Geeked Out Collecting - Why Investing in Pokemon Cards is Probably Better than Stock Market Investing - w/ Special Guest Charlie from @dulcepokemon

Why Investing in Pokemon Cards is Probably Better than Stock Market Investing - w/ Special Guest Charlie from @dulcepokemon

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10/24/20 • 83 min

In this episode, I sat down with Charlie again and we talked about my initial thoughts on WOTC card in 2019 and how 2020 proved me wrong. I was really happy to have Charlie on the show again because he's such a wealth of information. I owe a lot of my learning and knowledge to him and I appreciate his perspective and mindset - he's a real Pokemon OG.

You can find him on Instagram @dulcepokemon

Show notes:
- What Charlie's been up to since we last spoke
- WOTC
- Selling graded vintage booster packs before the boom
- Diversifying your Pokemon profile
- My first assumptions about PSA 10's in 2019
- When I was able to buy an unlimited booster pack for $60
- Charlie's thoughts on Pokemon's maturity and how that affects the worth of modern sets vs. vintage
- Everytime someone opens a vintage booster pack...
- How COVID-19 is helping the hobby
- I thought it was a bubble last year and I was wrong. I thought it was in a bubble this year and I'm probably wrong
- External investor coming to Pokemon
- Charlie's right - investing in Pokemon is probably a safer than investing in Amazon
- I did think it was going to be a bubble
- Historical niches
- Why follow the trends?
- Misprints
- Scalpers and how that can benefit the hobby
- If you see a PSA 10 slab for $20, just buy it
- PSA Grading
- Do I sell my Fortnite 1 of 1s?
- Liquidating your collection or keep your money tied up?
- The vault
- The Illustrator
- A stock market watch for Pokemon
- Gold stars

You can find me here:
IG: @fortnite_card_madness
Twitch: /feliwankenobi
Website: www.GeekedOutCollecting.com
Free tool! - www.profitcalculator.online
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Geekedoutcollecting

You can find him on Instagram @dulcepokemon

Previous Episode

Pokemon Card BOOM or Bust? Is it too late to invest in Pokemon? With Special Guest - Will Chou

For today's episode, I had Will Chou on the show. He's a Pokemon Card investor, blogger, podcaster, Pokemon Go-er and TikTok-er!

Here are a few of the topics we covered:

Biggest demographic for Pokemon Go TikTok
Surprising user demographic for Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go's ability to keep you moving
Profit in Pokemon
Early TCG Collecting
Are we in a Pokemon bubble?
Is there hype with Pokemon because of Gary Vee?
The long game of Pokemon
Spotting fakes
Vintage vs. Modern
Prospecting Rookie cards
TCG investing
Getting cards graded and spotting PSA 10's
Getting a PSA 1!
Seeing Pokemon cards like art
When to get your cards graded
Buying PSA 9's & 10's
DON'T BEND VINTAGE CARDS!
Grading through a middleman
Shipping cards safely
Getting bigger guests
Putting celebrities on a pedestal
Getting in touch with busy people
Streaming on Twitch
Developing TikTok Content
TikTok's future
Moving your audience to a different platform

How to find Will:

IG: @noexcuseswill
TikTok: @willchou
Blog: https://willyoulaugh.com
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/will-chous-personal-development-podcast-archive/id1330679398

Next Episode

How to Buy and Sell Pokemon Cards for Profit w/ Dan & Travis from Going Twice

In this episode we have Dan and Travis from Going Twice, an online and retail auction house serving clients nationwide. Dan and Travis have been buying and selling Pokemon cards for quite some time now, so if you buy and sell or invest in the hobby, you will love learn so much from them.

You can find them on Instagram @goingtwice_com

You can find their auctions at www.goingtwice.com

Watch this episode on Youtube

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