.
>> Sealed.
>> How much are they going for?
>> Two $200.
>> Uh, so it could have been a quick flip.
>> And this is my This is probably going to nine. [laughter] >> Jeez.
>> Part of me kind of maybe holding hopes at nines because if it's that's a big upcharge, I think. Um, and then this is for my PC Ninetails promo stamp.
>> Nice. Nice.
>> And then I have two of these. Uh, one of them I'll I'll sell. So, >> two of those.
>> Two out of the what? Three that I pulled.
>> Okay. So, one of them you're you're for sure it's gone.
>> One of them's for sure gone.
>> The muse. Let me see if it can bad. It has a little tail swirl though, so I'm like excited for it.
>> And then >> this ain't got a 10.
>> No, I know it's not going to 10.
>> Damn. Why didn't you sell this roll?
That's crazy. Your boy just opened it.
>> I just Well, they only you could only see the Well, I guess >> nine right there. Bam. Yeah. Right. Um, >> it's that white that white corner.
>> These are some other like just like probably PCs. This I I probably won't mind selling. I forgot what this went for or this is the right.
>> Those are cool. Those are super cool.
>> And then I was also thinking of this one. I don't know if it would 10 though.
Like I don't care.
>> I sent I sent mine in.
>> I don't care to keep, but it's not PC promo. So I'm like, man, >> so mine wasn't a PC promo.
>> And then these I'm debating sending in two for PC. My requisas.
My requis.
>> Sell them. Put put them in and then they're gone. Why would I sell these?
These are cool.
>> Why not? Money.
>> No, [laughter] that's not how that works.
>> Uh, what? Get the the V-Max. The Gengar V-Max. Sell that. I collect Gengars. A V-Max. It's gone. Just that's just gone.
That That car pumped up super crazy.
>> It's only like 50 bucks. Like, bro, that >> And then I guess for a V-Max.
>> I guess I'll reveal, right? Might as well reveal because I've been like I I got to show you eventually someday. Mhm.
>> Oh, cuz I was thinking of these Pikachu, too. I'm okay selling these.
>> I have two of these guys. They're pretty pumping right now, aren't they? The the >> Yeah, Brandon. Brandon was Brandon [snorts] was telling every >> Oh, I have this guy to send. Nice. Nice.
>> And then >> I already see it.
>> Did you already see it?
>> How much did you buy that for?
>> Um, >> I don't ever want to hear that you don't have money. That's all I'm going to say.
>> I don't have money.
>> That's all I'm going to say. I don't want to hear that you don't have money.
I just want 10 though. So, I'm like debating just selling it >> wrong >> and get a 10 >> and then just get like a CCI CC.
>> CC CIC.
>> That's what I'm debating >> just cuz like [snorts] it was just one of those things where I kept going back and forth with a bunch of people of like, hey, can you show me the cards because they have like so many of them like all the Chinese sellers or whatever.
>> What why did you say one? Just the the centering.
>> It's centering. I mean, it's I mean it quality is fine but centering's kind of whack.
Um, so how much did you pay for this one?
>> Six. Yeah, it's it won't 10. Yeah, it I mean there's a bunch of silvering on the red just right on the top.
>> Shut up.
>> Swear to God. I'm I'm not I'm not messing with you.
>> Anyways, >> what are you?
>> Take it. Take We'll put put it on a black background and then look at look at the the white silver and >> Oh, that's rough. But what? [laughter] >> Well, now I'm in a bad mood. Um, >> so sell that for for a 10 for a CCI 10.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Like it's it's going up too.
>> Yeah.
>> So sell it.
>> Oh. Oh.
>> Not bad, though.
>> What do you mean it's bad?
>> That's bad that it's going up cuz I need to I need to reby it in a CCI.
>> Yeah, you probably do that sooner [laughter] sooner than later.
>> Um, yeah, cuz I have that I have that in my my shiny app and it's it's going up.
But then if you sell I don't even know how you how would you sell?
[laughter] >> You don't even know where to start. You >> want to buy it?
>> No, I already have I have mine. I >> should I should have sold it to you before you guys.
>> You should have sold No, I was if I saw that copy. Nah, I'll show you. I I I swear to God, we'll we'll put it we'll put it on on this right after and I would literally show you the I don't know how you don't see that.
>> Anyways, I'm in denial. Uh but yeah, >> but if it's if it's for your forever collection, just go send it in. You get graded. Who cares?
>> Or you care? You care. Why do you care?
>> You bought it.
>> I care.
>> You paid for that copy and now you care.
I don't understand how your brain works.
>> Neither do I.
>> Why did you buy that then?
>> Stop yelling at me.
>> But why did you buy that card?
>> Cuz I wanted it.
>> I know, but you have it. But you bought that coffee. But it has whitening. Why did you >> Um I didn't see the whitening. I don't see the whitening.
>> You just told me that you asked for him for multiple copies. How do you I would literally >> Oh, it's out of the sleeve.
>> Did you you asked for multiple copies, Eric? Multiple copies of what? That's the You asked the seller for multiple copies.
>> No, I was I was going across a lot of people just don't send you pictures.
>> Just ask for the pictures. Ask for more pictures before you >> Yes. And he said no.
>> A lot of them are just like just don't respond.
>> Then you don't buy.
>> I Yes. So then >> I did see pictures of this one. Okay, >> bro. Oh, I would have literally told that fool to take multiple pictures of those corners. Oh my god. Anyways, uh what's going on, son of Murk? Appreciate you being here. Uh crazy the ancient used to be like 30 bucks. You said it's $200 right now. The sealed I saw.
>> Yeah, >> it could just be eBay pumps. So, let me see.
>> I didn't look at like last sold.
>> Let's see. eBay. Uh ancient.
>> I remember it used to be like um >> Ancient Me. Uh >> I did the thing where I didn't look at uh last sold. [sighs] 280 listed and one second.
One second.
104 raw. Last sold. What? Like one. It's coming down.
>> Yeah.
>> Damn. Yeah, it's coming down.
>> That bought that >> early. It was early on in the month.
Starting to come down. May 2nd. Yeah, that's crazy.
>> And a nine 284. Just grade it, dude. I saw just grade it. I saw it cheaper.
Shiny. I wasn't even looking. I do this.
>> You got like a multiple cuz shiny will will try to use >> like 222.
>> Yeah, it was a bid though. That was a auction.
>> Yeah, that's crazy. They overpaid.
>> Yeah, auctions. Auctions always pay more. So, >> no, not always. I've I've gotten good >> for good for for cards like this. For sure, an auction will pay more. There's so many people that don't know about that that don't know anything about this. I can't believe this card was $30.
There's so many people, unknowing people that will overpay for cards like this.
This is all This is all I mean, it's all nostalgia, but yeah, [sighs] I say grade it.
>> Well, it's in my grade pile.
>> Yeah.
>> And then you're going to do you want to let that one go or no?
>> Well, if it if it nines, will you let it go?
>> Well, it's not going to 10.
>> I'm just I know. I'm just telling.
>> So, no.
>> That's okay.
>> Yeah. Some of these were supposed to be the not let go. The my last grading submission was pretty much 90%.
>> I think you should I think you should grade the peak of side eggs. So just you just have it graded and it just doesn't go anywhere.
>> I guess >> like what's what's the point of having that in a 10 if you're never going to let it go?
>> I don't know. You might you want to sell it later? Is that is that what you're selling? Tell me that.
>> Yeah. Do you want to buy that card in a 10? I don't know if you want to buy that card in a 10 right now.
>> Not a PSA 10.
>> Oh, how much is it? What's What's that?
It's a It's a Pikachu card, right?
>> Yeah.
>> Pikachu side >> CC10s were were at one point like $700.
I don't know what they are now. I haven't been looking. They're probably not that anymore.
>> Let's see.
>> Probably not that anymore at all. Oh.
Oh. Is that recently?
>> Eight. Yeah. Sold. Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Here. Let me show you guys.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oops. Oops.
Oops. Sorry. Share screen.
Bam. There you go.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh, damn.
>> Okay. Okay.
[snorts] >> Yeah, I sold for pretty much eight probably with taxes and all that stuff.
Yeah, about eight.
>> Freaking Eric, bro.
>> Ouchie.
That's CGC, too. Oh, is that the >> pristine? Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. Okay. 780.
>> Yeah, that was the 24th. It's been going up.
>> It's going up. Okay.
>> Yeah, you're cooked. You might as well grade it >> because I know you're not going to move fast enough to to sell it. I would I would just list it on on Facebook Marketplace to get market at least >> raw.
>> Yeah, raw. If you really want that CCIC10, then I would I would just list it um on Facebook or why don't you just list it list it in our Discord? See if anybody wants it.
>> Yeah. So, you know, that is the beauty of having the Discord. Uh, let's see.
Let's see. Let's see. Okay, we got uh waiting on a Korean. I need to stop doing that. I need to stop like doing my neck like starting to hurt. I need that Mew. Which Mew is he talking about? Oh, the ancient me. I'll buy it if it gets a There it is.
>> Oh, >> there it is. You already have a seller.
Uh, crazy. The ancient Mew used to be like 30 bucks. EX era. It's going on.
Jacob Rayquaza.
>> Oh, the Rayquaza. Yeah. this current this current market. I blink and one of my chases jump 20 bucks. Yeah.
>> Oh, what happened?
