The TRUTH About Yu-Gi-Oh Vendors! 

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This video might not be so popular compared to a deck profile but we need these types of content.

*Hey Team APS Squad! Special thanks to Alex Bradshaw and Guardian Games for providing me with this Yu-Gi-Oh vendor interview. Hopefully this provided some new perspective for players who have mixed opinions on vendors and their practice. Feel free to leave some questions here in the comments and he should be replying to some soon!*

Paul is the most professional interviewer ever. Just too cool. This interview gave me a good perspective on how to buy and sell cards.

Man after not playing for 6 years then coming back and having guys like you and your whole team has been awesome I was able to really learn and understand the game better as a whole keep it up!

Great video. Really informative and very honest which we appreciate a lot. I recently started an online store and it’s very difficult to turn a profit (mostly on Sealed new products) with eBay /Paypal / tax taking a big chunk of profit. Maybe singles are the way forward. I started the online store along side my channel where I open a lot of YuGiOh products from my personal collection. I have the dream of opening a LGS in the UK (where I’m from) maybe one day I’ll be able too but along way off at the moment!

Thank you for this team. It's always great to learn the perspective of some(one/thing/group) who gets negative reviews when they are not, shoutouts to the being a good RU-vid channel, and keep up the amazing work!

Hey Team APS. Maybe you can set something up to interview a Yu-Gi-Oh! judge - this way, we can get their perspective on organized play and the kinds of scenarios/things that they see from their role.

Awesome video. I love the unique content you guys put out, no one else is doing interviews and the sketch comedy to the quality that Team APS does.

Great interview. I think you picked a good vendor to talk to. He was easy to relate to. I imagine a lot of the misconceptions about vendors come from the player base being mainly younger and less experienced in the business force beyond entry level.

That was a really interesting video was nice to get to see what there point of view is. Great content keep it up!

I love guardian games last year at ycs Dallas I needed 3 copies of card of demise and at the time they were going for 29 each all I had was 75 in extra cash for card and he took the deal

Alex Bradshaw is a beast. In the age of the decline of the card store he's pushing the envelope of the business side of yu-gi-oh

This needs a part two eventually. So many unanswered questions.

I am so happy with Paul's professionalism in his interview. Very interesting video, thank you @Team APS!! Big fan of you guys, your guys' content literally got me back into YuGiOh after years of being out!

Great perspective from a vendor point of view

Dayum, 60~75% is pretty good, my locals value at 30% if they already own a copy of that card and 50% if they don't.

He hooked me up in Ft. Worth. Outstanding video!

When I was on the regional grind I would always go to this guy specifically to buy my cards. Having a good vendor relationship is so key as a player because they can hook you the fuck up.

Glad to see this info shared, I learned a lot!

Paul you look like the guy from the I could have dropped my croissant vine

Also this is why Team APS is so good focusing on videos like this and their discussions i feel helps the community in a positive way

I'm attempting to become a vendor for TCG in the future and this truly helped me get a better perspective and gave me a lot of information and tips I could use. Thank you paul!!

Impressive interview Paul! Thankyou for sharing the Truth about vendors

Interesting. Informative. Insightful. Good job

one of your guys best vids! team APS keep doing ya thing!

I go to guardian games in Indie every Saturday, was thanks to this video I found them and Alex is a super chill dude that I am fond to just chill and talk to. Love GG, if you ever find yourself in Indie, I recommend popping in, no one's a stranger I've noticed

Ayy! Indiana! This helps a lot tbh because I live an hour away from Indianapolis and couldn't for the life of me find a yugioh card shop

Great video!

Great interview Paul!

This was a brilliant video idea! Thanks, Team APS!

More of this please

Dude these interview videos were sick to watch and (videos like) these were only a couple years old from aps

I just got into the part time vendor game. What people don't realize is let's say you buy a valued $20 card and you get it for like %70($14). Now you have to list it online where sale fees are taken, you have to pay shipping costs with tracking or take into account it could be lost in mail or persin lies about receiving it. You also could be sitting on that cards for weeks, months or longer. Prices in yugioh especially can completely change literally over night. Take into account the start up costs like a printer, label maker, sleeves, toploaders, envelopes, tape, and whatever else you may need. I literally am happy if I successfully make a dollar or two off a card after all of that. It's pretty much a legit job as it takes hours each day listing cards, packing orders, responding to people, searching for deals, and keeping up to date with prices and researching the meta and products. This is self employment too so you don't get insurence or reimbursement for anything. People like to shit on vendors thinking it's easy and they're ripping people off just instantly flipping stuff but that never happens. So many variables are taken into account and that "convenience" it all those factors packed into that single word.

