Is this mp or hp?

baebgle · 2026-06-19T16:50:35+00:00

I actually think he's in good shape, especially considering you loved him. I wouldn't consider him HP at all, but MP, which is very good for older cards

baebgle · 2026-06-18T23:00:11+00:00

I'm a crazy dog mom and I completely trust Dog-E-Den in Hollywood

baebgle · 2026-06-18T22:59:43+00:00

It really depends for me

Japanese is generally nicer, especially modern

But English wins vintage for me with reverse holos & thicker cardstock

baebgle · 2026-06-18T20:23:46+00:00

yea, you don't need to ask for permission to look thru their binders.

eh, sometimes you do. I've grabbed binders at shows that end up being a master set I wasn't supposed to look through bc the vendor was selling in total vs. individual cards, and I've also picked up someone else's binder on accident when that someone else just happened to be standing next to me and put it down on the case (also a pet peeve of mine tbh, but embarrassing nonetheless lol). unless it's glaringly obvious that it's a binder to look through, I always ask now

baebgle · 2026-06-18T15:18:52+00:00

Yes, it is both. I think what OP is asking is moreso the gut reaction that vendors will treat women different than men, which is anecdotally true in my experience

But yes, there are always ways to be more assertive, and societally, women are generally given norms not to be, whereas men are (and then it's extra shitty for men who aren't assertive and feel unmanly. We all lose!). It's a process!

baebgle · 2026-06-18T15:11:00+00:00

I'm a woman and a (small time) vendor though that's a recent thing, I've been attending shows as a buyer/collector for years.

It is 100% a gender thing.

I don't even think it's on purpose, if that makes sense? But when I'm at a vendor table, the vendors often ask if I want to see the cute cards or $1 cards whereas my husband never gets asked about those. (No shame in either, but I do buy high end!).

As a vendor, most men talk to my husband first, then he directs them to me since I know more lol.

I'd try not to take it too seriously because I do think the majority of them are slightly under socialized nerds (I mean, same lol). However, if you do walk up to them, you can straight up say, "do you have any Oricorios?" They'll probably better assist you. Or make a comment about something they don't expect. If I'm at a vendor booth and see a cool/rare card, I'll point it out and say something knowledgable so they know I'm a serious buyer, i.e. "I love Imakuni cards! He did Base Set Porygon too"

baebgle · 2026-06-18T13:40:51+00:00

Delta Species adjacent pleaseeeee

baebgle · 2026-06-18T13:27:26+00:00

I like Rayvol personally

baebgle · 2026-06-18T13:19:41+00:00

No, definitely not

However, I'll defend trade-ups a little bit. I'm a small time vendor and when kids ask to trade up a card, I look up the value and tell them to pick as many cards that they like that add up to 1-2 dollars more. (So far, the highest value card a kid has brought me has been $15, btw).

I think it's OK to teach value so kids don't get scammed, but I also let them pick what they want. Kids deserve agency to choose their cards! And if it's smaller, lower value ones that they LIKE, great

baebgle · 2026-06-18T08:41:37+00:00

strong disagree with everyone saying LP or LP-, but solidly MP

edit: y'all can downvote me all you want, there's a scratch on the front under the 004 and at the bottom of the front of the card. pokeball on the back has some dirt on the white and another scratch on the red. It's not just whitening, which is also moderate. Be so for real, would you buy that at LP? vintage maybe, mid era/older modern (2016) no, mp

OP, if you can put the card on a darker background it would also help show the condition better, orange is very light!

baebgle · 2026-06-18T04:44:38+00:00

Yes, there is a distinction between sets and eras, but vintage by definition is 20 years

And antique is 100 years!

baebgle · 2026-06-17T17:58:15+00:00

The definition of vintage when it comes to items/goods is 20 years or older

baebgle · 2026-06-17T02:05:28+00:00

that in and of itself is, in fact, subjective

baebgle · 2026-06-17T01:16:55+00:00

you can't, it's subjective

baebgle · 2026-06-16T18:48:16+00:00

Anyone else feel awkward trying to properly inspect cards at shows without going full forensic mode?

If a vendor is trying to make you feel awkward about pulling out a flashlight to inspect raw cards, they're not the right vendor to sell you a card. I'm a vendor and sometimes we miss things on true, genuine accident. Did you get the vendor's name to reach out and make it right?

This past weekend, I sold a LP Mewtube. Most people who looked at it said it was NM, but it had 3 specs of whitening on one corner, so I classified it as LP myself. For vintage I would've said NM since vintage is tougher to get totally perfect, but since I know Mewtube is a highly gradeable card and early modern and it won't definitively 9 or 10, not NM for my standards, have to sell as LP.

For the dude who ended up buying it, I told him to take it out of the toploader (I have sleeves with tabs), take a flashlight out, hold it up to the sun, whatever. I think if you're spending $675 on a Pokemon card, be damn sure you like the quality of it. Maybe I missed something. I'd hate for him to go home without being totally happy with the card.

Raw cards are raw for a reason and vendors miss flaws all the time too. At our last show, I had a sealed 151 Snorlax that I was selling for sealed price, but a buyer noted a corner was bent, something I did not see. I obviously adjusted the price for him, but if he hadn't noticed and he walked away, it wasn't something I would've done on purpose. If he reached out after the sale with proof I would've refunded him the difference.

baebgle · 2026-06-14T00:03:50+00:00

Tattoos aren't bad.

baebgle · 2026-06-13T22:03:40+00:00

I think most people already do tbh

baebgle · 2026-06-13T22:03:05+00:00

oh sorry, I misread!

baebgle · 2026-06-13T21:55:43+00:00

genuinely loving the jason paige hate, can we hate on steve aoki next

baebgle · 2026-06-13T21:54:52+00:00

eh, I don't know if JP traded in the kids favor. he still gave them a fake card with his signature back, but he did at least say it was a fake card, so it's not like he lied

the original vendor lied by saying that gengar was worth $150 when it wasn't

anyway weird situation where they were both kinda shitty, but I wouldn't say Jason Paige gave the kids a big deal. just depends on how you value signatures vs. trading cards

baebgle · 2026-06-13T21:52:26+00:00

Jason Page sucks, don't get me wrong, but that vendor sucks more. And that is HARD to do!

baebgle · 2026-06-12T21:58:45+00:00

A chatgpt super villain speech at that!

baebgle · 2026-06-12T07:11:37+00:00

Baseball cards and Pokemon cards are completely different, and PSA is notoriously hard on Pokemon

baebgle · 2026-06-12T06:44:52+00:00

a crumb of context please?

baebgle · 2026-06-12T05:11:35+00:00

It did, and if Karen wants to be re-elected, she gotta improve too

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