>> That's that that Psyduck that peek of Psyduck is go is is moving right now. Uh ruin his whole know.
>> No, cuz I have to be realistic, dude.
Like like I I know what's going to happen if I don't hold you back. You send in stuff and then you will you won't want it and it won't move.
Like it'll be like a double whammy.
That's what I'm saying. Like if some if some stuff you're like, "Okay, it's just going to be my forever collection," then great it no matter what it comes back as.
>> But then some of the stuff you're not going to be happy if it comes back at a seven. If the Ancient Mew comes back at seven, you're crushed.
>> Yeah.
>> So it's a double it's a double whammy for Eric. Like I'm just trying to save him >> 10 right here.
just trying to save him money because then what's going to happen is he's going to send him to get graded and then he's going to be super bummed that it's not the grade that he wants and then he's like, "Oh, I just need to sell this to get the 10." I'm like, "Holy crap.
Can't [snorts] help. Can't help him.
Can't help. Cannot help him." Poor Eric seems so heartbroken. I just want him to be happy. [laughter] >> Thanks.
>> What's going on, BCTC?
>> Yo, how's it going? It's going well.
It's going well. Pedro. Oh, yeah. That's Pedro. Yeah, for sure. Um I don't I don't get why people don't ask for pictures on eBay and TCG player. It's hard. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know why. Uh either >> I'm not buying stuff because they haven't like sent like they like or one dude was like just buy then I'll send you pictures and we can go from there.
I'm like I'm not gonna buy it and then have you send me pictures.
>> I if it's a if it's a big single I will ask for hella hella pictures.
>> Yeah. It's like you well you could just cancel it after. It's like why why go through that? Why?
>> Just send me the pictures.
>> If it's a if it's a booster box, I I will be less lenient because I know if the at the if the match doesn't come back, you know, like the Pokéballs, if the rap is different, then like it's an easy dub. But for singles, it's like >> it just feels like so much more of a hassle to deal with a single than to uh and as with a single, we all know >> like a near mint copy versus a LP copy or a moderate moderately played. Um, my first big card was an X and Y Skyla and I was so happy until I took it out of the sleeve and realized that the damage on it. It was prices near mint levels.
Classic >> classic. [snorts] Uh, ice to be dude, dude. What is is this is homeboy just just jerking it like every single stream? Like, >> hey, >> I don't >> What do I need to say to you?
>> I don't Whoa.
>> What? Whoa.
>> What do I need to say to >> I don't, >> you know, is there something? Get a get a get a girlfriend.
>> No, that's not >> Get a girl. Get a girl. Get a girlfriend. Take her on a date.
>> The first time seeing # glittergating.
>> He did that last uh last night on my stream.
>> Oh. Oh. Oh. I wasn't.
>> Yeah, >> I was asleep.
>> Anti uh shouldn't be touching yourself, guys. Shouldn't be touching yourself.
So, M. What's going on? Keep it. Yeah, keep it. Keep it. Get a grade in.
>> Keep what? Keep all of them.
>> Side deck. Ah, >> yes. If it come like a eight, you're going to be browed, you know. [laughter] And they upcharge you and they and they upcharge you. Can imagine imagine that card. Can I just for some reason it just starts pumping?
[laughter] >> Yeah.
>> Oh my Eric. Eric will never want to send a PSA ever again.
>> I already like don't like >> Okay, then no. Then no, then no.
Whatever. We're done. We're done here. I don't pre I don't pre-grade. I don't clean. I don't buy off estimates. I grade my favorite cards and if they don't come back at 10, then I keep it.
That's a tough one though, Chimera. I don't recommend that anyone does that.
But if that works for you and that's what you what you like for your collection, yeah, by >> Problem is I want to keep the tens.
>> Like you don't clean it is crazy. Like I I I wipe I wipe off I wipe off the cards like for dust and stuff like you should >> the card or band-aid ones. Um they're definitely like I took them out when I was changing them into a new sleeves and >> the card savers. Yeah.
>> They're like they they need a little like >> they'll fall. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, dumb question for someone who hates graded cards and doesn't grade cards. If I submit a if I submit a submit a for I don't submit a forex >> ex like for example >> oh for example Rayquaza V-Max card and gets a seven through nine. Do I still have to pay and charge to get it back >> if the if >> Yeah, once it gets once it gets graded, you it's Yeah, you have to pay to get it back >> if it reaches a or depending on what the payment or the prices of a of a seven through nine or whatever you >> Is he saying do I still have to pay and and charge?
>> Is that what he means? Upcharge.
>> Do I still have to pay and charge like Yeah, I can upcharge.
>> Okay. I'm not sure if that's what he means, but >> I'm pretty sure that's what they mean.
>> Yeah, pretty sure. Yeah. Uh, appreciate the clarity. I get the depending like what would a requ >> you would probably get upcharged. You would probably get upcharged even in a seven. It's probably like a thousand like I don't know close to $1,000.
>> Well, that's why I can't like I literally cannot grade a lot of my not a lot of my stuff some of my stuff anymore. Like I wanted to cross grade some stuff. I can't because then I mean not that it would not that I'm like oh it's gonna get a good grade but like >> gra then >> well no I don't want to tag eight or nine I don't even think you'll get that.
>> Hold on hold on tag tag tag. Is he still here?
>> Uh no not yet. Uh by the way by the way Henry you got a fresh Hey. Appreciate it bro. Uh I missed the old definition of goon. I don't even know. Oh like a bad guy. Yeah.
>> Yeah. I'm just, bro, the the the the teenagers like being proud that they that they jerk off is crazy. I'm like, bro, keep that [ __ ] to yourself. That shit's weird as hell.
>> Uh whenever I send my childhood cards into PSA, grade doesn't matter too much.
My HMU I got when I went to movies.
Yeah. When it's when it's like stuff like that, like sentimental stuff, that's awesome.
>> Like like these two like and the other way, like I don't care what those come back as because I like >> those. That's you're you're sending out the grid.
>> Um I Well, I was thinking about it, but those ones I'm I don't know what this one is.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Like what the rays are like in terms of price points. So I am scared to like send Oh, there there it is. Like I pulled this one myself.
>> Damn, that's crazy.
>> So like I don't care what it comes back as because I know that it's Well, one, I know it's not going to come back good.
But >> you see it back.
>> It's ter It's cooked.
>> It's not terrible.
>> Look at it.
>> I mean, it's bad.
>> Yeah, but it's your I mean you pulled it.
>> Yeah, exactly. So that's why I don't care about what this comes back as.
>> It's a great card.
>> And Ray is also not like a PC card, but I do want it though.
>> Don't want you Why don't you get rid of it? Buy it in a different language. Take the Dains by a different language.
>> I pull that other language.
>> Okay. Okay. You said you're like, "Bor is not my beast."
>> As in like one of the one of the cards that I like one of the Pokemon that I collect. I don't collect Rayquaza cards.
Rayquaza cards, but like I have I like that card. I pulled that card. I want to keep that card.
>> Yeah. Fair, fair, fair. My fossil dragonite got a seven for the tiniest bit of silvering. They kick your ass for it.
>> That uh that that Psyduck Pika might uh >> might come back an eight to be completely honest. Uh a thought. What if I grade at any grading company just so that it's encased and it won't accumulate damage further? I Yeah, I think that's great. Um >> you can always encase yourself though, sell them. You can enase it yourself on you can get a um you can get these >> are those the ones mags. Yeah, the little mag, but like they they you can buy empty um [clears throat] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You can sell them yourself. But um if you just want to have like a cool little label on it, I would go with tag. I don't recommend anyone grade with PSA actually to be completely honest. Um unless you're planning on uh moving the cards at at some point.
>> True. Um, with me it's like the cards I mean the cards that I these are this is my next PSA submission.
Uh, all that stuff is going to get moved that I'm okay with it. Uh, yeah. Coming back up. No, dude. I'm I'm trying to >> Is it all yours?
>> Yeah, it's all me. It's all me. It's all that this one. There's some doubles.
>> Oh, some of that PC stuff.
>> No, I have doubles.
>> That better be PC. That >> No, not that.
>> What?
You can keep going if if it's if you haven't passed it.
>> Oh, that one's PC.
>> No, not that one.
>> That one.
>> There was.
>> Yeah, it's PC.
>> Level X. Which one?
>> No, the um the >> uh Bandai. Uh >> Mr. Mime >> PC. Oh, the band I miss. Yeah, of course that's PC. Yeah, those are all [snorts] PC.
>> Uh Chinese Chinese. I mean, you guys want to see some of the cards that I'm sending? So, I should have made a video.
I'm gonna make a video. But um shout out to Brandon. Blackwire TCG sent me this.
You know about that? You know about that war turtle. [ __ ] is gangster. Shout out to Brandon. And then I picked this up at my first uh Japan trip ever. One of the best cards. If I'm going to get a tattoo of war turtle, it's going to be it's going to be this one >> right on the back.
>> Nah, I are my my back. Are you done?
>> Oh yeah. Back.
>> You should do one of those. Is it what's it called? Blast over.
>> You want to go blast over your back? Is >> that what they're called? I don't I don't know what you're talking about.
What's that?
>> Blast over. Not a That doesn't sound right.
>> What What are you trying to explain?
>> Like when you tattoo over tattoos. Like not a cover up, but like you use the back you use the old tattoo like and it like whatever.