Really good insight. I’m looking to become a vendor and this is great knowledge.

I've seen vendors buy cards for $1 and immediately put a $10 price on it. Most shops in nyc rip off customers like gamestop does, which is bad business because theres a limited number of players.

Ive talked to him at events before in our area in ohio and surrounding regionals and he is a chill dude and he also show respect for the community also. I do like Guardian games

I incredibly* really liked everything about this video, reitterating: everything. High quality video and audio. Seems very formal and professional, good interviewing as well. I hate really the community slang/jargon that gets thrown around non-stop and there is none of that here. Strictly pure proper English and no YGO slang is infused. Good job Paul! Seems like a good person, good vendor and completely reasonable. I would happily deal with this guy rather than the person harassing everybody at my old area (Vancouver). The "vendor" at my old locals will ONLY completely rip you off and always made a bad impression with me. I offered them $40CAD for a SHVI 1st Ed Crystal Wing Syncro Dragon when the BLLR reprint was announced. They took my money, took the card out of the sleeve and threw the Crystal Wing on the floor. That was the last time I ever dealt with them! Super nasty attitude towards Konami and it's players, acts like they know everything, act likes they know every ruling, always back-seat dueling; even though they don't ever play casually or in the tournaments. Completely disgusting and toxic person overall. I actually (personally) watched them trade a play-set of MP Dimensional Barrier, to a casual player for an Ultimate Rare Brilliant Fusion that the player just got from OTS pack. "Take the trade, I'm giving you a good deal," were his exact words, bullying around to get their way. There is no comparison between my locals "Craig" asshole and proper business man Alex Bradshaw. They are literally night and day of each other. Would be great to see more really great caliber videos like this. It's videos like this that I stay subscribed to APS' channel. 😎

I'd watch a part 2 of this.

Man, pual looking like a snack in that denim shirt

I'd be interested in the vendor take on OCG products vs TCG and how the number of releases in each region affects card price. I notice the OCG usually gets more sets a year and they're smaller (less cards) which means buying fewer packs to get the cards you need/want.

This vidoe sticks up for vendors well done.

Very much needed content.

Cool video... needs more Trell

Great video let's get a follow up, I jus wanna know how much storage is needed for all of his cards loll

troll and toad never disappoints me so i'll stick to troll and toad

I will say it's harder to have a store compared to selling online and locally, because of the money that comes with owning the store and everything else. Kudos too the people that have managed to get their own store running! 👍😄

Hey Joey, it's your mom and I! We're so proud to see you all grown up with your own little business and getting interviewed on RU-vid! When you started collecting all of these "Yugiohs" we were a little worried. So glad you proved us wrong! Call us sometime; we haven't heard from you since Aunt Bertha's colonoscopy :( And maybe next time give us a shoutout for raising such a fine young man! Love you lots - Mom and Pop

Good interview skills you got to the point he seemed like he didn't want to answer "Certain Questions" but you got it out of him thanks Paul now I know how to interrogate my Vendor 😂😂😂

Nice video guys!

That guy said 300$ for 3 hours?? he's on fucking dope, i've driven for 3 hours with a trailer and still had diesel....

Yo glad I saw you at the ycs my man. Was so awesome to meet and get a pic with you lolz

This is very interesting to hear about

Bradshaw!!!! you famous now lol

Saw TeamAPS in TeamSamuraiX1's video! Hope you guys can collab someday!

Paul is the 🐐

Both Paul and Alex did great job. I have been to gaurdian games and it's a great shop. Highly recommend.

This was a cool video!

Damn Paul, good work!!

I just sold my Droll & Lock for 15$ that I bought years ago for 25cents in one of those big bins cause it's artwork looked cool :p i never used it once but it's art is awesome. I used money to buy Fur Hire deck :)

Cool perspective

i want to sell my cards for the last 5 years...where do i find someone who wants to buy a large collection,i get offered trades all the time but i need money im not interested in playing

Golden rule, give trusted customers close to full value.

