An Opinion on SMPRATTE's Pokemon Go YouTube Video

[KingPokemon]

@pieterpie

@KingPokemon

Right. Paying double+ money for cards I will always keep hurts and doesn’t benefit ME at all. Now if they decrease in value I will benefit because I’ll have more money in my pocket which I WILL spend. Shouldn’t be that hard for you to understand. You can’t spend inherent value and that’s the only value my collection will ever have FOR ME.
Now will somebody else benefit if the prices are still up on my collection when I pass? I guess so but chances are I won’t benefit along with them since I’ll be dead lol.

When something you own increases in price, this is beneficial for you, by itself. When something you want to buy increases in price, again, by itself, reduces your buying power; this is particularly bad when you are looking to purchase necessities.
As a collector, Gary focuses on his buying power decreasing, because he intends to keep the cards, regardless of the price.
charmaaander probably sees though another lens, considering pokemon cards are a nonessential niche good; the potential to sell the cards for a higher price is beneficial.

I think it is worth noting, Gary probably wouldn’t keep buying (collecting) if cards were absolutely worthless, and that he might sell some duplicates if a PSA 10 1st Edition Charizard could sell for $1 billion. While both of those are extremes that we won’t reach, value has relevance to collecting.

You don’t get it either.

I just don’t know how else to put it for you. If my card is worth a dollar today and I keep it forever, how am I benefiting if it’s worth 2.00 tomorrow? Just answer exactly what am I benifiting under that circumstance.