A totally irrelevant example of flipping.

I rekindled a childhood hobby this year after a few months of lurking and watching fellow hobbyists open packs of Pokémon cards. Pokémon cards has been all the rage recently and some of them even sell for 6-figure sums. When I told the Mrs that I would like to go back into this hobby, she had a simple condition for me: an annual spending cap of $200. In the back of my mind I was going ‘Siao liao, I can’t buy anything noteworthy or nice.’ I did my research and watched a few videos reviewing some upcoming sets. The hype and demand for these were insatiable and a plan was hatched. A buddy of mine accompanied me on launch day to queue and purchase boxes at retail. (The queue was insane and also indicated to me that there was pent up...