Rudy Responds : The Collapse and failure of Alpha Investments

[@gymrats1405]

Finally the negative clickbait title we’ve all been waiting for

[@Radjammin]

Rudy sounds like he is practicing a deposition. ❤

[@DrizztFan23]

Speak for yourself. I'm waiting for the pink visor.

[@davidbaker9412]

Yeah this was great

[@lm.silentmail]

This was my actual thoughts, too, when I checked the channel today!

[@RetireandGo]

Bring forth 2024! Prepare to buy singles Build your decks Play ! So it shall be

[@TrevorJust]

Rudy, just because you’re a bad guy, doesn’t mean you’re a bad guy

[@damonhymer5960]

Over the years, I’ve heard Rudy extolling the extreme difficulty of LGS profitability- tight margins, theft, preordering/ sight unseen, general hate for higher pricing because of operating costs, etc. Rudy is often a comedic character, but he is also a champion for the little guy. I prefer legitimate criticism

[@vanillaice7749]

Rudy's entire business model shits all over the LGS.

[@jmc_-im6sd]

LGSs in my area (Bay area, California) are insanely overpriced, which makes them raise prices even more to pay the bills, which forces people like me to buy from eBay and the Rudy types instead. How about NOT having 12 employees who are all nerds and NOT hard workers. I've never seen an employee of an LGS that looks they could get a job ANYWHERE else 😭

[@damonhymer5960]

The LGS provides an entirely different set of services. I go to mine. Play in tournaments, prerelease, but I usually look elsewhere for sealed product. Rudy competes w online sellers as a subscription service

[@whiskeygamesnerdstuff789]

well said

[@awskater5899]

Lol rudy is not for the little guy. He often and without remorse makes fun of the little guy. He also shits on LGS daily by undercutting them or helping the go under by buying them out after hyping product.

[@rajvinder89]

I sometimes forget Rudy is the Florida man of cardboard.

[@fsmoura]

_"Some people are very angry"_ Heck yeah, that's how I start brawls on my local LGS store... when it's getting a little crowded, I hide behind a shelf and yell Rudy's name. The hubbub starts immediately.

[@adamrichard6724]

well played 😃

[@NOLA-vv3sz]

Overall, I don't really get it. Why in god's name would anyone listen to Rudy, Dan, or anyone else wholesale? This entire channel is a person's opinion. Granted the opinion is based on experience, but it is still opinion. Dan's is opinion. The Professor's is opinion. I listen and make my own big boy choice about what to do. I heard Rudy make a comment a long time ago about 7th edition foils being rare. So, I researched it a bit and decided he was right. I bought the shit out of high end 7th foils (city of brass, BOP, etc) while they were cheap. Having a like mind to Rudy there, I made up some serious value. I also came to the same conclusion on Monarch that he did and bought in. I lost my ass. He did not make me do that. I did my own research and decided I agreed. I took my loss and went on my way. I made a killing on his early FaB stuff. I lost on Commander Masters. Shit happens, and I only roll the dice on money I can afford to lose. I don't care one bit what Rudy does to TCG prices (up or down). I had just as much opportunity as anyone else to buy in cheap, build an empire, etc. I didn't. Tough shit for me. The fact people are not buying the hell out of RL cards right now while they are crashed shows people who were always complaining about the cost never cared about the cards themselves. If they did, they would be buying now at the lows. They cared they missed the boat and that someone else got rich off of it. I, on the other hand, am buying the hell out of higher end RL cards that are on mass discount right now. If I lose on them, well, that was again, my choice. I will give Rudy one massive bit of credit. He puts his money where his mouth is. All I ask for from anyone selling me something is that they be honest about their place in it. Rudy is clear he is intending to make money. He gives his view. Gives his price. Then I, as an adult, make a choice.

[@monkey39128]

In general you're right. Listening to a range of opinions is a great way to gain perspective but in the end you have to make your own moves in this world.

[@KrepsyK]

Finally a nuanced take

[@monkey39128]

@@KrepsyK Nuance is a rare thing nowadays. It's like finding a shiny Pokémon.

[@WestSideAus]

Stop being reasonable. Don't you know when the consequences of your own actions come back to bite you, you're supposed to blame everyone else?

[@shatzofhudson]

lol who's dan?

[@shmick19]

One LGS owner in England said he didn't like Rudy...I asked why...they said it was because he drove the price of sets down by dumping on them and lots of stores being hung by these fails and Rudy hoovering up stock at the reduced cost. I laughed. Rudy is all powerful ladies & gebtleman!!

