Gamestop news

[sb1]

Not sure if this has been posted, but have seen other threads claiming Gamestop was looking to buy PSA. Appears they have their own plans... Which I imagine will affect modern much more than vintage.

From a Ft. Worth online business newsletter

"Grapevine-based GameStop made a trademark filing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's site July 16. It indicates GameStop is likely developing an online marketplace for buying, selling and displaying collectible cards, complete with features such as authentication, payment processing and a digital animation that mimics ripping open booster packs."

[Brent G.]

Maybe they can decrease the ongoing TPG logjam caused by Pokemon cards.

[Rhotchkiss]

Hodl

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Hodl

Haha. Roaring Kitty is paying attention.

[packs]

Why do people denigrate Pokemon collecting so much? There are constant complaints about how the hobby is no longer catering to kids and pricing them out of participation. Pokemon doesn't do any of those things, caters directly to kids, and found a way to make collecting exciting.

What don't you appreciate about that?

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by packs

Why do people denigrate Pokemon collecting so much? There are constant complaints about how the hobby is no longer catering to kids and pricing them out of participation. Pokemon doesn't do any of those things, caters directly to kids, and found a way to make collecting exciting.

What don't you appreciate about that?

What I mostly see online are adult men, well past the target age, getting into fights over Pokémon cards at stores.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by packs

Why do people denigrate Pokemon collecting so much? There are constant complaints about how the hobby is no longer catering to kids and pricing them out of participation. Pokemon doesn't do any of those things, caters directly to kids, and found a way to make collecting exciting.

What don't you appreciate about that?

I agree with you about Pokémon catering to kids, but I don't think pricing is very kid friendly on many of the cards. I was at a show last weekend and talked to a dealer I know who deals only with Pokémon. There were plenty of cards he had that people were asking about for $100+ and not many that I saw below $10. I'm not sure I would consider that to be kid friendly.

[ezez420]

Without getting political I've seen jobless men staking out the door waiting for the person at Target to put out Pokemon. It's rather pathetic.


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[Brent G.]

I don't care what people collect, but the INSANE number of Pokemon submissions to PSA -- including millions of cards with minimal value -- is why people are waiting 6 months to get their cards back ... or in my case, just not sending at all.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by ezez420

Without getting political I've seen jobless men staking out the door waiting for the person at Target to put out Pokemon. It's rather pathetic.


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Are you saying these are fired federal employees? Just trying to determine what's "political" about joblessness.

[packs]

Originally Posted by ezez420

Without getting political I've seen jobless men staking out the door waiting for the person at Target to put out Pokemon. It's rather pathetic.


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How do you feel about a bunch of grown men standing around waiting for another grown man to come over to write his name down on something? Or grown men who collect cardboard photos of other grown men?

Everything about a hobby can be talked down if you decide their interests aren't worth while. Collecting baseball cards isn't exactly a cool thing to do. I find it strange when collectors suggest there's something lame about collecting a different type of card. We're all lame.

[ezez420]

No need to comment further


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[Republicaninmass]

We are standing at the precipice of the biggest collectible bubble since the early 1990s.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

We are standing at the precipice of the biggest collectible bubble since the early 1990s.

Thing about bubbles is, some of them keep going for a long time, and keep getting bigger and bigger all the while. At some point, the prophets of doom are bound to be right, simply because every bull market has to end eventually.

But in the meantime while we're waiting for the bubble to pop, all the prognostications of doom sure look a lot like shouting at clouds.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by raulus

Thing about bubbles is, some of them keep going for a long time, and keep getting bigger and bigger all the while. At some point, the prophets of doom are bound to be right, simply because every bull market has to end eventually.

But in the meantime while we're waiting for the bubble to pop, all the prognostications of doom sure look a lot like shouting at clouds.

Arrhhh! Get off my lawn what marks the top, we shall never know!

[JollyElm]

We need a new version of the movie 'Big,' where some highly-knowledgeable 'Pokémon kid' wakes up as a middle-aged,
potbellied collector and is able to walk a show floor with us and really explain what's going on with all of the shiny stuff.

Of course, someone would have to secure a booth at The National, remove the table and lay down a Walking Piano there instead...so maybe we'll have to wait until next year??

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by ezez420

No need to comment further


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Oh Ed, you know they bought 52 topps Mantles with their ppp money and came here to brag! (Since have deleted their post)

None of them bought pokey men!

sarcasm intended for those charged up by things they can't change, and are mostly oblivious to the root causes of.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Oh Ed, you know they bought 52 topps Mantles with their ppp money and came here to brag! (Since have deleted their post)

None of them bought pokey men!

sarcasm intended for those charged up by things they can't change, and are mostly oblivious to the root causes of.

I call BS Ted. It was only one member and only one 52 Mantle not multiple.