
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
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
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
You can find me here:
IG: @fortnite_card_madness
Twitch: /feliwankenobi
Website: www.GeekedOutCollecting.com
Free tool! - www.profitcalculator.online
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Geekedoutcollecting?fan_landing=true
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
Show Notes:
- Dan and Travis origin story
- Going Twice business strategy
- Consignment and PWCC
- Card scandals and the FBI
- How eBay can handle fraud better
- Shill bidding
- Market manipulation vs actual investing
- Safest cards to buy
- 90s Sports cards print runs and modern Pokemon
- Don't see bulk cards
- Modern sealed product
- Picking the market cap
- Meeting Pokemon demand
- Selling yourself vs consignment
- Giving buyers an appreciation head start
- Sealed product - pay the premium
- Finding deals
- Buying raw cards vs graded cards
- Where and how to grade
- PSA is behind on grading how many cards??
- Auctions with Reserve Prices
- Making it right as a seller
- Grading for long term or for the flip
- Declared value
- Why PSA is slow
- Grading tips
- The old rules no longer apply
- Finding 4 Black Lotuses in a storage unit
- Beta dual lands
- The Magic market
- Elite products don't decline
- Pain threshold
- Growing your own shop
- Keep your cushion in product, not cash
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
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