Hi friends,
Just a thought that has been stirring in my mind lately and I’m curious to know all your wonderful thoughts as well. Is selling bulk lots ethical? I’m talking about those lots where you sell 100 cards for $20 or whatever and parents purchase them like hotcakes. Is there a difference when you say exactly what you are selling versus listing it saying “random ultra rare, holo, reverse holo”?
Hmm…
This pretty much nails it. I sell small bulk lots locally, and kids are stoked to hit something like a Tyranitar EX or Absol lv X. As long as you remain transparent about ratios and all that, I think it’s a great way for newer collectors and kids to start padding out their collections.
I knew someone years ago on the 'gym who used to take photos of charizards, etc. to try and sell his lots more quickly. So I never really appreciated lots because of things like that. As Marie stated, it kinda is like walking the line with lotteries. 
Ive sold probably over 400 of these ‘100 card lots’ on ebay. I clearly state what each lot includes and the pictures of the EX cards I show reflect the types of EX’s i’ll include in the lot. (usually $3-$6) cards so there’s really no surprises. Ive never once had any complaints about them. I think it’s fine as long as you clearly state and show what they could be getting (not showing very rare full arts/ex’s if you don’t plan on including them at all). I don’t make a whole ton after fees, shipping, etc anyways. But they sell pretty well and like said above parents and kids love them.
Yeah, I’ve sold a few bulk lots recently and I agree with the general consensus here. I always specify exactly how many commons, uncommons, rares, holos are in each lot, how many duplicates are allowed, etc. In one instance I even took some pictures of a specific lot for a customer because they wanted to know which cards they’d receive if they ordered one.
I’m not a fan of the ones that feel the need to put 1ST EDITION CHARIZARD? MEGA EX FULL ART? in the title when it’s not guaranteed, but I do think there are ways to sell bulk lots that are fair to the buyer.
One alternative to bulk lots is U/C sets. If you are buying as a gift, it seems better that they are all different.
I’m not very high on random lot sales…never was.
We started putting custom boosters together in 2000 and donated them to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Los Angeles. We still do it to this day, though at all our St Rose Dominican hospitals here in the Vegas valley,
There’s no greater gift for those kids. They just light up.
I think it’s fair play as long as you dont post pictures of super rare cards to falsely get the buyer’s hopes up.
I see them all over ebay, people post pictures of 1st edition Charizards and say you have a chance to get one in a lot, which we all know is BS, but little kids and parents do not know this info.
As long as your honest and use pictures of cards you can get.
And at $20 it’s kinda cheap compared to buying booster packs, well if you have horrible luck like me. I once opened 12 Generations packs in a row and didn’t pull a single EX. and they were from unopened boxes not lose.
I spent $180(including taxes) on those 6 mythical collection boxes(purchased from different vendors) and all I ended up with was 120 cards, with just regular holos and UC/C. Not a single EX.
where as I can get a 120 lot of NM standard legal cards on ebay for as little as $10. So you can say the same thing about the Pokemon Company as these lot sellers.
PS: after opening those packs and getting heartbroken I started buying singles, this was when I barely started recollecting and didn’t know singles were so cheap.