See, I have this giant collection of Pokémon trading cards (probably over 2,000), some of them immensely valuable, and I have no need for them. I reckon if I sell 50% of the cards I can make over US $200 - as I have some rare ones (Japanese, and one completely holographic but AUTHENTIC rhunic-written card etc). I'm currently cataloguing them into a database I constructed.
Is this idea worth it? I know there still are collectors, but I'm stuck in the mid-east (I mean Israel, not Kansas!) and I don't know whether the transaction will be properly made on both parts. How can I know?
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Are you worried about getting paid, or just making the sale? Also, do you want to sell all of them to one person, or just a few here and there?
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To make sure that you get paid, you could use paypal (and perhaps require that funds come from the balance in the paypal account or from a checking account - as opposed to a credit card).
To make sure they get the item when you send it to them, I'd suggest requiring insurance on it (especially if it's valuable) and sending it via a method that allows you some sort of delivery confirmation (if someone claims they didn't receive the item, PayPal will refund their money unless you have confirmation that it was delivered).
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Thanks, everyone, but there's one tiny problem:
Different collectors are searching for different cards, and most of my cards are basic stuff. I have no energy to design my own decks for collective sale, and i want to get the most money, even if it leavs me with a bunch of worthless cards.
On eBay there's a given thing I'm selling, and I can't offer them a variety of options - only one (or more, which means that different cards go seperately). I could start an auction on a collectors' forum, but it's not a very secure way. I can only offer one combination of cards, and that's that.
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