POKEMON BUYER POV | Silicon Valley Trade Card Show | San Jose CA |

June 16, 2024 - Silicon Valley Trade Card Show in San Jose, CA
Buyer POV video for y'all today. My friend & I drop around $1K USD, much slower buying day as it's a smaller show we probably spent like $3K total last weekend at a larger show in the area.
Still had a good time and made a few deals. And, I open a sealed product from 1999!
Some of the vendors I interacted with here who are regulars in the local Pokemon card community:
- IntropyDR: / @intropydr
- PokeNhan: / @pokenhancards
- 88 Cardhouse: / @88cardhouseusa
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[@Aurorajean8]

How have I lived here my entire life and never known about that I literally just got back in the Pokémon two weeks ago lol I guess I’ll have to wait for the next one

[@oyamastrading]

@@Aurorajean8 that’s awesome! There’s another one coming soon in mid August

[@PokeNhanCards]

That binder is sick! Thanks for the shoutout man!

[@oyamastrading]

Appreciate you! look forward to more deals my guy. Btw taking the Neo Premium File cards out -- only 3 of them I'll send to grade. Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Totodile. A few of them were too OC or had a very minor bend, they'd probably 6-7 and be a wash. The other 3 at 8-10 it's worth the shot!

[@vortexfounded]

Yo i love your vids you do some pretty cool stuff nice editing btw but i feel like you definably deserve more subs with your love to the pokemon community and u just gained one Thank you man cuz u got me back to pokemon again and i used to have really good cards i think i had a few 1st edition blastoise def no charzards but i gave the all away no knowing the price as a kid but i feel so upset at myself for what i did as i did not just sell them for money but my friends thought i was weird since i was into pokemon but i regret letting people change me especially if i cant enjoy myself but im trying to rebuild my collection and thank you for getting me back up on my Journy. -Adian

[@oyamastrading]

Hey thanks for watching and commenting. A lot of us lost or didn't care for childhood collections! But it's fun nostalgia revisiting as an adult. Enjoy the hobby!

[@vortexfounded]

@@oyamastrading Sure thing man you have a fun journey too fill out you binder for me make sure to have fun and i would say keep up the good work

[@InnerTriad]

Mr Oyammmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in the hauusssssss

[@oyamastrading]

I n n e r t r i a d

[@jamestownsend2479]

Nice video bro! I ended up checking it out for about an hour on Saturday. I got the shining Ttar you were looking for from Danny and traded him back the shining celebi you asked about haha.

[@oyamastrading]

Hahaha wow dude no surprise we have some similar (very good, of course) taste.. whatcha do with the Ttar??

[@jamestownsend2479]

@@oyamastrading I just ended up trading it for a bunch of modern PSA 10’s. I’ll send you pics of all the stuff I got for it once they arrive!

[@oyamastrading]

@@jamestownsend2479 Awesome love it

[@zayfr2842]

Dude. I've been looking for card shows near salinas. Didn't even think of checking san jose lol. Gotta check it out next time forsures

[@oyamastrading]

They do this one every few months I believe! And there are others in the South bay if you keep an eye out for em. Hope you can hit one!

[@oddishu]

Bruh wtf. I live in this city, why is this the first time I'm hearing of this.

[@oyamastrading]

@@oddishu this one is pretty frequent!

[@pokemonaddict3d20]

nice camera setup! what do you use? I can actually see the colors pop on the cards

[@oyamastrading]

Hey thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment. The camera is a DJI Osmo Action 4. Shooting in 4K at 60 fps. Did some very minor editing in post to boost color and contrast without making anything look unnatural. This venue has a big domed skylight so it was hard to get around some glare! Anyway I'm pleased with the equipment so far - glad you enjoyed!

[@LiveLyfeSlow]

When's the next show In San Jose,CA it sucks I missed this one.

[@oyamastrading]

There’s Hypecon tcg and east bay card show in the burlingame area coming up!

[@LiveLyfeSlow]

@@oyamastrading Awesome, How do you keep up with the card shows in the bay area? Is there a newsletter. I just moved here so I'm not really familiar with the place. I appreciate it.

[@oyamastrading]

@@LiveLyfeSlow I'll re-share what I told another commenter! The places I usually find them are 1) instagram 2) word of mouth just by being part of the community a bit more recently and 3) looking at the schedules of local vendors. @intropydr does a great job of the last point, their most recent videos always include a schedule of upcoming shows they're attending, which can serve as a good way to calendar out shows you might want to check out!

