Appreciate the transparency as always. I get curious what actual numbers of cases are behind the scenes. You are one of the few who actually give the numbers
Very true, pokemon sets are consistently being restocked for a few years. Even if surging sparks is short printed, they will continue to print or restock throughout the year/years. Also, it's always best to get into a product as cheaply as possible if you plan on reselling it at a later date, but people will fight over paying a few dollars extra for a booster box but not when it comes to coffee or anything else. When a booster box is going for $200 plus down the line, you won't be complaining that someone paid a few dollars less than you.
I like that. “Role playing investors”. I view a lot these daily market channels or investing channels as role players. There isn’t much proof they’re doing what they’re hyping up to do. It gets good views though. Btw, I’m not an investor. I buy 3 booster boxes. 1 to collect, 1 to open at launch, 1 to open post gen 9.
I think market commentary chats are perfectly fine but I personally like thr transparency of those who say what they actually buy hold sell etc. Walk >>> talk
New subscriber here. Your content has great tidbits. Thank you for sharing. I have been slowly putting away sealed products since the Chilling Reign era and have two questions; storage and insurance. With your second pallet forming, are you storing them at your home or external storage site? Also, to protect your investment, are you letting your house insurance know so your investments are protected with your home?
External and a separate business insurance policy. Most/maybe all insurance policies be it renters or home have insanely low unusable allowances for collectibles. Check yours
@ - thanks for your response. I will ask sis to look into the house insurance regarding protecting collectibles. Local box storages, most of them, cover up to 25K for insurance.
Got in for 110$x2cases lots of fomo I'm thinking selling one in 2 months so and using it to lower my price on remaining case and PC etbs, lots of good sets coming but if BBs are low qt and ripped fast it'll be interesting.
Ordered the same amount of stellar and surging. Got 10% less of surging. Don’t think they printed less, but everyone (big stores) ordered more - so distro started allocating down pre orders.
Makes sense. I have had a few reach out who did have 10 to 30% ish cuts so I guess I was fortunate to an extent. Things like this are all pretty variable and case by case distributor and even rep by rep going to differ
Dan, I do think it's a little bit dangerous out there. That being said, I also think Pokémon is for everyone. Some people want to play the part, get in on the fun, whether it's a blister, a booster box, or 20 cases. And that's OK too. The thing I always like that you come back to is lost opportunity cost and real taxed dollars. Btw, can i design one of your thumbnails?
your pallet is probably up 20 to 25 percent, 151 has doubled in value the last month or so and will really push the percent up depending on how much you have in there. snp is up 14 percent over the last 6 months.
Majority of stores paying $95-$100 per box wholesale. It’s laughable 😅 They should set a MAP at msrp. You make a great point, allocations aren’t getting cut but stores are trying to cherry pick sets and not getting 100% allocated. Our reps will even tell us this before hand.
I did have some people reach out who were actually cut like 10 to 30% from stellar which I hadn't heard much of prior. But then a few got a tiny bit more than stellar too. Lot of variance in all this
I got 2 cases from hills wholesale for $600 weeks ago, my first purchase from them. Hoping they don’t cancel on me, they are going for like $720 now. I’m worried if they hit like 800-900 at release
My last 2 have been bad, with the most recent one being completely terrible.... Worst of all time. I normally get 40-50% pristines. This time I only got 2 out of 53.
@@KetchumAllCollectibles yeah. I don't know what's going on but it's making CGC unprofitable to grade. They need to look at themselves in the mirror. I know their business is down a lot considering how fast returns are
Have you heard about a reprint for SS? Danny Phantump mentioned one but he's the only person I've heard say anything about it. Also, I bet your pallet is up 35%.
95% of people who think they are "investing" in pokemon would be substantially better off investing in a S&P500 ETF or similar index fund. You are for sure part of the 5% but no matter how many times you say it, people will not understand when you say opportunity cost of capital
One of the most level headed UA-camrs I’ve seen since returning to the hobby. It’s good to see your perspective compared to other people on here. There’s an insane amount of hype and FOMO right now. I have my pre-orders in for SS and hope it does well, but damn, it’s gunna be interesting!
