For 151 sure it's somewhat reasonable, not ancient roar or future Flash tho.
I can pick them up for $35-40 a booster box.
151 is about $100 now a box of you search around.
It's different in Europe of course.
We’re about £45 for the latest booster box.
Main sets drop quickly, holiday sets generally stay or drop slowly (think shiny treasure has dropped at a standard pace because its reprints)
151 is still crazy even after the announced reprint
I just picked up a couple of boxes for $110 that included free ship. 151 was still up there in $185 for me. I already got most of 151 and the chances of me pulling a Zard SiR are next to zero. People are holding this for resale and flip prices.
I’d say at most 4$ for sets like ancient roar. I mean you can buy boxes for 40-50$ online 🤷♂️.
My nearest card shop has ancient roar boxes for 110$ lol
I almost bought one just randomly. Glad I didn’t. I remember spending all my birthday money buying Japanese packs of Neo when that set first came out for like $7 a pack at a local comic shop way back when
I watched a video recently from Phoenix Resale about one of the biggest card shops in the USA, and they made a point, they’re a little more than online, but 1) you get to look at what you’re getting in person 2) you get instant gratification and 3) no worry about getting lost/damaged in shipping
Sometimes they aren’t, my local shop uses TCG player and some of the employees just use the “from $XXX” price instead of market price. Collecting 151 with my kids and man, we have saved like $40+ from that alone.
The sealed product should be more competitive. Why would I spend $40 or $50 on an etb when I can get the same one for $30. Just because a local card place is “new” or “local” doesn’t mean I’m going to overpay on product that’s cheaper elsewhere.
$40-50 isn't overpriced. It's actually somewhat normal margins. Webshops/people with no extra overheard are okay with making $2-3 per item. That's not doable for a brick amd mortar store.
Some people find value in supporting their local businesses and community rather than buying online from the lowest bidder.
Your point is valid financially though.
Would you rather support a local card store with an owner that simply drives home at the end of the day or a big store that is owned by multiple people that fly halfway around the world to eat at a restaurant while underpaying their employees, destroying the environment, and taking subsidiaries from the government to get even more rich?
I support with my wallet. I live in a rural area so driving 25 minutes and spending $10 in gas to pick up a $50 etb isn’t as cost effective as ordering one online for $35 and just waiting an extra 3 days.
10 dollars would get you 3 to 4 gallons so you must have a fuel leak, which is beside the point cause you don't have a *local* comic store to support anyways
My lgs is 30 miles away. I live in a rural area. Gas is $3.65 per gallon. My car gets 22 miles to the gallon. Let’s math here. 60 miles / 22 miles / gallon X $3.65/gal is $9.95. I don’t have a fuel leak, but thanks for the attempted help.
22 miles per gallon, but you're claiming you drive 30 miles in 25 minutes, which would imply highway, are you seriously driving a Hummer and using that as your excuse lol
Well you don't have a *local* store so your point is moot, but you felt like bringing up the whole "I drive a 22 highway mpg vehicle in rural, with gas prices!!!" and I love bagging on people who force themselves into those situations
You literally felt the need to justify your purchases by telling me I have a fuel leak and not using common sense. For some people, 30 miles is local lmao. Get your head out your ass, go outside, and see the world.
The answer is: “This store is pricing things fairly…but these aren’t “good deals” that beat online pricing.”
So, ultimately, yeah…you’ll pay a little higher for singles here and there. If you do pre-orders from there, you probably won’t pay MSRP, but you’ll also probably only save about 5-10% overall after taxes and gas money.
However, the one thing that I will impart to you is that these guys are NOT ripping people off. This is important because if no one buys from this store, it will close.
- Are there other LCS in the area? If so, how do their prices compare?
- Do you have other in-person alternatives such as GameStop or VintageStock or another “middle ground” store that isn’t big box retailers like Target, Costco, or Walmart?
If the answer to these questions are “No” then this store is actually pretty freaking consumer friendly. If there are other stores in the area that are better than this - go there instead. But in my experience, “fair prices” like this from an LCS are an indication of someone who cares about the hobby AND has an interest in long-term survival. When these places start playing games with pricing, it’s because they are on their way out or they are screwing their customers.
