How I buy raw cards online 👍 My process w/ examples. What percentage are gradeable? eBay, COMC, PSA

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5 ай бұрын

Highlighting my process of buying raw cards online, eBay and comc. Going over order example, and showing what percentage are actually gradeable 🙌

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@KevinMN5981 5 ай бұрын

I’ve learned so much from you! I’ve been on an absolute tear with PSA submissions!

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely love to hear that! Keep it up 🤞😃 Great work

@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559 5 ай бұрын

I love this style of video, especially when you include the numbers. Please keep doing these. Can’t wait to see the follow up to see the grades and sale numbers.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I’ll definitely keep doing these 👌 Thanks for always being appreciative of my vids! I’m also excited to see how these grade out, especially that pippen gold

@user-ql4by3iw9d 5 ай бұрын

Cool vid! Your way of getting cards online is awesome. Thumbs up! 👍

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Can’t beat the comfort of your own home 👍 Happy collecting!

@crispee5265 5 ай бұрын

What a great informative video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Watching your videos I've gone from buying retail packs or boxes to now mostly buying singles. I still buy retail to rip but not as much as I used to. Thanks for all your videos that have help submit cards to PSA.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Love to hear that! Such a better investment buying singles instead of opening product 👍 eventually buying singles will become just as exciting. And don’t worry I still buy some retail to rip from time to time just to scratch the itch 👌 Thanks for all the support to my channel!

@Itzkassied 5 ай бұрын

Love your videos !! Keep them coming. 😊

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! I’ll keep crankin’ em out 🤪

@llamedica 5 ай бұрын

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Working from the bed!! Always appreciate LV vibes.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Working in bed is the best 😄 Thanks for enjoying my vibes 🙌

@Kohnbread19 5 ай бұрын

I ve learned a ton from your videos. I wish I had found them sooner! I just got a sumission back where I sent in a friend's card that had a hardly noticeable crescent dimple. I hadn't graded one with that before, so I assumed itd get a 9. It got a 6

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Yep…unfortunately those dang crescent dimples knock it down 4 grades 😬 Seems excessive to me, but just how it goes. They’re easy to spot once you know about them 👌 Glad my vids can help! Thanks for the support :)

@Kohnbread19 5 ай бұрын

@littlevictoriessportscards197 yup! But based on what I've seen SGC isn't as harsh on them. He is gonna resub to thek and hope for the best

@RawGradeFlip 5 ай бұрын

Love this video and a peak into the day to day. I use gixen for snipping but not sure it transfers over watchlist. The idea of that is great and gonna look into it.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Definitely look into it…it’s a game changer 👌 So many good deals auction style out there still

@3gslabs483 5 ай бұрын

Another great video bud! I think that I would guess that with my purchases off eBay that I would be about 50% gradeable as as well. Keep the great content coming.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

That’s good to know! 👍 And I think pretty fair…I’m good with that number. Have a great weekend!

@505memorabilia 5 ай бұрын

I kinda do the same thing. I put the max I’d pay in. I get about 35% of those. I look for more low level parallels of stars. Hopefully most are gradeable. Recently I’ve been buying bulk lots having pretty good luck. Takes forever to go through 1000 cards…one thing I learned from you that I didn’t think about that I started to do is go after stars & legends that their low end parallels are undervalued in their junk wax & 00s sets. Thanks for that tip. Great content! Appreciate all you do 🤘🤘

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Nice observation from my vids…low end serial numbered cards of legends stars and HOF’ers sell pretty well and often have low pops 👍 I used to love buying lots…so fun to go through all of them. I hope you find some gradeable cards 🤞

@paolosstore 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing your process. I am just getting into sending cards in for grading which I still need lot of experience in! This video was very helpful.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

You will love grading! And you get better at it with each order 👌 You might want to check back into my content for past vids about the grading process. Thanks for watching!

@paolosstore 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Haha thanks. I will definitely check out your other videos.

@shorebreakcards 5 ай бұрын

Fun video and some nice pickups! I cruise DCsports a bit but looks like you have a much better eye for picking out cards from them! I'm using my computer more to check out condition before buying all around, it's way more easier than using a phone. Thanks for the tips bud & take care ✌🏻

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Smart to use computer to view condition better 👌 I’m just glued to me phone 😭 Thanks for always watching and commenting Nick. Means a lot

@romeovaccarella3982 5 ай бұрын

Really good video. Actually just signed up too be an eBay seller for some stuff up there after selling most of my collection. Learning about flipping more really want to make it work. These videos help a ton!

