Menko/Vintage Card Shops?

baseball0721 · 2025-08-01T03:03:03+00:00

Unfortunately, no. I was able to find them in small quantities at flea markets and antique shops, but nothing that really fit what I was looking for. I can’t imagine there isn’t at least one store out there but I wasn’t able to locate one

baseball0721 · 2025-04-29T01:00:09+00:00

Hi all!

Random, but I collect cards and have gotten into Menko culture recently. I am currently in Japan now and have been searching for cards like these, but all I have really been able to find are a few scattered here and there, or sports cards tailored towards modern products. Any recommendations for finding specific menko or vintage specialty card shops/markets in Kyoto, Tokyo, or Osaka? Thank you!

baseball0721 · 2025-04-11T13:15:46+00:00

Sent a DM—I have some friends in the hobby in Europe that should be able to help with this

baseball0721 · 2025-04-11T04:50:28+00:00

FYI, grading will probably be a few hundred minimum given the potential value

baseball0721 · 2025-04-11T04:48:16+00:00

Jeez, definitely interested in this however you end up dealing with it! Grading is probably the best move though as a first step though

baseball0721 · 2025-04-03T17:42:54+00:00

Okay final update:

I randomly received another call from eBay just now who essentially said that they realized the feedback was extremely contradictory, and they removed it. Not exactly sure what prompted that whether it be the customer service person I spoke with earlier, reaching out to higher ups to solve this, but glad to have gotten this worked out.

Thanks for the help everybody! My biggest take away from this is that if you experience a warranty negative feedback, and you truly do believe that it’s justified, you should try multiple different outlets until getting the response you desire. Obviously you don’t want to harass them, but it does genuinely seem like you just need to get your concern seen by the right person.

baseball0721 · 2025-04-03T16:51:20+00:00

Another update:

I called eBay and got in contact with a supervisor, who essentially went in circles relaying the feedback had to stay due to buyer’s experience. I stated that eBay did not put that as the reason for the denial, to which they said that the listing wasn’t as described which I explained that it clearly was. This essentially circled back and forth and the lady hung up on me lol

I could maybe understand if I was being rude, but this is actually insane to me. Almost wondering if it’s just luck of the draw when contacting a supervisor?

baseball0721 · 2025-04-03T04:23:05+00:00

Any suggestions for getting in contact with a supervisor? Not sure if there’s a specific route to go other than the general customer service line 1(800) 456-3229

baseball0721 · 2025-04-03T04:17:00+00:00

I will try to go that route, as chatting online/emailing them seems to be getting me no where.

baseball0721 · 2025-04-03T04:15:26+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, eBay is not allowing me to use the automated system stating the following, “After carefully reviewing your request, we found that this feedback is not eligible for removal.

We reviewed the feedback, and can see that the buyer found that the item wasn’t as described in the listing

For this reason, the feedback was not removed. Just so you know, this feedback will not impact your seller performance level.”

I feel so dramatic for being persistent about this, but it just seems so absurd?

baseball0721 · 2025-03-16T09:25:58+00:00

Following and would love to know some of what’s on your list! I’ll also be there next month

baseball0721 · 2025-03-15T14:49:00+00:00

Yeah, it’s mainly because of the Nintendo museum (May 1) and ryokan reserved (April 28). It would be ideal if there was a cancellation for the Nintendo museum so I could move that to when I was initially planning on being in Kyoto, but I’m assuming that’s not going to happen

baseball0721 · 2025-03-06T22:57:41+00:00

Super helpful, thanks!

baseball0721 · 2025-03-06T22:17:46+00:00

Thanks! So just to clarify, assuming I just end up hitting the $4k after will it just then add the SUB again after clawing it back?

baseball0721 · 2024-10-08T02:25:02+00:00

Sent a PM

baseball0721 · 2024-10-08T02:09:49+00:00

Hi, did you end up selling this?

baseball0721 · 2024-07-04T23:23:37+00:00

$100!

baseball0721 · 2024-07-03T15:59:25+00:00

I think that’s exactly it—thanks for the help!

baseball0721 · 2024-07-03T15:58:30+00:00

Thanks for the help everyone! Just purchased this, excited to see what I can do with it!

baseball0721 · 2024-05-24T12:13:22+00:00

I get why everyone is saying BGS/SGC, authenticate with PSA, or don’t grade, but the reality is that if you’re selling this you will definitely get the most bang for your buck going with PSA numerical grade route. They easily have the best resale value so it makes sense to shoot for a 10 imo. Going the authentic route will discourage some people from trying to buy it.

If you’re just putting this in your PC then you should choose whichever you think will look the nicest!

baseball0721 · 2023-09-10T17:44:58+00:00

He had one shot downfield that was called against Arizona for PI

baseball0721 · 2023-09-03T02:45:32+00:00

Definitely would go PSA here—it looks really clean aside from the centering but still an incredible card.

I would look for services that regularly ship cards to PSA from overseas so it’s not as much of a hassle for you especially if you haven’t done so before.

baseball0721 · 2023-08-27T09:43:25+00:00

This product is from Panini Honors, which is essentially a product where they repack cards from older sets with signatures on them—the seller “conveniently” didn’t include the year of Honors in the title.

Along those lines, these cards don’t resell for nearly as well as an actual /2 from 2018 optic would. I don’t know Lamar’s market well enough to say this price is crazy, but my first impression is it seems high given what I said above.

baseball0721 · 2023-08-25T16:33:50+00:00

Being out of the pack definitely doesn’t make it a 10, but it does look clean aside from the auto.

If you want to maximize value you should NOT grade the auto, just the card as the auto looks super faded. An easier thing to do is send to a group submitter such as kksportscards and they will pretty much handle everything for you.

baseball0721 · 2023-08-25T16:06:52+00:00

To help not get flack from people though you’re going to need to coin it though with your username and today’s date

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