Excited for another, conversation here. Passion and profession. It seems like I'm starting all of these chats off the same way where introducing someone who I bought a lot of cards from, and I know that is true about today's guests.

I am joined by Nick and Chris from the quick consign team. I'm sure if you're out there listening, you've bought cards from them.

On eBay, we're gonna dig into kind of the history of the company, the story, what they're up to, how they're organized, and hit five cards that are on their eBay store right now.

But without further ado, Chris, Nick, welcome. How are you guys? We're good, man. Thanks for having us. We appreciate, the opportunity.

So I was, I as I do, researching a little bit before each of these episodes, went to the website. And the biggest thing that stood out to me out of the gates was twenty one years in business and 1,100,000 items sold.

That is a lot of items sold, but I think most notably, twenty one years in any industry is significant, especially in the hobby.

So, Chris, I'd love to learn maybe, like, the start twenty one years ago. What was going on? How did this idea pop up in your brain? Yeah. I'm trying to think of what was a my early twenties.

Basically, for me, like, this started even before that. I can remember the late eighties being at the card shows when the boom you know, the the kind of the first boom happened, with my dad.

We'd be ripping packs, looking for the 89 upper deck Griffey. You know, it was something I always enjoyed.

I always was into sports, and just the fact that you could collect your favorite players, you know, on, like, a little card and, you know, as, like, a collectible and have that on hand was always intriguing to me.

You know, it kinda it kinda was a hobby, for me off and on until, my early twenties.

And then I started doing more eBay, which which is what you're referring to in twenty one years, like, is when we you know, I kinda started, like, doing you know, I would get stuff.

I would buy collections opportunity with people you know, I've always been big on, like, people, providing a service for people and, like, stuff that people don't have the time to do themselves or don't necessarily wanna do themselves.

So I started by going around kinda like the local card stores, and just saying, hey.

I can list cards for you, you know, stuff that you don't wanna deal with, whatever it is. Like, we can you know, I can get them up. It was on my phone at first and just hand typing everything in.

It was very prehistoric. It looked very time consuming. And, you know, that kinda grew over the years as we gain more and more customers, you know, into something that was starting be starting to become lucrative, for us.

And then, you know, since then, we've kinda merged. We've taken on, you know, another company that's been very helpful in, like, the quantities of cards that we're able to list, you know, continue to form their relationship with eBay.

And then, you know, ultimately, like, that's kinda brought us to where we are today.

But it was it's always been something that, like, you know, I I can still remember as a kid, like, doing it with my father and and not for, you know, monetary reasons, just for the for the joy of it, you know, to sit there with them, open packs, and pull the cards we were looking for and then collect them.

We put them in binders. You know, my dad was big on sets as a lot of old timers kinda are.

You know? And then it kinda took off in 2020 where it was just got, you know, really big when COVID happened, and we seem to be growing, at a at a, you know, pretty substantial pace.

You know, even month by month, we're constantly looking for ways to add new business, to we're constantly running promotions, just kinda you know, we've been given kind of a fee break by eBay, and we we like to pass that on to our customers, you know, so that not everybody has to pay the full percentage to sell their cards.

You know? And like I said, not everybody has time. You know? A lot of the a lot of a lot of our customers, they just they like to break, and then they just like to send, and that's it.

And then they like to get paid, and it's just as simple as that. And I think we've, like, mastered the art of, like, simplifying that whole, process for them.

So they're able to, you know, streamline, like Piv kinda touched on. We we formed relationships with breakers, partnerships, and that's been kinda substantial for us.

And and and currently in the process of planting employees, we've already done one in Florida on-site just to be able to expedite the process for people. And so, yeah, that's kinda kinda been the evolution of it.

We're just constantly trying to evolve with the market, you know, be competitive, and just, you know, kinda list as many cards as we can and get them out in an efficient time and, try to keep everybody happy.

You know? But it's something that I enjoy doing.

It never really feels like work even now. You know? It just it feels like I'm I'm, like, kinda living what my dream was, and that's just to be around cards and to buy cards and to sell cards and to go to the shows.

I mean, we do a lot of the shows. Me and Seth, which is one of my other business partners, we spent, you know, the two years during COVID.

We did the you know, all the Dallas shows, Chicago, Vegas, Miami, the National, and then we just, you know, formed relationships with people.

I think what sets us apart is that, like, you know, I've I've always stressed to, like, the guys. Like, we're never too big to have a conversation with somebody.

Like, even me as the owner, like, I people can have my cell phone and call me, and if they have issues, like, we'll get it handled. We'll we'll own it if we're, like, made a mistake, and, like, that's that's key to me.

And, like, we just our biggest thing is, like, we just we can fix it. Like, we're human. Like, we make mistakes. Stuff happens. But personal relationships, I think, is what's kinda driven this so far for us.

So back, when you first started, like, maybe that twenty one years ago on eBay and thinking about that with other people doing what you're doing, I'd imagine, like, the space the opportunity was really big, and the space was very scarce in terms of consignment shops as opposed to what it is today.

So maybe, like, talk about that landscape, you know, back then twenty one years ago and kinda opportunities and observations you made in order to get to where you are today.

Yeah. I mean, it definitely was a lot different. There wasn't you know, I'm trying to think twenty one years ago.

