Here recently I had a customer show me all of the cards he bought and was intending to sell. And because he approached me with them I had to tell him they were all fake. The cards that I have posted below are the fakes. The real cards have texture to them. This guy was fairly angry about this purchase because these cards (when real) are expensive. I don’t know what he paid, but I can tell you that he over paid. Another way to tell is to take a flash light and shine it through the card. A real Pokemon card shows no light through it. Fake cards will show light through them most of the time. The last way you should ever tell if a card is fake or not is to rip it in half. Something that these people that produce fake cards haven’t been able to duplicate is Pokémon’s ability to make the inner most layer of Pokemon cards black. That’s right, when you rip a real Pokemon card in half you will see that it’s ripped will black on the interior layer. Fake cards from what I have seen thus far haven’t been able to do that. Not that I rip every potentially fake card in half. Unless I am at a show and someone is knowingly trying to sell fakes; I’ll rip them in half so that other vendors don’t get screwed over on accident. Just be weary and learn what the fakes like ok like. Take one of your bulk cards and rip in half to see what I’m talking about. It’ll save you some money in the long run knowing what’s real and what’s not.

What are your current favorite types of cards to collect? Do those types translate to a decent ROI or are they merely a collectible interest?

How are you all? my name is Ray. Collector and recently decided to start selling. I've been blessed to be successful in my business so I am taking 1k a month to start to invest into buying and reselling and will see how I grow from there. I took 1 dryer and turned it into 30 and then sold to accumulate my first 1k to Invest. Since then ive gotten my collection to about 3k and have around $1800 cash from the original 1k! Loce strategy and flipping. My goal for my businesses is 1. Have fun 2. Build a legacy collection 3. Enjoy the profits Looking to build relationship with other collectors and buyers so we have a good eco system. Collecting base set Even and all evolutions And anything really

thank you

Don’t sell. The longer they listen, the sweeter the pitch. I do contracts with clients for construction. They have already bought me before I come and look at the job. I don’t have to sell, but those are warm leads and when there are 5 and 6 figures on the line people buy with emotion. It’s highly emotional for someone to give you their life savings and ask you to turn it Into a house. And when you start getting into 7 figure conversations it’s only emotion. I’ve been offered million dollar contracts and turned them down because of a gut feeling about the person offering it. If my gut feeling says no to the person, I’m going to say no. Million dollar contracts usually put you next to those people for a year or two in construction. Or I charge triple the price and hope they say no. Some have said yes, which sucks lol but hey, the money is good. When it comes to cards and selling to cold-ish leads it’s still all emotion. The guys that I do shows with will tell you, I’m the loudest person there with the most energy. I’ll yell at people from across the room and get them over to our table. Found out a few years ago I have free will and I just do what I want now! 😂 Once you get them to the table you have to build immediate trust. How do you do that? Ask them what they are interested in. Ask them questions about them because the one thing people love to talk about is themselves and have a reflection of their personality reflected back to them by another person. We are hilariously self obsessed creatures! Use it to your advantage. Typically at these shows they will be wearing shirts with art for anime, or bracelets, watches, some will have binders or graded card boxes. I always ask what’s inside and can I look at it. No matter what it is I always find a way to connect to people based on what they collect. This is where watching anime makes me money. You must have that knowledge to really connect with people and get them to trust that you know what you are talking about. It’s that easy to build trust. I’m not saying they need to trust you like they trust their partner in life, but for that moment you can’t lie and hope to close a sale. As soon as they get a bad feeling which their gut will say, it’s over. I’ve seen it and I’ve done it because my gut, heart, and head run my businesses.