Show me on the doll where " the grift" got you. I'll be talking about metazoo again down the line. Never telling anyone what to do. Just talking about what I'm doing as always
I'd heavily lean towards this getting a reprint down the line but pokemon keeps up guessing by not doing reprints on certain sets. Looking at team up mainly
Fomo fomo fomo hype hype hype wooooo $1k/case here we come
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@@PokeMartin 1k a case confirmed before release 😂
Appreciate the transparency as always. I get curious what actual numbers of cases are behind the scenes. You are one of the few who actually give the numbers
🙏 not quite the storage facility throne you sit upon, but I got some coming 👀
Love these videos. Keepin it 💯
I purchased 1 case and 1 display box of Surging Sparks. I look forward to its release!
Very true, pokemon sets are consistently being restocked for a few years. Even if surging sparks is short printed, they will continue to print or restock throughout the year/years. Also, it's always best to get into a product as cheaply as possible if you plan on reselling it at a later date, but people will fight over paying a few dollars extra for a booster box but not when it comes to coffee or anything else. When a booster box is going for $200 plus down the line, you won't be complaining that someone paid a few dollars less than you.
this!
I like that. “Role playing investors”. I view a lot these daily market channels or investing channels as role players. There isn’t much proof they’re doing what they’re hyping up to do. It gets good views though. Btw, I’m not an investor. I buy 3 booster boxes. 1 to collect, 1 to open at launch, 1 to open post gen 9.
I think market commentary chats are perfectly fine but I personally like thr transparency of those who say what they actually buy hold sell etc. Walk >>> talk
New subscriber here. Your content has great tidbits. Thank you for sharing. I have been slowly putting away sealed products since the Chilling Reign era and have two questions; storage and insurance. With your second pallet forming, are you storing them at your home or external storage site? Also, to protect your investment, are you letting your house insurance know so your investments are protected with your home?
External and a separate business insurance policy. Most/maybe all insurance policies be it renters or home have insanely low unusable allowances for collectibles. Check yours
@ - thanks for your response. I will ask sis to look into the house insurance regarding protecting collectibles. Local box storages, most of them, cover up to 25K for insurance.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and perspective Dan 👍.
Thanks for watching!
We buy our full allocation for every set as well, we never even put in a number at our distributors, and we did get our allocation cut in half.
Wow interesting. Worst I've heard too. Lot of 10 to 30% down, but half is rough
Got in for 110$x2cases lots of fomo I'm thinking selling one in 2 months so and using it to lower my price on remaining case and PC etbs, lots of good sets coming but if BBs are low qt and ripped fast it'll be interesting.
Ordered the same amount of stellar and surging. Got 10% less of surging. Don’t think they printed less, but everyone (big stores) ordered more - so distro started allocating down pre orders.
Makes sense. I have had a few reach out who did have 10 to 30% ish cuts so I guess I was fortunate to an extent. Things like this are all pretty variable and case by case distributor and even rep by rep going to differ
Dan, I do think it's a little bit dangerous out there. That being said, I also think Pokémon is for everyone. Some people want to play the part, get in on the fun, whether it's a blister, a booster box, or 20 cases. And that's OK too. The thing I always like that you come back to is lost opportunity cost and real taxed dollars. Btw, can i design one of your thumbnails?
I'd be interested to see what you'd come up with 👀
S&P up roughly 15%, I’ll guess Poke up 25-30% (that’s without knowing what all you put in the pile)
Thanks for watching and for the guess!
your pallet is probably up 20 to 25 percent, 151 has doubled in value the last month or so and will really push the percent up depending on how much you have in there. snp is up 14 percent over the last 6 months.
Majority of stores paying $95-$100 per box wholesale. It’s laughable 😅
They should set a MAP at msrp.