[@NeoN-PeoN]

LOL If Rudy says a set sucks, he's just pointing out what the general market is already saying. He doesn't set the mood.

[@fatmakesyoufat]

What are people talking about? Rudy pumps every release lol. If rudy actually had an impact boxes wouldn’t be down 50% lol

[@fatmakesyoufat]

@@NeoN-PeoN Rudy has never said a set sucks though. Find me one set he says not to “invest” in lol

[@shmick19]

@@NeoN-PeoN LOL right?

[@shmick19]

@@fatmakesyoufat bricks n mortar do things to people

[@thoqqu]

Rudy is single handedly responsible for the Eldrazi winter and Pioneer.

[@Aramil4]

lol sure

[@celphys]

He is _compleated_

[@TurboWizard69]

Based. Pioneer is the best format in MTG. Thank you Rudy-sama

[@theetiologist9539]

If this is a serious take it actually makes me curious, why do you think this?

[@ivarcollison5965]

He also built the Great Henge

[@ThePenitentSquirrel]

The truth of the matter is that as a relative newcomer to MTG (about 8 years) the 'community' is probably one of the most toxic environments I have ever been in. I love the thoughtfulness it takes to play the game and even the high stakes collectibility of it, but truthfully I greatly dislike most other enthusiast of the game because the interactions are typically as if you F'ed their wife and their working out decades of issues well in reality talking about colored compressed recycled paper. Rudy is an interesting case study because to anyone else he is a guy who owns a business, but to some MTG fans he is the great Satan. As a result of that they take every opportunity to try to dehumanize him in a near habitual way.. which says way more about those people then they care to know (I'm looking at your BoromirSonofDenethor I know you will have posted a comment it's f'ckin' weird dude stop). In so many ways Rudy is one of the best MTG channels (better than Tolarian) because he never lies to you about his intentions. He didn't shit on Magic 30 just so WOTC would bribe him letting him do some manner of card reveal and then make a video about why he isn't a sellout. All Rudy actually does is try to sell people sh!t for a fair market value just like everyone else the only difference is doesn't pretend to be a public figurehead or your super best friend.

[@ambassador724]

Most MTG actual players are true dirtballs, like literally don't shower - somewhat generalizing but true in about 1 out of 4 dorks that walk through the game store doors.

[@ssorvete89]

rudy looks like the kind of guy who would try to pickpocket my wallet after selling me a magic booster, the tolarian guy is at least inoffensive

[@lovetownsend]

He 100% lies lol every one of his box openings is him pumping the hype train. Its like any youtube channel, personal stuff at first, but once you realize you got big influence you reap money from it. Nothing wrong hes fun to watch

[@Chaogod1233]

Rudy doesn't care about playing the game you dope! So of course he wouldn't do a reveal. MTG is just a means of making money for him and nothing more. His channel is great but I wouldn't say its the best MTG Channel because its not really about MTG nessicarily but just a man obssessed with cardboard and the things that surround it. So it's a bit unfair to shit on Tolarian who is someone who loves the product and grew up with it versus someone who loves it as much as someone who has stock in a company.

[@leeh6317]

@@ssorvete89lol,it’s soo funny that Rudy address Timmy’s like you in his video. You know, idiots that judge him and others just on looks alone….

[@rocksteady.]

i dont even play magic, i watch because rudy's funny and smart, i dig the insight from the investing broker stuff and its illuminating from a viewpoint of someone who is super successful, i love it

[@fatmakesyoufat]

Yes, very smart. Like investing in hasbro stock and metazoo boxes lol

[@scottbonata5145]

I also don't play Magic. But I punched alpha in the keyword and there comes Rudy. And yes, I'm not a bot or an A. I. I'm a real person and he's got good successful story. And he's kind of a cheerful and makes me laugh!

[@gregwylie3970]

@@fatmakesyoufathe’s more successful than you lol

[@fatmakesyoufat]

@@gregwylie3970 lol classic Timmy response. My dad can beat up your dad! Lol

[@gregwylie3970]

@@fatmakesyoufat classic broke jealous wannabeboi response “here’s a generic lame response #12”

[@traviswest7328]

Amen, to everything you said..

