>>54457110I'm going to keep repeating this every time this argument arises so people aren't swayed by these statements that lack any knowledge on the topic.
1. If there's 5,000,000 boxes and there's 5,000,001 people that want it the prices will not crash. The total number of boxes in existence is not the full story.
2. Just because 5,000,000 boxes exist does not mean that 5,000,000 boxes are up for sale. The total number of boxes available on the market at any one time matters more than the total number of boxes that exist. That's not to say that the total number of boxes doesn't matter, it does because it can influence the more important value of the total number of boxes up for sale. That needs to be weighted when making a decision.
3. You all seriously underestimate the sheer volume of product that needs to hit the market all at once in order to start moving the needle down significantly. A thousand boxes suddenly coming up for sale is going to make much less of an impact than you think it will, especially if all thousand of those boxes is coming from 1 source. You need dozens of sellers all willing to undercut, all with significant volumes of product to all list at the exact same time to see serious price erosion.
This is all assuming of course that demand stays steady. The likelihood of interest levels remaining constant should be the number 1 consideration made before making an investment of any kind but especially collectibles.
All these things need to be weighted before making a decision. Just saying "lol there's millions of boxes" is stupid since it tells just a fraction of the story.
