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The story
A thread went up on 5ch’s ‘Nandemo Jikkyo G’ board claiming the poster had made ¥20 million in a single week reselling Pokémon cards. The original poster explained they run a card shop as a registered company, and backed it up by posting a string of evidence: screenshots of transaction totals, a secondhand dealer’s license, and even a screen showing daily reports submitted to a tax accountant. In response, a wave of skeptical comments poured in — “I’m reporting this to the tax office,” “Do you even have a secondhand dealer’s license?” — sparking a back-and-forth over suspected tax evasion. At the same time, other users questioned why Pokémon cards sell for such huge sums in the first place, with the scarcity of rare cards and Pokémon’s popularity overseas cited as possible reasons.
What people said
At that amount, the tax office is definitely coming for you.
I run a company, you know 🙋♀
Had it for a year
Does it count as a private sale and get exempted?
It's a corporation, you know 🙋♀
Since I run a company, I send in all the evidence already 🙋♀
There's no such thing as your life being 'set' until the day you die lmaooooo
Gonna go ahead and report this.
Report for what!? lmaooooo
Just calm down and look at my cat and fish tank instead 🙋♀
That happens sometimes.
Though I've never actually lost money on Pokémon cards 🙋♀
it's way too late to get into that game now.
I only touch modern cards these days, even if the margins are tiny.
There's no such thing as too late or too early to start 🙋♀
What do you think's the number one way tax evasion actually gets exposed? A tip-off from family or someone close to you.
Being this jealous over a thread like this is kind of impressive, honestly
Are you evading taxes too?
Honestly, I just don't get the whole concept of being jealous of someone else in the first place
Who cares about the cat.
If you really have a secondhand dealer's license, just show it next to the cat with the number blacked out as proof.
That'd shut everyone up.
Do you live in Hyogo Prefecture?
Oh, I already paid my estimated tax installment yesterday lololol
That should settle it, right!? lol
That's a 'loss' for you right there
What's your sourcing route? You're not submitting them for PSA grading yourself, are you?
Here's the transaction amount 🙋♀
Sorry, I honestly don't see how that answers my question
I submit a daily report to my tax accountant, so there's no way I could be evading anything — though I guess someone who's never had a real job wouldn't get that 🤓
Normally a tax accountant only checks in once a month.
Getting sent something every single day would just be a nuisance and a massive pain, with zero benefit to either side.
Are you actually a business owner?
Are they really that rare? Why?
Even I don't know lmaooooo
Old cards in mint condition are basically all gone, plus foreigners love Pokémon
It's yakuza money laundering, dude
Background and Key Points of This Debate
Under Japan’s Secondhand Goods Dealer Act, anyone who continuously resells used goods like Pokémon cards is legally required to hold a secondhand dealer’s license. From the images posted in the thread alone, there’s no way for outside observers to verify whether such a license actually exists or whether taxes have genuinely been paid in full, and threats to “report this to the tax office” carry little practical weight unless the anonymous poster can actually be identified. On the other hand, the reasons Pokémon cards command such high prices include the scarcity of surviving out-of-print cards, the condition guarantees provided by PSA grading, and growing demand from collectors overseas in recent years. The thread mixed pushback against the poster’s brash attitude with genuine surprise and curiosity about the sheer scale of the deals, splitting the discussion into two main threads: whether the trading is actually legal, and why Pokémon cards sell for so much in the first place.
This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Image] Dude Makes ¥20 Million Selling Pokémon Cards in a Single Week lololololol.”
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