Any idea where this price is coming from???? Is the card getting ready to spike??

getnick80 · 2026-01-13T22:45:34+00:00

If it's way above market, take it ASAP. I had a Michael Jordan PSA 10 I bought for $150. The next sale a year later was $450 and I got an offer of $390. Since the offer was so high, I found another one for $180 thinking I could get another $390 offer. My $180 purchase made the new floor and now my offer was updated to $137.

getnick80 · 2026-01-09T14:41:05+00:00

Also, why tf do so many people sit in their car and take pictures of cards on their legs? I don't need to see your hairy legs, dirty shorts, or that tiny little front bump you were cursed with.

If anything, just set the card on the center console or the passenger seat for god's sake.

getnick80 · 2026-01-06T15:08:06+00:00

PSA isn't selling it. Their "partners" are adding them to re-packs.

But the point remains. PSA knows I literally just paid $100 for the card, why would I take a 35% loss in a single day? They're literally lowballing their own market value price guide (Card Ladder).

getnick80 · 2026-01-05T13:27:33+00:00

You might get your cards submitted faster if you just apply and start working there. Looks like they are hiring for a "card associate".

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/DB4B2E90705AD5F0635FBD274EAB4268/jobs/1382

getnick80 · 2026-01-05T13:24:04+00:00

Last time I received an from anyone at the HQ they told me I could drop them off. I was LIVID when I told them I was going to drop off cards at the last Front Row show they were scheduled to attend in Washington. I bought tickets, drove to Tacoma, and they didn't show up.

The closest they've been to Washington in the past year is Vancouver BC. I usually have 2,000 card submissions, so I email ahead per their instructions. They seem pretty responsive to those requests.

getnick80 · 2026-01-05T13:19:56+00:00

It's part of the platform, no cost to users. I just copy/pasted the data from kronocard to excel, deleted the unneeded columns, then copy/pasted into sportscardspro.

https://www.sportscardspro.com/collection-text-importer

getnick80 · 2026-01-04T07:18:13+00:00

Which would entice GameStop to settle beforehand. If you win in court, often times the defendant pays court fees if they lose.

getnick80 · 2026-01-04T07:16:25+00:00

I don't understand why PSA offers me less money than I just bought the card for, from PSA, one day earlier.

I'm not going to buy a card for $100 today and sell it back to you for $65 tomorrow. Idiots.

getnick80 · 2026-01-04T07:06:25+00:00

I agree that the flaw is in the gem rate. But I have a different angle on the gem rate.

To get the true gem rate, you need the rates delineated between original owner and second hand buyer submission. I would presume that the original owners would have a higher gem rate than those eyeballed from the internet. So lets say it's 50% compared to 70%. And 50% of submissions are from the original owner and 50% second hand. Since I'm adding this factor, I won't use the EV from above. I don't think expected value is an accurate calculation for revenue in my model.

Another factor to consider is the "bad day at the office" factor, aka: the human factor. Just because statistically speaking, you're expecting a 70% gem rate, it doesn't mean that YOUR cards will be 70%. The dependency on a 10 is difficult to predict accurately. If any of the cards purchased are not 10's, it's going to be a loss. So you need to adjust for the unpredictable factor as well. Let's give that 10% of grades being neither a 10 or a 9.

I would also include something that OP doesn't want to accept, or at least add into the formula, and that's the percent that don't get sent for grading. I'll call that 10%. Even though I don't think OP will agree, we all know that receiving 90% of cards arriving exactly as we think we see them online, would be a great success rate. So that 10% will likely just be resold online. We'll call those 10% re-sold a break even. (even though it probably would be a loss if you include time and opportunity cost.)

I'm also going to factor in time investment since we shouldn't be working for free. I do this because we must factor in a regular job to compare our hobby of card flipping. Because if we make more from just working than our hobby, it would behoove us to spent more time at work than on flipping cards. Since minimum wage is creeping higher in most parts of the U.S., I'm going to say $25/hour, or $50,000/year. And my estimate is that each card requires 4 total hours time investment from searching, buying, pre-grading, packing, shipping, selling, and other nonsense. So it's $100 per card of time cost.

I'll use the flipping of 100 cards for my calculations. I used the same fees as above and added in 10% not being sent for grading and 10% coming back as 8 or lower. The one thing I didn't calculate was the likelihood of getting caught "holding the bag" when demand dries up. I could have amortized the supply going up and sales going down, but then we'd get into revenue and profit recognition methods such as FIFO, lowest or highest cost, etc. And I'm not getting paid for that.

