Sometimes you grind the stone, and sometimes the stone grinds you.
Erm. I mean. That’s what it’s supposed to do. It’s supposed to grind what you press against it.
It’s not a perfect metaphor okay?
Anyway, yesterday was a day that left me feeling ground. I went to edit my video I shot on Monday only to find there was no audio with the recording. Turned out I had accidentally unplugged my microphone.
Okay, well. That sucks. I guess I have to reshoot it.
The video in question is a demonstration of how I’m using TCGplayer’s new Scan & Identify tool. This is the updated version of their Quicklist software, and replaces their Quicklist + closed beta they’ve been running last year. The first rollout in their new initiative to create more and better tools to reduce frictions in the TCG card marketplace. (Check this out here.)
Since TCGplayer have also announced that the Scan & Identify can process One Piece and Lorcana, I thought I would show off my process while using it to scan in some One Piece. It was a relatively low hanging piece of fruit for me that just got a whole lot lower with this added feature. So seemed like a great idea.
But honestly – it seems like it isn’t quite up to the standard that has been shown for Magic and Pokemon. In the video (which will be published later today), I had to manually fix nearly 40% of the 550+ cards I had scanned in. This made the process take a LOT longer than if I’d just used the filtered .csv option.
But. We made it through. We got the cards listed. We got the video recorded. It actually has audio lol. Got another several hundred cards listed besides (ZNR foils). The sun sets. The sun rises.
Today is a new day.
I have an appointment this morning, but after lunch I’ll be editing video to publish this afternoon, blasting out a bunch of Ebay listings, and prepping and running a Whatnot stream this evening. Tonight’s stream will be my first attempt at a claim-sale type show. I have a big pile of Pokemon bulk from WotC era all the way to today that needs sorting, and I thought it might be nice if people could shop it while I’m sorting it. Be sure to tune in if you’re into that kind of thing; just follow the link on the home page.
Cheers!