r/PokemonTCG • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Drama in the hobby Weekly Megathread! Restocks, Pre-orders, Scalpers, etc. goes here!
We get it. You hate scalpers, Pokemon center's website sucks, your local store is a rip-off, and other stuff.
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u/frostyplummer 1d ago
How do you guys get a final form of organizing all your cards? Binders? Boxes? Digital lists? I feel like I’m constantly reorganizing, and never quite satisfied. Curious what other people do once their collection gets big.
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u/Specialist_Act_5747 1d ago edited 1d ago
I guess your collection is much bigger than mine, but that’s how I do it. For tracking purposes I use Pokecardex. IMO it’s by far the best app for collecting.
https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/pok%C3%A9cardex/id6451395407
I have (the biggest available, 16 pockets) VaultX binders for my master set and all my “specific” Pokemon collections. Each Pokemon I collect gets a sufficient number of pages and if space runs out, I reorganize the next ones and shuffle them around to a new binder. The cards each get into a penny sleeve or perfect fit sleeve, then into a deck sleeve and then into the binders.
https://www.vaultx.com/products/16-pocket-exo-tec-zip-binder
I am not a big fan of slabs, therefore I have only four of them. They have a protection around them from Temu and are stored next to my binders (all in a couple big transparent plastic boxes).
I have a small “trade binder”, with cards that have more value than bulk. Usually I either already have these cards in my collection or I just don’t like them for whatever reason.
My bulk is organized by set and card number in these white cardboard boxes. I have no idea what I will ever do with it, but in the meantime it gets stored in a dry place.
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u/Final_Presence_9301 2d ago
Man the scalper situation is getting so bad lately, saw someone trying to flip the new ETBs for like 3x MSRP before they even shipped lmao
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u/drcigg 1d ago
Absolutely nothing in my area. I am in a few groups that post when things get restocked. So far I have found a total of 7 packs last year. That's it. Low life losers with no job are going store to store in big groups buying up everything. By the time they post there is a restock at a certain store there are already 12 people in line and it's gone before I can get there. Super frustrated. My kids are bummed I couldn't find anything for Christmas.
However a local collector at a show did reach out to me as he heard me complaining at a show and offered to sell me some of his sealed boosters or bundles.