Not buying a PSA 10 Lillie 397 for $1300
Damn maybe yâall have mastered your emotions but I certainly have PokĂ©mon related stuff I regret. Sure hindsight is 20/20 and I agree itâs useless (or worse than useless, mentally unhealthy) to dwell on everything, but Iâd be lying if I said I had no regrets ever.
Biggest example⊠Nationals 2011 I had to buy a extra bag check to fit all the bulk I planned to sell to Troll & Toad on site (heavy bag, almost 10k cards, bag check way cheaper than shopping costs wouldâve been).
I sold almost all my pack fresh e-series and ex Era reverse holo un/commons for 10 cents each and used the money for playable staples like Yanmega prime and reverse holo trainers.
Now, do I let that taint my experience of the event? No, I had a fun time, and was hype to have reverse Pokemon Collector or whatever it was at the time in my deck. But Iâm not going to sit here and pretend Iâm thrilled to have sold cards now $10-100+ each for 10 cents lmao.
âRegretâ doesnât mean to me âEvery day I think how stupid that was, I hate myselfâ. More like âYeah that was a bad move at the time oh well.â
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I think it was not holding onto more cards. Way back when, when I was in college, I had the luck of every new-era shining card and most gold stars, and crystals, pass through my hands. Prices were insane - shining magikarp went for 15-20 bucks, and shining gyrados, for example, went for 20-25. So Iâd buy them, and flip them to make 5 bucks of profit on eBay. In retrospect, I shouldâve gone HAM and bought as many as I couldâve. Hindsight is 2020, and Iâm happy that I at least for a short period of time got to hold those cards in my hands.
ButâŠ
Hands down my biggest regret? Selling my gold star torchic that I pulled for 50 bucks to some guy in Australia over reddit. I was broke, and really needed the money, but have always regretted letting it go. Itâs the only gold star, crystal, or shining Iâve ever pulled.
I regret taking the red pill.
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I have made mistakes but I generally live my life with zero regrets. Every mistake is an opportunity for learning and growth.
I know everything I know today from mistakes in the past.
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Nothing, cos YOLO
Selling my 1st edition team rocket booster box after only having for a couple months. Wish I held onto longer as it made me no money but i also didnât lose any money on it.
Tons of shit.
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Itâs natural to feel regretful about all sorts of things, but all you can do is learn from it and not let it consume you. It helps when you think almost everyone else is in the same boat.
Donât forget, the PokĂ©mon collecting continuum has not stopped moving just because you pose this question at this specific point in time. While there has been a massive price spike since say April-August, itâs still just been essentially a 5 month window you are referring to. This is nothing to those whoâve been doing this for the past 10-20 years.
Regrets? Itâs only collecting on disposable income, so no. Shouldas? Heck yeah. Lots. The Neo Lugia PSA 9 I should have bought (with ALL the other 9s) for $450 inMarch stands out quite starkly to me in my collecting goals. But there are far more notable shouldas. Like that trip I should have gotten in before COVIDâdidnât see that one coming, either. As @acebren, said, get in the now, the bus is still rolling.
None really. I never had the big decision moments in Pokemon. I could say I wish I bought more cards the last two decades as I stopped after gym expansion and only been collecting PSA for about two years now but thatâs just hindsight. I still have all my cards as a kid too.
I regret joining the E4 Discord. I tend to be pretty immature when using real-time communication platforms, and some things happened there that I wish wouldnât have happened.
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how much is it going for now?
Overall nope but there is one card that really makes me feel stupid.
A seller had a PSA 9 Japanese L-P Promo Shiny Rayquaza for sale for around $50 for like months. It was on my watch list for months. I never bought it and when I finally thought I would pick it up, it was gone. And I really canât find a reason why I waited for months. Literally for no reason.
After that, a PSA 9 has been for sale for around $100.
And now? $300.
Donât be like me. If you really want a card and the price feels good to you, go for it. Donât wait for months for no reason. Well, that should be obvious. I just feel really stupid about this certain card and regret not buying it. Now itâs on a price range I donât want to pay.
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Iâve made more smart decisions than dumb ones in my life. so how can i regret anything?
Hi to all, I was not anticipating this much attraction (I guess itâs a big topic). I totally agree with everyone that states to live in the current and not look at past mistakes (and to learn from them). However, I just made this discussion to see if anyone else has stories to share.
To those that wrote they saw cards online they WANTED and didnât buy for months (and now you need to give an arm and leg for them), thatâs my regret. There is one card I always wanted, but never bought.
Oh and I guess a current regret of mine is not pre ordering more CP elite boxes. I pre ordered twoâŠnow realizing that is not a good chance for the shiny charizard I want 
. I need to act faster on things I know Iâll want (every mistake brings learning opportunities).
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Everything
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You can choose to let it bother you. Woulda, shoulda, coulda, shouldâve bought tesla stock, shouldâve bought booster boxes, PSA 10 1st Ed rattatas etc.
Try to be happy with what you have, if not try to change that. Fortune favours the bold.
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