>> A blast over. I never heard that.
>> But um yeah, maybe you're on to something. Uh so yeah, Camra. Uh I would grab a tag. That would be my second second.
>> That little bottle of card spray is such a cheap investment to boost the look of your cards. I haven't tried that. Maybe I do. Maybe I do. Uh >> yeah, missing out on some grades probably.
>> On a serious note, Ascending Ascended is booming unlike any other set. Only set I could think of that even comes remotely close to performance is Hidden Fates.
But the art on the sets don't even compare Ascended Heroes over Hidden Fates. Yeah, I agree. Heroes >> stalled for like three years, isn't it?
>> Yeah. And that's that's the part of the hobby where all the people that are that just got here are gonna have to learn a very hard hard lesson is the stalling period.
>> I think everyone thinks that Ascended Heroes is going to continue to just be $500 an ETB in the next couple years and what happens if it just stalls out at 200 for the next like 10, you know?
Everyone is so confident that the market is going to continue to [snorts] to do what the market is doing. Yeah. Tag baby. What's going on? Oh, I'm here.
My generation is cooked. Yeah, your generation is super cooked. If you're Are you What are you? Are you Gen Z?
>> I'm I think I'm Gen Z. I'm on the cusp of being millennial.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> I don't fit into either.
>> Millennial, Gen Z, and >> Gen Alpha.
>> Gen Alpha. Okay. Yeah, Gen Alpha's cooked. Super cooked.
>> Yeah, being proud to jerk off is crazy word. [laughter] >> Like what? It's like, oh yeah, I like don't I can't talk to girls, so I'm just gonna like, bro, that is a crazy >> crazy freaking take on life. I'm new to this. Is there some some price point liquidity for items start drying up?
>> Yeah, 100%.
>> Like drying up as in like like I could give >> they're not purchased.
>> Yeah. Um uh Dragonfly could I can I can give you multiple I can give you a single. I can give you a sealed product.
I can give you an ETB. I can give you a I mean Eric can too I think. [snorts] Wait, hold on. What do they mean by drying up? Like >> is there is there a certain price point where liquidity for items start to dry up? So like is there a certain point and I've covered I've covered this multiple times for a booster box.
>> I believe a booster box starts to get a little harder to move.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
>> At the $1,000 mark. There's very few people that want to buy an $1,000. Were you when I sent that video of like the you know just going just straight to um TCG player and you see how little certain I mean this is only for TGC TG cells like how little certain things move at certain prices.
>> It's like one it's like one a year some some of those Sun and Moon boxes. Yeah.
Um Brian from Poke did did a video the other day and he was like he did it for tag tag team and uh or um Team Up and um Cosmic Cups.
>> Two of the quote unquote best sets ever all of all of Pokemon and there's very little of them to move.
>> Well, average guy is paying 2K for like an Evil Skies box. You know what I mean?
Like >> three.
>> It's a good investment.
>> Is it though?
>> No, hold on. Let me finish. It's a good investment, right? Cuz it went up and it's it's whatever whatever. But >> it was a good investment.
>> It was a good But like the thing is though, it was a good investment, but >> who's who's buying? Like, you know, how is that like I mean people make I guess people maybe are buying it, but like nah >> because Pokemon is Pokemon is based off the greater fool theory, right? Every time we buy a card, we're hoping and you're trying to sell it. You're hoping that there's a guy that's going to like the card more than you. and I'm the greater fool.
>> And uh Eric will buy that card from you.
For me, I I I always try to um get off get off a little earlier than when the ride's uh coming to a complete stop, you know?
I >> 600 is usually mine.
>> 600 >> I think. Like like after I mean it's saying >> to me for me it's >> already paying $600 for a card >> is crazy.
>> Yeah. But like my version of that is like paying more than 600 for a card is crazier.
Have I? Yes.
>> Have I? Yes, I have.
>> For sure.
>> My my Mew and um >> Gengar.
>> Gengar.
>> Uhhuh.
>> But like those are >> How much?
>> Those don't count.
>> Gengar for it was one, right?
>> No, no, no, no, no, no. It was It was nine.
>> It was >> seven. Might have been >> I want to say seven or eight. Might have been eight.
>> Eight is definitely eight. Um, it was not nine or thou thousand. I did not.
Oh, okay. I don't think I've ever spent $1,000 on a card. Don't quote me.
[laughter] Um, oh, wait. Yeah, you definitely don't quote me on that. But like that's that's when it starts to become like, okay, like how I mean, you start to get the payment plan on that once it gets to 1K.
>> I think even a payment plan on a on a 1K is a little out of my price range.
Why do you do pay PayPal paying paying for >> because those you know it's too long or >> 250 250 a month for four months >> just bam bam bam no interest >> just an extra 250 bill >> no interest though no interest.
>> Um so so let me tackle the this question. So for I think for a single this for singles I think it's >> it's it's it's >> you're lower than I am. No, no, no, no, no. Hold on. What I'm saying for a single, right, for the average or for for they're very different. Seal product to a single. Single is like it can it can just do this forever, right? And I think once we hit the once a a booster box gets kind of old, you see less of this.
It's just like slowly going up, right? M um and with that single going, you know, being fluctuated and going crazy, people will ape in no matter if it's at the bottom, they'll ape in at the top.
They'll It doesn't matter, right?
There's going to be a new Pokemon that we didn't see coming that became popular. Maybe it's Maybe it is Psyduck.
>> Psyduck's popular, >> but it's even more popular, right? Did we see the Umbreon? Did we see the Umbreon pump uh that that we've gotten here? I don't I don't think anyone predicted that Umbreon was going to be a top five most investable Pokemon of all time. So, I think there's going to be more than one Pokemon that's going to surprise us. But with those I think with singles, it's just a whole like who knows? But with sealed product, I think once people get into the thousands of dollars, >> I'm not talking about tens of thousands of dollars, but just at the thousand mark, people start to like h maybe it's gone, right? For me, it's, you know, once I saw Evolve, guys at 3K or close to 2.7, 2.8, I was like, for sleepex, >> I'm good. I've learned $15 is my um amount.
>> That's Yeah, that's that's a good No, no. 20 20 is not 25. I think 25 is a good like it still doesn't hurt as bad >> to open. Are you opening that? No.
because like my for my sleep packs that I that I collect or collect whatever hold >> um like [snorts] >> if it wasn't if my if my limit wasn't 20 or 15 then I'd obviously be buying more of those like Lost Origins, Brilliant Stars, Silver Tempest at like whatever they they're below 20 25.
>> Yeah, they're below 20 25.
>> Um but like to me it's like >> when I when I vend with uh >> still buy Destined >> when I'm when I vend with uh Sky Ninja, I'm definitely going to bring some sleep blisters of Evolving Skies. I'll bring some sleep blisters sleep packs of silver tempest. Uh I have lost I have lost origin and brilliant stars as well.
I'm going to bring all of that.
>> I have blisters. I don't like I don't like like holding like they they're so fragile.
>> Blisters. Yeah, they are hella fragile.
>> They start to curl up and it's super >> like I opened one like a month ago. It just peel >> because it was just already like like a whole corner or half corner of it was peeled. I'm like okay. [laughter] >> No. No. Um >> and I pulled nothing. Now, for me, for me, uh I was I was just thinking I was like I was like, I really want that guys booster box, but how am I going to get to it?
>> So, I got a crap ton of sleep blisters.
>> Um in another language, right? Spanish.
>> In another language. Yeah. German.
German or uh French. I saw French was French was like almost 2K.
>> At least like Spanish.
>> Yeah. At least go Spanish.
>> Why?
>> I don't know. [laughter] Oh, thanks. Oh, you just going all over the place now. Thanks for this is this matters. Same box. I don't care. I don't care if it >> as long if Karine was in a box that big.
I It'd be It'd be the same same thing.
But um for me, I think the liquidity starts to matter. Uh after $1,000, people start deciding to guess if they really want to pay that. That's something we used to be embarrassed of back. Yeah, exactly, Hector. Exactly.
>> The gooner. Everything is about memes and aura. What's going on? What's going on, Brandon? I spend I send a lot of cards to PSA 2 from my childhood. Most came back back as sixes, but one came back 88.
>> Six would kill me. Eight I could deal with if everything else came back.
>> That's my personal grab. Only worth 450.
Hey, 450 is that's a lot of money.
>> 450 is money.
>> PSA is solely for business purposes. I won't hear any different. It is a lot of business. Yeah, PSA is like the USD for international transactions. 100%. Yo, Henry, you got a PO box I can send you?
Yeah, uh 100%. Can uh just send me a DM on Discord and we can talk. PSA the international vehicle for money laundering. I also agree, Chan. I agree.
>> Jenz is 97 to 2012.
>> Yeah, >> that that's you.
>> I'm 98.
>> Oh, okay. Oh, you're right there.
Ascended will continue to pop off as so long as the normal sets stay mid. I don't think any of those I don't even think perfect order is like is mid. But I don't think it's as terrible as what people say it is. It's not Rebel Clash.
I don't think people understand what terrible means. I could pull up a lot of sets that are absolutely terrible.
>> I mean, when you're the top hit is the Giovani. That's >> sword and shield base.
>> Free sword and shield base is rough.
It's got a Marne and some gold >> Snorlax.
>> He's got a Snorlax card. Okay.