I don't even know if Rick was around back then. I don't remember seeing him on eBay, but I'm sure he was. But, you know, it was it was definitely people didn't have very many options.

A lot of people did their own eBay, and that's how I kinda started out as doing my own eBay, kinda mastered, like, the whole process of eBay over, like, trial and error over the years, and then was able to kinda pass that on to, like, clients, to create, like, a seamless process for them, as opposed to you know, now you have, you know, the biggest sellers on eBay are all consignment businesses.

You know? So it's like, it's definitely a different world. A lot more competition. It's, you know, kinda created, like, you know, very competitive rates, you know, smaller margins on stuff.

But yeah. And that's, you know, kinda all happened. Like, when COVID happened, the industry just kinda tripled, honestly, if not quadrupled, and still continues to grow.

But I see, like, there's point even with, like, the DCs and the MCs and the Proppsteins, like, there's still plenty of opportunities. Like, you can see we do, you know, anywhere from 20 to 25 auctions a week.

You know, DC is probably double that if not close to double that. And then, you know, with the other consignors and everybody seems to be kinda coexisting and, you know, I know that I'm close with, Kyle over at DC.

We talk, you know, every now and then about stuff. You know, it's never really Mike, MC is, like, one of my good friends. It's never really been, like, a competitive thing.

They started to open it up, you know, based on people's numbers probably in, like, 02/2018, '2 thousand '19 where they started to offer, like, like, a better rates for high volume or, you know, clients that were doing a certain amount, which at the time I did fall into the we did fall into the threshold, but I can remember, like, you know, sending an email.

I never received the email of, like, hey.

You know, we're gonna give you this opportunity. You know? I I remember sending an email every day for six months to eBay saying like, hey. If you could give me just a little bit of a break on our fees, like, we can hire more people.

We can expand. You know, this is ultimately, like, better for everybody. Like, everybody's gonna make more money, and that email, like, went unanswered for six months.

And then finally, you know, the last email I remember sending, it was Gordon Chang back then, was, you know, hey, Gordon. Like, I wanna, you know, we wanna continue to grow this, like, with eBay.

If you can't help me with this, can you point me in the direction of somebody who can? And, like, he called me two days later and was like, I looked at your account. We're gonna give you an opportunity. So they just they gave us a goal.

We exceeded the goal. They gave us another goal. We exceeded that goal and just, like, continue to set, you know, high expectations on ourselves and high goals on ourselves, and we we we, continue to meet those every year.

But it's, yeah, it's definitely a different space now. Like I said, more competitive. In my opinion, you just have to do something, like, better than your competition.

Like, that's always how I've been. Like, it doesn't matter if there's a million people doing what you're doing. If you're doing it better than 999,000, you know, of those people, like, that's what sets you apart.

You know? And to me, like, what's kinda set us apart is, like, customer relationships. Like, you know, we don't leave emails unanswered. We don't not address issues when they come up.

I'm very OCD about, like, maintaining that and, like, making sure that, like, you know, within reason, our customers on both ends, like, the people that send us stuff and the people that buy stuff, are are happy and taken care of, and go above and beyond.

You know? Sometimes if, like, their package gets lost, it's not on us, but we will refund the person just because it's like to me, that's like it's not on them either, you know, and, like, we're a bigger company.

We can absorb, you know, a little bit of a loss, every now and then. So it's, like, kinda just like setting yourself apart in a way where, you're just doing something and being, you know, more available than your competition is.

So I I I welcome the competition, honestly. Like, it's it's grown. Like I said, there's more and more companies.

Everybody seems to wanna do consignment now. It seems to be, like, the easy way for people to, like, sell cards on eBay is by listing other people's cards. It's not always easy for people to, you know I mean, we travel a lot.

We buy a lot. So we constantly have, like, a revolving inventory, but it's not always easy for everybody to constantly be coming across cards on a day to day basis to be able to sell.

So I think that that, you know, plays a huge part in it. But, yeah, I don't I've never really had any issue. It's definitely, like, a lot more competition now, but I just that kinda pushes us.

You know? We just have to be better, like, if we're, you know, not, if we're not work if it's not working in an in a certain, aspect of our business, like, we just have to improve that, and we have to make that a priority.

And then, ultimately, like, it it speaks for itself. It speaks volumes. You know? I think, like, when somebody can call the owner of the company, I know there's a lot of owners you can't call and talk to about issues.

But, you know, my phone's always been on to, you know, from a a guy that can signs a million a year to a guy that buys a dollar card on eBay.

It doesn't matter to me. Like, those are all customers, and those are all, you you know, maybe potential future customers, and word-of-mouth is very big in business. And I just you know? And Piv can kind of attest to this.

We just wanna always make sure that people are taken care of within reason, you know, and that we're handling the issues that they may have, and and that's that's what kinda, I think, sets us apart a little bit.

But, yeah, definitely a different space now than it was twenty years ago. Not that I remember twenty years ago too much, but, I'm right there with I'm right there with you.

I wanna I wanna hit on the, the, pandemic. Although maybe not a bright spot in our history. The pandemic, I think, is always an interesting topic from a hobby business perspective.

Right? The hobby exploded. We saw record highs across the board, but I'm always curious just on the hobby business front, like, how that changed things for quick consign?