[@willmorris340]

While you may not read every comment Rudy, if you read this one just know that you have had a beneficial impact on my life and those in my circle around me. Mainly, these conversations of perspective and reflecting on not only your choices but others is what i think is missing in this world. There are not many people or family members for that matter that will teach financial / real life lessons like this. Specifically, your journey from being a young Timmy to going through being a mechanic, broker, and then finding this niche business and becoming a cardboard emperor. Following your passions lead you down many roads with many dead ends to then reflect, understand, and realize how to blend your passions with your skillset into whatever this global cardboard empire this thing has become is an amazing feat in and of itself. But to also do so without selling yourself to the big interest / corporate greed monster is the truly remarkable part. Now, I'm not naive enough to think that everything you've done is super squeaky clean (not accusing or anything) or that you don't purposely do what's in your best interest but from what I've been able to gather you've struck a great medium and an honorable one at that. All this is to say that keep on doing what your doing and having fun with it, people do appreciate your shenanigans, and more content on keeping it real in this wacky world is something we could use more of. Take care out there Rudy, and if we cross paths IRL the Taco Bell party pack is on me brotha.

[@nerdobject5351]

I knew a guy who was anti-capitalist, anti making money but if you tried to trade with him he had no problem trying extract as much value down to every 10 cents in a trade.

[@monkey39128]

That sounds like my brother. 😂

[@PulsatingShadow]

The coincidence of opposites.

[@rogerteaminski6351]

That's how all those woke leftist types are.

[@xXxUrbanNinjaxXx]

@@rogerteaminski6351didn’t trump make” the art of the deal” 😅

[@michaelrudolph7003]

These kinds of people pretend to be the white knights for the downtrodden, but they couldn't care less about them, they just hate the rich. It's just pure petty jealousy and envy for what they don't/can't have. It's a very evil mindset.

[@soiledbear2051]

I've been following YOU since almost the start (early Card Life/Store videos), I DO NOT play Mtg or any other card games but I am a collector of other things.....So, bottom-line, I dont come here for the latest Mtg or F&B cards, I do come for your understanding, discussion and sharing of experience/information on market conditions....Why?....Because I've noted over the years that collectables are usually the first thing to draw back in a tough economy and vice versa.....So, you be you, I'll still watch.....AND please share those weird story videos!

[@kanifis]

Same here. Never played and probably never will.

[@TheBoxPounder]

Shit Man, I think Umu is finally getting to Rudy Chan. Stay strong Rudy!

[@TheSushiandme]

Lol mtglion be grieving hard

[@tcsmagicbox]

That guys rants incoherently, and I have very little patience for incoherent ranters.

[@TheSushiandme]

@tcsmagicbox mtglion is an attention seeker. He has been doing this for 8+ years and never got the views. He used to use his female employees to do his videos back then, but it never blown up. We aren't simps.

[@adynamicdylan]

I feel like Umu basically just reads the titles of the videos and doesn’t listen to anything Rudy actually says before rambling worse than Billy Madison trying to explain the Industrial Revolution.

[@johnchan9392]

Rudy you said it very clear. 👍👍 A lot of people in this world, I too sometimes, blame others for their own mistakes, misfortunes, mishaps, etc. It’s hard to take ownership on thyself and to admit to any wrongdoing. It’s no different when a spouse comes home from a bad day at work, gets on a tiny heated disagreement, back away because all lashes will be focus on the other person. Rudy, you are that other person. You didn’t do anything wrong, you just found a better system which others either didn’t want to do or failed to realize a need to change. I had a similar experience with one of my IT clients. No matter what I setup, supported, implemented, and designed to the best possible way, he was never happy. When I cut ties with him, he wanted me to name my price. I just walked away. It wasn’t worth the hassle. Be yourself Rudy, if others don’t like you, you don’t have to pi$$ in their pools. Thanks for great video and others you have done. ❤

[@Direhatred_jason]

loved this video, feels just like a chat with a friend. do more story videos pls. doesnt even have to be magic related, id love to hear more about RC cruise money moves and the like.

[@fsmoura]

_Florida Man Ponders Backlash-"Everybody Hates Me, I Don't Know Why; All I Did Was Hose Them"_

[@michaelrudolph7003]

All he did was offer product for market rates or less. He hasn't stolen any money out of any one's pocket and forced them to take any MTG or other CCG product. It's all voluntary. I mean, you have to sign up for his Patreon of your own accord to be able to purchase. You end up in Hose Town because you choose to buy not because Rudy makes it available for sale.

[@BrownWithAFrown]

5:30 I work in cannabis, we're low in brick and mortar stores as well. Large corporations have been constructed over the years and there are several corporations that have retail, cultivation, and kitchens (medicated edibles). Columbia Care (also in Florida) and other companies buy out businesses and continue the name as a guise to try to monopolize another industry that is already the wild west as is.