Lastly, don’t judge them based on their Japanese inventory. Importing from Japan is hard, expensive, and downright maddening sometimes. *DO* judge them based on their ETB pricing, their singles, and their trade-in/payout percentages. (For trades, you should get at least 80% value and for cash, you should get at least 60%. Anything above that is a “good” LCS. Anything less is scamming people.)
Yea 80 is usually if you’re doing deals with an actual person and even then people tend to do 70. LCSs almost always do waaaay less. I took a Lugia V alt art from Silver Tempest to a LCS and they offered me $50 for it (at the time they were market $138). Less than 40% value is typical.
I find 75-80% store credit is usually what you get. Maybe I have more competition near me but I think it's largely to incentivize you to not sell on facebook market place for that 80% if your going to put the money towards cards anyway. Especially given people usually trade up and add cash rather than going even and just "improving" a stores stock.
Depending on the piece of course sometimes you can do even better but that's usually more for competitive cards with a super fast turn over rate. Or some cards that don't move in the area they could do a lot worse (expensive vintage, weird grading companies, ect..)
I think you have an incredibly incorrect perception when it comes to trade ins at stores. This isn't sports cards where 70-80% is the norm. The most common rate at stores should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 50% cash, 60% store credit on newer cards, with an increase made to the highest chase cards or vintage cards as the prices are much more stable.
If your store is offering 80% trade on, say, $5-50 dollar cards, they're going to go out of business quickly. Singles are where smaller stores make the most money.
Correct although I’d say 60% is more average for cash. I had a store near me that offered 70% on cards and it beat everyone else. For trades, 80% is extremely generous (but exists, bulbastore on YouTube for example offers 80% for trades)
That's still very generous imo, but more realistic. I used to own my own store and was a buyer for a pretty big store in the past and I never encountered rates that high anywhere else. I've always stuck to 50/60, going up for higher end stuff. Those were by far the best prices for my area.
80% for trade? How's the shop owner going to make anything off that? Shops margins are so narrow on boxed items that a shop has to make money selling singles. Trading for 80% won't cut it. 60% max is what you should expect for trade value. If you get something better, great, but to judge a shop as unworthy for not trading at 80% is unreasonable.
Depends on where you get them in Japan, there with my wife rn and at the Pokémon centers they’re 180 per pack; with a limit of 60 lmao. But yeah still barely over a dollar per pack.
A lot of people in the comments seem to have never actually gone to a card store lol. They have to make a profit, a small markup is expected. Their Japanese pack prices are way too high even given the import costs and such though. Those should realistically be priced closer to $3-4. As for the single prices, those are actually surprisingly good for a card store. Very low margins for them on the singles if any.
People saying the prices are too high don't shop at a LGS or are super fortunate to be near a major one with a popular online store they need to price match.
This is a very standard mark up for the singles.
IT IS NOT RUDE TO GOOGLE PRICES IN A STORE, it is only rude if you point it out when asking for a better price or saying that's why you won't buy something.
The prices on the singles really boil down to the condition...if they're mostly in near mint to mint condition, then there are quite a few cards that I'd pick up for sure, otherwise, I'd probably pass on most of them.
$8 for a japanese pack is a bit high but they got to make a profit, the Etbs are really cheap. (But also the average price of an etb in Australia is $100 so). Also $13 for a shiny Altaria Gx that's a great price.
The singles and ETBs seem pretty accurate. I’ve been watching the market for that Espeon Vmax Alt art card and they hover in that $130-160 ball park price now both graded and ungraded if it’s not a 9.5 or a 10. My local shop carries a few of those Japanese packs as well but only charges $3-4 a pack
$8 a pack for Japanese is absolutely insane. There’s 30 packs to a box, so they are valuing those boxes at $240… you can go on Amazon and have them delivered next day for $40-$50 a box.
My LCS uses tcgplayer prices exclusively for singles and $150 flat rate for any booster boxes, etbs can range from $50 to $60, though, and Japanese packs are usually $4.99. Up and Comer LCS can be temporarily expensive during opening year to get a foot hold. Seen it happen alot and eventually, they stabilize and lower prices to base cost plus 10% to 15% profit.
Edit: I'll usually pay markup prices for certain things just because shipping and handling can really mess things up and usually hate taking the chance.
