Why does everyone into pokemon investing masquerade as financially independent and Uber rich?
It's very odd. I'm a guy in my early 30s, by most accounts I would be considered decently middle class. I make 95k a year, have over 220k saved and another 40k in a work 457b plan. I own a modest house and have low monthly expenses. Even stockpiling 5500 a month away, I wouldn't drop the kind of money I'm seeing ppl drop on cards.
1100 for a modern pika still in print, multiple thousands for random gengars, most still in print. I don't buy the argument that everyone involved in pokemon investing is a multi millionaire doing it for the love of the hobby and just likes shiny cardboard. It feels more insidious than that. Weird adult neckbeards waiting hours and hours to buy out product for ebay sales, only for people to buy it and gamble on ripping a load of bulk trash.
What's with the weird vibes and culture in pokemon cards now? It's like a bunch of dudes calling people broke because they can't drop 500+ dollars on a random card that still has years left in print.