We're opening a new store.

[vuduchile 1,941]

Brick and Mortar Hobby Shop.  Sports cards and memorabilia, Pokemon cards, board games, hobby supplies, etc.  Our ebay and FB sales over the past 6 months clearly show the demand.  We already have a retail space we can use without incurring additional rent.  

Soft opening target date is October 1. 

[Voltaire 4,556]

Good luck vudu.

[fandandy 3,311]

Best of luck.  You got that idea from someone here, didn't you?  I hope it's very successful.  

[Hawkeye21 1,852]

Good luck!

[Strike 3,956]

Good luck. 

[FlyinHeadlock 459]

Any Garbage Pail Kids cards. Trying to get a Peeing Eon. It's for an azzhole at work.

[MTSkiBum 1,594]

Do you still have the flooring business?

[Cdub100 3,379]

Let me know if you have questions about magic. If your going carry it at all.

[lod001 1,237]

Portland area????

[TBayXXXVII 2,114]

Good luck.  Hope it works out for you!

[Cdub100 3,379]

Just now, lod001 said:

Portland area????

I hear it's a hot bed of business start ups.

[Gladiators 1,904]

Nudie mags?

[Mookz 1,287]

54 minutes ago, FlyinHeadlock said:

Any Garbage Pail Kids cards. Trying to get a Peeing Eon. It's for an azzhole at work.

This?  

[vuduchile 1,941]

2 hours ago, FlyinHeadlock said:

Any Garbage Pail Kids cards. Trying to get a Peeing Eon. It's for an azzhole at work.

I have none.  I can buy new packs from my supplier.  eBay is your best bet for an individual card. 

[vuduchile 1,941]

2 hours ago, MTSkiBum said:

Do you still have the flooring business?

Yep. Flooring biz recovered nicely from the shutdown and is going strong. 

[vuduchile 1,941]

1 hour ago, Cdub100 said:

Let me know if you have questions about magic. If your going carry it at all.

We may at some point.  Magic requires a lot from its retailers though.  To start. would need a dedicated space for players to play tournaments or something like that. 

[vuduchile 1,941]

1 hour ago, lod001 said:

Portland area????

Michigan 

[vuduchile 1,941]

1 hour ago, Gladiators said:

Nudie mags?

That’s it. You’re banned from the store. 

[mmmmm...beer 691]

41 minutes ago, vuduchile said:

That’s it. You’re banned from the store. 

You made a list!

[Bier Meister 1,512]

[FlyinHeadlock 459]

55 minutes ago, vuduchile said:

I have none.  I can buy new packs from my supplier.  eBay is your best bet for an individual card. 

Holy crap. One card is worth $7500. Quite a few a grand or more. Who would pay $7500 for that card. Cra cra.

[vuduchile 1,941]

1 hour ago, FlyinHeadlock said:

Holy crap. One card is worth $7500. Quite a few a grand or more. Who would pay $7500 for that card. Cra cra.

I don’t know anything about Pokémon except:

Kids seem to like them.  

Adults who collected them when they were kids like them. 

There are some really valuable cards.  

Pikachu will never suffer a career ending knee injury.  

[Hardcore troubadour 12,622]

There was one of these nerd shops where I used to live. Gotta say, that place was pretty crowded on Saturday nights. I guess they were playing one of those games, they were all sitting at tables. 

[vuduchile 1,941]

50 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

There was one of these nerd shops where I used to live. Gotta say, that place was pretty crowded on Saturday nights. I guess they were playing one of those games, they were all sitting at tables. 

We won’t be playing any nerd games at our place.  That was probably magic the gathering.   
 

If we do anything,  it will involve drinking beers, breaking boxes and making trades.  
 

[Gladiators 1,904]

3 hours ago, vuduchile said:

That’s it. You’re banned from the store. 

I’m boycotting your store!!!

[fandandy 3,311]

I went to Vudu's card shop and all I got was the creeps.  There were so many nerds there.  Ohh, and this stoopid Tshirt.  

[vuduchile 1,941]

6 hours ago, fandandy said:

I went to Vudu's card shop and all I got was the creeps.  There were so many nerds there.  Ohh, and this stoopid Tshirt.  

Hardcore sports card collectors can be just as nerdy as the D&D crowd.  But a whole new customer base has emerged for sports cards. 

New boxes are like scratch off tickets on steroids.  People spend $300 on a box, hoping to hit a $1K card.  Most often, they end up with $50-$75 bucks worth of cards.  