>> I just got the V-Mac Snorlax with like >> That one's cool. That one's a cool card.
Um but yeah, I don't I don't know if they're mid Camra. Um, from what I feel, bundles dry up at $100. Yeah, $100 for a bundle is crazy work. ETBs at 300.
Booster boxes at a,000. Set. Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty good. Pretty good. Kamarc ascended heroes over evolving skies. I can't get behind that. Nah. No sir. No.
No sir. I was thinking about it. Nah.
>> And I maybe You were thinking about it.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz I mean like I like Ascended Heroes.
>> Mhm.
um >> three and no way it's better than >> I think it offers more but I think if you ask me what card like the Gengar carries that set for me but that's so but that's it. to like I so saying that >> evolving skies is maybe better but then but then but then he has all the IRS ARs >> that Gengar is super trash you you'll never find me aping in on that card >> like a little >> if if someone >> Why are you What is that? Is this like a new phrase for you?
>> What?
>> Never mind. What phrase? Ap you say aping in?
>> Yeah. You never heard that?
>> A like going all in.
>> No heard that. Anyways, >> um >> um >> I mean it's maybe I've crypto term I don't know listen to a lot of financial aing in all in alling in I don't know anyways uh I I I think that it's it's not even a it's not even not even it can't even hold a little candle to it uh to be completely honest of all guys it's so much better >> in from the booster box to the uh sleeve pack art to the hits to the sub hits being your boy Dragonite. I think that's that's definitely a sub hit. It's not the No one's like, "Oh my gosh, I can't I'm I'm spending thousands of dollars to pull this Dragonite."
As much as we love that card, it's a great card, but I don't think anybody is saying that. We all know what they're trying to pull.
>> Yeah, >> they're all trying to pull this.
>> Bam.
>> I mean, I'm I'm over here saying like evolving like Hold on. Are you Are you beingious? No, I think I they're trying to pull that.
>> I was trying to pull that over the Gen over the Dragonite. I was trying to pull I was trying to pull [laughter] this.
>> It's got Pikachu.
>> Yeah, you're right.
>> Drowning.
>> Mhm. He's drowning.
>> Oh, he's not he's ice skating. Is he ice skating?
>> Oh, he is ice skating. Panchcham is falling, but he's like he's standing.
>> Panchcham is falling.
>> Drowning. It's an ice type. And you think it's they're not like standing on ice?
>> Oh, he's panicking cuz he can't uh cuz he can't stand.
>> Favorite card. hadn't even looked at the card.
>> Panchchum. Pantum is slipping.
[laughter] >> Whoa. No one noticed that. Now it's going to pump.
>> No one watches this podcast. We have 41.
Kidding. I'm talking about like how no one saw the Pikachu's in the back of the trick.
>> Oh, I didn't.
>> No, you didn't. It's just >> the one car that I admit that I didn't that I didn't like look at and didn't notice was the magic carp from Fela where I did not know. OS. I did not notice a Gyarados and I still felt stupid about it.
>> So many people will are going to be holding some serious sealed bags with no liquidity in like Gen 11 or something when no one cares about Destin Rivals. I agree that is a super crazy hot take, but I am right there with you. I am right there with you.
There's going to be a lot of sets that people think are super investable and they're going to be holding that box and they're like, "Well, I mean, it's at $400 now. It's I mean it's probably going to hit a $500 next year and then it just like flatlines and it's like oh cool my booster B do you remember back in the day when we first started this podcast like booster boxes would go up like 30 bucks and it would be like >> still be MS under MSRP [laughter] >> way under MSRP to see now like pre-orders are twice the price of >> I I put that Chaos Rising from uh was it Hobbiesville for $260. $60 pre-order for Chaos Rising. I'm like, holy. As much as I like Chaos Rising, it's it's just insane. I feel like the Pogo market is so diversified right now and so many people already are already invested that calling it top is just speculative ignorance. It might be the top for certain cards or sets. Yeah, I Yeah, 100%. I agree. I agree. Chris, uh, you saw the beef between Poke and ENT. It's not, dude, if Nah, it wasn't beef. That is There's no N. They they mess with each other, Joey.
like when when Brian got I don't know if Brian actually I'm have Brian on on on Thursday so th Thursday hopefully I'm still waiting for he said he was down so we'll see he said hopefully he puts it into his calendar but uh I'll ask I'll ask Brian for singles I think Twice Bay Jake says there's resistance getting up to $100 and either it'll stop there or go up rapidly past that I think that was for older for older cards now I think it's a th00and the the new $1,000 is now is a hundred bucks or like back in the day like a $100 card was like wow it's a lot of money. Now it's just like a thousand is pretty pretty pretty normal.
10 years ago Umbreon was nowhere near as exactly as it was now. Um Espion was more popular than Umbreon at one point like in the XY era. Yep. I agree.
>> So old so old sealed is more stable in price but there's rarely any sales and singles are volatile but more liquidity if I'm Yep. 100%. For the most part, generally, I know there's going to be a stickler in the comments or chat that's going to be like, "Oh my, generally speaking, yes, that's how it works." But singles, singles are I I like the thrill of speculating on a single. And I also like the thrill of me sending it to PSA and just like like the tag transparency and all that stuff is super cool. And the AI is like super cool. And I like the the slabs, but I have to pay for it upfront and then it's like comes back in like a month and a half. Like that doesn't really give me any time to like miss the card or want the card or there's like I'm a mystery guy, you know? Like I I like a little bit of mystery and it could and I offload it at any time. I might be upcharged. I might not get up charge, you know? Kind of like it. Get up charge.
>> It's kind of It's kind of abuse. Umbreon always best. Always been a beast. Beast.
Always been a beast to me. Oh, to me though. Yeah. Umbreon sick.
>> Don't pick Umbreon in the games. Not good. You guys try to warn me. It's not not a good Pokemon to pick in the games.
I've been taking your advice from one of your videos blocking and ignoring the Pokemon content that talks about investing vendor POV and market watch.
Now I just try to watch binary collections. Dude, 100. I'm so glad that you watched that video and you took it to heart. I unfollowed a lot of people and some people got offended and mad that I unfollowed them, but I just don't want to watch the same market watch clicker videos like over and over again.
It's just like like we can we everyone could be friends and agree to disagree, but I unfollowed like a lot of people. I actually unfollowed like a lot of Pokemon content just in general just so I can just have my own like thesis. I have enough ideas going on in this head and from everyone in the Discord every morning. Like the Discord is insane though this morning at like at uh 2:30 a.m. there was like 50 people on the Discord. I was like oh my god it's crazy. I couldn't keep up with the general chat. How much is French versus Spanish evolving skies? There Spanish is definitely preferred um on Carter market. I believe if Tupcat is here he can he can attest to that. Generally, vintage is always more stable than modern. More price points. That's why base set Charizard is always a good investment. Is the bell. It's the bell weather. Yep. 100%. Apen is going all in without thinking of thinking for yourself. There it is.
>> I'm still waiting for a pansum. IR. We never got a pancham IR. Huh.
>> We've gotten a lot of but no pansum. Get that. But I'm more interested in liquidity than prices going up.
Yeah. Dab on some singles and get them graded. Get a PSA membership. Uh, say no to investing, kids. Yep. Say no to investing, I guess. Uh, well, if you think about it, no one is talking about Destin Rivals or Prismatic anymore. Not hard to believe Gen 10 will be will have people forget about DR altogether. Yeah, it's going to I don't know. I don't know if people are going going to still ask me a card I want from DR right now.
>> What card do you want from Desk Ar right now?
>> Psyduck.
>> What's Psyduck? A $90 card right now.
Raw. Oh, actually I do want the ho too.
Okay, two cards. That's it. Don't care any about >> any of Right. Besides that, the box is has Mewtwo and Giovanni on it. Does that move the needle for you at all?
>> I just got like really dizzy looking at you. [laughter] >> Um, >> does that move the needle for you at all?
>> Yeah, you're getting dizzy cuz you're like your fourth monster, bro.
>> Whoa.
>> Jeez. No, no, no, no. buzzing off the >> It's a good It's a good like collection piece. [laughter] >> It's like this this eye of like Are you right there?
>> My boy's just tweaking off the monster.
Does that Yeah, I'm with you.
>> Yeah. What was I [ __ ] saying? No, it's a good collection piece. It's like It's cool, but like it doesn't like I mean I'm not a Mewtwo guy. I'm not a G Giovani guy, so like I part of like I've you have Glory of Team Rocket.
>> Yes.
>> And it's that's enough. like $220.
>> That's crazy. Yeah. Uh, modern is usually more liquid because newer things have more eyes on them and are marketed much more. 100%. Hey, shout out shout out to Brian. Uh, TRJ is trash. Trash carfish trash.
>> God damn. I didn't know if you guys were actually I thought you guys were cordial with each other, but maybe not. Maybe I spoke too soon. Uh, and yeah, Joey's a Joey's a good friend of mine.
Ves has been pumped to get out of modern. Every card type has boomed in price. The only things that refused to grow is my precious full art trainers.
Chamra, I wouldn't say that too loud because the uh full art trainer boom could be coming. We all know that it it everything works in cycles. We did see a female full art trainer. I don't want to say the the waifu boom. I don't like using that word, but I think that we could see a little resurgence if we see a like when in the 30th anniversary we get more of the like I know me and me me and Jordan were talking about the friends in friends in Alola friends maybe get a friends in Kanto. Maybe we get like I don't know more partner Pokemon stuff >> in Kanto would go hard >> go pretty good, right? Um yeah, I don't know. We we'll see. We'll I think I think uh safe to keep a eye on the >> actually no I want a friend in Jodo. I want um >> Oh, a friends in Jodo would go.