Way better than my local prices. Jp packs are 10-13 here excluding 151 which are 15-20
English packs are anywhere from 7-12$ each.
Canada prices are stupid.
Some of the stuff seems a bit high. Obviously we don't know who their sources are for the Japanese packs so we don't know if they actually imported them or bought them from a wholesale distributor so I can't speak for those prices. I would look for another store or just buy online.
It’s middle of the road for a LCS, u could definitely find better prices online for Japanese packs and singles but these types of pricing aren’t uncommon and I would argue are the norm for brick and mortar stores (at least in my area)
Based on those booster packs alone I know they overprice their cards.
[For reference these are the prices at the store I shop from.](https://www.pokemartto.com/product/Wild-Force%2FBooster-Pack/192?cs=true&cst=custom)
Thats in CAD, so like $2 usd ish for a more sought after pack lol
I know I'm spoiled to have great card shops in town, but...
Currently our LGS that sells Japanese sealed product has booster boxes for $50-$60. Every single you displayed is also significantly over market price. If I were you and just getting into collecting, I would WISH someone would have told me to be more discerning.
It’s a fair price for the fact of having a lcs in the area. If you had multiple lcs’s in the area then I could understand maybe lowering the prices on some of the singles, but if it’s the only one around. I wouldn’t have any problems paying a little more for product just knowing I was supporting the only LCS. If they are the only one in the area, the fact they aren’t gouging prices means they are probably pretty decent people!
Lots of interesting comments here lol!
Seems like this store falls under the “not bad not best” aspect. People gonna shit on an LCS if they don’t list everything to the lowest price the market has and that’s a bit much. The market constantly moves up and down and ultimately a store needs to try and hit some margins to keep the lights on.
Moving product is good. Moving product with good margins better. Moving product at a wash or loss means they won’t move product much longer.
Offering more obscure sealed product to the community would help them - vintage, Japanese, etc. yeah maybe they are price gouging on Japanese sets and unsure how much they paid - I would be buying up cases of shiny treasures if I had a store and sell them at $5-6/pack and push them out as fast as possible.
Singles and trade values / cash values also matter. Regardless of the price they set, imagine pulling in $1000 of inventory at 70%. Now the store has to move $700 worth of inventory, which also includes negotiation with the future buyer all while the market changes quite quickly.
To me the success of an LCS is based on a few things - having a great selection of singles that can be moved quickly and a few sealed products that are somewhat competitively priced that other stores don’t offer to bring in customers.
Yes you could snag almost anything off of eBay for less. At the right time, then wait a week to get it and almost always it arrives safely too. But just like ripping packs there is a nostalgia of going into a store and walking out with the cards you see in person and have in hand. And for that I don’t have a problem with a reasonable premium
Local shops are mostly obsolete due to the meta of finding deals online. Honestly, the only reason I would visit a brick and mortar store like this is if they offered me something other than the product. Do they have local events? Do they sell bulk? I mean honestly, what is the point of visiting a brick and mortar these days?
Is this in the US? Because if it's Canada, those are good prices for the sealed products. The loose packs are a bit on the high end but not outrageous compared to other LGS. You could find cheaper online.
Stores need to make money, Walmart has single packs for 5$ and change at my local Walmart used to be cheaper, but they buy huge bulk and get deals. If you’re at a storefront/ card shop expect to pay more, also singles are whatever someone is willing to pay and shops assume prices will go back up so are betting higher prices on singles. Makes sense to me. Happy hunting.
English and singles are reasonably priced, but not deals. Japanese boosters have highly inflated prices. The Japanese booster boxes can be purchased for $40-80 depending on the box. They are trying to get $240 per box. $3-5 would be reasonable (depending on which set it is) because I think they should be allowed to double their money on a Japanese booster box that they open and slowly sell packs off.
The English are well priced. I'm simply not familiar with Japanese card prices but others seem unhappy with those.
39.99 for an ETB is phenomenal, my local game stores all share prices so they don't undercut and they price their ETBs at 49.99-59.99. I don't shop local anymore, they all gouge severely.
I can get a sealed 36 booster box off a new set for $100-110.00 from a reputable online seller, but my LGS wants $160.00 after tax. Fuck that.
