Sealed products are worthless
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Timmy investing in a nutshell. Buys a lot of crap over the years, then needs money quick and realises that it's too much work to sell all that garbage individually and sells to Don Rudy for 50%
-$10k with a smile!
To be fair, it’s closer to 60/70%, besides the exaggerated numbers you’re practically correct. That being said, having access to that kind of liquidity when life kicks you in the balls can come in clutch. I’d say he got about 80ish to 70% of his money back, depending on how good of a deal he got on these boxes. I’d say Rudy “wins” in these situations, but he doesn’t really sell any of it. All in all I hope the seller was able to get the cash needed to get him/3% her situation. Hopefully it was a house buying situation and not a medical emergency, I think we can all agree to that.
@@FamousJX You know what's really liquid when I need liquidity? My index funds and monkey market account, you know, actual investments not children's game pieces lol.
remember metazoo lmao
@@NN-pe6ip With all do respect, why are you here? There are other Content creators. We all have our real state investments, stocks, bonds, Roth IRAs, and mutual funds, even some crypto and precious metals. Your point quite literally has no merit. It’s undeniable that those options exist, however we choose do diversify in this way because we think it’s fun, different, and nostalgic. Some people relate better with collectables and nerd media than other “investment” options. To argue anything, would simply be stating the obvious, (place all investment funds into the s&p 500 and wait 10/20/50 years). It’s a sure thing.
You buried your "Sealed products are worthless" point too much. I wanted to here your argument, not look at a bunch of boxes.
they're worthless because they're sealed and collecting dust, they aren't being used or looked at, they aren't changing hands for trade or cash. this is probably the first time the guy did so much as glanced at them since the last time he went down there to deposit another set of sealed boxes to be forgotten about
@@elijahaitaok8624 I wasn't disagreeing with the point. I was noting I wanted it made more clearly, not to look at a lot of gabbing with sealed boxes in the background, not getting to the point.
@@bradandrews777 it seems like he doesn't want to admit it but he knows it. I'll admit that MTG isn't my slice of cake, but I'd rather the hobby of collecting go to someone who actually enjoys what they're collecting by actually playing with and trading with others just as passionate about MTG, with a channel name of "Alpha Investments" it seems like he's just artificially creating value for pure profit, shit like that just kills the trading card game scene that's already expensive to get into at the cheapest loose card being a $1.50 and the cheapest pre-built deck being around $30 Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon are more accessible and fun
@@elijahaitaok8624 My point was not arguing if that was good or bad. I was just noting I wanted to see his point much earlier in his video, with the reasoning why he believed that. I started watching the video to hear his reasoning, but he didn't get to it before I gave up.
@@bradandrews777 he doesn't admit anything in the video other than the title, all he does is flex his "soon to be expensive collection" that's doing nothing but collecting dust
Oh snap Rudy hit 370K after being stuck at 369K for a long ass time. Pretty bullish honestly
Buy in now before the rush. Easy money has already been made
Still don’t understand how he has less than tolarian
@@Reformed322 timmies
for 7 or 8 years now rudys content hasnt changed whatsoever meanwhile tolarian has more diversified and casual friendly channel, im honestly suprised rudy got to almost 400k by just screaming about inked cardboard for 8y
just wait it out and buy the dip.
First rule of reselling- you don't make top dollar selling as a lot. Some ppl crazy about certain sets and you make money selling individually. Sealed isn't worthless if selling one by one
People often times don’t have the time or resources to turn it into a business. That’s fine, you just cannot profit as much when you cash out, or if you invest stupidly, crash out.
And everybody said Streets of New Capenna was worth sh*t and ... It's still worth sh*t.
Won't be forever though!
Jokes on you i bought 2 new capenna draft pack for 3.33 each and pulled Xander's Lounge and Otawara Soaring City a few days ago. I will never have luck like this again
@@nobodyxiii3792 how did you pull Otawara from SNC draft?
@@EastToWestTCG brainfart both packs were 3.33 each. I got 1 draft new capenna & 1 draft neon dynasty both had good land pulls
Those beautiful Khans of Tarkir boxes
What a terrific block... it's the one that got me back into Magic after over a decade of being absent.