I've actually bought cards from that seller on TCGplayer lol. Nice to put a face to the name.

i met him at my regionals

He nailed why I buy in troll and toad

I would like you to ask him some more questions next time. It would be interesting.

Very well spoken paul

this vendor is cool. met him at nationals this summer, was my favorite vendor

Cool video Hi Alex!

Hey Alex Bradshaw, I'm not sure if this was mentioned but how long did it take to build your collection?

Venders are great people and are very helpful

Yooo that's the shop I go to! Sweet! The owner is super nice!

Way to go Alex. This is why you rthe best

I bought a firewall off ebay didn't get it tell after it was banned :/ lol

100 THOUSAND IN CAPITAL?! THATS OVER 9! THOUSANNND!!! "WHAT?! 9 THOUSAND?! THERES NO WAY THAT COULD BE RIGHT! COULD ITTT!!!"

Well shit wasn't expecting to see my local card shop owner in this video! Whaddup man!

Hey cool I’m from around Indianapolis

This was really cool.

The REAL truths about vendors below: 1) the negative stigma around vendors is secondary - the primary hate is toward konami, but konami is not around to take out your anger on so vendors are the next level of target. 2) Ever since everyone an their mom's tried to become vendors, the utility of being "that guy with the most cards" began to die. If 1 in 50 people have that mentality in the past, but now 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 it creates an environment not only where people try to undercut you exponentially more, but where shark pricing gets born. 3) Buylist pricing competition has really made it hard for vendors to hit the profit margins, which are razor thin as it is, they need to just to stay open. That is compounded when vendor choice increases at a faster rate than player growth. As a result, player perception on the vendor stigma is further fed as they think there are too many and they get irked when even more people are trying to get in their way of playing the game. And THAT is the real source of the stigma: It used to be a game for the people where people just bought and sold within their own groups where it was more rare that you'd need to go to a big store. And since the crackdown on event commerce among players, it is a very common perception that the vendors got hella backed by konami standing more between the player and the game, like there are more people than necessary in your path that are looking to profit off of you. And while it's easy to recognize their legitimacy, it's honestly simpler to just let the players be the ones assuming the risks of the market, not the vendors (at least not in the present numbers). Because there's a certain critical mass where it's not just cards you are paying for: you end up paying for overhead and what it takes to run the business. Which is fine, but compounded, when you buy this card or that card it's really mostly cash going toward a business that you didn't ask for or want to support that will probably die out one day anyway rather than going toward the card. It's a necessary evil that is helpful in the early stages, but eventually gets to be more trouble than it's worth.

I’m a player from Oregon and when he brought it up I realized that there have been 2 regionals here within 2 years #bringregionalstoportland

I’m from Indiana

Paul might have a career here.

6:26 BIG HAND

that was great

I enjoyed this video , keep up the good work

Ive gone to a lot of concerts and only one event but across the board vendors work about the same and ive never had a bad experience with them. I think their a necessity in the community. To the vendor that sold me and my bf my new construct 2015 mat and the box set that had all the mew vampire support 50$ cheaper than it should have been preach!!!

I’m leaking. 😩

6:14 doing the math

That was the mid high price lol. He is like 9 10 and 12 I’d price it 11 .... I like to price in the lowest price point hahahahahha

This guy was so chill at the event, he even gave me a couple special deals

Aye guardian games is my local card shop, good guys and a great store

What do you say about people getting scammed. “Do you guys not have phones?”

His vehicle sucks! Fill up 3 times for 3 hours. My truck goes several more hours than that before I need to fill up. He needs to buy a new vehicle

Slam them with the short print questions

local game shop will scam you with single cards.

big load of crap if you ask me. we live in an age where transport cost is around 0. how is it fair to pay 50-60% to the players selling their cards? 80% is fair. paying for the hotel and food of the employes is his choice. if i go to work nobody provides food for me.

Kinda annoying when ppl only want to trade with u simply so they can make money. As a pose to actually wanting the cards.

I feel like a lot his this guy's answers were pretty shifty

Question: Is being a vendor your primary source of income? Do you find being a vendor more of a job or a hobby?