Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Price Estimate for Everything I own

While everyone is helping you to price your cards/give you ideas on how to go about selling, I figured I would be the first to point out this.

Selling your entire collection to get quick cash (unless needed for something like a family emergency) is never a good idea. Not only will you get less than the market value on most of your cards, but if you did what I did, you will live to regret it.

About 10 years ago, I thought I was done collecting Pokemon (I know, how naive :biggrin:), and so I decided to sell everything I had, and I had quite a lot. About 3 years ago I got back into collecting, and I realized a few unfortunate things. Not only had the cards I used to collect risen in value substantially. but obtaining those cards was becoming much more difficult.

Long story short, I would seriously reconsider getting rid of almost everything you have, just to raise money to buy another sheet (I am assuming this is what you are trying to raise money for). You may live to regret it in the long run whenever the nostalgia of collecting Pokemon cards comes rushing back to you, as it did for me.
 
@everyone else thank you for all your help thus far.

@soleosnipe
I know what you mean. I never ever would consider selling off my stuff ever. And believe you me I been in situations where I should have sold my stuff for family emergency but dident. Not because I was selfish, not because I had my own intentions but because of the exact same thing you said i heard from my own family is never sell your collection by any means. Not even if it is for family emergencies.There will always be bills and debt no matter what we sell we will just be out of loss even further.
Keep collecting as long as you can. keep as much innocence as possible because real adult life sucks.
I know at my age (22) it's not gonna last forever and life will keep me too preoccupied to keep on collecting.
Also the value of money slips faster than the value of collecting.

I been in fostercare and I been homeless at 10 years old. I moved around all over brooklyn to kansas city missouri back home to all over brooklyn. Moved 10 times in 10 years.

Stayed in school, help the family best of my ability and maintained a collection by luck,right place at right time opportunities and saved up birthday/christmas/good grades money ( I had too because I never worked before in my life) (Focused on family,school and trying to hold on to as much childhood as possible)

(And no mods I am not breaking any rules of sharing too much personal info) I am teaching a life long lesson.

Every collector has a calling what they are the best at. They have to listen to their calling.

Smpratte has trophy cards, Pokepop has pokemon props the likes we can only imagine and dream of having.And if he ever does share what he has with us it's a privilege not a right. My calling is uncut sheets.

We cannot deny our calling no matter what they are. Our calling test our strength and helps us improve all the time.

Keep in mind I did all this without any guarantee income.

Which means I am a strong collector that is not easily succumb to difficult situations which would have me sell off my collection. I am not a sell out, I'm not the type to sell.

Because most of my life i had nothing, my collection was everything to me. My collection is where I'm at my most richest. Because no matter how much money I have I'm always poor.

This is why I have no intensions on selling my sheets or ssb no.2. That means more to me than money.

The collection is impressive not because of what I collected but because I collected for so long,got better in my collection without having a job.

I'm only going to get better as time goes on, as I improve on my education and have a Business career.

I am a Business admin Major getting my associates degree in may.
ever since 2004 my motto is why have singles when you can have uncut sheets.

I know what you mean the cards get harder to get and more expensive as time goes on.
And as great as that sounds that is not my calling to target single cards.

Also most of the single cards I'm selling I already own In uncut format.

People all around who can drop money like nothing, have all the resources in the world. Who financially speaking can buy and own thosuands upon thousands of sheets dont have any because it is not their calling.

I'm aware I will get less than true value, but damn will i earn so much in value when it comes to sheets.

believe you me it is not 1 sheet but several sheets that will bring my collection to a new plateu.

And the seller even thinks the sheets are worth more money than what he is selling it for.

Let's face facts short term i may be screwing myself selling too fast, but long term it will be possitive results.

Because I'm out of touch with these single cards, I don't pay any mind to them so why should I hold on to something I pay no attention to.

Someone else could better enjoy these items while I enjoy new sheets. Out with the old in with the new.