Anyone waiting for the vid where Rudy's son decides to get back at his dad by ripping open all his sealed and swimming in packs like Uncle Scrooge, ripping packs and flip and ripping rares, then uploads a epic vid documenting it? And then the channel just goes quiet and is just an artifact of time, I'm kinda here for that.
😂
WHY??? LOL
Its not a collection. It's hoarding with no clear goal.
Unless MTG investors buy into grading cards these boxes will never appreciate at a fast enough rate. That is why pokemon does so great. They dont over print and the player base is obsessed with grading cards.
Exactly
That is because no one actually cares about playing their pokemon cards, they are almost exclusively for wall art.
They don't over print meanwhile Pokemon has had to burn billions of cards because they've printed too much for the past 3yrs.
What about that scandal a year ago about print shops with crooked workers printing rare pokemon cards for themselves to sell?
I forget the video but it had one guy trying to sell a box of fifty of the same very rare foil pokemon. The commenter in the video pointing out how absurd it was for anyone to have that many copies and how stupid the guy was for trying to sell them all in one place.
@@Outwardpd yep
If you collected when no one cared, it's worth a lot, now that everyone cares, everyone is hoarding sealed, and all the newer stuff remains worthless. Collectibles are only rare when no one thinks they will be.
If you don't own a warehouse like Rudy where do you store all of this stuff? My "dungeon" is getting full lol
Closet, safe, under the bed, etc
I keep a lot of my stock at my girlfriend's boyfriend's house. Very nifty.
@@KrepsyK I currently have 2 closets full of video games and collectibles and my extra room aka "dungeon" is getting there
3rd floor bathroom
Don't forget to flatten your boxes. The cards are already flat, you're mostly storing air if you don't!
If they are worthless I'd love some of these. 😅
in 2024 we will discover how to see what cards are in those packs without ever opening them.
STAY THE COURSE….!!!! Shot Ruby! I’ve been collecting sealed boxes since I first started watching your videos in ‘17. I now have over 30 sealed boxes, some reserve list cards, duels, and four horsemen. I love this hobby, and I love your videos! Keep up the good work bro 🤩🙏 Much respect from New Zealand 🫡
How have things worked out for you? Is it worth holding? How much are they worth now since when you initially bought them?
Some things have gone down, but mostly up. I think of Aether Revolt as a god example of up. SOI is another good one 😊
Sold time spiral for $189 I believe...
Is that $189.00 shipped?
@@MTG69 it was $567/3 boxes shipped. I believe Rudy only offered a 3 box option, but can't remember exactly.
I hate seeing stuff like this. I’m happy you’re able to buy this for yourself, but god those cards are likely never going to see the light of day. So much playability wasted stories those cards could tell. Emotions people could get from them. But nope, they will stay sealed. Stay dark for decades.
This reminds me of the diamond market. We are led to believe the cards are actually "rare" and demand high value. Meanwhile, guys like this are sitting on more than what the market even offers... cmon man... this investment into tcg's is ridiculous. Fomo because, like all collectibles, the rare ones are the ones people didn't know were going to be rare. Now they crap out box sets monthly. Quit trying to scam others because you overbought to try to get rich because you don't want a real job.
And that comment is directed at everyone who "invests" in mtg, not just this guy directly. You're all ruining this game, just like when corporate jerk offs ruin their games for the sake of profit and not entertainment.
I honestly hope everyone who invests loses their asses due to their greed.
None of these are worth anything and never will be. If you really want to invest in magic, you have to go to the old school block sets. It doesn't have to be the first couple sets, but Ice Age, Tempest, Urzas, etc are where the money is. That's where people have real nostalgia for magic. There is none with this new garbage.
Time Spiral Remastered was $189 per box in March 2021
Yo
Good times. Good times...
“Nothing too crazy today” a million dollars in sealed products on the table….what’s the point of keeping products sealed when the cards in them can triple the price of the box?
I know very little about mtg but it's interesting that the two most expensive Collector boosters in this video are collaborations with other well-known IPs (speaking on Fallout and LotR). glad I was able to get a little bit of those two sets.
Love seeing random assortments of sealed booster boxes, looks cool and reminds you of the history
Can someone please give me a legitimate site that sells booster boxes for decent prices? I’m tired of Amazon sending opened and resealed packs with no rares.
Facts. I just got a resealed BloomBurrow Commander Deck and it was missing the booster pack...
