Jul 12, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min · 13 segments
The biggest lessons in this episode could reshape how you view your collection and investment strategy. Discover why chasing the highest grades might be limiting your returns—and how buying the card…
So let's talk about next tip of the week.
Long term, you got to buy the grade.
You're buying a label.
And if you're in this for investment purposes, you just kind of have to resign to the fact that you are buying a label if you want to maximize your returns.
And that is because the people you are selling for always want the best of the best.
This is why CGC had to do their whole label change because they weren't giving out 10s.
People want 10s, people need 10s.
That's why we got the pristine label now.
And if you kind of go back, like we grew up, when cards were or we were collecting i first met you cards are still relatively cheaper like high-end hits from watsi around three hundred dollars to a thousand dollars and then you had people buying nines for like fifty dollars um shout out to pfm And obviously our friend Dan, gotta catch them all.
They were very adamant they would not want to buy PSA 10s because in their mind, it was just like, why should I have to pay a premium for these minute differences between, which is also open to the interpretation of a grader who could just be having a bad day.
And I guarantee you, if you talk to those two, especially, I'm not just like, saying just Dan and, and PFM, uh, just, I'm not separating and trying to like make them stand out.
I'm just saying like, if you go back to those groups of people who just were dead set, they're just going to buy PSA nine.
I can almost guarantee you.
They all have regrets that they just didn't buy the tens.
You know what I mean? It's just, it's just, it's just the way it is.
People want the best of the best and that the best of the best has gone in that you had the biggest return.
And Dan posted a video recently that he had $10 million in sales in 2026 already.
And so just going to show you, even if you buy nines, like there is possibility, you know, to succeed and keep going.
But I would say with the nine comment, I would also just kind of keep that to PSA because they do have the money back guarantee.
They do have the buyback, the financial guarantee.
You know, PSA actually, you know, if you buy a week 10 and the case gets cracked, you send it back in and say, hey, this wouldn't be a 10 today.
You could actually get a payout, you know.
So let's talk about next tip of the week.
Long term, you got to buy the grade.
You're buying a label.
And if you're in this for investment purposes, you just kind of have to resign to the fact that you are buying a label if you want to maximize your returns.
And that is because the people you are selling for always want the best of the best.
This is why CGC had to do their whole label change because they weren't giving out 10s.
People want 10s, people need 10s.
That's why we got the pristine label now.
And if you kind of go back, like we grew up, when cards were or we were collecting i first met you cards are still relatively cheaper like high-end hits from watsi around three hundred dollars to a thousand dollars and then you had people buying nines for like fifty dollars um shout out to pfm And obviously our friend Dan, gotta catch them all.
They were very adamant they would not want to buy PSA 10s because in their mind, it was just like, why should I have to pay a premium for these minute differences between, which is also open to the interpretation of a grader who could just be having a bad day.
And I guarantee you, if you talk to those two, especially, I'm not just like, saying just Dan and, and PFM, uh, just, I'm not separating and trying to like make them stand out.
I'm just saying like, if you go back to those groups of people who just were dead set, they're just going to buy PSA nine.
I can almost guarantee you.
They all have regrets that they just didn't buy the tens.
You know what I mean? It's just, it's just, it's just the way it is.
People want the best of the best and that the best of the best has gone in that you had the biggest return.
And Dan posted a video recently that he had $10 million in sales in 2026 already.
And so just going to show you, even if you buy nines, like there is possibility, you know, to succeed and keep going.
But I would say with the nine comment, I would also just kind of keep that to PSA because they do have the money back guarantee.
They do have the buyback, the financial guarantee.
You know, PSA actually, you know, if you buy a week 10 and the case gets cracked, you send it back in and say, hey, this wouldn't be a 10 today.
You could actually get a payout, you know.
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