Also In my opinion. Most single cards to me are considered a lot easier to replace later on when it is more difficult to find sheets.
Sheets will always be less in numbers than single cards.


Also time is running out. I plan on Multiplying my collection in less than 2 years in time for the 10 yr anniv of my collection.
It took me 8 years to get 50, I am trying to get 200-300 within the next 2 years.
 
I suggest you...

1. Quit wondering about all the "what ifs" about paypal... I understand that yes it is a little worrisome, not knowing whether or not your money will be withheld. Reason being, if you don't sell soon, chances are, you won't make your quota.

2. List on a few sites, to multiply your chances are reeling in a customer... I mean I don't always lurk on ebay, or youtube... But maybe I'd be lurking here for example... HOWEVER Don't sell here. You don't have selling permission! So you don't want to get an infraction for it!

3. You could always check trollandtoad buylists... They will be a headache, and you'll have a headache trying to ship all your cards there ASAP, however 5 days have already passed and you haven't even sorted your cards yet, so this might not be a plausible idea.

4. Do as Dan said, and just sell your trophy card... That would be able to get you all the money you need to get your $1500. -Though you said you aren't selling-

5. VGA Grading is not going to save you in this case... It would take too long, and the graded games don't sell as well as cards. - Maybe for your future sheets?

6. Why not ask your ebay friends there to help you out in some way? You've clearly paid them a ton otherwise they wouldn't let other people save $$ on pokemon items...?
 
soleosnip3rv2 said:
Long story short, I would seriously reconsider getting rid of almost everything you have, just to raise money to buy another sheet (I am assuming this is what you are trying to raise money for). You may live to regret it in the long run whenever the nostalgia of collecting Pokemon cards comes rushing back to you, as it did for me.
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I disagree. Adding sheets to the great sheet collection you have is a MUCH better investment than the cards you have listed here.
 
I cannot disclose that right now elam. I mentioned this awhile ago.
That too many people know too much of my collection as it is. (I know it's my fault for not shutting up)

I am keeping my addition to my collection silent for the next 2 years.

When I reach my 10 yr milestone I plan on writing an article about everything that has come to this.
This way when I come back with the article I have a huge increase in my collection and some new stories to talk about.

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garyis2000 said:
I disagree. Adding sheets to the great sheet collection you have is a MUCH better investment than the cards you have listed here.
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My thoughts exactly. Compared to this and everything else not uncut everything can be replaced at another time.

Maybe some things will increase later on in value but that will only be the cards i dont have in uncut form.
if I have it in uncut form I have no interest on having the single card.

So all you people hoping i get rid of my ssb no.2
well if i get a sheet with that on it i have no problem selling the single card.

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@pkemontrader- I almost missed your post there for a sec.
I am working on that. Asking past ebay members who I have worked with. I have been in contact the last couple days. We are working on finalization on them helping me out. but I am trying my hardest to do this on my own so I can say i did it myself. But by next monday I will Know for sure what I'm doing one way or another.
 
I mean, if I were you, I'd get their support then pay them back...
I'd find that to be less stressful and it could be like a loan?
Or you could send them stuff to sell and they give you cash upfront.
 
I know I'm working on that.

I been in talks for a few days with that exact plan.
Thing is I'm trying to see if i can do it on my own. if not then i will be turning to that option as a last resort.

either way by the looks of things Im gonna be fine.
 
Jonk456 said:
You could also try craigslist...it's a long shot but always worth it.

Also, what are "uncut sheets"? <--noob here.
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Uncut sheets are the original form of almost all pokemon cards before they are cut to card size and put in packs. Many of the sheets are poster size and had 110 cards on them. A machine would cut them.
 
...why would you cut something valueable... a lot of people cut these cards up and do the "miscut" and I try to make profits off of fake miscuts... I say uncut sheet is way more valuable..
 
fix your post it says "I try to make profits" i dont think you meant to say that.

Ok so it looks like problem solved for now.