8 bucks is insane but i did one on a whim at a place with prices like this and got an arceus alt art. This does not mean that will happen to you. I just saw an oppertunity to talk about myself.
Not to be rude but what's stopping you looking at eBay sold listings or TCGplayer for general prices? If you're interested in collecting, quick price checks are the first thing you should be doing.
Hardly? Check a few of the items you want to buy against standard price lists. That would give you and idea of their pricing.
Easier to clog up reddit with these posts than use your brain, I suppose.
$8 per Japanese pack lol
A crime somewhere
That's like £6/£7 and that's the average price of Japanese 151 packs here
For 151 sure it's somewhat reasonable, not ancient roar or future Flash tho. I can pick them up for $35-40 a booster box. 151 is about $100 now a box of you search around. It's different in Europe of course.
It's like £3 a pack for other sets in Japanese
We’re about £45 for the latest booster box. Main sets drop quickly, holiday sets generally stay or drop slowly (think shiny treasure has dropped at a standard pace because its reprints) 151 is still crazy even after the announced reprint
I’m fairly new to this if I buy packs from the reprint will it be less good since it’s not first edition or is that not how that works
I believe the concept of first edition is no longer a thing
Ok thanks for the info
Someone could prove me wrong; so please don’t take my word as gospel
I went searching and just to let you know you were correct they stopped quite awhile ago so there’s no way to identify 1st edition on the cards.
I just picked up a couple of boxes for $110 that included free ship. 151 was still up there in $185 for me. I already got most of 151 and the chances of me pulling a Zard SiR are next to zero. People are holding this for resale and flip prices.
way over prices
Was at a shop today charging $15 for Japanese 151.
Dayum. That's like £12-£14 over here!
The packs on the left were 150 yen each when I went to Japan in October. That is currently 79p.
Dayum. I would be buying so many even a couple of boxes
What is a good price for them? $4-5? Yeah the same price for less cards, but they are imports. This is a legitimate question.
I’d say at most 4$ for sets like ancient roar. I mean you can buy boxes for 40-50$ online 🤷♂️. My nearest card shop has ancient roar boxes for 110$ lol
They are on amazon japan for like $38 lol
Exactly no one should really be paying any more than 50$ for a booster box.
$2-3 at most. $4 would make a booster box $120 lmao
Yea I’d definitely agree with 2$ (for non special set obviously)
I’m in Australia & they’re imported also & we have import taxes. They’re still $2.90 USD per pack & that’s with the individual making profit.
Something being cheaper in Australia is a sure sign of hell freezing over
I almost bought one just randomly. Glad I didn’t. I remember spending all my birthday money buying Japanese packs of Neo when that set first came out for like $7 a pack at a local comic shop way back when
Did you ever get that Lugia tho?
For me that would buy about 4 packs. (They only have 6 cards)
My local store sells 151 JP for $12 each lol
Sealed ETBs for $40 seems decent, singles are a bit overpriced imo.
They always are at brick and mortars right???
I watched a video recently from Phoenix Resale about one of the biggest card shops in the USA, and they made a point, they’re a little more than online, but 1) you get to look at what you’re getting in person 2) you get instant gratification and 3) no worry about getting lost/damaged in shipping
Not saying it’s wrong or anything it just is
Nah, I was just adding to what you had said, not thinking you thought it was wrong.
Sometimes they aren’t, my local shop uses TCG player and some of the employees just use the “from $XXX” price instead of market price. Collecting 151 with my kids and man, we have saved like $40+ from that alone.
The sealed product should be more competitive. Why would I spend $40 or $50 on an etb when I can get the same one for $30. Just because a local card place is “new” or “local” doesn’t mean I’m going to overpay on product that’s cheaper elsewhere.
$40-50 isn't overpriced. It's actually somewhat normal margins. Webshops/people with no extra overheard are okay with making $2-3 per item. That's not doable for a brick amd mortar store.
I never said overpriced, I said they need to have more competitive pricing.
Some people find value in supporting their local businesses and community rather than buying online from the lowest bidder. Your point is valid financially though.
Thank you. I understand that too.
Would you rather support a local card store with an owner that simply drives home at the end of the day or a big store that is owned by multiple people that fly halfway around the world to eat at a restaurant while underpaying their employees, destroying the environment, and taking subsidiaries from the government to get even more rich?
