Tbh the biggest understanding ive come to know with sports cards is your setup. Gotta have a good setup, space, latop, etc.. Used to pile cards up here and there with no direction. With the right setup and a solid 7-10 hours a day you can get thru a million quicker than some think
As a middle school teacher (who hands out cards to students instead of candy), I would take any donations of common cards you have! They are gold to me!
I did the same thing with a truck load of cards about 15 years ago . Kept a little , sold the higher value stuff and then sold it to another wheeler dealer type guy . Biggest reason was it was taking up space in my garage .
Yeah man, I subbed to your channel from the original 1000000 card buy video! I've watched some vids here or there, but probably would have been more plugged in if you posted more 'update vids' on the collection. I think there's a lot of people who watch your vids that kind of identity with you, and that buy was so cool! Your normal card show stuff is fine, but we've seen it a million times on other channels, but your collection buy is unique! There's still time to lean into it, but either way, good luck!!!
I'm in the same boat as you. Overwhelming amounts of cardboard, constant listing daily, it's a nightmare. Anyhow, my favorite team is the Celtics! Bird is the word! And I feel like the Bucks are gonna take it this time! No insta, sorry. I would not do it again either.
COMC requires that listing fees be paid uofront now in order to activate your listing, so to list thousands of cards of COMC would represent a significant capital investment upfront.
Great video. I bought a large collection several years ago thinking I'd go through everything quickly. Several years later and I still have a few hundred thousand cards that I've never gone through. I probably shouldn't have bought it. Favorite NBA team: Celtics NBA Champion next year: Bucks
Great stuff! Was curious how the whole process of thar massive collection worked out. You did well, you made some money and learned a bunch as you move forward in your business. Congrats!
You have to be much better organized. I am at the point I can strip a 100k collection in about 4 hours. find any decent cards quickly and box them. ship all the commons off to my junk guy. then sort into .25-50 cent-1.00 -2.50 boxes. everything 2.50 to 50 bucks goes off to COMC. sell everything over 50 at card shows. rinse and repeat.
Moving that much in a short amount of time is very hard if you don`t have contacts ahead of time to move specific things to. Good job doubling your money. With the next collection you buy, and the stuff you learned, you will increase your profit margin alot. 👍👍 Favorite team = 1980`s Lakers Championship team this year = Nuggets
If you do it again, you could take some boxes back from your friend's house to work at your apartment. Thus would save you gas and time, as well as prevent you from getting overwhelmed by the mountain of boxes. Great video. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Very cool stuff. I just bought a collection of 60K cards pretty recently, and even that amount is proving to be enough that I don't know if I necessarily want to ever do it again. 1 million, I can't even fathom. P.S. fav team = Blazers, but I'm saying the Bucks are this years champion.
Nice Vid. Glad it worked out but sounds like a ton of work. Favourite team: Miami Heat Championship: Boston Celtics as I think they have got much better with the trades this offseason.
i agree would have been great to have more content on that huge collection. would have loved to see what was in that huge collection my favorite team is the San Antonio spurs, Championship = but the bucks are gonna win this year.
Im going through a similar issue. it wasnt a million cards but it was a truck full. maybe half of your load. Completely overwhelmed, not only with the sorting but the sheer amount of supplies I would need to properly store and resell them. I'm a month deep into it and finally making headway. Another issue I am dealing with is missing deals being too focused on this batch. Then sorting for grade, and deciding what gets sent in first. With this big of a load, I agree with your fast nickel than slow dime for the bulk of it. I sort for grade, value, relics, autos. All other is going into the bulk bins. For the price I got the load, one box made it back. $.003/card. It was a no brainer and yes ild do it again for the same price. That bathroom pic made me laugh.
my favorite team is the grizzlies , i think the celtics are gonna win it all this year tho ! glad to see you at least made some ok money for all that time invested
I also have a guy who will buy your parallels and other inserts in volume and he’s in the Chicago area he does every show and specializes in bargain boxes
my new york knicks will win it this year and shock the world!!!!!!! and did you actually use com c to scan list or say forget it and just bulked it at the end?
