Hey everyone, I'm a beginner TCG flipper selling on eBay, based in Australia. One thing that makes it tougher here is that PSA grading takes a few months to come back, so grading isn't a quick way to turn cards over. I mainly try to flip One Piece (so far unsuccessfully) and I've recently started getting into Riftbound as well. My only profitable flip so far was a Boa Hancock card from the tin. I found it at a card show for $140 AUD and sold it for $220 AUD. Other than that, I've mostly just been losing money. The main problem is that card shows seem to overprice most of their stock, so it's hard to find real deals. Card shops price their cards really well too, so there's not much margin there either. Right now I'm just buying whatever I think will move, like Boa, Luffy and Zoro. I'm starting with a $1000 budget, and I'd love to know what your strategy is for finding deals: - Are you sourcing mostly from eBay, card shows, Facebook Marketplace, or somewhere else? - Do you buy sealed product and flip singles, or buy singles directly? - Any tips for someone in Australia dealing with the long grading times? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

Here recently I had a customer show me all of the cards he bought and was intending to sell. And because he approached me with them I had to tell him they were all fake. The cards that I have posted below are the fakes. The real cards have texture to them. This guy was fairly angry about this purchase because these cards (when real) are expensive. I don’t know what he paid, but I can tell you that he over paid. Another way to tell is to take a flash light and shine it through the card. A real Pokemon card shows no light through it. Fake cards will show light through them most of the time. The last way you should ever tell if a card is fake or not is to rip it in half. Something that these people that produce fake cards haven’t been able to duplicate is Pokémon’s ability to make the inner most layer of Pokemon cards black. That’s right, when you rip a real Pokemon card in half you will see that it’s ripped will black on the interior layer. Fake cards from what I have seen thus far haven’t been able to do that. Not that I rip every potentially fake card in half. Unless I am at a show and someone is knowingly trying to sell fakes; I’ll rip them in half so that other vendors don’t get screwed over on accident. Just be weary and learn what the fakes like ok like. Take one of your bulk cards and rip in half to see what I’m talking about. It’ll save you some money in the long run knowing what’s real and what’s not.

What are your current favorite types of cards to collect? Do those types translate to a decent ROI or are they merely a collectible interest?

How are you all? my name is Ray. Collector and recently decided to start selling. I've been blessed to be successful in my business so I am taking 1k a month to start to invest into buying and reselling and will see how I grow from there. I took 1 dryer and turned it into 30 and then sold to accumulate my first 1k to Invest. Since then ive gotten my collection to about 3k and have around $1800 cash from the original 1k! Loce strategy and flipping. My goal for my businesses is 1. Have fun 2. Build a legacy collection 3. Enjoy the profits Looking to build relationship with other collectors and buyers so we have a good eco system. Collecting base set Even and all evolutions And anything really

thank you