I feel collecting Photocards has levels: *Lv. 0* - Keeping whatever you pull and living a good life. *Beginner* - Collecting 1-2 biases from your ult group only. *Intermediate* - Collecting up to OT8 thoroughly *Advanced* - Colleting a large group and their pre-order benefits *Extreme* - NCT OT23. *Literally Impossible* - Stray Kids Pre Order Benefits and Fan signs.
@@aldrinmalabanan6910 as a semi new skz Chan & Felix collector yes it is. It also depends on who you are collecting as Chan is the most popular his stuff is incredibly hard to get, trade for and expensive, his stuff usually sells out first or Hyunjins. If you collect a less popular member you can collect way easier cause people want to trade or sell those. SKZ also always usually have a lot of pre-order benefits for each member making it even harder to get. In just there seasons greetings each member has 5 pre-order polaroid's and you only get one when you buy it meaning you have to find a really hard trade for the rest or pay a lot of money for the rest of the pcs. Don't even get me started on there Signed Unveil Tour pc's that's impossible practically. I've already easily spent $1,000 since only Nov/Dec last year on SKZ alone because I bought some expensive stuff, 2 signed albums, pre-order benefits, pcs, and merch. All of it Chan's I haven't even started on Felix yet 🙃 help
The struggle is I'm not biased In any of the group's i Stan so I just want all of their photocards but like I'm to broke so I just randomly selected 2 members
god that point on enabling overpricing cards... as a loona stan i always wrongfully assume that i’ll find the cards reasonably priced only to literally see my bias’ card sold for $170+😭😭😭 People buying them for that much make everyone else selling them raise the prices too🤮
omg the overpriced pcs!!!! cries i started collecting in quarantine and have spent like $700+ dollars on ONLY album inclusions....who allowed me to think $15-$20 album pcs and $10 postcards were okay?? im actually thinking of selling everything i've collected so far because i'd do anything to have all the money back that i spent 😭😭
That's what I do. I buy albums off of Mercari, many times with inclusions. I don't usually buy used albums that ONLY has the inclusions I like. Then I sell the inclusions I don't like, and make the money back. I basically revolve off of $300, adding to my collection by plugging my money in and out of online resell apps.
The only thing I wish I knew was: Just because it's more expensive doesn't mean it's hug quality 😬 I bought unsealed albums that are twice the usual price and some are dinged up or has lots of dents and when I was more experienced I found mint condition albums for like 4 dollars😬
I feel like another red flag for scammers (especially on insta) is if they've changed their username a lot of times, like once every two weeks, bc they're trying to avoid people they've scammed before 😬
YESS collect whatever the hell you wanna collect, don’t let what others do and say change that pleaseee, I’m literally such a messy collector but I love it, I get what I can and I’m happy with what I get. There’s no need to rush to finish anything because at the end of the day it’s your collection, it’s for your satisfaction only. Like the amount of shit I’ve heard is crazyyy the amount of stress I’ve seen people put on themselves is crazy, just do what makes you happy!
I’m such a messy collector too ahaha, I keep what I pull and I’ve only bought three pcs, way easier and so much more fun than collecting all members cause I only decide to buy a photocard if I really really like it!
Something that has been really helpful is to use Informed Delivery from USPS! Basically you make your usps account and verify your address for informed delivery and it will email you what mail is coming to you each day! (emails lag sometimes, so you can just check on the website!) I love it so much because it shows pictures of the envelope sized mail and so if something doesn't come that was supposed to that day you can mark that it didn't get to you so usps can look for it!
when i first started collecting, i only bought and sold on mercari. everything on there is soooo overpriced. i thought that $15 for an album photocard was decent pricing... if only i knew then what i know now
honestly the only reason i use mercari is because i tend to find listings with free/low shipping and it gets to me faster (i don't use mercari japan) but i agree, people really overprice things there. it's ridiculous.
yeaaa, I buy on mercari IF I can find a good deal, on ebay… its usually overpriced and on insta its usually hard to find good prices (but if u rlly look u can find rlly good deals
@@__CJ___ I hate when that happens and I've been going through this a lot lately. Every time I buy a pc I find it cheaper right after purchasing the more expensive one. I'm definitely going to stop and only purchase gradually.