The Lakers are my favorite team an I thought they were going to win the finals but now I'm not sure cuz the Greek Freak got a all NBA caliber second option. Gianis an Dame are enough on there own but if Middleton can stay healthy an play 60 games an be healthy for the playoffs its pretty much a rap. Imagine trying to guard Gianis with Dame on one wing an Middleton on the other spottin up at the 3 an Lopez in the corner. With the deep range Dame got The freak is going to have so much room it's going to be crazy. And dame being able to just spot up an catch an shoot is scary. I could see Ganins winning MVP an Defensive player of the year cuz he could get 3 to 4 assist a game just drivin an kickin to dame. So that would bring his assist totals up to like 7 or 8. Plus averaging 27 to 29 plus 12 to13 rebounds an 2+ block 1+ steals shooting 55+ percent from the field. Damn that's scary. An completly possible. Lakers coming out of the west tho.
Great video. I get opportunities to do these kind of deals from time to time, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. My favorite team in the stolen Seattle Supersonics and think the Suns will win the 2024 championship.
That seems like a lot of work but for 12k that's good money ! Great job. I love the milwaukee bucks and Giannis 😊 i really hope they win the championship again.
Buying a 1M card collection assumes you will play the longer game. But yes, having contacts where you can move things quickly is also great. When I buy, larger things I try to determine ahead of time the amount of effort to break even and then have the rest... Also buying larger quantities will allow you to get cards a bit cheaper ala volume discounts. i also do hold onto certain things that I feel are undervalued. The point about the sheer volume is daunting - that is why I would ask the buyer to describe contents in boxes to help me expedite the "crap" so to speak. Final thing I have learned is that it is great to have both wholesale and retail customers for cash flow but you have to be careful at shows having special sales because then people expect that every time thereafter. Truly enjoy watching your evolution in this and your take - it is a refreshing version versus other ones that are basically puff pieces or far worse.
Nice video. Love your content and transparency. Would love that card. Not on Insta. My favorite team is the Warriors. Think the Celtics might finally get over that hump.
Cool adventure! Should just have taken a few boxes at a time to your apartment to always have work on hand if you wanted to work. Im sure your partner was more inconvenienced having all that shit in their life 24/7 even if he did have a house. Great material!
@mi3cards I'm rooting for the Timberwolves since I am here in MInnesota. They will not be winning the championship. Denver could repeat this year. Sending out that many cards to COMC at one time would have been expensive. I like them though. I buy on there every day. Would have been good to take a lot of cards and set them out in bargain boxes at local card shows. That would keep you busy. Could sell off the boxes at the end of the show for a discount as well if you find someone that would be interested. Seems like there are a few other dealers always trying to add to their bargain boxes. Good luck!!!
Im gonna say the celtcis as a favorite& the celtics winning this year! Honestly man if my math is right you guys made 12K profit and 6K each for the amount of time you had in thats insanely low. When you expenses you didnt calc in thats nothing... you probably could have made more doing odd jobs for 13 an hr... im an enterpeur i get it , not all about the money... but you have to get your profit way way up.... cards is tough. In other fields i work in of collectibles, i make a lot heavier margins on items as much as 5-15x my money usually and no junk stuff to deal with. An old dealer once told me dont get involved with a project unless you making triple your money! Its a rule i always have tried to follow... that being said high dollar items lesser margins are ok like a 1k item you gonna flip at 1.7k thats worth the effort.
Thank you so much for your honesty and sharing your story. You had a lot of volume to move! My favorite team is the Bulls. They will not win the championship this year.
Would love to do a 1 million card flip, would be a grind but sounds like even though you're hesitant you've learned enough you'd do it again haha Go Raps Martymaniac
Great video man, Do you have anymore $1/$2 boxes of cards? i'm trying to get a few boxes together for my first show as a seller. If you do hit me up, and my favorite basketball team Lakers, Thanks Tommy
yo love ur vids. For the giveaway warriors are my fav team and I think the Celtics are gonna win it alll this year with the addition of porzinigis and holiday
He coulda just gave u a key. I have keys to quite a few friends house n we never split a thing. Just in case. Seems like he hiding something or he doesn’t trust you but expects you to trust him. Only he can be around the collection alone. Not you though
I am a Suns fan, really miss the Barkley & Marjerle days. Would love the add the Ewing to my collection. I don't have IG but if I win, we can definitely trade info. Thank for this great video.
Tbh the biggest understanding ive come to know with sports cards is your setup.
Gotta have a good setup, space, latop, etc..
Used to pile cards up here and there with no direction. With the right setup and a solid 7-10 hours a day you can get thru a million quicker than some think
As a middle school teacher (who hands out cards to students instead of candy), I would take any donations of common cards you have! They are gold to me!
I did the same thing with a truck load of cards about 15 years ago . Kept a little , sold the higher value stuff and then sold it to another wheeler dealer type guy . Biggest reason was it was taking up space in my garage .