Like, what sorts of decisions did you make during that time to make sure not only you were stable, but you were in an in a mode where you you could continue to scale? It was sacrifice. Honestly, I sacrificed percentages.

I started the company a % owner, and then I've sacrificed percentages of the company to to scale because I'd rather have a smaller percentage of a bigger piece of the pie than, you know and and I knew my limitations.

You know? I was in Vermont. Not a ton of not a ton a ton of card guys in Vermont. You know, there's a few, but it was like, it's not easy to find guys to, like, be able to list cards, do titles, do shipping.

So we're kinda limited. It it blew up overnight. We would be, you know, we would be, you could buy a card on eBay, and by the time it got to you, it would be worth 20% or 30% more than what you paid for. You know?

Are you sending cards degrading that, you know, you would think would be you know, now would be, like, $10. 15 dollar cards. You were getting a hundred or $200 for them back then. So I think that that's kinda been a big thing for us.

You know, it's first started with me giving up 50% that added we doubled our business, when we did that and then ultimately giving up a little bit more of a percentage of my ownership stake and our ownership stake to kind of absorb, like, Piv and his team.

And with that brought, like you know, we went from, like, two to 4,000 cards a week, like I said, to 20 to 25,000 cards a week now.

And that's like, we're not even at, like, our limit. You know? Oh. You know, I think our ideal limit would be somewhere in the 30 to 40,000 a week is what we'd like to see happen.

So, you mean this year. Right? What's that? So you mean this year. Right? Yeah. This year. Yeah. Yeah. So, basically, it's just been about sacrifice.

You gotta look at the bigger picture, I think, in anything, in business, in anything in life is, like, what's the bigger picture? It's chess. It's not checkers. You know? So what's three moves ahead? What's four moves ahead?

Like, where's the industry going? The breaking got big. You know? So we made the decision to start partnering with some breakers because we wanted, like, direct breaker to consignment. And so I think that that definitely helped.

But, yeah, it took it took some sacrifice of, like, you know, what I ultimately owned in the company to, like, create what we have now, which is, you know, a lot more consistent, a lot more stable. Like, we don't run out of cards.

We consistently have that many cards coming in every week, and we're consistently listing them, and we're consistently growing, you know, either staff wise and and, you know, what we're able to do and, you know, what we're able to kinda list on a weekly basis and ship and all that.

So, yeah, sacrifice was a big thing, I think, for me.

You mentioned, the relationships you've developed with kind of the channel partner, and those channel partners are the are the breakers and going to shows, getting out there in market.

Is there with there's two things there, but is there anything additionally that you QuickConsign has leaned into just to to gain further exposure and to continue to keep your brand top of mind with, you know, new collectors who might be learning about consignment for the first time?

Yeah. I think, like, the the future is in, like, social media. Like, we're big on, like we're constantly posting. We're constantly posting promotions, promotions leaning towards, like, both new customers and existing customers.

But I think, like, it's just like, the more you post, the more I see it. And, you know, and then and then ultimately, like, word-of-mouth.

It's like we've formed, you know, those relationships we formed in those two years during COVID, like, doing all the shows has led to them talking to their friends and, you know, a lot of referral stuff has happened in that time.

And, like, that's ultimately, like, I think, you know, what's helped the growth, is just doing good business, being honest to people and by people and four people, you know, having integrity and just owning your mistakes.

Like, at the end of the day, I said we're, you know, like I said, we're just human and, like, mistakes happen. But, you know, you're always able to call us and be like, hey.

This title doesn't work for me or, hey. You know, I can't my package is lost in transit or whatever the case may be. And, like, we're we're ultimately able to address that stuff within a day or two.

You know? And to add to that, just quickly, I think that one of the things that you might not sort of immediately go to when it comes to sort of developing that brand identity and trust, proof of concept.

We talked to so many people, whether it's digitally or in person, and, you know, they might have a massive collection of cards that they're thinking about selling or a massive collection of cards that they inherited that they don't want.

And rather than pushing for the envelope, all that we ask is that you give us a shot. Take 10 cards that you don't care about.

Send it to us, see how it works. When we do good business like we do and we do it quickly and we do it efficiently and you can get a hold of us and sort of everything happens where you have to do nothing.

Essentially, once you get signed up, you send your cards, you get a paycheck.

The problem there is do it for us. So once people see that, it becomes a much easier conversation, especially at shows and things like that when people don't know who you are.

If you can get that proof of concept in the way, now all of a sudden those people are are the ones going out telling everybody else about what a great thing this is.

What what are you how do you view, I don't know, customer service and support? I feel like in the industry, one of the biggest differentiators, like, good companies have is, like, excellent communication.

And some companies just choose not to communicate, and that leads to bad experiences. So maybe talk about just, like, how you view the customer service at QuickConsign and just, like, the role communication plays in that.

I think that's a % accurate. I mean, one of the things, like, my dad taught me, you know, because he was in business, was like, if you don't take care of the customer, somebody else will.

Like, people have other options, especially in this day and age. So it's like it's like first and foremost to us that we address stuff, that we handle stuff that people are happy.

I mean, very rarely do we have unless somebody's just, like, very unreasonable. Like, we don't have this generally don't have a situation that we can't rectify for somebody.