[@CollectingAddiction]

What are you looking at for the prices. Is there anymore coming up in the bay area?

[@oyamastrading]

Re: shows in the bay yes there are a bunch, if you do a search for sports collectors digest card show calendar that's not 100% of them but it's a solid chunk. I also like to reference @intropydr's video descriptions because they put which shows they're doing and they attend most bay area shows. Re: pricing here's what I told another commenter with a similar question: I was thinking about maybe making a video explaining how to navigate a card show as a buyer. I personally mostly use: - For English raw cards: TCG Player - For slabs, Japanese, niche cards that don't sell often: eBay/Pricecharting (the latter mostly just aggregates eBay sales) - I also have others like Alt available which serve a similar purpose by aggregating listings and sales from multiple sites like eBay

[@CollectingAddiction]

@@oyamastrading Thank you for the in depth reply man it is much appreciated. Ive just bought loads via online platform but Im really trying to go drop a bag at a show and face to face. Thanks again.

[@oyamastrading]

@@CollectingAddiction you're welcome. I really like buying at shows. Very fun, a lot of good human connection, you can check card condition for yourself, and almost everyone's down to make a good deal. Bring cash!

[@CollectingAddiction]

@@oyamastrading Always cash baby 💪

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

What is your IG?

[@oyamastrading]

@@OTHERVERSETCG same as my YT! OyamasTrading

[@pokemonaddict3d20]

intropydr and wife are super cool people lets goooo

[@oyamastrading]

they're the best! Always try to make a deal with them and bring my friends to them.

[@kenmei18]

@@oyamastrading Im at their table next to you at 7:30 lol small world

[@oyamastrading]

@@kenmei18 That's awesome lol! Such a small world.

[@TheNashvilleFlippers]

what kid of camera are you using?

[@oyamastrading]

DJI Osmo Action 4!

[@JackZed-rb4wp]

Hello im from Bay Area, how do you find where and when these shows are?

[@oyamastrading]

The places I usually find them are 1) instagram 2) word of mouth just by being part of the community a bit more recently and 3) looking at the schedules of local vendors. @intropydr does a great job of the last point, their most recent videos always include a schedule of upcoming shows they're attending, which can serve as a good way to calendar out shows you might want to check out!

[@JackZed-rb4wp]

@@oyamastrading thank you

[@jonathannguyen5763]

just stumbled on your page and recently got back into collecting pokémon cards and would love to go to one of these conventions in the bay, do they happen often?

[@oyamastrading]

Welcome! Yeah, they do!

[@JaviAirForces]

Shout out from Richmond Ca

[@oyamastrading]

Awesome! I'm East Bay as well. Thanks for watching & saying hey

[@angelvalencia4891]

Never knew this show was around. Ill be at the October one. Id love to know if any others in the South Bay exist.

[@Thearticunoking]

Great video here bro I love all that’s I’m seeing ❤

[@oyamastrading]

Thanks so much appreciate the kind words.

[@rumrumpster117]

ayo I see myself in the background at 9:50 in the batman shirt this was my first card show and I enjoyed it with my friend

[@oyamastrading]

Heyy nice! Glad you enjoyed. Are you going to any more? A bunch coming up

[@rumrumpster117]

@@oyamastrading going to “the collected” next month in Santa Clara only one I know not sure when the others are coming up but I’m interested if you know

[@oyamastrading]

@@rumrumpster117 Havent heard of that one! Hypecon TCG is June 29 Saturday. Same weekend there's a big Fairfield one. Following weekend is East Bay card show in Burlingame.

[@collectibletags]

love the vid and the buyers POV hope to see you at a card show one day!

[@oyamastrading]

🙏🙏🙏 would be a pleasure to meet you at a show!

[@ChasingCelebi]

Re: you checking out the 9 prices in the beginning, I know most consider modern PSA 9 to be at raw price, would you say that’s the case for BGS 9 modern too? Love this video!

[@oyamastrading]

Hey! Honestly i don’t know the answer to that. I suspect for 9s it is similar but BGS usually command a premium in 10s over other grading companies

[@jxzemjsz4427]

App called ALT is better for slabs

[@Dann_Skavell]

If compared with DEX, PriceCharting do it still better ?

[@oyamastrading]

Never tried ALT! Why is it better?

[@aznjoseph]

Shows current fixed prices and auctions of slabs on eBay,pwcc and other auction houses. Also shows More recent sold purchases from eBay

[@jxzemjsz4427]

@@aznjoseph YES! And if you need to check on the slab price. Just take a picture of it and it shows everything Ty for explaining