[@hulkingmass]

No you missed the part where Rudy said that young socialists who hate small business and local game stores are to blame for the demise of small business. He said it in the first 5 minutes of the video idk how you missed this priceless nugget of wisdom.

[@botbplayzgamez1579]

Is Rudy the CM PUNK of mtg?

[@MongoMinutes]

Bro omg both Rudy and cm punk are getting so much hate, cm punk is great at stirring the pot

[@gregpenismith1248]

​@@MongoMinutesCM Punk is a scrub who gets fired everywhere he goes.

[@gilliusthunderhead2185]

Rudy is the G.G. Allin of magic.

[@ryanstucke7811]

@@gilliusthunderhead2185in the best way ❤

[@soothing_de4th863]

Both are idiots

[@Brandon-pi4hg]

When you mentioned that certain customers you just HAVE to walk away from that really hit home with me. I run a small IT business and that was one of the hardest things for me to learn. Certain customers will complain no matter what you do and even if you give them discounts to the point where you are barely above water, they will still complain. Let them go and focus on the ones that don't complain and pay their bills.

[@tezz8594]

Small lgs owner over here. Rudy keep doing your thing man. I love that you approached this market with a different business strategy. I’m always trying to evolve how my store operates. Small lgs fail because they don’t change with the rest of commerces. I’m currently trying to shake up the sport card hobby world unfortunately distributors gate keep a lot harder on the sport cards 😂.

[@JasonIdkau-pw8hi]

That’s how business is. Evolve or die.

[@drmann15]

I liked how he ended this one. He usually tells us it’s coming just before. This time he didn’t say anything. Just grabbed with both hands and pulled us right on to it. Felt good.

[@hitmangfx7162]

I don't have an issue with Rudy, but I think he does end up catching some of the well-deserved vitriol aimed at Hasbro and WOTC for milking Magic and its players as much as it does.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I feel like he doesn't catch enough vitriol for being a pump-and-dump chump.

[@Mugen-0088]

It's funny because Rudy talks are the only thing about current year Magic that I actually like. I wouldn't touch boxes of modern magic with a ten foot clown world pole.

[@Sk3Let0r89]

Florida Man!

[@TryMyFrenchToast]

Some folks want Alpha Investments to be a "get rich quick" content since all they see is a massive inventory of pricey cardboard. I don't blame them. Folks just wanna win the game of capitalism like Rudy.

[@l.a.1248]

Unfortunately, people often have negative habits, are jealous or simply don't begrudge you success. You go your own way and I think you're doing great! Keep it up!! And thank you for your great videos, which are often full of humor! 🌻

[@fatmakesyoufat]

Timmy’s all sound like moms talking to their kids. “It’s not you honey, they’re just jealous” lmfao

[@ambassador724]

dude get help - seriously you come across as depressed or unhappy with yourself. Seriously get some professional help with your issues.@@fatmakesyoufat

[@michaelpatalano9884]

I think its the complete opposite. Young people LOVE small businesses! Its the 100 people that own everything in the world, and hoard billions, that are the problem!

[@michaelrudolph7003]

Money can only be earned by trading one thing for another. Thus if you have $1000, you've given $1000 of something else to someone else already and just haven't converted your side of the trade into goods or services yet. It is impossible and delusional to claim you are "hoarding" the $1000 you got in exchange for what you've already given to someone else. In fact, society has more goods for everyone else the more money just sits on the sidelines as cash not doing anything. Please learn something about economics before you hurt someone with your astounding arrogance of ignorance.

[@michaelpatalano9884]

@@michaelrudolph7003people should work to have enough money to cover their basics, be able to chill every weekend, and then travel every few yrs. The top 1% have so much excess wealth, that it destroys the lives of us common folk. We should make an extra $2-3 so a dude can get his kid a new gaming console, but instead, Mr 750 millionaire needs another million

[@alecvladimirnovak2548]

@@michaelrudolph7003if dick sucking of billionaires would be Olympics, you would be a great candidate

[@poika22]

You're just wrong. Young people eat up these billion dollar company marketing campaigns whether it's apple, disney, facebook, uber etc. Any local small company that doesn't have an app and a major PR department is "untrustworthy" or "weird". Is it any wonder, if they've grown up in a world where every mall has the same stores and every restaurant is a chain?

[@tomcadden8054]

Rudy, we are all in deep need of your step sister

[@antoniogallardo577]

Shut up 🤣

[@djciregethigher]

Rudy… you’re a legend. Been a fan for many years!