You know? So that ultimately has to be, like, the first thing that, like, we go to is, like, without our customers, we're not in business. You know? And and that's on both ends.

That's if, like, people are not getting their cards because our shipping time is a week behind, and that's if, like, people aren't getting their cards listed because our ship our listing time is two weeks behind or a week behind or whatever.

So it's just like keeping that as priority to me and to Piv, I think, as well is that, like, that's our main focus is and and we have people in place that specifically handle, like, the customer to customer relationships.

You know? Constantly monitoring emails, constantly answering, you know, the phone, and just and just working out whatever issues people may have. And, like, people's kinda saying, like, the actions speak for themselves.

You know? We have a lot of repeat customers. Very rarely do we have people that send us stuff and are like, you know, oh, I'm never sending anything to these guys again because of this.

You know? It's like anybody that we generally get as a customer, we keep long term, because I do think our customer service sets us apart.

It's something that I feel like it's gotten lost, and that's, like, with any industry over the last ten years is, like, a lot of businesses don't really care anymore.

You know? It's like, just go somewhere else. And, like, that shouldn't be the attitude you have in business because without those people, like, you're not in business, and I don't think a lot of people get that concept.

So, like, that's that's, like, a hard line for us is that, like, the customer needs to be taken care of. Because, especially, you know, like, we've talked about, there's a lot of other options.

Like, you could send your cards any you know, to a number of different other consignors and and, you know, and have them do it, if you're not. If you're not do it yourself.

So if we're not providing a service that makes your life easier, then we're not doing anything because you could do it yourself. Yeah. And just add on what you were saying, like, in 2025, customer service is considered what?

In addition, an additive, something that can be AI generated or outsourced. Customer service is a philosophy for us, and it starts from the top down. So Chris and myself, it's the one thing that we don't bend a break on.

And I think that customer service isn't an outreach thing either. It's not just about touching every customer that has an issue. It's about the quality of the customer service. Right? Actually resolving the issue.

Maybe going the extra mile, maybe us actually losing a couple of bucks to make sure that customer walks away feeling okay. Yeah. That ratio level of quality is, to me, just as important as getting back to you quickly.

Because when I get an issue with a big Fortune five hundred and I get a robotic email that says we've received your request, and we'll get back to you in seventy two hours, that doesn't do anything for me.

Right? So, you know, we we answer emails within an hour during workdays. We have somebody who's answering emails twenty four hours a day. We have a phone line that people can call, and there's no call waiting or queue.

You just get a hold of a person. And if I'm sitting next to that person, which a lot of the times I am, they can pass the phone on to me and you can talk to me about any issue that you have.

So to me, it's like, it it is actually a baseline top down philosophy. You have to be built to do it to do customer service correctly.

Yeah. And all channels, like, we our DMs are open on Instagram. Our our Facebook, direct messages are always open. You know, as well as, like, there's a lot of people that have, like, my number directly.

And I may not know not always know the answer, but I can always direct them to somebody who can handle their issue within an hour or two. You know? We have a store, actually.

I opened a store in 02/2018, and, like, somehow the store number got linked there sometimes. And a lot of people call the store and about consignment stuff when it's like and so we still handle that kind of stuff.

It's just having all the channels, you know, available to our customers, like so they're able to, like, you know, go to our website or Google search us.

And if they're having an issue, they have a couple phone numbers they can call, an email they can send.

They can go on to Instagram and send a DM, which we answer, you know, almost immediately and, you know, or Facebook or or, you know, whatever the other channels that we use to kinda constantly, communicate with our customers.

So I love that. I love the focus in on the customer. I think probably the industry I'm I'm my observation is the industry is doing more of that, which I think is really good.

And seems like just from a a big hobby business or industry, more focused on the customer, we're seeing prices stabilize and, you know, big sales across the board in different categories.

I'd love to learn about kinda just your thoughts on the current state of the market, the current state of the industry.

Maybe, like, what are what are some of the things that really excite you as a business owner, in this space right now?

I mean, I think the phonetic stuff excites me a little bit. The fact that they're making more products, they're getting more people to sign.

I mean, you've seen, like, you know, them form partnerships with people that really haven't signed a ton of cards over the years, or, you know, and and that's putting those autographs and cards in the hands of the collectors, you know, kinda kind of a lot more kids that I see getting into it, like the the younger generation, which, you know, in my opinion, like, before COVID, it was, like, the majority of my customers.

And, like, for the most part, during COVID, we're, like, you know, middle aged business owners that were just, like, kinda breaking cards and just kinda, you know, I don't I I have a hundred cards that I got out of this case, and I only want one of them, you know, type of deal.

So, you know, I think the fact that it's, like, viewed as, like, an alternative investment is is very good too.

It's like, you know, it's like a almost like a secondary stock market with cards where it's like, yeah, it goes up and down on a daily basis.

You know? So you you had when COVID happened, you had a lot of, like, influencers come into the market, which ultimately, like, they were speaking directly to, like, you know, a different type of client.

And that and that kinda brought in, like, the idea that, like, hey. I can buy this card for 6 figures today and sell it in a year for, you know, buy it for a hundred thousand and sell it in a year for 300,000 type of deal.