Someone is looking out for me and I have to pay a little increase fee but at least i have until june to pay this person back.

Now i can do this right.
Just waiting a response from seller to agree to the idea i proposed.

I figure with the demo pack $100+ the shadowless holo cards what $150 or more right for the them?

thats what $250?

Now I have a small problem i need to figure out. You see i cannot withdraw paypal money off my card since it's netspend.
I can upload it,send it, and transfer paypal money to another paypal. But i cannot withdraw.
So how do i get the money to ship to the buyers?

lets say i have $10 for shippment in paypal account, i have to put the $10 out of my pocket just to physically pay shipping right? unless is there away i can pay shipping via paypal? do they charge extra for convience fee or what?

I should be able to come up with enough money by june I'm confident I am
 
crazypokemon said:
fix your post it says "I try to make profits" i dont think you meant to say that.

Ok so it looks like problem solved for now.

Someone is looking out for me and I have to pay a little increase fee but at least i have until june to pay this person back.

Now i can do this right.
Just waiting a response from seller to agree to the idea i proposed.

I figure with the demo pack $100+ the shadowless holo cards what $150 or more right for the them?

thats what $250?

Now I have a small problem i need to figure out. You see i cannot withdraw paypal money off my card since it's netspend.
I can upload it,send it, and transfer paypal money to another paypal. But i cannot withdraw.
So how do i get the money to ship to the buyers?

lets say i have $10 for shippment in paypal account, i have to put the $10 out of my pocket just to physically pay shipping right? unless is there away i can pay shipping via paypal? do they charge extra for convience fee or what?

I should be able to come up with enough money by june I'm confident I am
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I keep on reading this forum thinking it is going somewhere!

If you plan on selling a bunch of smaller items you might want to make sure you have shipping materials factored in. On top of the other 20% in fees and shipping you would lose selling on eBay, packing material adds up very quickly if buying from the post office or Walmart. You can get bubble mailer 10x less if you just buy a bunch in bulk. Sure you can increase the shipping price to make buyers pay for it, but they will always factor that into their cost. Probably to late to order bubble mailers but they usually ship to me in 2-3 days.

It is easiest to just print shipping right off eBay, plus you get a small discount for using online services. You can use the money sitting in your Paypal account that the buyer just paid you with.

If you sell on Paypal to someone you find on Youtube or wherever you can still print directly from Paypal under the "details" [Paypal protection is actually quite good. Just for example, they cover buyers for refusals where eBay does not. You can get into trouble with eBay though and even messages are monitored now.]

I agree with the many many others before me that selling smaller items and trying to do it quick is not the way to go. Even mini unc/com/rare sets take a while to sell. I usually get about half for those kind of items when auctioning them off... which would probably be the only way to sell something like that quickly.

If all else fails, if the 31st is your deadline or nothing... why not offer up 1 sheet to get the many you want for $1500?
 
Well I'm going over the final details. Someone is putting up the money up front. I have until june to have it paid back.

So for now as far as i can see I have more time than a week to sell off everything which is great.

Now i can do things right.
 
CrazyPokemon, by the sounds of it, you are now in debt of over $1500 for Pokemon. If I may just say it, you really shouldn't be buying these sheets at that price if you cannot afford it. Now I'm not one to say what you can and cannot buy but now since you have 'borrowed' money with interest you need more than your initial price. As a rule as a collector, I never spend any more than I can afford as if something goes wrong in 'the real world' then what are you going to do? Just be careful with what you do, as if you cannot sell off your items to get that $1500+ by that time then well, I don't know what.

Also, I know it's up to yourself again but I wouldn't let everyone know that you have to borrow money. It's a little bit personal and tbh, definitely not a good sign that you want people to know.
 
Thanks for the advice.

You are right but it's already out there so I'll just learn from this lesson not to make that particular part public about borrowing.

I cannot disclose the contents of what I'm getting but I'm sure when the time is right for me to say what it is. I'm sure most people would agree I made the right decision.
 
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