RK Collectibles — Local services in Coralville

Avoid this scummy place like the plague for your Pokemon product needs. Not only are they extremely over priced but I’ve caught people that work there, multiple times, buying up the local Walmart so they can then price it up within their own store. (See attached picture). These people need shamed

Responding to the owner’s reply: no your pricing isn’t the best. Geek city and critical hit games are two stores that always have you out priced and that’s before you start comparing your pricing to the entire Cedar Rapids area. You’ve been shown via price charting, collectr, pokedata.io and even eBay sold listings when your pricing is off and instead of movement you give the customer excuses about having to pay shipping but the excuse isn’t needed if you just click on the sold listing to see free shipping.

You’ve stated you don’t have a distributor for Pokemon yet want us to believe that you have the product you have without retail buy outs. Alright

On the rare chance I’m wrong about your staff it’s extremely hard to believe and extremely off putting when your staff “whose buying for his own collection” is waiting an hour in advance for the Mj holding rep to arrive, which he’d only know to do if he was apart of scalping discords, Facebook groups, etc in the first place. Multiple people waiting that day had posts on Facebook groups reselling what they scalped. Weird group to be associated with if it’s...

Staff was very friendly, and they have a ton of inventory. Sports cards, Pokemon, one piece, marvel stuff, garbage pail kids, just about anything you could think of. However they lose 2 stars due to their pricing on Pokemon. The market is crazy right now but even considering that, they had higher prices on their sealed product than Facebook marketplace scalpers.

A few examples

Blooming waters Box market price - $125 Their price - $140

Paldean fates booster bundle market price - $50 Their price - $65

151 booster bundle market price - $60 Their price - $75

Even market pricing is insane these days, to charge over market is just a bit egregious in my opinion.

REPLY TO OWNER:

You don’t have to sell at MSRP but if scalpers are buying at MSRP pricing and beating your pricing, there’s a problem. Charging over market is just...

The store is still up-and-coming, but they’ve got some great wax, as well as hobby stuff. The staff there is so friendly… I wanted to buy some storage boxes. I didn’t see any out front, and they dug around in the back to find some. I’ve also have times where I’ve been looking for something specific. Even if they don’t have it, they take their time to look. They also send in to PSA for cards to get graded. It’s always a fair price, and they’ll give you a recommendation before you decide to send it off. The store may be small, but don’t sleep on this place as one of the best in...