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there are only about 700 copies of the secret rare gardevoir card. from the ebay listings i do see only 10 steam siege boosters.
so if i am a gardevoir collector, what should i buy. guarenteed 1k PSA 10 slab, or spend 1300 on a booster box that may only have a 1/4 chances of having a secret rare, which could be the gardevoir or the volcanion.
you see when you start thinking like a buyer instead of a sealed collector, you might be able to start thinking normal. because understanding the psychology of the buyer is not only going to help you on a personal level as a buyer yourself, but also as a seller.
i already own a raw copy of both the gardevoir and the volcanion. i got super lucky and pulled the volcanion and picked up the SR gardevoir for like 15 bucks because steam siege was an ugly duckling set that people hated since it was the end of the series set that was going to be rotated out immediately.
but thanks for showing the class today an example where the the pokemon TCG market is manipulated.