You know? So it kinda kinda kinda turned to, like, just, kinda collecting a piece of cardboard to, like, putting a piece of cardboard in a safe, you know, as, like, a stock almost and then seeing what you could cash it in for.

You know, it is very volatile and, like, people, you know, do lose money sometimes doing that.

But, in my mind, it's no different than, like, a Michael Jordan limited logos is, like, no different than, like, a piece of artwork. You know? Like, and like a famous piece of artwork.

You know? It's it's, like, just like a highly coveted card. Not very many out there. High demand for it. And and seems to, like, always go up, you know, over the years because there's just, like, they end up in private collections.

No no different than artwork or or, you know, rare coins or anything like that. And then, you know, ultimately, it could be three, four years before it's sold, and then it's, you know, three x what it sold for three years ago.

You know? So I think that that's like you got a lot of stock market guys, and they were like, oh, you know, we we do the stock market thing all the time. You know, let's let's take some of our money and try this with sports cards.

You know? So I think that that definitely helped, with the boost. You know? But yeah. No. I think the overall like, I see the I see the industry going in a good direction.

I think that, you know, there's a lot of unknowns, especially with, like, wax allocation and, like, stuff like that where, you know, some of the smaller stores might not survive, like, this whole fanatics, like, changeover thing.

You know? So I think it's, like, something you constantly have to be evolving.

Like, you know, if they want your store to look like a certain type of way or they want you to do things a certain type of way, then you have to evolve to, like, as, like, the industry evolves, you know, in my opinion.

So So you have, we're gonna get into five cards that are on the quick consign store, in one second. But before we do that, I always like to kinda dig into this.

Is there a card or a moment over the last, I don't know, year or so that came through quick consign and sold, and it was just memorable, whether it was the price, the card itself.

Like, is there a specific card that stands out in your mind? And I know just based on the volume, there's a a ton of cards, but trying to figure out if there's one moment or moments that stand out to you over the last year.

I just did it. You got something on that one? Last year during the NFL playoffs, not this past year, but the year before, we sold the the black finite prism, Lamar Jackson, rookie auto for $50. That was fun.

It was cool to be in that moment and kinda ties into what Chris was saying about how there's so many different avenues for people to enjoy this hobby, which is like there's that guy who's watching the playoffs and selling his big card.

And then a few months later, we sold, which was really cool for me. I think it was a 1917 Honus Wagner. Went for an absurd amount of money.

I can't remember off the top of my head. But for me, you know, knowing the lore from when I was a kid of who Wagner was, and then if you got your hands on a Wagner rookie card, it was the the holy grail.

And we got to, you know, I got to hold one in my hands. We got to sell it and and be the ones to take care of that. So those two really stood out for me for sure.

I love I I think there's a perception with some collectors that, like, you know, eBay isn't the place to to sell cards that are 10 k and above, but, you know, I spent some time over the past week digging through some data in card ladder and realized that there's a significant amount of cards that sell month over month on eBay for 10 k or above.

Maybe just, like, talk to that. I'm I'm sure a majority of your cards don't fit within that threshold, but I feel like more and more I'm seeing bigger bigger and more significant cards selling on eBay than maybe ever before.

I think that's the audience. So it's like what grabs those cards.

It's like nobody's, in my opinion, is, like, ever gonna compete with eBay, you know, on, like, how many eyes are gonna be on your cards. It says, like, a worldwide market, worldwide following. It's been around forever.

You know, where we've run into struggle sometimes is, like, the the people that do this for a business and, you know, we have to charge a fee and, like, a company that's, like, not connected with eBay may be able to give you, like, a 5% of the sale price versus, like, we're taking 95% of the know, you're only receiving 95 with us.

I do feel like we have, you know, room to grow, as an industry and, like, trying to bring more bigger cards over to eBay.

You know? And I think they are working on that. And I think, like, you know, I think we do get a lot of cards where people, like, lose three, four, five percent just because they wanna they like dealing with us.

They like to be able to call and be like, hey. You know, like, I want this card listed Tuesday night at 10:00 on a five day, to end during the Super Bowl.

And, like, that's not always the case with, like, some of the other, like, auction houses that are separate from eBay where it's like they just run, like, a standard, you know, monthly auction or a standard weekly auction, and it's every day.

And there's not a lot of accommodation there. So that kinda ties into, like, customer service. Like, you can pick the night of the week that you want your cards to go live with us.

You can pick the time. You can pick, you know, how you want the title. I mean and we pick guys like, do you mind if I'll send you a spreadsheet of the titles of, like, how I want my cards titled?

Sure. Like, we you know, it's like, that's very helpful. Like, it saves everybody time, and we can ultimately get them listed quicker.

So I think that, you know, you are seeing more bigger and bigger cards coming to eBay, and that's, like, based on like, I'd like to think that's based on a lot of, like, the personal relationships that we formed, but it's not because, like, sometimes those people have the option for, like, a golden or a fanatics weekly, and they get more money, but they just choose not to do so because, you know, it's like we've been a part of the like, this before was, like, booming like it is now.

You know? And we do know a lot of people, and we do associate with a lot of people on a daily basis and do a lot of business with a lot of people.

And, like, a lot of people, I think, that, you know, may give up 4% knowing that they have the peace of mind that, like, their cards are gonna be handled in the way that they wanna they specifically want them to be handled.

