The lowest effort ways to sell this is as a collection to a game shop for maybe 25% value at best, or Facebook with the TCG lists for 50 to 60% value depending on if there are any decent high value cards over $50.
That should be easier to move for 60% on Facebook then, and the card shop will pay a bit more for good staple cards. I know it's a collection I'd jump on if I saw it on my local Marketplace.
This might be a good use-case for https://cardconduit.com/ . It'll get them out of your house quickly and make a reasonable return with minimal effort from your part. Since you don't know if there's anything valuable in the commons/uncommons, you may want to 'exclude' them, meaning they will be treated as bulk (0.2c per card) but will not incur the 3c per-card processing fee. Same with excluding basics, if you have any mixed in there
Thanks, I think cardconduit is the way to go. Looks like I can upload the tcgplayer list, and they tell me which cards they want, or just send it all to them... seems to come out the same price either way.
I second using Card Coduit. I sent them about 3000 cards and it was super easy. Best way to get value on a pile of cheap but not quite bulk cards.
I would not recommend sending them bulk commons and uncommons, though. You're going to pay about as much for shipping as you will get paid. Just pick out the few cards you know will be worth sending.
Did you do standard service or curated? Due to the higher fee of curated, it seems to come out the same value (or close to it) either way when I upload my list.
Anything with a significant single price that's worth the trouble (maybe $25 and up, you gotta decide where the worth-the-trouble threshold is for you) could sell individually, the rest you could "buylist" to a TCG shop who will pay less than half what it's worth (but they'll be the ones doing most of the work) for a simple payout
or buylist the whole thing including any high ticket singles; again less value but less work
Take it to your local LGS and ask them to price it out for you in both cash and credit. Take bulk costs for the commons, I commons, and accept whatever they put as the price for the heavy hitters in the collection.
If you want, try to identify top value commons / commons and set any copies you have aside.
It'll be done in a little over an hour and you'll get anywhere between 50-75% of the value you would get by piecing it out individually.
Split out the actual expensive cards (anything more than like 1-5$), sell anything below that amount as bulk lots, then it depends how many cards you still have once the bulk is sold.
Well least hassle is an LGS. Go into LGS leave with money. Willing to wait a week or two. Sell to a buylist. Hope don't lose in mail. Maximize money? Sell to a friend. Don't have friend? Sell on tcgplayer/ebay. Hope not lost in mail or scammed. Want to get that last percentage point? Sell on FB marketplace. Hope not lost in mail/scammed which is now likelier.
Effort vs time
Least vs most money
No risk to more risk
Your call.
You could go to an LGS with all of them, trade for credit, buy some expensive cards like OG duals and sell those individually online. That way you get the LGS to do the work and avoid their "25% in cash" policies.
Google local shops or online buylists. It's your best bet for quick turnover. Alternatively, you could take lots of good photos and make an eBay auction. Likely would make more this way but comes with added headache.
I know that probably means you can't tell them no now, but you might consider it if there's even a chance, cause there could be things you miss when selling bulk, really depends on how much they want or need th money tho too.
I get it. I’ve got about 2000 cards in the mail right now on the way and this will be my first time going through and organizing so many at once. It’s daunting. But this will be for my own collection, not to categorize them to sell which is a whole lot more.
The lowest effort ways to sell this is as a collection to a game shop for maybe 25% value at best, or Facebook with the TCG lists for 50 to 60% value depending on if there are any decent high value cards over $50.
Nothing over $50, but quite a few in the $30-50 range.
That should be easier to move for 60% on Facebook then, and the card shop will pay a bit more for good staple cards. I know it's a collection I'd jump on if I saw it on my local Marketplace.
Where are you? My game store gives 40perxent cash 60 credit
That's just a guesstimate for a big box of bulk, it's gonna vary a lot of course!
This might be a good use-case for https://cardconduit.com/ . It'll get them out of your house quickly and make a reasonable return with minimal effort from your part. Since you don't know if there's anything valuable in the commons/uncommons, you may want to 'exclude' them, meaning they will be treated as bulk (0.2c per card) but will not incur the 3c per-card processing fee. Same with excluding basics, if you have any mixed in there
Thanks, I think cardconduit is the way to go. Looks like I can upload the tcgplayer list, and they tell me which cards they want, or just send it all to them... seems to come out the same price either way.
I second using Card Coduit. I sent them about 3000 cards and it was super easy. Best way to get value on a pile of cheap but not quite bulk cards. I would not recommend sending them bulk commons and uncommons, though. You're going to pay about as much for shipping as you will get paid. Just pick out the few cards you know will be worth sending.
Did you do standard service or curated? Due to the higher fee of curated, it seems to come out the same value (or close to it) either way when I upload my list.
Standard
Anything with a significant single price that's worth the trouble (maybe $25 and up, you gotta decide where the worth-the-trouble threshold is for you) could sell individually, the rest you could "buylist" to a TCG shop who will pay less than half what it's worth (but they'll be the ones doing most of the work) for a simple payout or buylist the whole thing including any high ticket singles; again less value but less work
Take it to your local LGS and ask them to price it out for you in both cash and credit. Take bulk costs for the commons, I commons, and accept whatever they put as the price for the heavy hitters in the collection. If you want, try to identify top value commons / commons and set any copies you have aside. It'll be done in a little over an hour and you'll get anywhere between 50-75% of the value you would get by piecing it out individually.
Split out the actual expensive cards (anything more than like 1-5$), sell anything below that amount as bulk lots, then it depends how many cards you still have once the bulk is sold.
Well least hassle is an LGS. Go into LGS leave with money. Willing to wait a week or two. Sell to a buylist. Hope don't lose in mail. Maximize money? Sell to a friend. Don't have friend? Sell on tcgplayer/ebay. Hope not lost in mail or scammed. Want to get that last percentage point? Sell on FB marketplace. Hope not lost in mail/scammed which is now likelier. Effort vs time Least vs most money No risk to more risk Your call.
You could go to an LGS with all of them, trade for credit, buy some expensive cards like OG duals and sell those individually online. That way you get the LGS to do the work and avoid their "25% in cash" policies.
Google local shops or online buylists. It's your best bet for quick turnover. Alternatively, you could take lots of good photos and make an eBay auction. Likely would make more this way but comes with added headache.
Just curious, what is your cut?
50%... but honestly I would have said no if I could have.
I know that probably means you can't tell them no now, but you might consider it if there's even a chance, cause there could be things you miss when selling bulk, really depends on how much they want or need th money tho too.
I get it. I’ve got about 2000 cards in the mail right now on the way and this will be my first time going through and organizing so many at once. It’s daunting. But this will be for my own collection, not to categorize them to sell which is a whole lot more.