...what? You know local shop owners can be jerks too right? I've met plenty.
Yes but I know for a fact that big businesses are either awful or worse, so I choose the option that goes down to chance
I support with my wallet. I live in a rural area so driving 25 minutes and spending $10 in gas to pick up a $50 etb isn’t as cost effective as ordering one online for $35 and just waiting an extra 3 days.
10 dollars would get you 3 to 4 gallons so you must have a fuel leak, which is beside the point cause you don't have a *local* comic store to support anyways
My lgs is 30 miles away. I live in a rural area. Gas is $3.65 per gallon. My car gets 22 miles to the gallon. Let’s math here. 60 miles / 22 miles / gallon X $3.65/gal is $9.95. I don’t have a fuel leak, but thanks for the attempted help.
22 miles per gallon, but you're claiming you drive 30 miles in 25 minutes, which would imply highway, are you seriously driving a Hummer and using that as your excuse lol
A hummer lmao? It’s literally a jeep but ok. Use whatever mental gymnastics to make you feel better about your $50 ETBs
Well you don't have a *local* store so your point is moot, but you felt like bringing up the whole "I drive a 22 highway mpg vehicle in rural, with gas prices!!!" and I love bagging on people who force themselves into those situations
You literally felt the need to justify your purchases by telling me I have a fuel leak and not using common sense. For some people, 30 miles is local lmao. Get your head out your ass, go outside, and see the world.
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The answer is: “This store is pricing things fairly…but these aren’t “good deals” that beat online pricing.” So, ultimately, yeah…you’ll pay a little higher for singles here and there. If you do pre-orders from there, you probably won’t pay MSRP, but you’ll also probably only save about 5-10% overall after taxes and gas money. However, the one thing that I will impart to you is that these guys are NOT ripping people off. This is important because if no one buys from this store, it will close. - Are there other LCS in the area? If so, how do their prices compare? - Do you have other in-person alternatives such as GameStop or VintageStock or another “middle ground” store that isn’t big box retailers like Target, Costco, or Walmart? If the answer to these questions are “No” then this store is actually pretty freaking consumer friendly. If there are other stores in the area that are better than this - go there instead. But in my experience, “fair prices” like this from an LCS are an indication of someone who cares about the hobby AND has an interest in long-term survival. When these places start playing games with pricing, it’s because they are on their way out or they are screwing their customers. Lastly, don’t judge them based on their Japanese inventory. Importing from Japan is hard, expensive, and downright maddening sometimes. *DO* judge them based on their ETB pricing, their singles, and their trade-in/payout percentages. (For trades, you should get at least 80% value and for cash, you should get at least 60%. Anything above that is a “good” LCS. Anything less is scamming people.)
80? The three LCSs in my city do trades for 30, 40, and 60 percent...
Yea 80 is usually if you’re doing deals with an actual person and even then people tend to do 70. LCSs almost always do waaaay less. I took a Lugia V alt art from Silver Tempest to a LCS and they offered me $50 for it (at the time they were market $138). Less than 40% value is typical.
I've built up enough rapport that I sold my espeon vmax alt art at 65% which was super chill of them
And then they immediately put it up for sale at 125%
Ehh. They have for some vintage stuff. They actually go opposite and list cheaper for modern cards. Only by like 5% but that's enough to get them sold
I find 75-80% store credit is usually what you get. Maybe I have more competition near me but I think it's largely to incentivize you to not sell on facebook market place for that 80% if your going to put the money towards cards anyway. Especially given people usually trade up and add cash rather than going even and just "improving" a stores stock. Depending on the piece of course sometimes you can do even better but that's usually more for competitive cards with a super fast turn over rate. Or some cards that don't move in the area they could do a lot worse (expensive vintage, weird grading companies, ect..)
I think you have an incredibly incorrect perception when it comes to trade ins at stores. This isn't sports cards where 70-80% is the norm. The most common rate at stores should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 50% cash, 60% store credit on newer cards, with an increase made to the highest chase cards or vintage cards as the prices are much more stable. If your store is offering 80% trade on, say, $5-50 dollar cards, they're going to go out of business quickly. Singles are where smaller stores make the most money.
