A fan of Pokémon trading cards decided to sell his entire collection at a flea market. By the time he realized he had made an expensive mistake in the preparation for the sale, it was already too late.
What does the Pokémon fan report? The collector and Reddit user QQThyyy confesses in a Reddit post what unfortunate mistake he made.
He wanted to participate in a flea market for the first time in his life and sell the Pokémon cards from his collection there.
Motivated, he got to work setting prices for each of his many cards and labeling the sleeves with those prices. However, he did not realize how he was ruining his collection card by card.
When he realized what his mistake was, it was already too late: He had labeled the sleeves with a ballpoint pen while the cards were in the binder. He showed the fatal result on Reddit, which completely ruined the value of the cards. The sleeves could not stop the pressure from the ballpoint pen.
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Collector ruins card by card his entire collection
Has the player ruined all his cards? QQThyyy writes in the comments of the Reddit post that the 600 cards that suffered under the pressure of the ballpoint pen were just one of three binders in total.
He was about to start labeling the second binder, where the ultra-rare cards were located, when he realized what he had done.
How does the community react to the player’s experience? The community feels the collector’s pain and expresses their condolences in a wave of memes and comments:
- RealOGFire writes: “I really feel sorry for you, brother … However, this post is very informative for others, and God bless you for posting it. Good luck forgiving yourself, and please do it, man. It’s okay to make mistakes.”
- InjuryMajor9078 comments: “Oh, you made a mistake … an expensive one, but just a mistake. It happens, and now you know that you need to use a marker before applying labels, or write on the stickers. Don’t let this ruin your fun, and keep collecting. In a few years, this will be a good story to laugh about.”
- Beakriah assures: “As a hobby collector, I love Flurmel wholeheartedly and would buy that card from you immediately. I believe there are many people like me who simply want cards in decent condition that they like.”
The experience of the Pokémon fan offers not only hints for him but also for the rest of the trading card community:
A marker should be used for labeling, binders and sleeves cannot protect a card from everything, and for many players, the Pokémon on the card matters more than the actual market value. However, this is a significant point for many collectors as they see the cards more as an investment and less as a trading card game: Gen Z sees Pokémon cards as an investment, convinced they are worth more than stocks of the world’s most valuable company