>> Chris, right? That's her name.
>> I want her on a card.
>> There's a It'll probably be like Lyra and like >> Yeah, it would be Chris. She's gone.
>> Uh Team Rocket will always be worth money. You're smoking dope. If you think DR will flatline or crater. No, I don't think it's going to flatline or crater, but it could see a small, and I mean a very small retracement. But just because people aren't talking about it doesn't mean that it can't grow in the background. You know what I mean? Like it's it still can it still can do some stuff. TRJ TRJ trashing tag. I'm okay with uh Pokey and giving him a wedge.
Get wedgie. Um thank you for the information. Yeah, 100%. And shout out to Chris for helping along with that question. Where's your top five anime shows? Oh, for me, uh One Piece, Naruto, Pokemon, Death Note, and Huh.
I do mess with Sailor Moon. Uh, Sailor Moon's cool. Um, San Rio. San Rio. Hello Kitty.
Cool. I grew up with I grew up with a sister. So San Rio was pretty cool.
>> I [snorts] I'm [clears throat] My friend Marshall just started watching watching uh Sailor Moon.
>> I watched Death Note a few years ago. I was like probably >> Did you like it?
>> I liked it. It's cool.
>> Um I tried watching Seven Deadly Sins, but then like it kind of got trash.
>> Or maybe it's just me or the animation I just couldn't get by behind. But I like that. Um I I don't watch a lot of anime Pokemon, but um >> Do you have Crunchyroll?
>> I did, but I just can't stop.
>> Oh, I was watching Fairy Tale. Everyone sits on that.
>> I never seen that, >> but I was like I enjoyed it, but then it it just it Oh, it's got repetitive.
>> Oh, Bakugan, Beyblade, Digimon.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, those are like a kind of American.
>> Oh, [ __ ] Oh, yeah. I [ __ ] with Bakugan, man.
>> I don't even know what that is.
>> The little balls.
I don't know what that is. But Beyblade, there's the balls that you throw and they go on a card and they open up and then it's like a it's like a monster.
>> No, I never seen that.
>> So I God.
>> But Beyblade was my [ __ ] Oh my gosh.
There was some nerds playing Beyblade the other day at the mall. I was I was so jealous, >> dude. I have I have I have all my old Beyblades still.
>> Do you have a Do you have a arena?
>> Yeah, dude. We could do [snorts] like a live.
>> That'd be fun.
>> Just be like >> Well, the the Beyblades now they're like tech.
>> Oh, they're crazy. Well, cuz mine are still the metal, but they're the they're the first they're from Metal Fusion. So, they're the first like iteration of the metal ones, I think. Yeah. Not the not the '9s Beyblades. The >> the '90s Beyblades will actually break.
Like, they're the second version of those. Um, >> uh, but me and my cousin used to like always we were into everything.
>> Only [snorts] we still collected cards during this moment.
>> Beyblades are freaking sick. So, Vom booster boxes Spanish cheapest is one point. Oh, shout out to Tubecat, the good homie.
>> Okay, but what are those? This is one >> French. [laughter] >> Yes, it's Yes, it's Euro Euros. Um yeah.
Uh since I don't know if Brian's still here, but uh he was talking about Spanish booster boxes and and Korean, I believe. So I Dude, I got so many DMs and and screenshots of like, yeah, >> yo, Henry's about the prince. You're the you're the only person I know that collects Spanish booster boxes. You're the only person I know that.
>> Yeah, but he only collects one that he thought.
>> I know. They think I'm like stacking.
Yeah. Like, no, bro. It's just It's just one. So, it was pretty funny. Shout out to Tubecat, dude. I I Dude, I messed with Tupat so tough. So, Bobby, guys, boo Spanish cheaper is 1.1. Okay, that's not too bad. The Target The Target collab this past weekend was a massacre.
eBay and Facebook Marketplace is flooded with the clothes for 3x the price. The windbreaker is 125 being sold for 350.
Who wears windbreers, >> dude?
>> I wear windbreers all the time. I don't wear windbreers. I thought, and this is me, >> who wears windbreakers, though, I could literally wear a windbreaker every single day for like >> I saw some of that stuff. I'm like, people aren't gonna like scalp those.
Surely not. Maybe like the the windbreaker that had Kanto on it.
>> But like I was like, there's no way.
>> Oh, they saw Kanto and they said >> people are ripping off the freaking display boards.
>> I saw that. That's from from uh from Sky Ninja. He sent us something different.
>> Yeah, but like just before that too, I just I saw people like like trying to like buy them or take price tags off of it and put it crazy, >> bro. Every like look like Okay, so while we have this thing up, I >> I got to watch my words. Um I >> You had a frame for this clip.
>> I understand though. No, >> like people are like I was So I listen to tons of financial YouTube. That's like the other half of my day. 60% of people in America are living paycheck to paycheck. Like people are trying to do anything, and I mean anything, to survive. Like, I understand it's on the optics. It's like terrible, but I'm not one of these people that are going to make these videos like making fun of people for trying to make the extra dollar. I was like, just get a job. I'm like, but you kind of can't right now.
Like, there's the job market is actually kind of [ __ ] Like, >> sure. I'm I'm trying to see see both sides and I'm like I understand people have part-time jobs or multiple part-time jobs. They go to Target and they wait and they get a windbreaker and they resell the windbreaker. Like >> is it like ethical? Maybe not to some people, but at the same time like bro people are living paycheck to paycheck.
I I don't I don't know. Like I I I'm I'm one of the people that I don't really not it doesn't bother me a lot cuz just the climate if if I'm talking like oh the the economy is doing well and then we still have people scalping. I'm like all right well like right now people are doing anything they can to survive dude.
Like I'm I was on that type of time thinking like everyone needs to just get a second job and just work more. But I mean look at our job. Like we're cutting out everyone's cutting hours right now.
Yeah.
>> All over America. So, how can I hate on someone trying to hustle and just wait in line to grab a windbreaker to sell it for 2x? I'm like, >> I don't I don't know.
>> I don't know. I still think it's really weird to like [laughter] >> just be yanking out displays and running out with those. And I don't know.
>> I'm not talking about that. I'm just Yeah. I'm just talking about like someone that just waited in line to get a to get a t-shirt and they resold the t-shirt. Like reselling's always been a thing, but Pokemon is super hot right now.
>> But at the same time, bro, like >> I don't know. People go, I thought that that was ugly.
>> Like it is ugly.
>> Like they're not as long as people aren't robbing nobody or like >> they are though.
>> They are though, but that's that's some that's not the majority of what's happening.
>> Oh, sure.
>> Like we're talking about >> down vending machines >> in general generalities. Like like it's not happening everywhere. But as long as people are just like civil and not fighting and and shooting and stabbing each other, I don't have a problem.
>> They are stabbing, >> but that's not everybody. We can't say we can't say everything and everyone's not getting stabbed.
>> Uh we I went to go pick up flowers for my best friend's wife. Uh we were going over and there was a vending machine, right? Mhm.
>> There was three people.
>> Mhm.
>> Just standing in front of the vending machine. The entire time we pulled up there and got the flowers. We did a little shopping.
>> They were still just standing there on their phone. Definitely not Pokemon, older >> older people. Um >> you could be older and >> I mean older people. [snorts] >> So I don't know. That's just my take. I know that's not probably going to be popular. Maybe people don't like that, but like dude, I get it. Like I'm right after this I'm doing my third side job like because our hours are cut, you know, like we're barely we're barely scraping by. I'm you know making mult.
>> Yeah, we're everyone's trying to survive, dude. So I don't know. I don't know. That's just my take.
>> Tubecat says, "But that is only the lowest listed and not from and not from sellers that are recommended to buy."
Yeah, Tubecat, I'm only going to go if I ever buy from car market. I am going to buy from car market, but I only buying from the top sellers. Friends in Hoen, Brendan, May, Wall-E, Zenia, and Lisa. I think it'll be pretty good. That'd be pretty good. I feel I hate using the term waifu for Pokemon female characters. Makes me cringe. They look 14. They are actually like 12 to 14.
>> Yeah, it's 12 to 16.
>> That [ __ ] pisses me off when people like I'm like, yeah, like there is older women in Pokemon. Ash's mom, >> is that a waifu?
>> Sure. She's like in her 40s probably.
That's fine. Um, but the the young y'all got problems. I agree with Poke and recent video, but it was definitely not a great example to say to say see only one sale every month showing statistics off of TCG player. No one is spending $3,000 on there.
>> Yeah, but I I think I think it was just it was like it was a quick example like it's I don't I don't know how many people took took it for >> just for the example. Yeah, he's showing like there is on TCG. Yes. on eBay they also move more like but it's just it was just one tiny example hoping that the booster box is in good condition or even real for that matter.
Yeah, 100%. Uh get the Japanese sidekick $25.3 for that and great chance to get the 10 too. Yeah. Yeah, 100%. I love Digimon.
Have you seen the cards? No, I haven't seen the Digimon cards yet. Uh >> oh, Dragon Ball.