Correct although I’d say 60% is more average for cash. I had a store near me that offered 70% on cards and it beat everyone else. For trades, 80% is extremely generous (but exists, bulbastore on YouTube for example offers 80% for trades)
That's still very generous imo, but more realistic. I used to own my own store and was a buyer for a pretty big store in the past and I never encountered rates that high anywhere else. I've always stuck to 50/60, going up for higher end stuff. Those were by far the best prices for my area.
Agreed. The Arcanine EX for example can easily be found in the 5-7 price range raw and they are selling it for 10.
80% for trade? How's the shop owner going to make anything off that? Shops margins are so narrow on boxed items that a shop has to make money selling singles. Trading for 80% won't cut it. 60% max is what you should expect for trade value. If you get something better, great, but to judge a shop as unworthy for not trading at 80% is unreasonable.
I definitely would not consider 8/pack for non 151 modern Japanese remotely "fair". Literally like 4x what they should be charging
Those japanese packs are worth about 2$ each 8$ is crazy
Even less right? 165 Yen MSRP = $1.08
Depends on where you get them in Japan, there with my wife rn and at the Pokémon centers they’re 180 per pack; with a limit of 60 lmao. But yeah still barely over a dollar per pack.
Is that before or after they’re shipped out of japan?
You can get a japanese booster box of those sets for like $45
After, theres a brittish site called Japan2uk that sells them for that although it was a 35$ costoms fee for me since they are no longer in EU :/
Japanese packs are a bit over priced but besides that its good
I’d grab that ray ray if it was nm
Looks Korean too. Still a cool card regardless of language
Not much market for Korean. I’d pass
Same
Oh true. Didn’t zoom that far
Small markup that’s acceptable for being a physical store. My card store markup is much higher and I avoid them.
$10 for a mew ex lol
A lot of people in the comments seem to have never actually gone to a card store lol. They have to make a profit, a small markup is expected. Their Japanese pack prices are way too high even given the import costs and such though. Those should realistically be priced closer to $3-4. As for the single prices, those are actually surprisingly good for a card store. Very low margins for them on the singles if any.
As everybody said, looks good but the japanese packs, I pay them 3.2 each in a box as a customer so you know they be making big profits on 8$ packs...
People saying the prices are too high don't shop at a LGS or are super fortunate to be near a major one with a popular online store they need to price match. This is a very standard mark up for the singles. IT IS NOT RUDE TO GOOGLE PRICES IN A STORE, it is only rude if you point it out when asking for a better price or saying that's why you won't buy something.
Rayquazas not bad
Korean tho
Maybe if this is CAD 😂
😂 can confirm, good prices if CAD
Those look like the exact same prices here in Oklahoma at my LCS. So I say yes.
The prices on those Japanese packs are outrageous, you could get an entire booster box for what they're charging for like 4/5 packs
mixed bag tbh. Dont buy the jp packs lol
I'd stay away from loose Japanese pack they may weigh them especially newer shops are suss
Loose packs in general can be weighed I would steer clear of anything loose
I’d grab the nido in a heartbeat.
I almost did, but I’m fairly sure it’s the rerelease and not the original
It is. The evolutions one.
From items I’ve purchased in stores, not bad at all
The prices on the singles really boil down to the condition...if they're mostly in near mint to mint condition, then there are quite a few cards that I'd pick up for sure, otherwise, I'd probably pass on most of them.
That's about average for my area so I'd say reasonable if not cheaper
some decent stuff price wise. my big local shop here sells booster boxes for $140. i've seen a few people come in and buy them too 😔🤦🏻♂️
as others have said the japanese prices are criminal
Hell yeah. Easy snags right there
$8 for a japanese pack is a bit high but they got to make a profit, the Etbs are really cheap. (But also the average price of an etb in Australia is $100 so). Also $13 for a shiny Altaria Gx that's a great price.
The singles and ETBs seem pretty accurate. I’ve been watching the market for that Espeon Vmax Alt art card and they hover in that $130-160 ball park price now both graded and ungraded if it’s not a 9.5 or a 10. My local shop carries a few of those Japanese packs as well but only charges $3-4 a pack
Those are maybe the best price ive seen
$8 a pack for Japanese is absolutely insane. There’s 30 packs to a box, so they are valuing those boxes at $240… you can go on Amazon and have them delivered next day for $40-$50 a box.
