Three guys running a Trading Card Shop in Shawnee Kansas. Talking market, economics, new releases, and card game meta, along with all other shenanigans.
@CardGameNomad A lot of LCS aren’t getting enough from distros, so they have to buy product on the secondary market. When this happens, they have to overcharge to cover their margins and keep the lights on. Everyone suffers.
I wonder if this will ever be implemented on the English side. I know Japan's lottery system never made it's way to the English side, but with how crazy things have gotten it feels like anything could happen.
Is there a world where PSA 9s increase in value to match the increased submission price for grading.
If you're instantly out $80 per submission to get a $30 IR back as a 9 that remains at raw market price (like most 9s do) does grading even make sense anymore...
@SakurasCardShop What’s funny to me is if dude just chilled out and never rammed his signature down every vendors throat it might actually hold a lot of value. Now it’s more common than every “live laugh love”mug in your local target 🤣
With the amount of effort and money grading will take moving forward, I wouldn't be surprised to see PSA slabs increase more in value as a premium just for the convenience of not having to deal with extended turn around times and increased submission fees.
So it looks like these will be black star promos on the English side from the scans circling X. Not sure if that’s true, but if it is these undoubtedly scream 30th UPC promos to me.
@EduMock Yeah, these are insane. There’s some English scans out there having them as black star promos. Don’t know if that will happen or not but man I’m really hoping so lol
Crazy how quickly speculation can explode. We just saw it with gold Giratina from Crown, and most recently with the Zekrom Pikachu Tag Team.
The minute something gets posted concerning easter eggs, set connections, etc. it's just off to the races. Wild.