@@iitsbbyu3427 actually albums without pcs are way less expensive than the pc. You can literally get a new, sealed album pc included for the same price (or less!) than a pc
omg I really want to add something to the paypal goods and services part cause I got so frustrated the other day... If you sell something through that have the person pay for tracked shipping and cover the fees 🙈 I sold a photocard and I did ship it out stmped but the person who bought if opened a case and won it as well cause I could not proof it that I shipped it out (they did not accept me photos as proof) so I lost that money to find out the other person selling it later on for a higher price then I sold it for (and it really was my card cause it had the same small damage mine had) 😔
neokyo is fast at buying for me, maybe they’ve stepped it up or it’s the time you’re buying but my buy requests are approved in minutes and they secure the items in less than 15 minutes, 30 minutes at most! granted i don’t think i’ve bought anything that could be considered really high demand? mostly just minghao tour cards
Definitely felt you on the buyers disappearing point. I held a slogan for someone for a MONTH and then when the day rolled around their account was just gone.
Thank you so much for making this video guide for beginners. I started collecting 10 months ago learning by myself thru lots of trials and tribulations and tears many many tears. The information you give in this video is so relatable. I wish I had known then what I know now. I'm so happy to see that there is so much content on how to collect from your channel and several other channels. Because honestly if you dont set rules or have a guideline for your collection..it will suck the joy out of your collecting. And if you have no joy doing it then what's the point of collecting. So again thank you for making this video. I adore you.😘
I remember as an orbit when 12:00 was about to come out everybody was like ‘oh don’t sell the pcs for more than like 4-5€ because there’s 3 per album’ nope people are selling them for 7-9€..
I wish I knew this 1 year ago yeet 😭😭😭 I have bought my fair share of $20 red velvet photocards unfortunately ://. This was a very good videos for people that want to start trading/collecting/selling thank you king for sharing your knowledge! I really appreciate you saying to set rules for your collecting and to do what YOU want to do. I always feel like since I collect 4 people from seventeen that I should just collect the whole group but that's.... A lot. Stan StayC :))
The photocard pricing is so crazy sometimes, I don´t collect them but i have seen some photocards being super expensive. Recently one card from LOONA´s recent comeback was sold for $180 in ebay. The craziest thing is that the album is still on print but people are overpricing it just on the fact that is has become like a popular photocard and everbody wants it.
I used to be one of those people who encouraged PC overpricing. I paid 40$ for Irene's Finale (and nearly gave in to a 60$ TPRV kihno). And I'd get mad when people would say I shouldn't pay that much - because I honestly don't know where else to look. Everyone's pricing them the same way so it's not like I have options. The thing is, it's not readily accessible, but there ARE people within the community who do non-profit GOs/sales. It's not easy and it WILL take longer, but it's a start. I can't really say to "support those people instead of the overpricer" because of how rare these guys are but when you do find one in your community, it's worth going to them instead :)
A few days ago I was actually deciding to buy some twice photo cards and I ended up starting with Nayeon haha. I need to start collecting more actively…. Anyway, this video helped me a lot, thank you!!
Omg this is so helpful considering I literally started my collection 2 weeks ago. I don’t have much obviously 🤡 but overall some people do be selling PCs for a lot of money like .... 25 for a pc and stuff :(
It is really hard to collect all of exclusive photocards. I have already gave up on that ahahaha. I have Ireh`s all album photocards, but there are so many event photocards that I cannot buy because it is often overpriced.
Thank you so much for this video! It was very informative. I want to start selling some of my photocards and all your tips will be helpful as a first time seller :)
i just started collecting bts pcs few days ago and i planned that like months ago then research stuff i only bought 3$ pcs which is official and good price also on twitter but they do have a minor flaws tho it’s alright thanks for this vid!
sorry if this is a dumb question, but i can't find the answer through buyee and i'm nervous lmao. i placed an order for a card, but it hasn't gone to order completed yet and it's been a few days. the post listing now says the card is sold out. does it say that because i placed an order, even though my order isn't showing as completed? or did someone else buy it before me, so buyee is unable to complete my order? and if it's the latter what should i do?
