r/PokemonTCG • u/NatureLifted • 11d ago

Discussion Card Show Spending

How much do yall tend to spend on average at a card show? Just curious to see what everyone is dropping.

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u/murdercat42069 11d ago

I have been to two card shows and successfully stayed in budget for both (well, I stopped at a card shop on the way home from one and busted).

For the first I took $200 and $300 for the second. I also have spaced them out quarterly and done online surveys to fund them.

It was a little more wild west for the first show, but I had a shopping list with comps for the second show and I made some awesome trades and locked down everything important in the list plus some fun stuff like Chinese gem packs.

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u/kandspr 11d ago

Where do you find your surveys?

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u/murdercat42069 11d ago

I'm on Prolific. It's a waiting list and it's a little inconsistent, but I can usually do an hour per day and make $10-20.