[@PeeplesCollectables]

I remember when I first started watching, I saw a Reddit post about how you scammed a guy with a signed black lotus was a forgery. It made me hesitant of you I must admit, but I still gave you a chance because you seemed like a solid enough dude. There was some video years later that you even addressed that specific controversy, and it was clear you weren't some scumbag. Always two sides to a story, and people are allowed to express their opinions, but it does seem there is a constant flux of character assassination towards you even though you are one of the most straight forward down to earth "celebrities" I've ever listened to. Thanks for the years of content mate and the years to come! Dude I was about to post this and hadn't listened to the full video and holy moly, you actually brought up the exact black lotus controversy I was talking about!!! That's flipping crazy!

[@charlie8bit]

Been watching for years, would love to hear more weird stories! I came for the MTG news, I stuck around for the floppy tacos. Keep doin you 🤠🌮

[@adudeisthebomb]

As a teacher, you can never really know what’s going on inside of a students head. I imagine people on the Internet are similar. Giving them space is always good idea because my life while not perfect is probably better than theirs and they’re dealing with all the shit.

[@PropiaPersona]

Bro is a copium dealer until shit hits home

[@TomD-w3e]

Rudy, I've watched your channel for a while. I'm not pro or anti Rudy. You figured out how to become the costco of card games (kudos to you), and anyone with success will draw out haters, so when I watch other videos that are critical of you (and others), I take them with as much of a grain of salt as I do your videos. But at the 10:20ish mark, when you compare restaurant meal prices to box prices. That's bananas. Restaurants are a consume on premise business model, not a investable, non-consumable product, which is what you've marketing. I get the analogy you're trying to make, but its simply not there. I shouldn't be making your argument for you, but the correct analogy would be to compare the card market to the stock market. When people bought Microsoft stock in Oct 22 at $350 a share and it dropped to $230 a share a month later, nobody went to the NYSE and asked for a refund for the difference in share price. Everyone that saw the drop picked from 2 choices, 1: decide the drop in value was enough to make a (or a bigger) investment in the the product because you believed in true long term potential, or, 2: sell the stock bc the sky was falling and you didn't think it would recover over the long term. Need another example? There are ETF's that do exactly what Jim Cramer suggests, and ones that do the exact opposite of what he suggests, lol. Imho, there is simply too much sealed product (from the past 4-7 years) sitting in every players' closet, for there to be any real long term gain that may be remotely close to an payoff similar to having bought product between ice age and 2005ish (certainly a few good sets after that to be fair) I wish you luck and success in life, and I wish all the patreons and yt watchers the best when it comes to making independent informed decisions on how to spend their money.

[@MIgamepieces]

I am peeping the LOB, MRD, and MRL boxes on his shelf.

[@striderkiwi2]

First thing i noticed. Wish he'd comment on it, or sell them to me :D

[@alexanderchadesh539]

The head of the department when I got my Hospitality degree said the real first rule isn't that the customer is always right, but that you can't make everyone happy.

[@danruckus474]

The New Grande Theft Auto takes place in Florida. Rudy are you going to be a side character in that game?

[@Hatchet-TK]

I could see Rudy in Vice City setting.

[@GDShenanigans]

Pretty sure he was the one twerking on the car in the trailer.

[@jumpsteady1777]

I'm in Florida and I've never heard bad response bringing you up at lgs. One I was actually aware of being in contact with you.

[@thomashitz3040]

I am neutral and find Rudy‘s videos often very educational and entertaining. Rudy, Open Boosters and some other channels certainly motivated me to buy more into Magic vintage products. I do not regret it…

[@everysoundatonce]

I love you rudy, i remember that one summer when you first started your channel and i randomly stumbled upon your channel when you had like 3k subs, from doing food distribution and mtg to now being a gamechanger in the space, crazy to see your growth over the years

[@crocholiday]

Wait... you're a Magic super villain?!? I'm subscribing!! lol

[@danield-h1j]

Rudy as someone who lives in Florida I only work six months of the year during the "on" season in this crappy tourist state. Did you ever have to deal with that?

[@Conflict_Boardgaming]

Negativity keeps me warm and aware.

[@lansman22]

Asked the same question (what are your thoughts on Rudy?) at my LGS this last weekend (rather large LGS with prices that match or are even slightly better than Rudy's from time to time). The response was immediate - "I have never known a larger snake oil salesman." When I asked why the response was, "You know he owns like 30-40% of Sorcery, right?" Not sure if true, but that was the response.