You know? So I think that's where we grab a lot of those bigger cards.

You know, it's just like, you know, where we can't compete sometimes is the fact that we do have to charge, and other companies can give you over a % of the sale price. You know? Yeah. What if I jump the flyers for you?

Brett, can I do the rare thing and ask you a question? Go for it, man. Two very quick ones. If you won the lottery tomorrow and you wanted to hit your holy grail card, where are you going to search for it? I'm I'm going to eBay.

Yeah. And number two, if you go somewhere else and you notice that there's a 20% buyer's premium on the thing that you're buying, are you gonna bid about 80% of what you would elsewhere? I'm always very, conscious about that decision.

Yes. I think that I don't I think it's, you know, I don't wanna disrespect the audience of people buying and selling cards to think that they won't factor that into the final sale prices of things.

Obviously, I appreciate the model, and I think the model works really well. I think that for other industries, it works really well. I think for certain niche cards that have a very small specific market, it makes a lot of sense.

I think for the Lamar Jackson one one rookie finite auto, I don't think it's I don't think that guy lost a dollar selling it on eBay versus some place else.

Alright. I think that you wanted to buy that card, whether or not they ended up buying it on eBay, they would certainly what do you better look for?

So in my mind, the audience and the the eyeballs, especially on a hot second item like that, are gonna matter just as much as anything else.

No doubt. Let's let's, talk about maybe some cards that are on the quick consign store. We've got some that are, best offer, and we've got some auctions.

So we'll run through five of these. The first one's, you know, I I'd consider a heavy hitter. One of the, hobbies, maybe most identifiable baseball cards, the '55 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie autograph, PSA3Auto7Pop 2.

I mean, I don't know. You pull people and you say, like, name 10 cards in the hobby. Like, this probably is gonna come up quite a bit. So maybe talk about this Roberto Clemente card.

Yeah. There's like you I mean, there's not a lot of them out there. You just don't see them. I mean, the backstory behind that is they walked up to a a buddy of mine's table at I think it was the National.

They were able to buy it raw, grade it, and then we offer best offer, on on you know, to our customers, and they they they wanted to throw it up on a best offer, and just kinda see what they get for it.

You know, what kind of offers come in?

It's been listed, I think, about a month now, maybe a little longer. Give us a give us a peek behind the curtain on, with a card like this, such a big profile, something you don't see everything every day, offers turned on.

Like, what does that look like? You said it's been up for about a month. What is that what it what kinda, you know, offers and communication are you getting from the market with something like this?

It's a very niche card. Like, you're very limited on, like, the guys that are you know? I feel like it's, like, probably less than, like, 15 guys in the world that would be looking to, like, add this type of card to their collection.

So we haven't seen any offers. We've seen, you know, messages based on, like, you know, will you trade?

Like, can we do half and half? It's, you know, I know what the seller wants for the card. I think that it's probably worth all of that, but it's not, in my opinion, something that's gonna sell, like, overnight.

It could be a year before the right guy logs on eBay that, you know, logs on twice a year looking to add upgrade his Clemente he already has.

That's a two six and wants to add a 37 and, you know, offers the right number on that card. But, yeah, it's it's very I I think in my opinion, it's you're you know, it's a very very very limited on the amount of buyers.

Most people just looking to trade, you know, for something like that, you know, give up their entire collection on a card like that.

You know, it's cool. It's like he didn't he he didn't sign very many. I don't think he signed a ton of those. So I don't know exactly how many, but I would bet it's under 10.

You know? So, yeah. Pretty much. Their offers are tricky on this too because I think you have to make sure that that that payment's gonna clear before you send that offer out.

I think we can counter, and then they have the potential to mess around, accept it, and they allow. But if you make that offer, you've gotta be prepared to clear it. So that's probably many.

Yeah. Anyone out there looking for a banger Clemente, you know where to find it. Next card, we've got a 2,002 Babe Ruth leaf certified fabric of the game, game used jersey out of 10. This one's at auction. This one ends on Wednesday.

There's currently seven bids. It's at $501, but, you know, it's Babe Ruth. It's game worn. What do you have to say about this one? Yeah. They're not you're not, you know, they're not making any more game use Babe Ruth jerseys.

It's very I'm not even seeing even in newer products, I'm not even seeing you know, you're thinking of your losses and, you know, whatever Topps is putting out for baseball.

You're not even really you're seeing you'll see cuts, but you're not seeing a lot of jerseys, put out there anymore.

I mean, highly desirable player, arguably, you know, one of the best players of all time and, you know, has has a great following like a Jordan Kobe type of following.

And, you know, to me, these are, like, the cool cards, honestly. Like, this is almost just as cool as, like, Clemente as you know, it's not as rare, obviously, because Ruth has, you know, a lot more jerseys out there than Clemente has.

But it's just like that's a piece of history. You know? Like, that jersey is, like, almost a hundred years old that's in there or whatever. You know? So it's like it's just cool to, like, see cards like that.

I mean, we get collections like that all the time where it'll be man all or, you know, Maris or Garrick or guys like that, Clemente, Jackie Robinson. It's just like, I always, like, take a second to, like, look at those.