@@MechaNobi149 about three weeks ago I ordered a Lord of the rings, special edition collector booster. It was supposed to come sleeved and it came repackaged and it also had cards in the wrong order and it was missing a card. I took pictures and the fucker is selling stuff.
i think tcg player has some
Look at all the product to open. Someone get me a cheap plastic chair so I can get to crackin'.
Just here to agree they are worthless. Was looking at prices today on products I used to hold before I switched t Pokemon. It is wild how many booster boxes now sell below $100. Dead investment.
Cheaper cards is good for players. I hope the speculators stay in Pokemon
@@Augrills Cheap cards already exist. called proxies.
@@ChefBrianCooks I hope you switched to Pokemon before 2021, otherwise you're just gonna write this same comment elsewhere in a year or two. Also: jokes on you, for not investing on real assets.
@@aitoralru9608 yeah all my net worth is in cards.... /facepalm
Sell it for 30% lower quick Timmy! Let someone else make money on it😂
What I don’t understand about people like Rudy, and whoever else, who purchase extremely old sealed products, are you sure it’s going to sell? Like, I understand mtg is insanely volatile and speculative when it comes to collecting to invest, but who actually WANTS these? Like 99% of the cards in those boxes, total, are worthless except for maybe Pauper. Idk, maybe me?
Feel like people who buy the older sets want the opening experience of that set for whatever personal reason . Or keep it sealed and display as a capture of time. Each set has its own story to tell as far as what everyone thought at the time or so and so pulled serialized card that one time. It’s a memory to have and maybe open one day or if some emergency happens and need quick cash can sell to friend or throw online. Having an asset on hand typically earning $$$ over time is better than having cash in the bank and losing to debasement and inflation. NOT financial advice 😂
People enjoy drafting old sets. You get a whole night to experience the set by drafting and playing and you get to keep the cards for your collection. Think about drafting even a $500 box with 7 other friends. Thats $62.50 for a whole night of entertainment. Thats still cheaper than going out for drinks at a bar.
Nostalgia combined with a unique limited draft format. A box of Tempest Exodus Mirage all around 2K a box, imagine drafting that with your friends- the experience itself is priceless forget the cards individual value we are going back to 1997!
Its you.
he's hoping some mtg fan billionaire will buy his stuff one day
Imagine you are a casual player, wanting to get your hands on a new set (like LOTR Mordor Commander Deck) and its sold out after a few days and you dont get to play the cards. And then there are guys like this ... kinda makes me sick tbh, its a card game ...
And that's why proxies exist.
@@ubernerrd "you wouldn´t proxy a car"
@@ThomasBauer95 If I could print out a car for mere pennies I would.
@@ubernerrd you werent around in the 90s huh?
@@ThomasBauer95 Of course I was. :D
How is limiting print runs and turning what was slowly returning to it's origins as a card game back into a speculation market for people with too much money and not enough brain a good thing?
It's good for the business not the players.
@@halcyonacoustic7366 WotC and distributors do not sell to players. They sell to businesses....Players buy from businesses....What happens when the businesses fail because the profit is gone? Players can't play. Please understand that BEST case scenario a business is making 30% profit on new inventory from distributor. They buy it for $100, they sell it for $130. If they can't sell it for at least $115, they go out of business. Overhead exists. Please stop vilifying small business owners that are trying to pay their workers and their mortgage because you want your hobby for free.
Depends on what the sealed product is. If you have a bunch of sealed retro video games, they are worth more than you think. Board games and card collections don’t have much value sealed because new versions are released and replaces the current product.
This must have been a bruuuuuutal loss.
Hey rudy, just wanted to let you know that all shipping info should be covered either digitally or physically (not blurred). This is including any barcodes / qr codes as they hold A LOT of personal information for both sender and receiver.
If the price drops just hold it safe for a another 10 years.
Should have bought pokemon cards, they are big money during certain cycles 😂
Thoughts on Strixhaven? Really got me back into MTG after a solid 15+ years.
I like the set. Many of the cards work best in a sealed environment but there's a few commander cards. It has some interesting color pie bending cards too.
It's fun as hell to draft, I bought a couple cases and my draft group rips a box every 6 months. It's Harry Potter in MTG!
