Appreciate the comment! Actually wanted to chat with you about something, but not sure how best to message you. :) If you're keen to chat, drop me a note: [email protected]

@@everycardastorysent you an email. Looking forward to chatting

I can work on that for sure. Anything in particular? Or just a general overview?

Nice! Best of luck!

Thanks!

@@everycardastory love your videos! Do you cut all your penny sleeves or do you buy them pre cut on 1 side? I need some of those would make my life so much easier lol

@@Happylights0828 I've cut them myself in the past, but bought a full case of pre-cut from Cardboard Gold. I've had mixed feelings. The cut is super inconsistent so some are so deep that the corner of the card sticks out. I'll probably still buy another case when these run out because I'm lazy and the pre-cut is really nice, but I'm hoping they get a bit more consistent.

I know I have a tendency to ramble a bit so it's nice to hear someone found it useful. :) Print lines are just _soooo_ common on today's cards.

Yup. Super solid points on pop count and gem rate. Definitely makes sense for it to come down, just kind of interesting how in this case, you can literally see the exact sale where it flipped. :)

Oh you're 100% correct. It's a bit of the off-season and a bit of supply/demand for sure. I'm kind of taking a mixed approach right now where I don't mind being a bit more open to offers on some of his base and other things with higher pop counts, while being a lot less aggressive selling some of the parallels that are a bit harder to get your hands on.

@@everycardastory everyone grading same exact players and same exact cards honestly they do same thing in football with cj stroud

​@@joelkaplan2157 For sure. Makes sense...those guys are probably your safest bet at least for moving cards quickly. Some great cards of the "other guys" tend to sit around for quite a while. Grading other less popular stars though is really starting to grow on me (I think you'll see some mixed in a few upcoming submissions) because the low-price point means you can nab some really cool cards of them. You just have to be ok with maybe sitting on them a little bit longer.

@everycardastory I think more then 1 exact science to it that's why people don't only grade those guys

That's whuppit.com/. Built that for myself because I outgrew my spreadsheets. :) There's a discount code in the video description if you want to kick the tires (also comes with a free 30-day trial anyway)

Solid question! I either post them on eBay raw, and note any significant flaws, or, more and more, I'm sending them to COMC. A lot of the cards I don't grade are just super tiny blemishes...a dot or indent here or there. I'm pretty picky, typically. COMC so far has been really good about marking any with significant issues as a lower quality as they list them.

@@everycardastory definitely thinking about sending to COMC. Theres just too much effort in putting it back on eBay and shipping it again. Rather have all my graded cards on eBay.

In this case, everything in the order is from eBay. That's where I get most of my cards nowadays, though I do some ripping for fun for sure. I do use COMC as well, but mostly for PC cards-I've been picking up some nice Ginobili, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and David Robinson's from there lately.

You and me both. :)

"It depends" is not anyone's favorite answer, but almost always the correct one. :) And fully agree on educating yourself on what you're buying. There's a lot of learning involved-learning what sells and what doesn't, what prices are likely to dip or rise and when, how different cards grade & their common issues, etc.

I appreciate the kind feedback! Thanks for subscribing. :)

I appreciate the feedback. I love detail, but wasn't sure how long people wanted to spend watching these things. Good to know at least some folks want the details. :) The app is up now in beta at whuppit.com/. Still experimenting for pricing (literally just put it out) and if you do want to kick the tires, my plan is to reach out to everyone to get feedback on that, features, etc.

It's whuppit.com/ (check the vid description for a discount code)

Yours was one of the very first I stumbled on when I started getting back into the hobby. Thanks for all the incredible content you've put out there!

@@everycardastory No problem! Looking forward to seeing more videos from you soon!

Good suggestion. I can definitely make sure to do more of that in the future on these.

I think you hit the nail on the head-it comes down to how much time you want to be spending on this and what your goal is. The per-card profit is a lot lower, so to make anything significant you need to be grading a lot of volume, which takes a lot more time.

I think it's going to be really interesting to see what happens with 9's on the ultra-modern stuff long-term. There's a lot of them out there, which I think is part of the problem, but it's really hard to imagine them staying cheaper than raw down the road. Definitely feels like value for collector's who don't mind nabbing gorgeous 9's instead of paying the 10 premium.

Oh nice! I appreciate the kind words! :) I'll check in with you there to see how you get along. I've got some fun stuff planned for it, I think.

Yeah, I love the photo on the Carter this year. Ended up selling that one to someone who is working on the rainbow-bet that one will look pretty sweet once it's completed!

Ouch. Yeah, never feels good when you're waiting and can see the prices dropping the entire time. Hope your orders get back to you soon!

Thanks! Definitely pretty happy with this one.

That sucks. In what way? Just played it back and it sounds ok...

Yeah, I think a Level II designation on these from PSA would be really nice to have for sure.