I feel like when i sell something i don't know how to ask a proof cause i feel like they get pissed off by that ...like it was something annoying, specially when they don't have collector accounts :(((( i feel like i've missed so many these days
@oopsyhyuck on Instagram makes templates for groups I use the red velvet and WayV ones but she also makes templates for blackpink ,ioi,nct,seventeen,treasure and weki meki
Thiis thank you like i wanna collect pcs too but theyre rlly expensive and i dont have a job bc im just 8th grader and i cant buy things by myself So i wanna collect junhui and johnny but um too expensive like i said also i would think abt collecting taehyung since he is my ult but his pcs are even more expensive :( Also trust issues omg idk what to do
the first time i used buyee was when i bought an exo album for 3 dollars with all the inclusions except a pc... i wouldn't order from them again until the whole pandemic situation gets sorted out because their shipping fees are absolutely outrageous, the only ones available for my country were 40 to 60 euros but i had a free shipping coupon. they also took about 2 to 3 days to buy it (excluding the weekend). other than that the shipping was hella fast it arrived a day or 2 earlier than my ktown4u order at the time. another tip is to look at the banners on the site and see if there's any free shipping or shipping discount coupons available. it might be cheaper for you but for european countries it's quite expensive at the moment.
I'm still kind of a new reveluv so forgive me if I sound weird but do you have any clue where I can get THE PERFECT VELVET from? It's not on SM's official store and it's never on Amazon. I think I have to buy from Ebay but I'm scared it will come damaged or not with everything in it. This is one of their best albums so it's stupid of sm not to continue to sell it. Please help!💕🔮
My question is, is it actually worth spending money to buy the photocards? I really wanna collect twice OT9 but I’m worried that it won’t be worth it! Helpppp
it really depends on what you’ll enjoy! for myself, I try to make sure I only spend money on cards that will make me happy. it helps with my tendency to spend money impulsviely. i.e. I love twice and I’d love to collect ot9, but I decided to prioritize having fewer cards that I really like over finishing sets. ultimately, I don’t want to spend my money on a card that I only kinda like just bc it’ll look nice on the page. that’s just what works for me though! sometimes it takes trial and error and buying and selling to figure out what you think is worth it (it certainly took me a while to figure it out 😅)
i only collect stray kids, but my favorite template makers for them are hanlocked (twitter) and hansters_ (instagram)! they both make some non-album templates and are some of the only non-album skz template makers i have come across. a really good template maker that makes tons of groups is sanatozaki_templates on instagram :-) bbwooz (insta) always makes lots of different groups i’m also starting to make some skz non-album templates (chnsnose on insta) but i’m not done so don’t expect much if u go searching 😳 lil promo ig lol
Hello I need advice so some weeks ago I brought a PCs but my dumb ass put the wrong address(i forgot to put my door number and other small details) so I thought they would sent it back to the person who I brought from because that happened to me once🤡 and the person just send it back with the fixed address but they sent it from Canada and it’s been a while and I asked them if they sent it back to them ? But they said no it’s been about a month now?? So are they possibly lying or maybe it got lost because I don’t what to do 😭😭😭
It concerns me a lot too especially when I'm buying items from others as well. An easy tell-tale sign that some replicators do is zoom in the photocard when they make the replica so always compare the proof (both video & picture) that you get from your trader/seller of the photocard! You can also ask another collector to compare and see if their photocard is similar to the one in the video or you can ask experienced collectors within a Discord group of your chosen group as most reddits for a kpop group usually have a Discord to accompany it! :)
quick tip for people who are looking for templates, there is a spreadsheet with a lot of people who make templates for groups, so you can find almost any groups templates: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1YTFFLbxgXvHLLxXmWsGg6djuXcTEIwBfyohl-NRH-EI/htmlview#
Damn overpriced pcs :// idk but here in the PH its uncommon to find red velvet finale photocards at 10$, like most of them sells at 15$ minimum, then its also a different story if its irene I completed my joy finale photocards, per pc @ 15$ each ;__;