Shit flavour cool cards
love the scroll card arts. bought all of them. including replacing all y demonic tutors. those arts are so fire
I love this sooo much. When i started mtg i was waaaay too young. I didnt even understood the game. But the drawings/cards still are so amazing. It gives me a joy seeing these cards all these years later.
Bad investment long-term .. it's a game meant to play in person and those type of people are fewer and fewer and will only get worse as AI and virtual reality gets better
Made 450,000 stickers took 14 years to sell it all at 5 bucks each...
Some of those prices on the boxes might be Canadian
"Sealed Products are Worthless"...... Sit's on a ton of sealed product.
Give it 3 years, and this stuff is booming again
No, most likely not
Maybe in 15-20 years
try 300 years
sound like the sport card collectors in the late 90s
Just two more weeks
I don't think this guy knows what 'OG' means.
I miss VIP double masters openings
We just did a master case opening on my drip channel
Just open the boxes and packs, and sell the cards individually, easy peasy :p
That's the least beat up pallet jack I've ever seen.
😂 Rudy buying from his patrons of hoping people buy more magic cause Rudy is a Hasbro shill
When you look at base ball cards in the 40's 50's 60' and what the midle is for all cards now over printed over priced doomed to fail
I have a whole series of baseball from 71. Mint. And they are basically worthless.1-5 usd per card at most so you lose money on shipping. Poor box has been passed from person to person for years until it stopped at me.
He is obviously having financial difficulties. This is new stuff sold at a loss
All new stuff is sold at a loss, because nobody wants it. New MTG is awful
Sealed product unless from retail is 100% unbuyable with ct/xray scanning now
What can you see with xray on cards? The cards are so cramped and stacked together that you cant see any valuable card? How would it ignore other cards to look at the big hit ones only?
Hardly to believe.. potentially possible somehow
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People still buy magic cards o.0 haha
Commander Legends what a fun vibe that set was
I ama retro game collector, and have very recently learned the a similar lesson. Maybe not exactly the same, but the truth is, when i come across a good condition game that I'm only half interested in, even if I've spent a lot that month already, and dont even really want the game, I'll regret not buying it months later.
Likewise, sometimes i see games that are almost the condition i want, or are the condition i want but the price is too high, and I have to be patient and not buy.
I have begun to recognize when something is an opportunity that, even though it doesn't feel good now, makes sense and i will be glad for later on. Likewise, somethings are buys that even though it feels good now, doesnt make sense and is ultimately wasting (potentially a lot) of money, because I will come across a cooy within a year or so that is properly priced inna glod condition.
I had to learn this the hard way, but Im learning. It also requires discipline to keep focused on the hobby and search, a lot of time, and emotional discipline which I think really has to be learned by experience.
I never understood "Collecting" at all, y'all just by and let it collect dust to resell later to nostalgic fucks that throw their last $1000 bucks at them for an unsatisfying trip down memory lane
This sounds like you're having a terrible time. This whole video sounds is filled unhappiness.
Not sure what I was supposed to takeaway from this other than I don't want to play this game (the market, not the tcg).
as a new MTG hobbyist, where do I start? Im thinking of buying the oldest set of cards from current standard rotation and work my way up from there.
When it comes to collecting cards for me personally i dont care about the investing part i mean ill look up cards to see what they are going for but most likely wont sell them anyway
Magic is used to open and play 😂😂 not the stock market 😂 yes and maybe the first boxes are worth a lot because nobody was collecting 😂
ok rudy. i will gladly come by and take the worthless product off your hands. thanks sincerely timmy
Too bad there were no comments about the Unfinity box. That is a story of a set that went to crap. Although, I do not think that anyone had much hope in it even though the Galaxy Foil shock lands were supposed to save it.
Paradoxically ,it probably would have sold more if they just made all the cards silver boarder except the basics and shocks. At least the whole fiasco with stickers and attractions wouldn't have been a thing.
4:00 i just want that dope box. Whoa.
Not a magic collector by any means, don't play the game never once purchased any magic products. But im sub'd to this channel bc of videos like this lol. there is something satisfying about seeing 400 boxes of sealed product, that is so cool.
Now imaging you wasn't a fool and put everything into pokemon instead.
