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geneb0322 t1_iwx0dxv wrote

Reply to comment by juledos in Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of November 18, 2022 by AutoModerator

I'm not being disingenuous when I ask this: what do you think is fair?

I haven't been into it in more than 20 years and I don't have the slightest idea what Pokemon cards go for nowadays so I couldn't begin to determine a price for the lot. Obviously I would want more than I could get by just selling it to a card shop, but I am perfectly willing to make a deal cheaper than what I would get selling them singularly simply because of the size of the lot.

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juledos t1_iwx1919 wrote

I actually have no idea, I got into it recently and I wasn’t around for the original set. Usually I use PriceCharting as a point of reference for this sort of thing. Maybe the best way would be to take it to a card shop and see what they offer, then I can rebut with a better offer? We can also just meet up and price them then and there since there are apps that can scan cards and pull their value.

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geneb0322 t1_iwx24q4 wrote

I've looked into those apps before, it just took forever because of the sheer number. Taking it to a card shop for an estimate is a really good idea.. No telling when I'll be able to do that but I will keep that in mind.

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juledos t1_iwxzfzk wrote

Cool! Let me know and if I have time I might take a look myself based on the spreadsheet.

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geneb0322 t1_iwzrbo3 wrote

You're welcome to take a look as well. Problem is that I live in Moseley so I'm not likely to be on your way anywhere.

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juledos t1_ix09exs wrote

You’d be surprised. I’ll let you know if I ever plan on being near.

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squirenachos t1_iwzb7oe wrote

If you can’t take it to a shop, my suggestion would be to use the tcgplayer website (rather than the app) to price out the most expensive cards to give you a ballpark. Since you already have your stuff in a spreadsheet it shouldn’t be too difficult. On the full site you can pull up each set individually and then just sort by price high to low and figure out which cards are above whatever threshold you want to set, then not worry about the cheaper stuff so that you have fewer cards to price out. Idk how much sense that made, so if you have any questions feel free to ask. I haven’t done it with Pokémon, but it is how I’ve sorted through a couple ~15k card bulk magic the gathering lots

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geneb0322 t1_iwzr77a wrote

That's a good idea and makes a lot of sense. I tend to be overly focused on doing things "completely" to the point that it becomes a big hassle that I never have time for. If I just price the stuff worth above like $5 and estimate the rest it would go a lot quicker.

The Japanese stuff is tougher, though, because I am not entirely certain which card is which. I figure all that will just be bundled and priced arbitrarily. Not even sure if people in the US are interested in the Japanese ones anymore.. They were more useful 20 years ago when Japan was several sets ahead of the US.

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