[@WestSideAus]

30-40% of booster boxes or the company? If he had any ownership in the company, he would of made that public. Not because it's the ethical thing to do, but because Rudy would love for people to know that. Your LGS owner sounds bitter.

[@lansman22]

@@WestSideAus Completely agree. Sounded like an outlandish claim that would have been revealed from the start if true. Not sure where this info comes from. I didn't continue the conversation after that - didn't really want to engage further.

[@Barrager69]

I find it funny that he would use Sorcery as the basis for his lie. Goes to show that some Magic players/sellers, that are too small minded to look outside the box, see the new kid on the block as a legitimate threat to their aged-powercreep'd-corporate crap ran game. And (*whisper Sorcery is the better game ran by people who love TCGs).

[@fatmakesyoufat]

@@WestSideAuslol ya because sorcery, fab, and metazoo give him his own promos for fun. How stupid do you have to be to think Rudy has no financial connection to these companies? Lol

[@WestSideAus]

@@fatmakesyoufat what are they?

[@paintba11]

As long as you stand for truth.

[@danflarida6639]

Thanks Rudy, love these long conversations!

[@TannersTrades]

I think the word you were looking for in the beginning was Niche. Niche businesses cannot sustain anymore due to seasonality, or cyclicality of their product or service coupled with brick and mortar costs. Small businesses still exist and remain a backbone of this country, but niche retail shops, especially gaming/cards simply couldn’t survive with the onslaught of digital adaptations and cyclicality of their products popularities.

[@nonyabiz9340]

💯💯💯💯

[@pnyhmsmx]

Shops are getting screwed by multiple factors. So yeah not surprising the some aspect of the competition are trying to bogeyman someone

[@chad0x]

You didn't make cards more expensive! You noticed that some cards were too cheap and boguht them up. That was just *smart*. Fcuk the haters Rudy! You're a top bloke :)

[@damontarloth3774]

Incredible Video.. Would like to see more like this one.

[@felixxx9333]

You heard it here... Rudy calls the haters Commies.

[@whiskeygamesnerdstuff789]

For what it's worth always enjoy the videos & appreciate your prospective on things.

[@noneofubusiness3150]

Other lgs hated Big Daddy's comics in Schaumburg Illinois and that was because I discounted everything and just made a few bucks just to draw in people. I sold the mostMagic the Gathering and got the best discounts but that was in the 90s

[@chrisreeve679]

A few things: 1. I hate you Rudy. 2. I’m kidding. I just wanted all of the haters to be happy it was said, and then keep reading to learn this is a positive comment. 3. Truth is. I’m very into collecting and investing in Pokémon primarily. However, also sports (hockey etc - I’m Canadian eh). Rarely at times will I buy other TCGs. Example, I own 1 MTG x LOTR collectors box as I’m a big LOTR fan. Or I bought the iconic OG Blue Eyes card etc. Anyways I say this because, This channel was introduced to me as it would be in my YT algorithm and I started watching at times. Long story short, although I’m NOT a MTG fan, you managed somehow to pull me into to your content that is primarily about MTG as the main TCG focus. Hats off for the great content, keep it up. 4. Holy man, MTG people can be so negative compared to the Pokémon side of things…. Probably because all the Pokémon fans are kids and the adults, like me never grew up 😂😂 5. I’m starting to appreciate MTG more as well as learn about other TCGs like One Piece. 6. Please keep the content rolling - investing talks, how the TCG market is looking like etc. etc. etc. personally, I like the investing talks the best. Love you Mr. taco Rudy man

[@Odinoian]

"Mom n pops" come on, man lol. You know people are mad at you for buying up so much of the vintage stuff to just watch the line go up. Same old story

[@fsmoura]

_Florida Con Man Comes Clean With Audience-"I Made a Fortune With Cardboard Scams . . . Selling Hopes and Dreams, Delivering Only Reach-Arounds"_

[@TheSushiandme]

Rudy won the game. 😂 good job. Welcome to capitalism 😂

[@pbrenzink]

To the little Timmy, Rudy represents the opression of big bags of $. To the average guy he represents another player trying to make it in the game.

[@AwesomeKenneth240]

Crazy how many people see someone successful and choose to hate instead of emulate. I love Rudy and his stories. Makes an average Joe feel like he might have a shot.