Yeah man, I subbed to your channel from the original 1000000 card buy video! I've watched some vids here or there, but probably would have been more plugged in if you posted more 'update vids' on the collection. I think there's a lot of people who watch your vids that kind of identity with you, and that buy was so cool! Your normal card show stuff is fine, but we've seen it a million times on other channels, but your collection buy is unique! There's still time to lean into it, but either way, good luck!!!
Agree Boss, I'm gonna be doing more videos on how to sell off collections this year.
I commend you for trying, that’s a huge undertaking.
I'm in the same boat as you. Overwhelming amounts of cardboard, constant listing daily, it's a nightmare. Anyhow, my favorite team is the Celtics! Bird is the word! And I feel like the Bucks are gonna take it this time! No insta, sorry. I would not do it again either.
COMC requires that listing fees be paid uofront now in order to activate your listing, so to list thousands of cards of COMC would represent a significant capital investment upfront.
Gotta love the Grizzlies, esp with the new addition of DRose to return to Memphis and hopefully mentor Ja!
Great video. I bought a large collection several years ago thinking I'd go through everything quickly. Several years later and I still have a few hundred thousand cards that I've never gone through. I probably shouldn't have bought it.
Favorite NBA team: Celtics
NBA Champion next year: Bucks
Great stuff! Was curious how the whole process of thar massive collection worked out. You did well, you made some money and learned a bunch as you move forward in your business. Congrats!
Appreciate it 💪
Facts
Favorite team - Pacers...NBA champs - Bucks. Enjoy watching videos on purchases at shows and collections.
I would enjoy doing a 1m card flip. Lots of leg and admin work but i do love the hobby and the conversation part of it.
You have to be much better organized. I am at the point I can strip a 100k collection in about 4 hours. find any decent cards quickly and box them. ship all the commons off to my junk guy. then sort into .25-50 cent-1.00 -2.50 boxes. everything 2.50 to 50 bucks goes off to COMC. sell everything over 50 at card shows. rinse and repeat.
Moving that much in a short amount of time is very hard if you don`t have contacts ahead of time to move specific things to. Good job doubling your money. With the next collection you buy, and the stuff you learned, you will increase your profit margin alot. 👍👍
Favorite team = 1980`s Lakers
Championship team this year = Nuggets
It'd be helpful if you do a video on what to keep track of when it comes to taxes with cards
Thanks for the content Staks! Phoenix Suns fan here, they gonna hopefully win it all this year if the big 3 stay healthy 🙏🏀
If you do it again, you could take some boxes back from your friend's house to work at your apartment. Thus would save you gas and time, as well as prevent you from getting overwhelmed by the mountain of boxes.
Great video. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Bulls favorite team. Got Milwaukee taking it all this year.
Wonder what your average per hour rate was to double your money.
Fav NBA Team - Denver Nuggets
NBA Champs - Denver Nuggets
Very cool stuff. I just bought a collection of 60K cards pretty recently, and even that amount is proving to be enough that I don't know if I necessarily want to ever do it again. 1 million, I can't even fathom. P.S. fav team = Blazers, but I'm saying the Bucks are this years champion.
Favorite team: Timberwolves. Bucks will bring home the 2023-2024 title!!
Thank you for the show. Golden state is coming through with a very strong team.
Nice Vid. Glad it worked out but sounds like a ton of work.
Favourite team: Miami Heat
Championship: Boston Celtics as I think they have got much better with the trades this offseason.
DETROIT! I feel your pain in this. I bought a 75,000 card collection and it took me 3 months to go through. SO much fun though.
LOTS of fun finding new stuff you may have never seen. Just a lot of work
Sacramento Kings fan here. They most likely won’t win the title but I can’t jinx them by picking another team
Light the BEAM
i agree would have been great to have more content on that huge collection. would have loved to see what was in that huge collection
my favorite team is the San Antonio spurs, Championship = but the bucks are gonna win this year.
Suns fav team , they are going all the way ! this is my first comment on any videos
I could not imagine trying to sell 1 million cards.. good on u.. question… have you sold them all or what perecntage have you sold already ?
The entire collection is gone. I sold it all back in May
Im going through a similar issue. it wasnt a million cards but it was a truck full. maybe half of your load. Completely overwhelmed, not only with the sorting but the sheer amount of supplies I would need to properly store and resell them. I'm a month deep into it and finally making headway. Another issue I am dealing with is missing deals being too focused on this batch. Then sorting for grade, and deciding what gets sent in first. With this big of a load, I agree with your fast nickel than slow dime for the bulk of it. I sort for grade, value, relics, autos. All other is going into the bulk bins. For the price I got the load, one box made it back. $.003/card. It was a no brainer and yes ild do it again for the same price.
