Want to Start Collecting Trading Cards? Understand this Before Spending Your Money
Don’t expect to make your money back — unless you do one thing
I’ve spent so much money on Pokemon cards this year.
My friend got me into it last December. He said, “I just pulled a Charizard card worth a few hundred bucks.”
That was all I needed to hear. I was back in.
I collected Pokemon cards when I was younger. Football and basektball cards, too. I moved on and started spending whatever money I had on other things.
But I stayed interested in Pokemon. I’ve been playing Pokemon Go since it came out in 2016. I’ve taken some extended breaks, but I’ve played it at least a few months every year since it came out.
So when I remembered the financial potential in collecting Pokemon cards, I needed no more convincing to start throwing money at those little pieces of cardboard.
I’ve written about trading cards before. In 2021, when people were locked down and got stimulus money, hobbies like collecting trading cards resurfaced. People starting digging through their closets, addicts, and storage units and were reminded of what they had.
