Seriously?
A luxury car dealer is revealing some of the wildest job titles she hears from her clientele. As someone who works in customer service, surely she’s heard it all—but a recent job title caught her way, way off guard.
Sasha (@supercarswithsasha), who bills herself as a self-described “card nerd,” posted a video about her work selling exotic cars and the kinds of buyers who walk through the door. According to Sasha, some customers casually “wire $250,000 like it’s Venmo,” prompting her to ask the obvious question about what they do for a living.
One answer, she says, caught her off guard: Pokémon cards.”
Sasha pokes fun at the moment in the clip, joking that it might be time to rethink her own life path. “So clearly I chose the wrong career path,” she quips.
Viewers are marveling at the idea that trading cards could bankroll a quarter-million-dollar car without breaking a sweat.
Surprisingly, working with Pokémon cards can sometimes prove lucrative. But buying and trading cards as a career—assuming Sasha’s client was telling the truth—is something that only a tiny slice of people do regularly, and usually not the way TikTok makes it look.
The truly wild money in Pokémon cards sits at the very top of the market. These aren’t the Pikachu cards you can order off of Amazon or from Target, but professionally graded ones in near-perfect condition.
Logan Paul’s widely publicized purchase of a $5.3 million Pikachu Illustrator card in 2022 shows just how high the ceiling can get. According to Vaulted, that kind of value is usually tied to first-edition cards—most of which are from the late 1990s—limited-run promotional releases, and pristine Charizards that collectors are constantly chasing.
The outlet reports that the rarest card in the world is the 1998 Pokémon Japanese Promo Illustrator, which brought in an eye-popping $5.2M in 2021.
Grading matters just as much as the card itself. A PSA 10, which signals gem-mint condition, is worth exponentially more than a similar face card with any signs of wear and tear. But it takes some time to get that kind of certification, and there are experts whose job it is to research card values (and websites where you can submit cards yourself).
Of course, most people making serious money in this business treat it, well, like a business. Take Carson Plant, the 20-something-year-old who said last year that he makes over $200,000 a year auctioning trading cards on livestream. Getting that type of cash takes work, often sourcing cards internationally and building a broad audience to move inventory.
For everyone else, though, buying, selling, or trading Pokémon cards is more likely to be either a side hustle or even a hobby, rather than a fast track to wealth.
As Sasha’s video kept circulating, commenters jumped in to poke fun at their own jobs—or the ones they claim to have when they’re in situations where they don’t feel like getting into the details.
“I change light bulbs for Dollar Tree,” one viewer joked.
Another chimed in with, “I have a taco truck.”
“I say bubble gum wholesaler,” someone else teased.
Sasha jumped into the replies, responding simply with “lol.”
Not everyone was laughing, though. At least one viewer seemed genuinely stunned that buying, selling, and trading Pokémon cards could translate into serious money.
“It’s only a matter of time before [they] come in and dump a small pile of gold and silver on the counter,” one man remarked.
Sasha weighed in on that comment as well, replying, “lol seriously!”
Motor1 has reached out to Sasha via a direct message on TikTok. We’ll be sure to update this if she responds.
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