That bathroom pic made me laugh.
my favorite team is the grizzlies , i think the celtics are gonna win it all this year tho ! glad to see you at least made some ok money for all that time invested
I’m a Knicks guy but I thinks it’s bucks or tics this year
I also have a guy who will buy your parallels and other inserts in volume and he’s in the Chicago area he does every show and specializes in bargain boxes
i am moving to Chicago and i strip about 40 collections a year. send me his info if you can.
Timberwolves and let's see the twelve win it all this year!!
The Hobby is hard to control ❤🎉
my new york knicks will win it this year and shock the world!!!!!!! and did you actually use com c to scan list or say forget it and just bulked it at the end?
I did for a little bit but should’ve used it more
The Lakers are my favorite team an I thought they were going to win the finals but now I'm not sure cuz the Greek Freak got a all NBA caliber second option. Gianis an Dame are enough on there own but if Middleton can stay healthy an play 60 games an be healthy for the playoffs its pretty much a rap. Imagine trying to guard Gianis with Dame on one wing an Middleton on the other spottin up at the 3 an Lopez in the corner. With the deep range Dame got The freak is going to have so much room it's going to be crazy. And dame being able to just spot up an catch an shoot is scary. I could see Ganins winning MVP an Defensive player of the year cuz he could get 3 to 4 assist a game just drivin an kickin to dame. So that would bring his assist totals up to like 7 or 8. Plus averaging 27 to 29 plus 12 to13 rebounds an 2+ block 1+ steals shooting 55+ percent from the field. Damn that's scary. An completly possible. Lakers coming out of the west tho.
What about the Suns? No shot against the Lakers?
Great video. I get opportunities to do these kind of deals from time to time, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. My favorite team in the stolen Seattle Supersonics and think the Suns will win the 2024 championship.
Favorite team is Portland trail blazers and I believe the bucks will win with the addition of Dame Lillard
My friend you are speaking total truth...
favorite basketball team// boston celtics
champion 2023-24//boston celtics
Bulls?
That seems like a lot of work but for 12k that's good money ! Great job. I love the milwaukee bucks and Giannis 😊 i really hope they win the championship again.
Thanks 👍
Nice i have a quarter million cards collection hopefully i get double also
Good insight! Fav team: kings Celtics winning the ship this year
favorite team in washington… fun to watch trae young hope to see him win one next year ! long shot tho….
Buying a 1M card collection assumes you will play the longer game. But yes, having contacts where you can move things quickly is also great. When I buy, larger things I try to determine ahead of time the amount of effort to break even and then have the rest... Also buying larger quantities will allow you to get cards a bit cheaper ala volume discounts. i also do hold onto certain things that I feel are undervalued. The point about the sheer volume is daunting - that is why I would ask the buyer to describe contents in boxes to help me expedite the "crap" so to speak. Final thing I have learned is that it is great to have both wholesale and retail customers for cash flow but you have to be careful at shows having special sales because then people expect that every time thereafter. Truly enjoy watching your evolution in this and your take - it is a refreshing version versus other ones that are basically puff pieces or far worse.
Nice video. Love your content and transparency. Would love that card. Not on Insta. My favorite team is the Warriors. Think the Celtics might finally get over that hump.
Appreciate the kind words
Jazz fan in Pa. Gotta go with bucks to win it all. Loved the video
Informative video! I feel like going through my small inventory is taking forever haha
Favorite Team: Orlando Magic
Champions: Boston Celtics
Orlando Magic's my team too! This year's gonna be more fun than when we got Francis, that's for sure! Have fun following them this season ✌🏻
I got the Nuggys again this year!!
Nice content! Dame and the freak! Lucky to be a bucks fan
Raptors! Great video man!
Favorite team is Spurs and I think the Bucks are going to take it this time!
My team is the mavericks but nuggets are going back to back
Very interesting video thanks for sharing. I like the bulls and hope they will win.
You and me both!
I think Phoenix Suns will win it. How were you able to find the lot in the first place?
Someone reached out over social media
Cool adventure! Should just have taken a few boxes at a time to your apartment to always have work on hand if you wanted to work. Im sure your partner was more inconvenienced having all that shit in their life 24/7 even if he did have a house. Great material!
Any cards 4 sale? Looking for anything NBA/NFL non-base or rookies.