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear! As long as you’re passionate about cards and work hard…you got this 👌 Glad my vids can help

@romeovaccarella3982 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 definitely am passionate about it only thing is if I want to buy at 70-80 percent of comps and other people want to buy at the same where is the money too be made especially with ebay fees. Know it’s slim margins maybe I just have to grade most stuff or try to sell on other sites. Idk lots too be figured out my friend🤣🤣

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Don't stress only about the margins and 70-80 percent comp battles. In the end it's about the players, the cards you're buying. Do your research and trust your gut :)@@romeovaccarella3982

@purplerainsportscards8472 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the great content

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for appreciating my content 🙌

@CardsByBryce 5 ай бұрын

A small tip to the make the endless scrolling on dc87 and others more efficient is to filter out all graded so you’re only looking at the raw

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Love that tip! But the only problem for me is that I also want to see the potential good deal slabs too 🤣

@raymondbarbosa3 4 ай бұрын

How do you filter graded from raw?

@Itzkassied 5 ай бұрын

Do you got a video of your work station. Ideas on how to be more organized for sport card sorting, selling on eBay , and how easily you make your ship float? If not I’d love to see what you do. 🙌🏼

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I don’t have one of those vids yet, but I like the idea. Hopefully in the future I’ll make one. Luckily I’ve been doing this so long everything runs smoothly 👌 Thanks for watching and the vid idea!

@shorebreakcards 5 ай бұрын

That Embid Prizm COLOR MATCH 🥂🤣

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

We do love our color matches 😄

@mcpw1818 5 ай бұрын

Great explanation! The missing ingredient is how you decide to set your snipe bids. Would love to hear about your formula or process for that.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Great point! In general my mind is at 50% of comps…that’s usually what I enter for my snipe. Unless I really really want the item 👍 I also imagine each item is a fixed price listing with a best offer option, then I think of what lowball offer I’d be good submitting, and that’s the snipe I put in 👌

@mcpw1818 5 ай бұрын

That’s very helpful to know. Thank you for sharing. Interesting that you still win a sufficient number of auctions bidding just 50% of comps, even with well known sellers who have high traffic. eBay auctions are the Wild West!

@BeyondtheBreakCollectors 5 ай бұрын

Great video as always! Working on something similar with COMC and other sellers listing “Near Mint or Better” and how many are actually grade able. Ive been doing more Buy It Now with comc, but if you win multiple auctions from cosigners do they ship all together?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Yes, the big consigners on eBay ship all auctions won together to save you money on shipping 👍 Usually it’s like .50 cents extra per card. Good luck on eBay and comc, hope you receive some gem mint cards 🤞

@CesarRipsForHits 5 ай бұрын

amazing content thank you!

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate you saying that 🙌 Happy collecting!

@nolanpaul52 5 ай бұрын

Great video thanks 🙏

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support always. I’m stoked you like my content 👌

@natesbreaks 5 ай бұрын

I really like your content. Thank you so much for sharing the details of grading. Do you have a video on how you clean the cards and prep for grading? Did you join PSA to get the $15 grading fee? I have started buying on COMC, eBay and at card shows. I want to grade but I’m nervous about guessing wrong on what might gem.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for enjoying my content 👍 much appreciated. I join PSA so I can get the monthly grading specials and be a part of their set registry :) I build sets on there 👌 I’m sure I have a how to prep cards for grading video…you might just need to check my channel for past vids. Also, starting to grade, submitting yourself is the best tool for getting better at it all. I recommend starting small, a 20 card order to start, get a feel for it, gain experience. It will only get better from there 🙌

@JimChair-zx4lu 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a video of you showing us how you pre-grade your cards? If not, would you be willing to make a video?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I’m sure I’ve made a video like that in the past, but I’ve made so many I have no idea which one it is lol 🤪 However, I’ve been getting requests for a clear video like that lately, so maybe I’ll make another one soon 👌 Keep an eye out for it :) Thanks for watching my content!

@TheCardHunter 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Have you picked up cards in breaks? Have you tried grading directly from PSA v shipping home to grade?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙌 I don’t join any breaks. But I always recommend having a card shipped back to you in-person before grading. That way you can clean/wipe it, and truly inspect it yourself for flaws 👍 Cards can come fresh out of packs with all sorts of flaws. Have a great weekend!

@ayeitskq 5 ай бұрын

The Luka was actually down as far as $330 in December, his market is up a little atm. There’s 2k gems and 2.5k PSA 9s… i think people are moving into low #’d more rare cards

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

The 86 jordan fleer, 89 upper deck Griffey, 93 Jeter, trout update, all mass produced cards but all iconic and highly recognizable, still sought after because of this. It’s my opinion this Luka even with its high pop counts will be iconic especially 10-15 years from now. But that’s just my opinion 👍

@ayeitskq 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 there’s no doubt its a $500+ card in the foreseeable future and beyond

@gradedcards5516 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 totally agree -- I bought a load of Luka rookies for $3 to $5 each back in early 2019...most have been graded, and haven't sold a single one...I am riding him out as I expect him to be top 10 in a lot of categories by the time is career is over