>> Damn, Bakugan on the magnet. On the magnet card, you roll that ball onto the card and it folds into a robot monster.
She was Yeah, >> it was dope, dude. I Oh god, I could talk about Bakugan. I love Bakugan.
>> Like I like I'll show you some of my Bakugan if you want. [laughter] Um some of my balls. Uh they like >> live baby butt battle would be goated. I agree.
>> What What were you uh what what uh attribute were you, Tyler? Huh? I was Aquus.
>> Okay. [laughter] Nering out with my butt right now.
>> People >> I also liked Ventus. I think that's what it was called.
>> Sure. Uh people are scalping Pop-Tarts as well. That's crazy. Yeah, nasty work.
Shout out to Gajin, the good homie. WTS uh Pokemon times pop-tart. No, lowball.
I know I have.
>> True. [laughter] >> Infion in the couple. Okay, you guys are talking about Okay, that's like uh these are words that are actually buying the Pokemon Pop-Tarts for 20.
[laughter] >> I I >> Joey was going Joey was going crazy.
>> I went to Walmart. I saw the the the new fishies with all the all the starters on them.
>> Yeah.
>> Something about buying is it fishies or no goldfish? Yeah.
>> Yeah. [clears throat] >> Buying blue goldfish.
It's a little weird to me.
>> It's kind of weird. Uh Jake says, "Jod Jake says, "Nah, get a job.
>> Hire me, Jake.
>> I'm literally Yeah, I'm literally at the scrapyard uh turning in my copper right now to help pay the >> There you go. See, that's there's like other ways than buying a buying a a limit of two Kanto windbreers and selling them up for >> I don't I dude I've been I've been down bad before and I've done not good things for money. So what people >> Exactly. There's those things you can do >> that I don't and I don't and I don't think people should do those things, you know, like when people like I when I when Yeah. Not not on camera. when uh when people are scalping like I get I understand like it's it especially in this economy. So I'm not going to be here all cold-hearted and just be like yeah just >> you're not going to be cold-hearted.
>> Okay, >> when it comes when it comes to that when it comes to that stuff like I know people are actually struggling, you know, I mean the the the data is the data, right? It it's people are living from paycheck to paycheck. So whatever.
Uh there is always going to be someone with an excuse that doesn't have a job.
It takes time, energy, effort. It's a grind, but if you work at it, you will end up with a full-time job. No, I mean, sure. No, I agree. I agree with you.
>> Yeah. My work pissed me off today, so I'm sending out my resumes.
>> Are you?
>> Yeah. Let me let me know.
>> We'll see what what catches.
>> Let me know. Uh yeah, but I'm not saying that like it's always an excuse that people don't have a job. Like we people can have multiple part-time jobs and it is a grind, but there is a grind to the grind, you know, to actually get get the job to get to the grind. I'm not I'm not and I'm not saying that uh it's not attainable or anything, but I'm also not on the nostalgamics like everyone should just work more and just make more money.
It's like yeah, no [ __ ] That's just that sounds like very insensitive, but I don't know. Uh yeah, what's going on?
Poke blob. Henry supports scalping.
Clipped clipped on stuff.
>> Don't clip here. Here in Florida floor.
Uh it's a lot of retirees are scalping and scalping product and selling it on marketplace. Yeah, 100%. Why work minimum wage when you can stand in line for a Target for a couple hours and make $400 reselling ETBs? I can't blame him.
That's what I'm saying. That is what I'm saying.
>> Tyler, don't enable him.
>> That's a problem, Tyler. Most people just settle for minimum wage jobs and don't want to further educate themselves and actually build out careers. Uh they just want the easiest way to make a dollar.
>> Uh I mean, I could speak I could speak.
So, say your parents or someone makes a bad decision in life and they can't afford child care and they have to, you know, take multiple little part-time jobs and have a side income. Like, I I uh you know, it's what my my family had to do. So, I was like, do I do I look at these people that are sitting on the side of Target for a few hours to grab a a windbreaker like evil people that are ruining the hobby? Like, not really. Um, but yeah, I agree that they can further educate themselves and actually build out a career. But I don't know. What do you think? What do you think about this take?
>> You have no no >> what if if some is this you is are you I mean you're trying to further educate yourself if that would occur.
>> Yeah.
>> Um but would you I mean you're we're kind of reselling.
>> No, I'm not >> with PSA with with the PS with PSA credit cards. I have sold one thing in my >> You're kind of holding some product and hopes maybe that it goes up to resell.
So I don't >> I think I want to know my actual hopes, >> which is not going to happen though, so I guess it doesn't matter.
>> They all come n come back nines.
>> No, no, no. I'm talking about like they all come back 10.
>> No, the stuff that I'm actually holding >> Uhhuh.
>> Um cuz most of the stuff that I send to grading lately, like I I want to keep some of it. I'm like, okay, I kind of maybe >> You got money like that?
>> No, I mean [laughter] I But I would like to keep they're my cards. I >> I know. I don't get some of this stuff just to like Yeah. Anyways, but but yes, I I completely agree because I'm the same way.
>> But but if the value is just enough to help help me.
>> Sure. Well, >> where I where I know I can grab that copy maybe in a different language or something else and still have that card.
Like >> I don't see what the point of holding the card is.
>> Yeah. Like that's just smart with your money. And >> if if I had if I had a card right now, not multiple, but if I had a card that could pay off my student loans right now, maybe I probably would do that.
>> How about I'll do you one better.
>> But I don't want to sell a bunch of my stuff.
>> How about How about I'll do how about I'll do you one better. What happens if your PSA submissions could pay off your student loans? You still wouldn't do that >> if they're like if they're like not my PC cards.
>> That's what I'm saying, bro. Like you have to like I was watching shout out to Earn collects like I was watching his last video this morning but he was talking about people like he's like not enough people talk about selling cards to just get ahead in life. Like I love >> obviously I love Pokemon right >> but to get ahead in life I can sell it's I can get some of these cards back.
>> Most of the cards I would even say I can get back again.
>> Maybe the Grails. No, like the the Psyduck Pika, the Gengaru. Oh my.
>> Like the grails I can keep, but like the rest of the stuff like I probably do.
You care about that ancient mu.
>> Let's just say that. Let's just say it came let's just say all those cards came back at 10. Right.
>> If the HMU came back at 10, I would sell.
>> Oh, if they all came back at 10. Let's say they all came back at 10. Yes, they all came back at 10. And they could really really do some damage on your credit card debt or student loan debt.
This is easy to like answer if like if if either of these ones, which I don't know off the top of my head, but I'm sure I mean they're Rayquazers and they're mid era vintage.
>> Um if either of these came back at 10, which they wouldn't, so it's easy to talk in this hypothetical, I would sell.
Yeah. Because the they would pay off a good portion and it's like me losing out one item.
>> So like like >> So let's just take it down to the next level where you have to realize today's topic. realize when >> we finally get into today's topic.
>> We're finally going to tonight's topic.
An hour an hour and two minutes in.
>> I don't I still don't know the topic.
>> Uh real like uh like looking at your collection and like being happy with your collection. Yeah. Being happy with what you have. So this goes all into that. So if all of these grades come back and you're looking at that final value, unrealized of course, right?
Could that number could could you part ways with those cards to change your life in that aspect to to sell to get down your student loans or your credit card debt to not have to pay that 100 200 $300 in interest >> at the end of each and every month where you're constantly losing money. You can get back those cards again if you really really want them. Nobody cared about them.
>> Yeah.
>> Because you graded them already. They came back at a great grade and they're they're not going to be any easier to move than right now. That's all I'm saying and that's my advice to everybody.
>> Go watch Earn Collect's last video. He will get you in that mindset of everything's liquid right now. A lot of the stuff is liquid. A lot of the stuff I'm looking at your pile right there very liquid.
>> I got good taste.
>> You got good taste. Very liquid. So, I just I know it's like the big brother talk.
>> You know what really sucks is my my portfolio is is split 50/50. I was looking at my shiny.
>> Mhm.
>> My sealed and my um my graded are are literally like 45 45 and like 40 whatever whatever the percentage is on that. [laughter] They're like they're >> 45.
>> Well, because I have I have I have my unc uh graded cards, my raw copies. So, it's like it's 45 and 46. 47s like that.
They're like dead even. But I just Yeah, I don't know. I'm trying. For me, it's just it's like I can still have the cards I want, right? These little cheap $100 cards, these little 55 I just folded that in half. Uh I'm just kidding. Um dollar cards in Korean and whatever. And I could just still have those.
>> Well, we're getting there. Remember that's what my >> But the Japanese cards that I know contend that I bought in hopes that they might nine, but I knew that they can possibly 10 >> and then I could let those go, right? I graded them and I was like, >> it's probably going to 10.
>> Yeah.
>> And now now I could let those go >> as time goes on with the PSA membership because it's already four plus months till my that that sub comes back.
>> I'll finally join the dark side when my sub comes back and >> we'll see what those are and then I'll sell those ones that I don't care about.
Like the Zaptose from 151 I don't care about. I could sell that.
>> I hold it but like I don't hold >> Yeah. Zapdos. Who cares about Zapdos?
>> Or I should would say Zapados.
>> Zapados.
>> Don't don't don't get why people would ever listen to anyone when it's about their money and what they buy. Sure. It can be recommendation and such, but yeah. [snorts] >> Yeah. I don't I don't know. No, it's just it's just about like I don't know.
