Fingers crossed that this episode description doesn't get deleted this time!

Part II of this fireside chat gets to the meat and bones of BTS, and when you take a listen, you'll see why that phrase works so well. You may even salivate during our discussion. Meat and bones and also tenderizing as a way to negotiate.....I hope you marinate on these concepts. Even right now as I type this, I'm getting hungry!

In my brief intro, I talk about finally getting my plane ticket for 2023 National, which is the largest card show in the United States (trying to remember my international listeners!). I am very much a window seat person on airplanes, and so I put a poll up - are you a window or aisle seat person, or for some reason are you a middle seat person? (If you are, please consider unsubscribing right now!)

In Part II, the self proclaimed "The Hardest Working Man in the Hobby" Dan and I get into the actual reason I asked him on the pod, which is BTS. Dan talks about how he first started buying on eBay, setting up as a dealer in local and regional card shows all around the United States and why he thinks the Dallas Card Show is the best regional card show.

Dan also talks about the implicit or hidden costs of setting up as a traveling dealer, tenderizing during a negotiation, understanding cost basis and other people's positions while negotiating, why a 1/1 of sometimes not really as rare as we may think it is, the mindset and inventory for a successful dealer, pop counts, and whether there should be a Hobby ChatGPT. We end with a question from ChatGPT (multi part answer from The Great Curator), and I want to personally let our future computer overlords know that I will not fight the inevitable outcome.

Finally, Dan talks about how he is able to live in the great state of California without having a car. Please buy his cards and like his content so that he can buy a car.

Presented, written, directed, edited, and narrated by Denny Cards

Executive produced by Dan Nguyen