Check my IG story - staknsports
Always love your content, keeping it real!
I appreciate that!
One by one
The way to go is one by one
Patience
Great vid brotha!! Cavs, Bucks
THANK YOU
I watch chi city's breaks and love your re packs. My favorite team is lakers
Let’s goooo thanks for the support glad you like them
favorite team- celtics but i think giannis will win another this year
Favorite team is the bucks! But feel like the grizzlies will win the chip
New watcher, enjoyed the video. Go Sixers!
@mi3cards I'm rooting for the Timberwolves since I am here in MInnesota. They will not be winning the championship. Denver could repeat this year.
Sending out that many cards to COMC at one time would have been expensive. I like them though. I buy on there every day. Would have been good to take a lot of cards and set them out in bargain boxes at local card shows. That would keep you busy. Could sell off the boxes at the end of the show for a discount as well if you find someone that would be interested. Seems like there are a few other dealers always trying to add to their bargain boxes. Good luck!!!
favorite team, wizards. bucks will win nba finals
The warriors are going to win and they are my favorite team
Phoenix Suns if they can keep the big 3 healthy at playoff time.
Im gonna say the celtcis as a favorite& the celtics winning this year!
Honestly man if my math is right you guys made 12K profit and 6K each for the amount of time you had in thats insanely low. When you expenses you didnt calc in thats nothing... you probably could have made more doing odd jobs for 13 an hr... im an enterpeur i get it , not all about the money... but you have to get your profit way way up.... cards is tough. In other fields i work in of collectibles, i make a lot heavier margins on items as much as 5-15x my money usually and no junk stuff to deal with. An old dealer once told me dont get involved with a project unless you making triple your money! Its a rule i always have tried to follow... that being said high dollar items lesser margins are ok like a 1k item you gonna flip at 1.7k thats worth the effort.
Favorite team is the Celtics and I got the Celtics winning it all too.
Jrue is gonna help them Run the Offense this year.
I agree, it'll be nice having a true point guard
Bulls?
What is your eBay name? Would like to check out your listings.
It’s STAK
76ers my team but I hope Bucks win so Lillard can get 1 championship before he retires
Thank you so much for your honesty and sharing your story. You had a lot of volume to move!
My favorite team is the Bulls. They will not win the championship this year.
Of course!
How much did you spend for the 1mil cards?
he said 12k in the video
Yeah, as soon as I hit send on that comment, he said 12k… .but UA-cam is glitching and won’t let me delete 🤷🏻♂@@joelrohrer5539
Favorite Team = 80's to 90's Chicago Bulls
Championship Team = Hoping for Lakers
Would love to do a 1 million card flip, would be a grind but sounds like even though you're hesitant you've learned enough you'd do it again haha
Go Raps
Martymaniac
Definitely a learning experience that I enjoyed in the end
Kool video I am Warriors fan and think the Lakers win it all.
Great video and excellent advice
Thank you 💪
Nice closeout video. Bucks are my team and to win
Great video man, Do you have anymore $1/$2 boxes of cards? i'm trying to get a few boxes together for my first show as a seller. If you do hit me up, and my favorite basketball team Lakers, Thanks Tommy
I don’t have any at the moment unfortunately
Great video. Very honest. Favorite team LA Lakers with Jerry West & Wilt the stilt. 2023 - 2024 champion: Boston Celtics Hate writing that. LOL
Nice video. OKC fave team. Bucks will win it
Sacramento Kings!!
Bulls in 4
yo love ur vids. For the giveaway warriors are my fav team and I think the Celtics are gonna win it alll this year with the addition of porzinigis and holiday
He coulda just gave u a key. I have keys to quite a few friends house n we never split a thing. Just in case. Seems like he hiding something or he doesn’t trust you but expects you to trust him. Only he can be around the collection alone. Not you though
Denver all day
Favorite team is Philadelphia 76ers. 76ers will win the Championship this year.
I am a Suns fan, really miss the Barkley & Marjerle days. Would love the add the Ewing to my collection. I don't have IG but if I win, we can definitely trade info. Thank for this great video.
Com C is a seller but they’re amazing!
Happy Haircut!
Very Happy
Suns!
Burbank too is the best!
76ers all the way
🙌🙌
The Detroit I enjoyed your video. And that give away card is awesome. I would love to have it. My nave is Justin and im from Michigan
Good video .....my favorite team is sixers and of course i want them to win !!!
Appreciate it!
Celtics all the way.
LA Lakers!