Radio Script
Host: The sports card business has been a profitable one for decades now. In the last few years the trade in these cards has exploded as the internet allows for easier selling and buying of cards. But since the start of the pandemic, with people having lots of time on their hands, spending most of their lives online, and nostalgia levels through the roof, business is better than ever. Alec Friedman spoke with one of these sellers.
TRACK: I’m on the phone with Alex Andelsman who recently sold a ____ card. He has been buying and selling cards on eBay for a few years now but has really taken it up a notch due to lock down.
ACT: Since the lock down I’ve done many different things that I never thought that I would be able to do like growing a 1200 follower Instagram account in four months.
TRACK: He says there’s been unprecedented growth with new collectors and investors every day.
ACT: Marketplace has had the opportunity to grow massively over the past four months because of the lockdown and everybody being in their house and going through their old cards in their old collections and rediscovering their youth a little bit the market I’ve seen cards that have sold for millions and thousands of dollars just shattering records you know just craziness I’m making four times on a card in two weeks.
TRACK: For a lot of people especially Andelsman this isn’t just a casual hobby, it’s a legit business with great opportunity for profit. With a lot of research and dedicating time to listing the cards online there is real money to be made.
ACT: I see this as a business because I’m in it to make profit but there are other people out there that just you know seeing athlete that they like and they like to collect their card but yeah for me personally it’s a business and I’m seeing great returns on some of the cards that I buy.
NOISE
TRACK: That noise you hear is the sound of Andelsman listing cards on eBay
ACT: I’m spending about two or three hours a day on Either eBay scrolling through prices or shipping items that I’ve sold or looking to buy new things on the sports card hobby or business has become a daily you know fast moving business basically just like the stock market.
TRACK: The sports card business is one that’s been around for over a century now starting in the early 1900s and continuing through today. Back in the early days of the industry you had to go to the ballpark, a newspaper stand or a card store to buy sports cards but with the internet, access is easier than ever. Whether you’re interested in collecting your favorite players or buying and selling like Andelsman the sports card business has never been so convenient, and now in a world on lock down with everyone living their lives from keyboard to monitor the sports card business is seeing growth like never before. For Baruch College, I’m Alec Friedman on Long Island.