I think I me and you came like we started this in the Sword and Shield era, right? So we've we kind of have this like different mindsets going forward. I think I think me and you will always always remember the cheap packs, the cheap booster boxes, etc. Do you think you'll ever forget these times that we're in right now?
>> No.
>> Why? Why is that?
>> Cuz I hate these times.
>> Cuz why? Cuz they're expensive. Cuz it is expensive, right? Mhm.
>> But with the with things being popular and expensive brings like liquidity. So a lot of the stuff that you've been holding that I I would argue you really don't care about that much. I think it's good to just piece off a little bit of it to if you dude by all means if you want to buy more grails, buy more grails. But it's going to be tough to look at some of your grails when they're thousands of dollars. Maybe 1,000, 2,000, I don't know, 2500.
But you have a box, you're like, it's a cool box. But two or three of these boxes can pay for the car that you may you may think that you may never get to own ever again.
>> I guess I really don't need my collection boxes.
>> That's what I'm saying. And that's the realization that I had with the collection boxes and the ETBs.
>> They don't fit in my shelf. [laughter] >> Like you just pull a box like they're like sticking out this much off of the shelf. Oh yeah, this collection box.
Yeah, great. You know what would be great? If I had my freaking grail. If you No, I probably buy more uh Japanese B boxes. I love displaying those. They look so good.
>> Like that?
>> Yeah. Well, mine looks better though.
>> Yeah. Uhhuh. It's like if you can offload $5,000 worth of collection boxes, you still wouldn't to get into What's your grill? If if I gave you five grand right now, what would you buy? One card.
Is there >> five grand?
>> Yeah. I don't know if it would buy my grill right now. Well, it would buy oneish girl. Oneish grill. Okay.
>> My Game Boy promo. Game Boy Pro. It's like, do I really? Is that It's like That's my That's my freaking brain. I have that [clears throat] card. I have two of that card.
>> Yeah.
>> Do I need it in a 10? No.
>> No.
>> That's me and Brandon were just talking about that actually in on on Instagram.
>> I don't need it.
>> That's fact Jake. Nobody wants to learn a skill, figure out [ __ ] for themselves, or do hard work anymore. Tik Tok brains are cooked. Yeah. Everyone wants the instant instant uh >> see how much this card it is.
>> I just bought two silver tempest booster bundles for the same price. I could have bought two destin rivals. I think it will work out better for me with two silver tempest booster bundles than two.
Yeah, maybe. Maybe.
>> Ooh. I can buy a PSA 8 Masaki Gengar.
>> Sure. There we go.
>> That doesn't sound right.
>> I'm [laughter] for 800.
>> Four grand. That doesn't look right.
>> That sounds Is it cooked? I'm not going to college. Too cool for school. But I'm going [laughter] uh sometimes it's a full-time job to just find a job and most states can fire at will.
>> Dude, I hate college. I've been [laughter] I I'm like push I hate school. Like I used to love school or whatever.
>> Yeah.
>> Um I wish I did not like leave. I would have been far done by now.
>> I'm I'm I hated school every single second from the moment I stepped foot in that thing. I don't I didn't like group work. I didn't like the the way that they told me exactly what to do.
>> Well, I was a guy that always just did it and >> Oh, yeah.
>> gave credit.
>> I was I constantly wanted to do music or do something creative.
>> I wish I went to art school.
>> Uh you can just do art.
>> Well, see, that's why that's why I that's why I dropped out the first time because I I switched from chemistry >> um to graphic design or tried to at SAK State.
>> Yeah. um they didn't let me uh and but then I was like I'm doing graphic design or trying to do like these classes and it's like I could just do this. I could just learn this. I don't need to pay for this. And then so% I went there and then >> I don't think you really need college unless it's like someone like your brother or a doctor engineer doctor something that you like there's you can't learn online from uni.
>> You definitely can. I mean >> I mean Sammy I mean Sammy right now I guess >> dude don't what's going on Crystal? Hope you're doing well. Hello. Today, uh, education is great, but there's definitely an affordable cris affordability crisis going on. It's undeniable. Yeah, I'm right there with you, Chris. I I can see both. I can see Jake's point, but I also like I don't know. I like I said, I've been I've been down super bad. Like, so I don't when people are selling stuff on the side, I'm it doesn't it doesn't really bother me.
Um, it's like they stood in line at Target to to scalp a jacket. like people are barely scraping by. They got like three kids. They probably made bad decisions or maybe, you know, some some gnarly trauma happened with their ex-husband or boyfriend or something and they're stuck in that situation. Like I don't I can't say that. Like a Pokemon podcast.
>> I don't know. Yeah. No, I know. But it just when people say that or like, "Oh, just get a job and like go try harder."
I'm like, "Yeah, for sure." For the average for generally, yes, I'm I'm right there with you. But I also see the other side of what the economy is like today. Sure.
>> 60% of people are living paycheck to paycheck. [snorts] >> Sure. Sure. Sure.
>> I don't think that is a problem that people resell. It's just what hap what happens around it. Yep. 100%. I think everyone in the chat right now is holding something in hopes it goes up.
It's just the nature of the hobby. We have to rotate things to afford the cards we want.
[laughter] [clears throat] Uh and a lot of people with the hobby are reselling to fuel other stuff. Yep. Bro, if I could sell everything to pay for my student loans, I would do it. Yeah. John, did so you missed the call last cuz you were sick.
Johnny was saying that he's paying off his he's selling his Pokemon collection to pay off his student loans like almost 100%. And I was like, "Holy crap, dude.
Congratulations." Like, Pokemon will always be here. There's always going to be a shiner box. There's always going to be a cooler card that you're going to want. I mean, when Descent Rivals came out or maybe let's just go back to Fusion Strike Gengar, right? The V-Max.
Did you think that you that there was going to be a cooler Gengar? is you're like, "Wow, I can't even fathom this Gengar is so cool." I remember when you brought that Gengar, you were so gung-ho on the on the Gengar. And now you like the Mega Gengar, right?
>> You got me.
>> And there's going to be a >> I know defeat.
>> And there's going to be a cooler Gengar.
>> There wasn't a cooler Dragonite though.
>> I don't know about that one. I don't know.
>> I am dying on that hill. A Dragonite ascended Dragonite is not >> How about How about if there was a The next era there's a tag team where where Gengar is holding Psyduck like >> that would be sick.
>> They're just like this. They're like buddies. They're like pals, >> dude. [snorts] >> Eric's all in.
>> Give me a Psyduck pulling a P sign. I am in. [laughter] Dude, that is sick.
>> Oh my god. With Gengar.
>> Yeah, >> it's over. Eric's all in. That you would probably sell. What if that card was like right off rip? Three grand. That's crazy.
>> Would you would you then think about selling >> like something to get that card? No.
>> No. [clears throat] >> And if it's just rising like 10% every month.
>> I just I think my thing is if I were to sell my stuff, it would it needed it needs to go into something like not not profound. That's not the word.
But like like I hate the idea of selling so much into one thing. You get what I'm saying?
Yeah. I get it. But it's it's a learned it's a it's a learned uh uh skill skill.
I don't know. A learned uh yeah action.
>> I but like no as as you start to sell a little bit. It's kind of like the it's it's the argument of like oh why would I buy this booster box at $1,000 when I could buy so many more singles and stuff at that. You know what I mean? It's like that kind of same argument.
>> No. No. For sure. But it's but it's with finances. It's a little different I think.
>> No. Yeah. But I'm talking about like and you're asking me if I would sell a bunch of stuff into a >> No. No. That was just that was his example. I mean, that was that was just an example.
>> I'm I'm just saying cuz you said for the student loans.
>> You said for the student loans.
>> Well, they're deferred right now. So, I have zero. [laughter] >> They're deferred, but they're not gone.
>> I have zero interest. Yeah, freaking the government. The government fed me on that. They were forgiven and now they're back. I don't want to talk about it.
>> I don't know. Uh yeah, a whole lot of second Henry.
>> Yeah, a whole lot of second Henry. Maybe you should clarify what you're referring to as resell. A lot of people think they are investing whatever they are just buying stuff and selling it immediately.
Yeah, 100%. Like I think a lot of people are try or they say that they're going to hold for three to five years, me included. But uh we didn't know that the Pokemon bull run was going to do what it's going to do. We also don't know that life is going to life, you know. So I don't know. I I I I used to be I used to be super like one way um trying to like with the hobby and now I'm just trying to not rationalize but just like have more sympathy >> for all aspects of the hobby like when when like I see the collectors making fun of the like straight investors like oh investing is so stupid like oh but and then you see the investors being like oh like making fun of collectors and it's just like it's just kind of dumb Like I think I think the hobby can be whatever you want it to be. I know the the the like the ground level of the hobby is just loving the Pokemon and collecting them the cards, but then now I mean it's there's they're so expensive. So like the a I think the average person can't even afford a booster box or the average person isn't going to go buy a $250 D rivals booster box week week three, you know. So, I think it prices a lot of people out. So, now people have to like think about the money going out more where in the Sword and Shield era, $100 to you for a booster box, did that feel crazy? It felt Yeah, it did.
>> How about How about when it was like Did you grab any at 80?
Did that still feel crazy to you?