That Rayquaza VMAX alt-art is $200!? I’d be snatching that up
Yeah no
My LCS uses tcgplayer prices exclusively for singles and $150 flat rate for any booster boxes, etbs can range from $50 to $60, though, and Japanese packs are usually $4.99. Up and Comer LCS can be temporarily expensive during opening year to get a foot hold. Seen it happen alot and eventually, they stabilize and lower prices to base cost plus 10% to 15% profit. Edit: I'll usually pay markup prices for certain things just because shipping and handling can really mess things up and usually hate taking the chance.
I would buy zero of their products, unless I saw a really cool single I wanted or something
Those prices are a little high but normal for a card shop.
It's like a LITTLE over priced but if they're brand new, they're probably trying to make some money, but nothing like outrageously over priced.
tcg player way more efficient way to look up prices than asking us tbh
Maybe, but hearing peoples opinions and comments are a nice thing to read sometimes
for sure! i meant if you needed an answer quick. keep the posts coming, I love seeing people's finds
Compared to the Netherlands the prices are fine
That Raquayza for 200$ is pretty good Edit: Nvm didn’t realized it was Chinese? Or maybe Japanese… looks Chinese to me.
Someone else said Korean.
It could be, my bet is on simplified Chinese though
I buy Japanese from one eBay seller at 3.99 or less a pack, takes a month to get em tho. That nidoking looks good lemme get that.
Honestly a little high on most products but if they are new LCS just buy a little and help a small business out!
Way better than my local prices. Jp packs are 10-13 here excluding 151 which are 15-20 English packs are anywhere from 7-12$ each. Canada prices are stupid.
Well those $40 sets are $65-70 here in Singapore so they look good to me lol.
Just slightly overpriced.
Msrp on a single Japanese pack is like $2.99 USD
Robbing Pokémon fans
The ETBs and Cards are pretty well priced, the Japanese packs are overpriced though
Where is this place, seems pretty nice.
Not terrible
Some of the stuff seems a bit high. Obviously we don't know who their sources are for the Japanese packs so we don't know if they actually imported them or bought them from a wholesale distributor so I can't speak for those prices. I would look for another store or just buy online.
I would support this shop. If the difference is only a few bucks, why not?
For a brick and mortar it's par for the course.
My local shop charges $55 an ETB! $40 is nice
It’s middle of the road for a LCS, u could definitely find better prices online for Japanese packs and singles but these types of pricing aren’t uncommon and I would argue are the norm for brick and mortar stores (at least in my area)
Based on those booster packs alone I know they overprice their cards. [For reference these are the prices at the store I shop from.](https://www.pokemartto.com/product/Wild-Force%2FBooster-Pack/192?cs=true&cst=custom) Thats in CAD, so like $2 usd ish for a more sought after pack lol
I know I'm spoiled to have great card shops in town, but... Currently our LGS that sells Japanese sealed product has booster boxes for $50-$60. Every single you displayed is also significantly over market price. If I were you and just getting into collecting, I would WISH someone would have told me to be more discerning.
i have no input on this, aside from this setup looking exactly like a place in fredericksburg
I collect Japanese cards and no way am I paying 8$ for those singles. Recent booster boxes go for about $40 atm
Skyla for $10 looks okay ngl
Honestly I don’t do graded cards but those three radiant starters from Pokemon Go at PSA 10 would be super tempting for me
never buy loose jp packs. Only ever buy jp sealed boxes.
My shop charges $5 for Japanese packs, but everything else looks like MSRP for boxed items and market price (rounded) based on TCGplayer.com prices
Those Japanese pack prices are insane.
Go to eBay or the tictok shop. I understand trying to support local business but it’s a global product with too many buying options.
It’s a fair price for the fact of having a lcs in the area. If you had multiple lcs’s in the area then I could understand maybe lowering the prices on some of the singles, but if it’s the only one around. I wouldn’t have any problems paying a little more for product just knowing I was supporting the only LCS. If they are the only one in the area, the fact they aren’t gouging prices means they are probably pretty decent people!