You make a great point, allocations aren’t getting cut but stores are trying to cherry pick sets and not getting 100% allocated. Our reps will even tell us this before hand.
I did have some people reach out who were actually cut like 10 to 30% from stellar which I hadn't heard much of prior. But then a few got a tiny bit more than stellar too. Lot of variance in all this
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I got 2 cases from hills wholesale for $600 weeks ago, my first purchase from them. Hoping they don’t cancel on me, they are going for like $720 now. I’m worried if they hit like 800-900 at release
Hills is extremely legit. Have never heard of them canceling orders
A wise man once told me don’t think just sell so I can’t really tell you what I think
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Good video, but can you talk more rocket emoji, less opportunity cost etc.? K thanks
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Hey Ketchum. Have you noticed that CGC seems to be handing out worse grades?
My last 2 have been bad, with the most recent one being completely terrible.... Worst of all time. I normally get 40-50% pristines. This time I only got 2 out of 53.
My pristine have been miserable. My sample size is small but we had master set games on who grades a ton and he said his is down a lot too
@@KetchumAllCollectibles yeah. I don't know what's going on but it's making CGC unprofitable to grade. They need to look at themselves in the mirror. I know their business is down a lot considering how fast returns are
It's not us, it's them. I'm sure of it. Ive been doing this for years and had pretty consistent results with them.
Money printer go brrrrrrrr
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Are you selling any of your XY booster box sets?
I don't have much of anything xy left
@ ahhh dang okay
Have you heard about a reprint for SS? Danny Phantump mentioned one but he's the only person I've heard say anything about it. Also, I bet your pallet is up 35%.
Nothing yet but it literally hasn't come out yet haha
@@KetchumAllCollectibles yeah, that’s why I was surprised to hear Danny say that.
100%-350%+
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Nice
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Fomo hype! I’m in 140$ a box and I don’t care I’m a diamond hands holder inc 1k a booster 3 years from now
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20 to 25 cases ?
38 cases total for me
95% of people who think they are "investing" in pokemon would be substantially better off investing in a S&P500 ETF or similar index fund. You are for sure part of the 5% but no matter how many times you say it, people will not understand when you say opportunity cost of capital
Dan skips the barber to invest in booster boxes.
100% 🚀. $35 total cost of haircuts for the past 15 years (and it shows) but it also shows in the bank account 🔥
How often do people respond to you with “yeah, lick my a$$ bit*h”? 😂
all the percents
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Dan out here unit shaming all the pro poke investors
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40%
🚀 if only
40% on the pallet, the rest not nearly as much
Pallet 30%
42.69%
I think obsidian flames to the moon.
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One of the most level headed UA-camrs I’ve seen since returning to the hobby. It’s good to see your perspective compared to other people on here. There’s an insane amount of hype and FOMO right now. I have my pre-orders in for SS and hope it does well, but damn, it’s gunna be interesting!
It's always a fun ride
I love money...Give me some.
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Pallet is probably up 55% in 6 months
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@@KetchumAllCollectibles 😂Gotta hype you up man!
Cash grabber
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Great job! Eff FOMO🤌🤌🤌
Everyone must have forgotten about your embossed metazoo grifting antics! 😂
Show me on the doll where " the grift" got you. I'll be talking about metazoo again down the line. Never telling anyone what to do. Just talking about what I'm doing as always
At least the snake oil is cheap now! @@KetchumAllCollectibles
At least the snake oil is cheap
@heyokaempathtraversingcontrari sorry you've been so hurt by hearing what someone is doing. Best to unsubscribe and unfollow
Honestly for victims of real SA that last comment tells me all I need to know about you!
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Christ
People that play the TCG are ready to jump lmao
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@@dagreenshiz☠️
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Fomo + hype = reprint.
I'd heavily lean towards this getting a reprint down the line but pokemon keeps up guessing by not doing reprints on certain sets. Looking at team up mainly
Pump and dump
Always pump never dump
rpg poketubers 🤣.
Lemme guess r u Buying and putting in closet?
Oh you know it 👀
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