PSA, BGS and SGC 10 graded cards are now liquid assets and trade like shares of stock.  There are currently 13,000 Luka Doncic Rookie Prizm PSA 10 cards in existence.  The current selling price for that card is $1500.00. so the market cap for that one card is $19.5M.  That's just one player, and one rookie card.   

In many ways, this store will be like a mini casino.

By the way, I have some questions for you about handling cash, security systems, etc.  PM me when you have a chance. 

 

[fandandy 3,311]

1 hour ago, vuduchile said:

Hardcore sports card collectors can be just as nerdy as the D&D crowd.  But a whole new customer base has emerged for sports cards. 

New boxes are like scratch off tickets on steroids.  People spend $300 on a box, hoping to hit a $1K card.  Most often, they end up with $50-$75 bucks worth of cards.  

PSA, BGS and SGC 10 graded cards are now liquid assets and trade like shares of stock.  There are currently 13,000 Luka Doncic Rookie Prizm PSA 10 cards in existence.  The current selling price for that card is $1500.00. so the market cap for that one card is $19.5M.  That's just one player, and one rookie card.   

In many ways, this store will be like a mini casino.

By the way, I have some questions for you about handling cash, security systems, etc.  PM me when you have a chance. 

 

I tried but it says you can't receive messages.  

[vuduchile 1,941]

16 minutes ago, fandandy said:

I tried but it says you can't receive messages.  Just wondering what kind of security measures you have in place.   Do you use a cash register?  How much cash do you keep? Alarm system? Weapon?  Do you have a safe on site?  Daily deposits?   Etc. 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 12,622]

2 hours ago, vuduchile said:

Hardcore sports card collectors can be just as nerdy as the D&D crowd.  But a whole new customer base has emerged for sports cards. 

New boxes are like scratch off tickets on steroids.  People spend $300 on a box, hoping to hit a $1K card.  Most often, they end up with $50-$75 bucks worth of cards.  

PSA, BGS and SGC 10 graded cards are now liquid assets and trade like shares of stock.  There are currently 13,000 Luka Doncic Rookie Prizm PSA 10 cards in existence.  The current selling price for that card is $1500.00. so the market cap for that one card is $19.5M.  That's just one player, and one rookie card.   

In many ways, this store will be like a mini casino.

By the way, I have some questions for you about handling cash, security systems, etc.  PM me when you have a chance. 

 

Please don’t use Hardcore when discussing nerds. Thanks 

[DonS 3,066]

How much does a Derrius Guice rookie card go for nowadays? 

[Gladiators 1,904]

Let’s say a guy walks in, he’s looking to spend a couple grand on nudie mags or some rookie cards, but doesn’t have a mask on. 

Cool as long as he has a preexisting condition? 

[Big Guy 1,400]

On 9/3/2020 at 10:09 AM, vuduchile said:

Brick and Mortar Hobby Shop.  Sports cards and memorabilia, Pokemon cards, board games, hobby supplies, etc.  Our ebay and FB sales over the past 6 months clearly show the demand.  We already have a retail space we can use without incurring additional rent.  

Soft opening target date is October 1. 

Awesome.......congrats man!

[Djgb13 2,338]

Good luck. Brother opened up one of those down here after he retired from teaching in both NC and S.C. For him, it’s more for a hobby and getting paid to do it (which I’m sure you’re doing as well cause you seem to love sports cards like we do). It’s always nice to be able to open up a store for something you love personally.
I got to meet quite a few famous race car drivers back in the day when my parents ran theirs. They had gotten Jeff Gordon (my moms favorite driver) to come to their shop to sign autographs when he was in his rookie year as a driver. Favorite driver though is Richard Petty (got to meet him at a card show back in the 90s as well) 

 

Best of luck man

[Fireballer 2,377]

Good luck!  I know that Covid regs really fuked you while letting big box stores stay open.

[Mike Isles 583]

On 9/3/2020 at 4:33 PM, fandandy said:

Best of luck.  You got that idea from someone here, didn't you?  I hope it's very successful.  

What kind of store do you work in ?

[fandandy 3,311]

7 minutes ago, Mike Isles said:

What kind of store do you work in ?

It's a convenience store in the middle of nowhere.  David Letterman stopped in today.  

[Mookz 1,287]

54 minutes ago, fandandy said:

It's a convenience store in the middle of nowhere.  David Letterman stopped in today.  

Sorry, but that was just the homeless guy who's been sleeping in the park. 

No wait, it was Letterman.  

[Mike Isles 583]

1 hour ago, fandandy said:

It's a convenience store in the middle of nowhere.  David Letterman stopped in today.  

Well played 

[swirvenirvin 25]

want to buy mu old collection?  thousands of cards!!!