[@monkey39128]

@@AwesomeKenneth240 Everyone loves to hate rich people. I've disagreed with Rudy at times (especially on his Metazoo analysis) but I still love his videos. I had little to no net worth before Rudy and his channel was what gave me the motivation to sort my life out. Now I'm living a relatively comfortable life.

[@fatmakesyoufat]

@@AwesomeKenneth240 lol this timmy logic never makes sense. So how does all the "haters" buy anything or function in everyday life. Everything is sold by corporation and rich people lol. Ignore all the lies, manipulation, and the pumping and dumping. "it's jealousy!" lol

[@fatmakesyoufat]

@@monkey39128 You needed a cardboard salesman to help sort your life out? lol

[@AwesomeKenneth240]

@@fatmakesyoufat etimmyenator is a better username bro.

[@TheSushiandme]

To be honest, the suckers are the ones who have to blame themselves. No one told them to buy AmC and GME to lose all their money

[@fsmoura]

8:40 _"I'm a strong believer that most of you are pretty smart."_ Speak for yourself buddy! *_*looks at own investment decisions and weeps softly*_* ( ;__;)

[@michaelrudolph7003]

As long as you learn from it, its just education.

[@nerdobject5351]

The same people who are not fans of capitalism and business are the same people who have no problem flipping a card on someone who has no idea on its value.

[@monkey39128]

People who denounce capitalism often don't know what the word means.

[@caster269]

People don’t hate economic or political systems, people hate whatever label can best encapsulate the excuses for why they can’t be successful themselves.

[@caster269]

⁠​⁠@persuasivebarrier2419I have a comfortable engineering job and can generally afford the things I enjoy. I may not be rich, but I worked hard and got myself to a position of financial stability.

[@thenickoftime167]

No one's upset at mom and pops they're upset at megacorps

[@Anti-lytics]

Rudy you have to acknowledge that you're responsible for people taking huge losses. You can't say "I'm just some Timmy in the basement" and then say "You really think prices will be this low in the future?" No one is right about everything so just acknowledge some of the bad advice given

[@Earthboundmike]

So Rudy is responsible for people doing things... got it.

[@Anti-lytics]

@@Earthboundmike only a matter a time before a moron commented.

[@chim007azo]

Whenever he says "in the future" he usually says 5 to 10 years. What "huge losses" happened from 5 to 10 years ago that you think he's responsible for?

[@michaelrudolph7003]

Did Rudy force people to buy some product he was selling? On a long enough time scale almost all this stuff goes up. That's an opinion. What you buy or don't buy is on you and no one else regardless of what they say to you. You are an independent being capable of agency. The responsibility for what you do and don't do belongs solely to you.

[@terry4574]

McDonalds made me fat Either you're an adult with the agency to apply critical analysis to what you hear, or you're a child who needs supervision from a parent to assure you make good decisions. Which is it?

[@MrJrio11]

@ AlphaInvestments : Pu Lu Mon …no pu up Mon ….no pokemon yea that’s it , make a Pokémon video

[@Byteside546]

E-commerce and globalization changed a few things

[@DakingOrlandeodubAMV]

I just love listening to Rudy,it's always like a personal TED talk

[@JPoppVlogs]

Today I learned our stores are way closer than I expected.

[@TroyConner765]

I appreciate your content. You’re smart. Opened a gamestore in 2022. We’re doing just fine, because we’re smart.

[@Arrahant]

This vid is like listening to a alternate version of Taylor Swift's 'Shake it off' :) Very inspirational. Big kiss and lots of love from the Netherlands to Rudy!

[@scottbonata5145]

You know that key word alpha. I was looking for the alpha male and then the algorithm punch you in to my recommended list and here I am watching you. But people should go look up the comic king.

[@coreylovescards]

FOLKS! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@vvolfflovv]

Rudy's cardboard bunker collapsed?

[@fsmoura]

It's reinforced with boxes of Dragon's Maze

[@vvolfflovv]

lol@@fsmoura

[@custum18]

The boom is great. Everyone loves you. When the bubble bursts people need someone to blame. Most people will never take accountability for their own choices.

[@scottbonata5145]

P.S. buyer beware always. And everything you buy and invest in life beware.

[@luckerooni1153]

Most small businesses just stay online because the cost of renting a brick and mortar location is just not possible until you have a certain level of logistics scale. Rent is higher, foot traffic is lower, and every LGS and frankly most businesses that can sell the same product online and in-store will tell you they sell more online so that minority % gain in the product sales has to be so worth it that even after paying a ridiculous rent cost, it's still worth it over holding the inventory and just selling online with better overall business margins.