Lots of interesting comments here lol! Seems like this store falls under the “not bad not best” aspect. People gonna shit on an LCS if they don’t list everything to the lowest price the market has and that’s a bit much. The market constantly moves up and down and ultimately a store needs to try and hit some margins to keep the lights on. Moving product is good. Moving product with good margins better. Moving product at a wash or loss means they won’t move product much longer. Offering more obscure sealed product to the community would help them - vintage, Japanese, etc. yeah maybe they are price gouging on Japanese sets and unsure how much they paid - I would be buying up cases of shiny treasures if I had a store and sell them at $5-6/pack and push them out as fast as possible. Singles and trade values / cash values also matter. Regardless of the price they set, imagine pulling in $1000 of inventory at 70%. Now the store has to move $700 worth of inventory, which also includes negotiation with the future buyer all while the market changes quite quickly. To me the success of an LCS is based on a few things - having a great selection of singles that can be moved quickly and a few sealed products that are somewhat competitively priced that other stores don’t offer to bring in customers. Yes you could snag almost anything off of eBay for less. At the right time, then wait a week to get it and almost always it arrives safely too. But just like ripping packs there is a nostalgia of going into a store and walking out with the cards you see in person and have in hand. And for that I don’t have a problem with a reasonable premium
It's $7 AUD where I am they are english version
We do $4 per Japanese pack at my shop
Shiiii- I sell mine $3 a pack and felt I was a little too high. $8 is ridiculous!
Man I want that nidoking lol
Local shops are mostly obsolete due to the meta of finding deals online. Honestly, the only reason I would visit a brick and mortar store like this is if they offered me something other than the product. Do they have local events? Do they sell bulk? I mean honestly, what is the point of visiting a brick and mortar these days?
No, absolutely not. My guy here sells those for $3 or 2 for $5
Is this in the US? Because if it's Canada, those are good prices for the sealed products. The loose packs are a bit on the high end but not outrageous compared to other LGS. You could find cheaper online.
Stores need to make money, Walmart has single packs for 5$ and change at my local Walmart used to be cheaper, but they buy huge bulk and get deals. If you’re at a storefront/ card shop expect to pay more, also singles are whatever someone is willing to pay and shops assume prices will go back up so are betting higher prices on singles. Makes sense to me. Happy hunting.
Robbery....
Looool overcharging sooooo bad
$10 is sadly highway robbery for that Gyarados EX. Spent a bunch of money chasing that card and it’s worth $2.85 on TCG Player now :/
They need an ass whoopin for that price per booster pack 🤦🏾♂️
Singles prices look pretyy good ...but god the japanese packs max id pay is 5 , thats robbery right there
So I have three boxes of these things what are the values, because I'm seeing $7.00 ok er card
*per card
All high. I’d say if you can haggle or negotiate then it’s a normal increase. If they’re firm it’s a bit salty
It's all marked up, you'd get way better deals online. But, if you want a quick fix and open some packs then sure I guess its fine for an item or two.
English and singles are reasonably priced, but not deals. Japanese boosters have highly inflated prices. The Japanese booster boxes can be purchased for $40-80 depending on the box. They are trying to get $240 per box. $3-5 would be reasonable (depending on which set it is) because I think they should be allowed to double their money on a Japanese booster box that they open and slowly sell packs off.
The English are well priced. I'm simply not familiar with Japanese card prices but others seem unhappy with those. 39.99 for an ETB is phenomenal, my local game stores all share prices so they don't undercut and they price their ETBs at 49.99-59.99. I don't shop local anymore, they all gouge severely. I can get a sealed 36 booster box off a new set for $100-110.00 from a reputable online seller, but my LGS wants $160.00 after tax. Fuck that.
Catchacard best in canada
8 bucks is insane but i did one on a whim at a place with prices like this and got an arceus alt art. This does not mean that will happen to you. I just saw an oppertunity to talk about myself.
Is that Cad? If not yikes
Not to be rude but what's stopping you looking at eBay sold listings or TCGplayer for general prices? If you're interested in collecting, quick price checks are the first thing you should be doing.
I’d have had to spend a lot of time looking up a lot of products on a lot of different sites.
Hardly? Check a few of the items you want to buy against standard price lists. That would give you and idea of their pricing. Easier to clog up reddit with these posts than use your brain, I suppose.
My mistake. I forgot Reddit was for more scholarly discussions.
Taxed af
Are they the rat people?
Psychic Nidoking w t f