People who claimed to be purist collectors and are anti-investor yet they themselves sell pokemon cards/products at market price, earning profits when “streamlining” their collection.
Come on, so long as you sell at profits, you are investor (whether you’re streamlining collection or to fund purchase of a car/house or welcome new family member or whatever reasons, it doesn’t matter!).
Sorry to break it to you but that just sounds stupid, it isn’t anyone’s job to define who is investor and who is not just because they are selling stuff. I’ve sold stuff too but zero idea that has been investing, i’ve bought cards with the idea at time that it’ll be forever in my collection but as years have passed i’ve realised i don’t have any feeling towards them anymore and then sold them. Did i have any expectations of selling or price changes? No, i just bought a card i liked and when i didn’t like it anymore i sold it. If that’s investing you can as well call all flea market sellers investors. I’m probably getting a purist stamp for this opinion but apparently it was either purist stamp or investor stamp
Most of the stuff I sell are doubles that I run across when buying cards for my binder. I need 5 out of the 10 cards that the seller is selling in a lot. I don’t think that makes me an investor for selling the 5 doubles I don’t need.
Aside from set collectors and species collectors, there are some collectors who collect what they like. Sometimes what they like changes, or they want to sell some pieces so they can afford a different one they like more. That also doesn’t make them an investor.
This is what purist collectors would do, since they don’t care about grading.
Since you didn’t call anyone investor or yourself a purist collector, that wasn’t addressed to you.
My post was to make some people realize, the very thing they are against, they’re actually doing it without realizing.
Pet peeve:
When individuals focus on the collector or investor topic rather than focusing on the positive that we all enjoy Pokemon, and nobody else’s decisions affect us.
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people who like the new character design
Well said! 
I’ll quote your post next time someone blames investors for rising prices of pokemon cards.
Killjoys who make this kind of condescending comments. Come on, let the guy have fun ripping his packs.
Sorry but I think your point is wrong, I think I got what you tried to say and I’m not against that thought (that if someone claims to be a purist collector and claims to be against people who makes profit out of sellings should not gain profit from his sellings himself)
but that doesn’t mean being an investor…
I could buy in hope to gain profit but end up selling in a loss. I’m an investor in that case, not a good one for sure, but I am.
Similarly selling cards I wasn’t supposed to sell initially doesn’t make me automatically an investor, in case it makes me a dealer.
I mean, it’s more a thing of intention than to the result, and I think the cases have different names.
If I have the intention to gain a profit selling, despite the fact that I get it in the end or not, in that case I’m an investor.
Otherwise if my intention is just selling, and I don’t care if I get a profit or a loss, then I’m a dealer/trader/Just a Seller, call it as you want.
Did I get It wrong? In that case I ask you for understanding better, it’s not the easiest thought to explain (at least for me, sorry for being stupid)
I for one don’t even bother with labels like “collector”, “investor”, “flipper”, etc like some people do, only got to know these labels after reading some whatsapp and forum msgs here and there.
I mean it’s anyone’s freedom to buy as many of whatever thing they like or to sell at whatever price they deem fit, it’s their money afterall.
Cheers!
Pointing out people’s contradiction doesn’t mean I agree with them.
Yeah, I got It, it’s the context you tried to explain the main part of your complain, not a matter of labels after all.
It was just a bit confusing to understand, sorry
Too right, it’s just that enterprising people are frowned upon, and the more enterprising you are, the more frowned upon you are. People just don’t like other people making money, especially if they’re not making it too. As my grandad used to say, “nowt as queer as folk!”. And no, that’s not a homophobic slur before anyone says.
Blunt truth of life. Well-said!
I bought a card for 20 bucks because I liked it but in a few years it rose to over 500 hundred dollars and I didnt like it that much. I certainly wouldn’t have spent 500 bucks to get it and there are other cards Id much rather have for that price than that card so I sold it. Am I just an investor?
Speaking of investors, here is a toxic one hot off the presses:
For context this guy intitially messaged me on eBay, with a 1 feedback account, made an offer on a master scroll, I accepted, then he came back with price charts saying it was too high… Later he messaged me (the message above) with a 150k offer on my trophy kangaskhan which recently sold for 175k, trying to explain how cards go lower than previous sales… The arrogance blows my mind.
Endlessly I find overgenerous or outright false descriptions of card condition, which may be mostly because I’m at the lower end of the market due to budget but everyone thinks all their stuff is m/nm when it’s more likely mp.
This is especially annoying and egregious on places like cardmarket with clearly defined condition guides.
Overpriced bulk, which seems to be a UK problem.
I’m a set collector and people think every base set common and jungle uncommon is worth £5,10,+ just because it’s old even when it’s beaten up. There are millions of these cards in circulation and in better condition.
Maybe I’ll think of more but coming back into the hobby and trying to rebuy/complete my older sets this is what I’m seeing most.
This probably comes from the fact its well known magic was big inspo for ptcg. I also heard wotc was blocked from making their own cards, with a cancelled set referenced on bulbapedia which would contain original cards and lots of missing Japanese promos such as vending releases.