I think I actually brought a few with me, that we have in our personal collection or that are listed on buy it now that are just, like, you know, one with, like, a pinstripe.

And it's just like to look at the card and think, like, that pinstripe on that man's body, like, what was that game like? You know? It's just it's it's history to me.

You know? And I think that that's cool, and I think that that's why people, you know, want that this kind of stuff so bad is that and it's always so highly desirable is that, like, you can't recreate that.

You know? That's crucial. Right? Because that card's going nowhere but up moving forward through right? There's no universe in which that card all of a sudden takes. Right? Because they're they're not wearing any more jerseys.

They're not making any more of these cards. So for a twenty first century certified card to basically only appreciate over time, I mean, it's a really good investment, stuff like that.

Yeah. I love it. Next card, I would say one of the most identifiable cards of the Panini era, maybe the most identifiable football card, and that's the Mahomes twenty seventeen rookie silver.

All the rookies were silver in 2017 PSA '10. I know it's been on the Internet, like, kick the man while he's down, and, you know, the the the Chiefs a lot of people were happy to see the Chiefs lose, but I'm of the mindset.

Look at what this guy's already done. And look at this card. It's definitely one of the most, popular cards of the Panini era.

This one ends on Wednesday. It's at $15. 80 with 14 bids. What do you say about Mahomes, his market now, and this card specifically? I think it's safe. I mean, like, that's safe money.

Whatever that card does, like, if you wanted to sell that card in a year, like, providing that nothing, like, comes out that's, like, really atrocious about Mahomes or, like, he does something really stupid.

Like, if it ends at 2,000, like, you're gonna get 2,000 for that car. You know? So I think that you know? And and like you said, it's an iconic pose.

It's like, you know, one of his better cards, like, the the goal you know, the goals and the colored versions of that card get command, you know, serious amounts of money. But I think it's like that's that's as liquid as it gets.

You know? Like, people are putting him in the conversation. You know? And I and I would still put him in the conversation, like, based on what he's accomplished, like, the same trajectory as, like, a Tom Brady.

You know? Like, couple Super Bowls already, whatever, two, three Super Bowls, whatever he has, and and been to, you know, whatever he's been to. And, they seem to win every year, and he seems to be a big, you know, reason behind that.

You know? I know he's taken a lot of heat based on the performance and, you know, in the Super Bowl, but that doesn't take away, in my opinion, obviously, it's still at fifteen eighty.

It ends in six days, you know, like, what he's done up until that one game. Like, that doesn't define him as a player. But, no, it's very safe.

I think people that, you know, are buying this card. It's like it's it's like as liquid as it gets. It's like a LeBron Topps chrome rookie, you know, or a Kobe Topps chrome rookie or to me, that's what I kinda related to.

Like, his first prism rookie, you know, like, iconic pose, iconic card, and and, you know, one of his better cards out there, you know, that doesn't have an autograph on it.

So No doubt. Next one Oh, my favorite, Kobe. Yeah. A little Kobe action. And a extreme talk about popular sets, o three exquisite.

We've got the, o three exquisite game used autograph of Kobe game used patch auto out of a hundred, authentic auto 10, just a killer card. And last year at the end of last year, the market on these things went just berserk.

This one is a buy it now at, $39. 09 $9. 09. Maybe talk about this one. Yeah. I mean, like you said, exquisite, like, one of the greatest sets, like, ever made.

Game used, on card auto, 10 auto. You know, rest in peace, obviously. Like, Kobe's not signing any more cards. Very, very, like, near and dear to a lot of people's hearts.

Like, I grew up watching Kobe. I mean, it's like, this is, like, ultimately, like, I brought this. This is in my personal collection, but, like, I'm like a huge, like, Kobe fan.

You know? So it's like a lot of my cards personally are Kobe just because, like, I watched Kobe play for so long. You know? And it's a great patch. The first year, exquisite.

Again, like, it seems to be trending up over if you look at, like, his trajectory over the last six months, like, his a lot of his cards have, like, gone up ten, fifteen, 20 percent, some of them, and, like, they're not making cards like this anymore in my opinion.

You know?

And this is a card that will ultimately, like, I'm confident we'll sell at some point, and it'll end up in a private collection, you know, and and may not see the light of day for ten years, you know, because it's like, you know, like I said, gray patch, on card, 10 auto, graded, iconic set, you know, of a of just a player that's was, like, loved by so many people, you know, similar to, like, the Jordan market.

Awesome. Awesome card. We've got one more. A guy that feels like the is the guy that the hobby loves right now. I know Bill Simmons loves him by just listening to his podcast.

He just had his all time, top selling card with the Nebula, sell for nearly 60 k, and the card you have listed here is the, twenty twenty three twenty four select Eamon Thompson mezzanine gold prism out of 10, PSA 10, banger, ends on Wednesday, nine bids currently at $4.

55. This guy seems to be the there's all the way every year. There's, like, we gotta we gotta talk about someone. We're interested in his potential. He's doing a lot of things.

The Rockets have over exceeded expectations. This card fits within this kind of ultra modern prospecting era that we're in. Maybe talk about Eamon Thompson in this card. Yeah. I mean, like you said it all pretty well.

Like, great player, seems to be on the right trajectory to have a good career. Very rare card. You know, only 10 made, and it is a PSA ten grade. People at the end of the day, like, people love gold.

