So the main reason I ask is becuase it seems like basically free money, so long as you are willing to wait 2-3 years for big returns. Almost every single Pokemon and Magic the Gathering booster box doubles in price after just 2 years.
That's not just a recent trend either, that has been the case for over 20 years now. Look up literally any Pokemon card set that's more that 2 years old and see for yourself. Some from even just 3 years ago go for $400 (buy price is $90-ish). I have been following the card game for 10+ years now and time and time again the boxes release at $90ish, drop to $85ish after a couple months, and then a few months later they go up continuously forever.
The main reason for price increase is because once a set of cards come out, they will never come out again. Every box someone opens is one less sealed box in existence... so as you would imagine over time more people are opening them and the price of the remaining sealed ones go up.
Is there something I am missing here? It's such a disgustingly low risk for such a disgustingly high reward. People would literally kill to have odds like that in stock markets so it puzzles me why so few take advantage of it. Is taking 2-3 years to basically double your money guaranteed really too low-yield to bother with? That seems above average at the very least to me...
The only things I could potentially see holding someone back would be A: not knowing about the opportunity, B: being uncomfortable using eBay/TCG Player, or C: being uncomfortable dealing with something you don't understand or have interest in.
Submitted May 29, 2019 at 05:53AM by BiasedTwitch http://bit.ly/2VUXI6o