Don’t tell me this is true!!!!!!😮😢
I’m selling my brother’s baseball collection and I probably have 500 sealed boxes from 1998 to 2019 year he died… I was at a show and a dealer bought two boxes for $600… He opened them at his table and pulled 20 bucks maybe worth of Cards he said… I spent maybe 2000 going to shows with everything included (please, lunch, gas, drinks, helpers, and more) Over the last year and a half and I probably sold close to 25,000 in boxes and cards…. The breakdown would be like 23,000 boxes and 2000 in cards…. So no boxes are not worthless if you sell them as a bulk you’re a freaking idiot because everyone offered me $5000 for his whole collection… The only thing is is I do sell them at about 30% off of what eBay gets for them, And I probably given away another 2000 cards to kids why because you need to get the next generation collecting and very interested in this hobby or you won’t have Future collectors…. My main hobby is book collecting and antique maps… And that is a dying hobby. We are not bringing young people into it anymore.
Bulk is where the money is at, the big markets already got the rares locked down.
I would have paid for the boxes of khans and the rest could go to the dumpster 😂
Love how he bags on price swings just to say people had no reason to believe lost caverns would go up on value 🤣🤣 stonks! I respect it
if its all worthless i'll take everything on the table for 100$
Those boxes look so nice tho 🤤
this is low key depressing
This is why collecting cards fails in 2024 the model changed
Thats a I just back into magic collection. I literally have the same collection nearby. Except I collect set boosters with anything that has them available.
Late to the game on this but why are people expecting sealed product for anything to have quick turn around value? Most of these sets are less than 5 years old
Pokémon does well on a lot of less than 5 year old stuff
I went all in on Metazoo... YOU OWE ME RUDY!!!!
Oh no the consequences of my own actions!!
@@Mactakun but he pumped it so much, made it out to be the next big thing... Now I can't afford my house payments!
@@Horimono95 If you need the money you invested to pay bills then you were stupid to invest it at all.
NEVER invest money that you need to live, only invest what you can spare when your expenses are already dealt with.
@@NunYurbisI think they're kidding.
There joking forsure lol
Glad I found your channel.
I'm here to comment that, I've been watching Rudy's videos on and off since 2016.....when i first got into MTG.....and that he RUINED MY......ha ha, only a bad dad joke. No, I wanted to say I've been watching since 2016 and I never considered it anything more than light entertainment. If I ever spent any money, it was something that I was already looking at / or I ignored Rudy in entirity and just made my own decision.
If anyone wants to unload a sealed lot like from the beginning of the video shoot me a message, I'll buy everything you have.
There's a sucker like you born everyday. This stuff is garbage and literally worthless. Nobody wants new MTG sets. They're all bad. Zero nostalgia. Nobody likes it.
My guy, not that my comment had anything to do with Rudy video but I would love to have the half of that.
Here buying Magic is fucking impossible.
A Bundle of M.Horizons III Amazon cost you mostly 90$USD.
BUT HERE IN ARG COST 335$USD WHAT THE FUCK MAN.
I'm fucking tired 😊.
Sealed is worthless when you make bad choices of course. No brainer.
Yeah bc there is nothing equivalent to cracking a sealed and get😮tin that rare
You guys. Just. Buy. Something.
Face value… not worth more than when it was purchased
Yo if you don’t want those, I’m right here.
When you have so many cards you own a pallet jack
Yes😊
That's a nice collection of boxes. A bit of everything, makes up for a nice display still.
when these are worthless, send me some displays :)
Nice vid :) enjoyed the sincerity Mr. Taco Tuesday
Great collection, wish the seller could have held on to them a little longer.
We are in a full on collapse , so ALL cards are going to tank . Those collectable one off cards you think are worth thousands , unopened boxes etc etc are also going to tank big time .
They kind of already have over the last 3 years but now we are transitioning back into a free money low interest rate bonanza so buckle up.
I never played mtg, but I bought the 4 fallout boxes because I’m a big fallout fan
Nooooooo
Folks!
Nice game pieces
Rudy Review: Good prices, fast shipping. A++ Patreon seller!
Rudy!!!! Greed Monsters, Evil Investors, and ....3.696969% Women want to know. Did the seller lose or profit from this sale?
Didn’t speak of Thrones of Eldraine? Why?
Folks!
06:20 Hamster box, you say? ('-')
Yeah, it's worthless send it my way