You know? Like, people are just attracted to gold cards, and the golds have always been, like, the more you know, as prism gold or as select gold, I would put his prism gold first and then his, you know, select after that.

But, like, one of his most desirable cards, you know, still, you know, in my opinion, like, not as safe as maybe, like, a Mahomes Prism or, like, a Kobe Exquisite.

But, certainly, like, the way the market is, like, it could reach the same numbers that, like, those other cards are selling for or more, you know, just based on, like, hype and speculation, and, like, people prospecting on, like, the fact that maybe, you know, he's the next guy in the NBA, you know, the next face of the NBA or just, but, yeah, it's like it's just the the rarity of the card.

You know? Not just the it's out of 10. It's a PSA ten. You know? And it's his jersey number as well.

So it's like, you know, definitely something that, you know, people are gonna kinda speculate on and and wanna have this if they're collecting him, and they're thinking that three years down the road, like, disguise the next, you know, Kevin Durant or, you know, whoever, like, they're gonna wanna have something like this in their collection.

You know? I think the rarer it is, like, you know, people seem to always grab on to, like, the idea. Like, the rarer it is, like, the more the ability to, like, kinda ask whatever you want for something. Right? Like, supply and demand.

So if you can't find another 10, even if this card does 3,000, you know, in in three three months, it could do 10,000 just because, like, if you can't buy another one and somebody wants it that bad, like, that's where I think, you know, this card has a huge upside in my opinion.

I love it. Didn't even notice the jersey number of it all, which we know collectors, love that.

Five cards all ending on eBay or three cards, two buy it nows. We'll put links in the show notes so you can check those out, get your bids in. Wednesday, they, go off the board.

So if anything there sounds interesting to you, go check it out. I'd like to maybe close out the conversations with a question I like to ask, everybody, but, you know, been in business for twenty one years.

There's a lot of people who buy, sell, trade, go to shows, have aspirations to, you know, be their own boss, start their own business in the hobby.

What's your feedback to any listener who wants to turn kind of their passion into cards into their their business? Just just educate yourself and educate yourself by, like, the right people.

You know? Like, don't grab an influencer who has a hundred cards that he's telling you to buy that he already owns, you know, knowing that that's just gonna drive up.

Like, do your own research on stuff. You know? Like, kind of have your ear to the ground with, like, you know, the pulse of, like, the hobby and, like, where the direction that stuff is is heading and try not to speculate too much.

Try to look at stats and try to look at, like, you know, per previous trajectories of, like, similar type players and, like, come to your own conclusions on on stuff, you know, based on, like, you know, research that you've done on your own and and, you know, educated research.

And then just, like, work harder, you know, than other people. Like, you can be the best at whatever you wanna do, and that's ultimately, I think, what'll set you apart from other people.

You know? It's just like having that ambition and that hustle and that grind. It is it's like we're in an industry where it's like we're there's a lot of hustlers, and I think, like, that's like you know, you see it at the shows.

It's like, you know, I don't know how many shows I've walked probably 20 miles, like, from table to table to table to buy three cards.

You know? So it's just like you have to be willing to go the extra mile, stay educated, stay teachable, you know, never never think you know everything, and then just adapt.

Like, this is constantly adapting, in my opinion, like, the industry as a whole. You know? There's constant news every day and buzz about this and buzz about that.

And, you know, it's like a lot of you see it with, like, a lot of the old timers. Like, they didn't wanna start an Instagram. They didn't wanna start a a social like a Facebook.

And, like, that's how you're gonna get your brand out there and your business out there. You know? So it's like you can adapt or you can just, like, fall behind and, like, not perform like everybody else will.

You know? And I think it's just like, you know, the biggest thing I would think is, like, don't just grab on to, like, what one person says and think that that's, like, the answer.

Like, if somebody's saying, I'll go buy this, like, you know, look at what other people are saying about it too.

Like, do some research on, like, what the guys' cards are doing. Like, you know, keep yourself educated, because you can lose money doing this stuff.

You know? I have over the years, years. Like, anybody that's in this business that says that they haven't, like, invested and lost money is lying because it's just like that's what happens.

Like, you just there's unknowns and, cards don't go in the direction you always hope they go in.

And, you know, sometimes you buy at the peak and, you know, and then it goes down and, it's just like you just constantly gotta stay educated and and try to look like three, four steps ahead.

You know? Try to try to see, like, the trends and stuff and, like, trends in market and, but it's definitely doable for anybody to do this, you know, and it's enjoyable.

Like I said, I don't really ever feel like I'm doing any work. I'm sitting in a casino, hotel casino right now, you know, about to go look at a collection about twenty minutes away.

You know, out of town for you know, away from home for a couple days and just kinda relaxing at the same time and and in between work and, like, that's not really work to me.

You know? So it's like, just have fun with whatever you do. You know? Because if it feels like you're, like, a slave to what you're doing, then that's not fun.

You know? And that affects ultimately, like, how good you can do what you wanna do in any industry, especially this one. So This was a awesome conversation.

Lot of great, advice. Cool cards, of course. Chris, Nick from the quick consign team, appreciate you being on and sharing your story. Looking forward to seeing you. Having us, bro. Thank you so much. Thank you, my friend.