@pdxwax 5 ай бұрын

So would you say the Purdy looked “purdy good.” Had to make the dad joke. Love the breakdown/stats. You taking advantage of that MLB special?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Lol, love dad jokes! Get ready for your daughter to start getting embarrassed of ya…mine are just starting to 🤣

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I don’t do enough baseball so I’m holding off on this special. I’m hoping for a bball one come March 🤞

@pdxwax 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 haha, I can’t wait. Also, I’ve just started doing this card hustle full-time & my neck already hurts too bro.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Take those stretch breaks! And purchase a heating pad so you can be old like me lol. Congrats on doing this full-time. I'm 100% confident you will make it work and be successful. Plus you get more awesome time at home with your kiddo@@pdxwax

@tfan76 5 ай бұрын

have you ever trusted your eye and the picture quality on comc and try grading directly through comc or do you ship them all back and examine in person before sending in to PSA on your own?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

No never. I highly recommend not doing that 👍 It’s so hard to see surface flaws on pictures/scans of cards. Plus most cards need to be cleaned before submitting for grading 👌 Always recommend getting them shipped back to you so you can examine in person. Thanks for watching and the good question!

@Ben-lu1zf 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Dear Sir：Would you take a video to show us how to clean card? I didn't clean the card because I afraid to hurt card. Maybe that is why I got some bad scores from PSA. By the way, I had saw some video about fixing the corner and surface of the card but I don't think PSA will accept that.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Cleaning/wiping is very important. That's probably the reason you did get some lower scores. You need to get a nice microfiber cloth or those cloths used to wipe down glasses, and gently wipe the surface clean. If there are bigger smudges, you need to get the cloth a little damp and wipe, then wipe quickly off with dry cloth. Hope that helps. Thanks for the comments @@Ben-lu1zf

@arizonashane 4 ай бұрын

What’s your experience with very minor print lines on the back of a card - the ones often on Prizm or Optic cards that you can only see from certain angles with a bright light? Do cards with one or two of those still have a chance to gem?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 4 ай бұрын

As long as all other aspects of the card looks great, one or two print lines on the back is no big deal at all and can definitely still gem 💎 👌 Good luck!

@arizonashane 4 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Appreciate it!

@KevinMN5981 5 ай бұрын

I’ve had such bad luck with DCS. Even when I think they look gradable they show up with bad surface issues.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I find that they’re no worse than any other big eBay seller. They all have cards with flaws and gem mint cards 👍

@davidthecardcollector 5 ай бұрын

eBay question for you, in 2021 when selling on their platform I was asked to provide my SSN for tax reporting. I provided it and all was good up until today. I sold some stuff last year but not enough to cross 600 dollar threshold but this year I ramped up selling cards that I bought during the height of pandemic collecting that just needed to go. Well i crossed the 600 dollar threshold and I received a message saying my last funds were on hold until I gave them my SSN. I had eBay call me to discuss it because the new threshold was 5k this year and I had gave them the info once before. They told me it had nothing to do with 1099k and they just needed to verify my account with the information. I know they are lying or misinformed about it not being for 1099k. Do you know if this is like a yearly thing you have to update once you cross that 600 threshold?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I’m bad at answer tax stuff, sorry. But as long as it’s legitimately eBay asking you for your SSN number…I would trust them and assume they’re just doing a yearly update 👍 Congrats on your selling increase! Thanks for the comment and watching

@jackalopecards 5 ай бұрын

you must have a few orders at psa right now, are your orders dying in assembly as well?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Yes 😵 Got about 3 in assembly but did notice one got the checkmark ✅ in assembly, so that one should pop in a few days 😃

@Colin_ebay_2023 5 ай бұрын

What eBay auction tool do you use to bid for you?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

EZsniper 👌 It works great! Thanks for watching

@KevinRoss-ch3fv 5 ай бұрын

good vid

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the comment and support 🙌 Have a great weekend!

@mc386106 5 ай бұрын

Did you notice with any January special orders a stricter grading scale on some and not on others? Even more so than normal, particularly to the point of many more 8s and below than you’d ever expected? I’m just trying to figure out how I went from always being 70%+ for Gem Mint to a 30% Gem rate and several 7s and handful of 8s. I’m always extremely careful with grading because I don’t want those grades.