[@chadlastnamehere1931]

Wow what a amazing video Rudy and very well said I'm like you l learned a long time ago that you can't please everyone no matter how you try but you said this in the right way 👏👏

[@7Alberto7]

Look at those Lilis lurking in the back all sexy...🤭thanks Rudy great lesson and talk as alwais,legend

[@ShadowGlory76]

I have always respected your approach as a business! Screw the haters. Keep doing you!

[@RadiantJustice]

Lili in top left corner 🔥🔥🔥

[@Rhoney716]

I love bringing you up at the LGS because we have a very "game piece" crowd

[@metalplaysgames]

the hate i heard for Rudy has always been " he just owns a warehouse not a real store, doesnt hold events or anything. Just profits off people and not giving anything back to the community and undercuts us" from the big LGS owner by me but they are in a nice area and everything in that area is more expensive so Rudy does undercut their prices everytime

[@michaelrudolph7003]

The "giving back to the community" stuff is just pure bullshit. It's goodwill that they hope produces more sales and profits for them, full stop, nothing more, nothing less. It's all still a business. The only giving back to the community a store can do is sell product at a price people accept and that keeps you in business and provide a place people like going to. Saying that kind of bull is way more scammy than what Rudy does.

[@jonathanhe3663]

​@@michaelrudolph7003so you are.... Saying... Rudy is a scammer

[@michaelpassmore9369]

Love you Rudy! Never change and ignore the haters.

[@fleeroybrown]

I run a locksmith company and my phone ring 50 to 100 times a day and I can tell you firsthand dealing with the general public is a royal pain. Most of the 1 star reviews we get are from people we did the most for to try to please. One of your last videos you said, “typically the general public doesn’t know how things work.” You couldn’t be more right. Something about the lack of understanding in a situation, creates anger.

[@jamesgleason2808]

This honesty has made me a follower. If you're telling the truth of your life and ethics I can relate and will be watching more of your videos. This video was the first I've watched of yours where I decided comment on.

[@JamesOxford98]

I appreciate what you do.❤ I’m too poor to buy anything from you but I enjoy your business perspective and promotion of capitalism in a word with a youth based on imagination land .

[@duckplayz7514]

Sounds more like jealousy. Every CCG has cards that are more affordable nowadays. The collectors also have skin in the game. I believe right now is the best time for everyone interested

[@mblythe21]

Everyone, and I mean everyone, is the good guy in every story they tell.

[@NotSure-i5n]

Nope, I have plenty of stories that I'm the bad guy or a neutral party

[@dunderminnet]

'ate cards 'ate watzy 'ate curlyfoils luv me rubys simple as

[@xlink7777]

Is this real Rudy or an AI Rudy??

[@FrozenMopars]

History Channel needs to rerun "The Men Who Built America", and include Rudy's cardboard empire.

[@scottdorencz3356]

Funniest comment award

[@Unrated13]

I keep complaining how awesome of a person you are 😎😁. Please don't let me go.

[@jbryant6088]

Reading the title, I pictured Will Farrell eating himself into a food coma in Land of the Lost, but it was Rudy.

[@MrGaiakid]

you cant compare food to trading cards. Food doesnt fluctuate in price the same way cards do and no one in their right mind would be mad at a restaurant if they ate there one day and the next they had a sale vs buying a card one day and the next day it loses half of its value, those are two completely different scenario's

[@derekbutts2660]

They are different but it's something you should expect from both is the point. Card prices are a small market that can be effected wildly by anything from reprints, rules changes, popularity, or someone just wanting to fuck with supply. It's dumb to expect them not to fluctuate heavily. It's not a regulated market hell even regulated markets do.

[@leeh6317]

Just wait til you buy a car, then the next week you see the same car with less miles and more features for $5k less…

[@tovarvonbrandt7157]

Keep being yourself Rudy, you are great and I still watch your stuff even after quitting tcgs years ago.

[@pokedadsam9041]

‘Rudy is the single reason for MH2!’ Some dillusional Redditor.

[@firecrest3325]

Rudy: I am here to make money. People: Gasp! You are a villian! Me: I am here just to pay monthly

[@tylerttinsley]

When people think of business and hate capitalism they are not thinking of small business, like you said small businesses hardly exist anymore.

[@poika22]

Zoomies love big business like apple, uber, disney etc. Small businesses are "sketchy".

[@patricklacey4946]

Shoutout to Guildpact in the background, that set is what got me into MTG

[@DirkVomEck]

These stories would make for a great book ;)