SashaT Podcast - A Whatnot Original

Terrance Wimberly is a sports card dealer from the midwest that turned his side business into a career. I was first introduced to Terrance 2 years ago through mutual friends and was drawn to passion, positively, and friendliness. Terrance travels around the country as a sports card dealer. If you attend card shows you probably have been at his table before looking through all his amazing inventory. It was great to sit down with T and share his story.

Today we were LIVE with Eddie from Investacard and CardFi. If you are in the hobby and have social media you have probably seen Eddie before. He has been pushing out content through the Investacard platform for a few years now and is most recognized for his saying, "Live From Investacard." In todays podcast we go through whats going on with his new venture CardFi, how he started in the card/collectible industry, changing his business model over the years, what he was doing before Investacard, and MORE!

This past weekend we attended the Burbank Card Show here in LA. The show brought many people from out of state and fortunately one those guys was Mike Cance. We were able to get a episode in after the show Friday with Mike and we had a great time chopping it up. In the podcast (TBH we talk about many things) we flow from Mike's start in cards, what is was like when he started vs today, deciding to quite his corporate job, growth of his business, inflations effects on cards, the hobby, and much more.

Lifelong Collector Armen Blu tells us his hobby story and journey. Armen over the years has been able to acquire a vast collection of cards that he is truly passionate about. We get into the LA collectors/card scene, collecting vs flipping vs investing + MORE

For Episode 20, Kelvin Zee (LukaDoncicPC) came on the podcast. Kelvin is a long time collector that got into the industry in 1989.Recently he took a trip to Taiwan meeting with collectors. We discuss his trip and stories he had along with seeing some of the cards that he brought back with him.

For Episode 19, Lou Geneux came on the podcast. Lou is currently one of the three members of Card Talk Pod and works for Vayner Media. As this podcast was aired after the National Card Convention we discussed the experiences we had from the show and overviews the entire event. We also went into the evolution and changes of the market, collectors, investors, hobby shops. I had a blast recording this with Lou as we go over so much more, Hope you guys enjoy!!

For episode 18, Coleman was kind enough to come back on the podcast. The conversation was focused towards being a card dealer in the current economic state. National card convention insight, tips, tricks and prep. Burbank Card Show, ALT liquid auctions impact on market, and new updates from them that we are seeing. 

For Episode 17, Marc Nehamen owner of Ultimate Pastime was kind enough to come back on the podcast. Ultimate Pastime specializes in player appearances, autographed memorabilia, cards for all sports, toys, etc. In the podcast we get into the volatilities of the current market, collecting/dealing/investing similarities, why you should buy what you like, and much more!

For Episode 16, Chris Costa joins us on the podcast. Chris is the managing partner of Big Night Sports which holds Card VaultUS, Big Night Breaks, Fenway Card Show, Causeway card show, and more. In the podcast we cover Chris's start in the industry, passion, and how he is building his ecosystem for the future. We also get into the current state of the sports card market, NFT Market, and economy in general. It was so much fun having Chris on as we got into some other fun topics that I will leave to the listeners and viewers to tune into :)

For episode 15, Jeff Rizo is a known sports card shop owner and card dealer here in Southern California. His collection of inventory is vast, diversified, and one of the best in the industry. Mr. Rizo comes with 30 + years of experience in the card industry and talks about where the market is today, what it was like before, and whats in store for the future. In the podcast Mr. Rizo makes a huge industry announcement regarding his Rizo Sports stores and brand that he operates with his son.