There’s a lot of people who just float through life, working dead end jobs, never really going or getting anywhere. Of course they’ll be jealous of those with ambition to make something of themselves.

I feel this.

We do list on eBay. I generally prefer to sell things in store and keep stuff circulating locally (sell someone a $100 game and then maybe they trade it back in and I can sell it again), however if something of value sits for a few weeks, I have no problem listing it.

See, that’s fascinating to me from the outside, as my shop has been next to two tattoo shops over the past decade, and they both seem(ed) to be rocking from open to close. Tattoos always seem to be something that people are willing to push a bill aside for, so I expected that to stay strong.

I’m pulling for you, good luck.

That would be more a question for my guy who handles cards, I primarily focus on the video game and collectibles aspects, as that’s what the store started as before we added TCG product a few years ago, and I’m just not that well versed in that market. I do know that while people try to sell us their YGO cards all the time, no one ever seems to ask if we have any for sale. Pokémon and Magic are king, follow by Flesh and Blood, then there’s a huge drop off from there.

We do very well with new release product, the problem is that people only seem to be interested in that, so they other 26+ days of the month bring in very little from singles, with constant phone calls asking for Lorcana that has been near impossible to get ahold of.

Video game and Pokémon/Magic card buy/sell/trade.

I’ve commented on similar posts here before…brick and mortar indie video game store/trading card game/collectibles store here, and while January-May were up over a record 2022, we’ve been in free fall since. It’s like the entire area went broke at the same time once summer hit. Weekends have stabilized lately, but weekdays have often been barely worth being open for, and many of the people who do come in are looking to sell.

The next six weeks are going to be very telling, in my opinion. I love being my own boss and being able to provide jobs for my employees, but I haven’t had two extra nickels to rub together in months, and it’s exhausting to say “no, we’re out of that” 100 times a day. Plus I’ve been in retail since 1996, and I’m honestly very tired of putting on the smile.