@gradedcards5516 5 ай бұрын

most likely due to so many new people getting into the hobby and not knowing how to properly inspect their cards...it's been going on for a few years now...people complain about their grades during their reveals...and I can't tell you how many times they complain, flip the card over and then say "well, i guess it could be because of the back corners" -- people think every card should be in a PSA 10 holder...it just isn't realistic

@mc386106 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, but this isn’t my first rodeo and this happened to me. I’m very careful about the inspection of cards to ensure they are of sufficient quality to grade. You’re seemingly implying PSA never has consistency problems. You can’t really think that can you?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t notice a wide discrepancy of grades between my orders 👍 I sent in about 10 and all were strict but consistent. Only one order was more lenient. Not sure what happened with your orders, sorry to hear that. Hopefully your orders will get back on track 🤞

@mc386106 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197I guess my question is whether they were in line with your experience. I’ve done enough to feel this was way off for me, but you have more experience to suggest whether the results were strict across the board in a way that isn’t normal for you.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I would say they were in line with my typical experience especially with their monthly specials. They seem to grade the popular specials a little more strict than usual, so everything across the board seemed normal to me. I still have 3 more new years specials in assembly, so I'll let you know if things change :)@@mc386106

@michaeldenzer6024 5 ай бұрын

Getting old? Yea, i hear ya.... great video.....

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate the support and comments. I’ve been feeling old lately 😅

@Trashton 5 ай бұрын

how does using a sniping service differ from placing a max bid through ebay?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

The sniping service differs because it bids for you at the last second, so people don’t have the time to keep bidding up to your max bid 👍 I recommend using a sniping service 🙌

@NoBLeDiGgLeR 5 ай бұрын

I suggest the opposite on P.O.S. use cheating apps it's like being a kid with a rare card salting it ro a P.O.S. dealer who buys it off the boy for pennies and resale it for 1000s$ without telling the boy the value weak game lames play!*

@davemarnell8871 5 ай бұрын

It's a performance enhancer and unethical.

@Happylights0828 Ай бұрын

So when you win a bunch of auctions from the same person. Do they combine shipping for you so it’s cheaper also?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 Ай бұрын

Dcsports87 and the other big consigners on eBay definitely combines for ya to save you money 👍 And a lot of times you have a 7 day buying period where they still combine ship for ya. The smaller sellers on eBay don’t always combine ship, so definitely message them before bidding and ask them if they combine ship to save you money 🙌 Hope that helps! Thanks for watching! LV

@Happylights0828 Ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 appreciate the help! New to the card game and your videos have been a huge help and enjoyable to watch!

@arizonashane 5 ай бұрын

When you consign with COMC, do you have them sell your cards thru auction format or BIN?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I sell on COMC through the regular BIN style 👍 Although I have noticed their auctions on eBay sell for pretty high prices because you can use comc credit to pay for them 👌

@arizonashane 5 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Does COMC let you decide on which format and how to price your cards?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 4 ай бұрын

definitely, yes to both. You can auction on ebay with them, or sell fixed price with best offer, and you set the price. I really enjoy comc overall. good luck!@@arizonashane

@arizonashane 4 ай бұрын

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Appreciate it!

@kichamp 5 ай бұрын

If I’m not bidding against shills then it must be you! Very similar practices and tastes.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Great minds 🙌 Hope you’ve been winning some great deals too!

@kichamp 5 ай бұрын

I definitely bid on that Justin upton and Bibby. Funny

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Great taste. That Bibby was clean, looks like a gem hopefully@@kichamp

@michaeldenzer6024 5 ай бұрын

Nice Luka! I dont have 1....Lol

@damiandoughman4478 5 ай бұрын

Do you find selling raw cards on COMC to be better than ebay? I have been looking at selling through COMC as well.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

I find selling lower end cards to be better on COMC 👍 Higher end still eBay. But what’s also nice about COMC is that you can have comc link your item to be for sale on eBay too 👌 You just can’t field best offers. Hope I could help. Thanks for the view!

@damiandoughman 5 ай бұрын

Always! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@michaeldenzer6024 5 ай бұрын

How often you grade to psa? Monthly???

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Probably around 200-300 cards per month. Less if no grading special

@michaeldenzer6024 5 ай бұрын

How much you spend per month? Buying?

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Probably spend around $7-8k a month 👍

@dorkin_aint_easy 5 ай бұрын

How do you know you're not getting other peoples ungradable cards? I just assume every single card online was pre-graded and failed.

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Just too many cards and too many people out there for every card or every collector to think about grading a card 👍 Especially for cards valued under $25 bucks, a lot of people still don’t consider grading lower end cards 👌 Thanks for the comment, and good question

@drewlog 5 ай бұрын

Look at what else the seller has for sale. If they have a lot of graded cards for sale and only a few are ungraded, chances are those raw cards have flaws. I typically only buy raw cards from sellers that sell a lot of ungraded stuff. And stay away from consignors if your goal is to find pristine cards. They aren’t bad to buy from as long as you keep expectations in check.

@JimChair-zx4lu 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah that’s true. Most people don’t look at their cards I’ve heard there’s like a $10 card you could see online but if you manage to get PSA 10 it could go for like 100 yeah, basically you probably would wanna check all your good cards even if they’re a few dollars worth

@michaeldenzer6024 5 ай бұрын

Sales per mo? On ebay.....

@littlevictoriessportscards197 5 ай бұрын

Probably around $15-$16k a month in sales