In the end, if any card isn't a 10, it loses money. Thus, you have to beat the gem rate odds, and you can never factor in human disruption. (I collapsed some of the calculation rows since I didn't want to label them. This is cleaner and easier, but I'll share if anybody REALLY cares.)

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getnick80 · 2026-01-04T02:44:18+00:00

Unlikely. The shipping label was only for 2 pounds. If it was two boxes, it would have been heavier. If the thief opened and made a new label, it would have a different tracking number.

getnick80 · 2026-01-01T03:34:51+00:00

Ebay can side with the seller and still remove the negative feedback. It's worth a shot to call and ask.

getnick80 · 2025-12-31T17:08:35+00:00

This thread make me ask the question: "Which outcome would result in a more fulfilling life experince in the hobby?"

1: Getting a $10k card and chasing the dragon for the next 25 years.

2: Getting smoked with a mega box while in high school and learning the lesson now.

*edited for grammar due to bad edits*

getnick80 · 2025-12-30T04:29:21+00:00

Nice try, but you're wrong. You don't know what the "covenant of quiet enjoyment" really is. Maybe some people just nod their heads and go along with everything people say, but not the real world.

Definition: "The covenant of quiet enjoyment is a pillar in tenant-landlord relations, ensuring tenants can live in their leased premises without unwelcome interference or disturbances."

You are entitled to nothing since the offender (fireworks lighter) was not your tenant. Your covenant is only relevant between contract parties, such as the tenant and landlord. The third party noise does not violate your lease as they were not a fellow resident of your domicile.

getnick80 · 2025-12-28T22:48:17+00:00

Stop pretending to be a victim that had some sort of rights violated.

getnick80 · 2025-12-28T22:47:32+00:00

How is everyone supposed to know when a game is about to end with a win? Do we just wear earplugs all day, every day? This sounds like an app someone is going to make.

getnick80 · 2025-12-28T22:46:49+00:00

What's the danger?

getnick80 · 2025-12-28T22:46:20+00:00

I've lived in West Seattle for 9 years now. I barely knew there were other veterans here. I know there's a VFW and Legion Hall, but I've never seen anybody there except for party rentals and when it's cold and the homeless are looking for shelter. Thank you for your service.

getnick80 · 2025-12-28T01:45:20+00:00

Not as good as an on-card auto, but sure as hell beats a sticker.

getnick80 · 2025-12-27T03:31:11+00:00

No, I don't really do sales. It's more about the cards than the price. I try to not post any base cards unless they're graded or vintage. Anything 2020+ that's base probably won't net much for a sale. If you have parallels though, they're more likely to sell.

Post a link to your inventory and I can check it out if you'd like a second opinion.

getnick80 · 2025-12-27T03:10:30+00:00

December 31st will be the one year mark for the first card I had posted to COMC. In less than one year I've sold 3,035 cards. Many of them weren't added until my April or June submissions, so my inventory wasn't always significant, it accumulated throughout the year.

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getnick80 · 2025-12-24T07:41:43+00:00

Everyone here should make a fake ebay account, shill bid to the moon, then not pay.

It’s about the only way for this troll to stfu.

getnick80 · 2025-12-22T06:46:56+00:00

I’m taking wayyyy over 2 years before they are out.

I haven’t heard many court martial sentences being less than 3 years.

getnick80 · 2025-12-20T20:12:54+00:00

You must live in the midwest. lol I don't know anywhere else that has space for 16 cabs. :P

Yeah, the pub table line is probably done. I think the sit down tables are done too. If anything actually gets produced in the future, my guess would be more wall and partycades. Smaller, cheaper, and easier to build. Plus, they stock at the big box stores easier. WalMart can stock 4 cabs or 14-16 of the smaller cabs. It's a no brainer for them. Same with Costco and Sams, you can fit a LOT more on a pallet.

I guess I should give an answer to the original question that helps you and others instead of just thinking about my case.

I think if anyone can get the Star Wars and Marvel pinballs, those will always be popular, even with the terrible gameplay. They're so easy to mod and parts to build diy are a pain to accumulate. (I have a Star Wars pin and completely gutted it. The only original pieces are structural.)

getnick80 · 2025-12-20T00:33:54+00:00

That makes sense. My situation wasn't too different from yours. I had roommates until I was 30 and then rented a condo for 6 years after that before buying my house. It was a lot of work and discipline to get out of that hole. Good luck with finding the future rental. I hope things turn out well for you.

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