>> Um, Bush Box at 80 was not crazy. Bush at 100 also was not crazy. But but yeah, like it to speak on to the just you're speaking on the times like those price points like I didn't want to buy >> Evolving Skies ETBs at $80. I'm like that's stupid. That's crazy. I would never pay for that.
>> Yeah.
>> And I mean >> Yeah. Yeah. So but so just different times and they all come. So like >> we can't just we can't just completely disengage with the money aspect. Yeah.
>> As collectors.
>> As collectors. Not even as investors or like like passionate >> like we would we would we would never be talking I I don't think I don't think I don't think we would be talking about grading or selling anything if this bull run >> wasn't in full effect.
>> Yeah.
>> If it was still Sword and Shield everything returned to normal we would probably be bor collectors to be honest.
>> I'd be ripping my stuff right now.
>> We'd be ripping. Right. But things change like the hobby changes.
>> Um we shouldn't even have student loans.
It's like Yeah. I agree. I agree. You're telling me >> it's it's like you have to pay for further education to be a better human and contribute more and maybe create jobs and it's kind of silly, right?
>> I mean, you have student loans.
>> Yeah. [laughter] >> Uh, as a person who has a college degree in software engineering, no, I don't work as a software engineer. I graduated in 2020. Honestly, college doesn't help.
It's all about the search and working up the ladder. [snorts] Uh, he loves his cards. Why sell them?
Yep. Yep. 100%. Uh, yeah, exactly.
Having a degree doesn't guarantee you a job, but the educational system doesn't tell you until you're in the middle of your college career. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Uh Eric, how's the beater fusion strike box doing?
[laughter] He's >> It's doing good on my shelf, baby.
>> He's going to hold that Fusion Strike box until it gets just throwing in acrylic at this point. Just let it ride.
Huh? Screw it. Someone like I would argue let's let's say Fusion Strike gets the 2500, right? I don't even think you can sell that thing for like >> I don't even think someone would take 1.5 that bad.
>> I don't even think someone would take 1.5 like oh >> that's crazy.
>> Like someone just rolled it down a freaking side of a hill. Uh getting lots of cards the past few days regretting buying some of them because the fact that I didn't need them for my collection goals. Hey Snoop, you just we can't be uh listening to Brandon because Brandon just puts us on too many amazing arts. Anything you sell, you will never get. [laughter] That's that's what I'm saying.
>> That's not true. Well, yeah, if you're an ENG collector, for sure.
>> Yeah. Well, that's that's the point that I make like you say a lot of the times like you just buy it back. It's like well no because the price points I'm in on something like I would never buy it now. Like like why why would I do that?
>> Do you want me to answer that question?
Is that a rhetorical question or you want me to actually answer that question?
>> It was rhetorical.
>> Okay, there we go. I agree. You should not you should make your own decisions.
There's a lot of people that seek other people that are experienced in a certain area to learn from them or do as good as them. Yep, dude. I have the gra uh Game Boy Dragonites and I really want that Lugia and Mewtwo. I have a dual major bachelor's and associates and I am an electrician. Definitely got scammed.
[laughter] [gasps] >> Shout out to Team Rocket Joey though.
What's going on, Joey? Hope you're doing well, bro.
>> Uh why still sell Oh, why still everything why >> is why is every why is everything whatever? You could ignore all of those bills and I don't I don't know what that means.
>> I'm ignoring them.
>> The collector always wins. Keep that in mind. Yep. Yep. I agree. Free tennies are over. Stores are products with years of gains in advance. Free t uh free tennies are over. Stores sell products with years of gains up front. I don't I don't agree. I dig that emoji, Bob.
Yeah. Blab. I wish I wish all LCS's LGS's would set or would sell at MSRP by letting you rip the box right there at the shop. They do that in Japan. So that's why Japan is better than than here in the States. It was cool seeing them rip open like on release day for a Ninja Spinner.
>> Seeing them just like all they were running so you get 10 packs if you're like a member. So, there's a lot of people in there and it was pretty cool seeing the urgency. They were just like running back.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm waiting for >> I'm waiting for Pokemon Center to start sending out some uh secret uh buyers.
>> Oh, Secret Shoppers.
>> Secret Shoppers.
>> Secret Shoppers. Everything I learned in college I could have learned on YouTube.
Yep. And that's where I'm at today. Uh I have everything on TikTok now. I was going to I was going to sign up for a a music uh degree and I remember the last counselor appointment I had and we were getting down to like the the money aspect and I was like I work I work with rappers already like you're going to teach me how to engineer like cuz you guys have a giant soundboard but I'm going to be recording rock music. Like what the hell? What is how what is this going to do to me? So I remember I called Karina. I was like like what should I do? and she was like, "Yeah, do do what you do uh like don't don't go there." Okay. So, >> remember I was taking um I was I had switched my major. I'm not saying college is a scam, but for most of it, >> yeah, I it kind of is. Well, to an extent because I was I had switched my major, but my major was impacted. So, I couldn't like I couldn't This is how they explained it to me. I couldn't uh >> Of course, you couldn't. That's what they >> what's the word? I couldn't like officially transfer to my major.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So, I was still I was still locked into certain prerexs for my chemistry degree, >> but I had to like I had to take uh the graphic design prerex to try to get approved for the the graphic design >> scam >> major. And I was like, what is like what is this? I don't It was >> It's like why do I why do I have to take all these math classes if I want to be in music?
>> Yeah.
>> Like, can I can I just take the what what does what does algebra 2 have to do with music? Oh, and Brandon said, "And soon there won't be anything you can't learn from AI." I use I'm a chat GBT [ __ ] Oh, I use chat GBT for everything for the music production stuff. Like sometimes I I can't figure out like a certain routing like chord chords to like route stuff and I'll just take pictures. I'm like, "Sound's not coming off here. How do I route this to here?"
And it'll literally tell me step by step like how to do it. So, I love Chad GBT.
>> Went to uni chemical engineering. Best investment ever. I work in the field from I work in the field from university, but the student loans are insane. Won't pay them off before the default. And I pay $200 to $300 a month depending on paycheck. [snorts] >> I mean, I don't know, bro. I was like I I didn't I didn't if Joto Jake's still here like I didn't mean to get into it with Jake but like like there's there is a realization and and like as I drive through our city and see like all these people and I hear on the news and I see the numbers of all these people struggling and I'm like I come to Pokemon and it's it's just like people saying that everything's good and fine and people are spending all this money and I know in back of my head that's not how the economy is doing. So, I know this is just like a a fun bubble that people pretend to live in like, "Oh, everything's great. I just have all this extra money coming in coming out, blah, blah, blah." It's no, that's not.
Statistically, that's not true.
Statistically, 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. So, when I see these resellers and scalpers and people like, "Oh, they're terrible for the hobby." Sure, they net positive for the hobby. No. But the economy is in freaking shambles and I think it's going to get a lot worse with gas and oil prices.
People think that it can't get worse in the short or you know short short short term. It's it can absolutely get way worse. And I'm I'm just curious to see when it affects Pokemon when you start to see more people being like bearish like I have to pull back on spending.
Like I I already I already said multiple times like I I'm not buying anything for my PC. I'm buying this stuff. They're great. And if they come back at nine, I'll keep. But if they come back at 10, they're gone. So >> crazy.
>> I know. They don't want to be going.
It's not a They didn't want to get into a >> We could have two different people right now.
>> Why?
>> Cuz I'm buying for my PC. I'm not buying too great.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, too great to sell. Yeah. Great to sell. But if they come back at 10, you would you would sell.
>> Will I Is that where you got from our whole conversation? cuz you just said like metaphorically speaking. Don't look at >> Oh, metaphorically speaking. Yeah.
>> You would sell.
>> Mhm.
>> What's the >> So, you still would sell You still would sell those cards.
>> Yeah. I don't know if metaphor is like is like is productive to this conversation. Yeah. I I get you.
>> Oh man. Uh we w we all walking around with 100k plus a day. If you take the nad the natty per cap.
Yeah. There was a I forget the comedian I was watching and he's like some piece he walked out and the homeless person asked for for a dollar and he was like, "Hey, brother. I I I got so much debt.
You have more money than me."
Technically, [laughter] >> walks into the liquor store.
>> Yeah.
>> So, all right guys.
>> Um that's where that's where we're going to end. So, I mean that's pretty much it. That's we we got into pretty much everything with the uh even with the topic. Uh let me see. Brandon says uh people are going to run out of money and space for all that seal it's going to it's going to give at some point.
>> I already ran out of space for my um itself.
>> It's crazy, dude, to see so many people in the hobby send not only me pictures of their sealed I and I'm not the sealed guy. I have said that multiple times.
I'm a one booster body. Maybe two, maybe three, maybe.
your point. Boo. I'm just kidding.
Booster box guy. I'm not one that going to case up and and grab pallet up.
>> And they show me the photos and I'm like, do you have do you have an exit strategy? What's the what's the number in mind that it's going to get to you and you're just going to easily off offload it?
>> Yeah.
>> I don't know. I'm going to vend it all.
>> Two cats pal palleting up. I palleted up today. 12 12 tray of monster.
>> There we go. Cheers. Boom. All right, guys. So, we're going to get out of here. An hour and 25 minutes. I feel the short one.
>> Was it? It feels like I don't know. How long do I usually go? An hour and 15.
>> Mhm. So, it was good. We got a little sidetracked, but all right, guys. Talk to you guys later. Peace.
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