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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss
Can someone please define this term for me and explain how it applies to comments made on the prewar section of Net54?
I understand the term in the context of a guy getting on social media and talking up a card or player to tens of thousands of people so that prices rise and the guy/pumper can acquire and then sell their cards for much more than they paid.
But how does that apply here, where most of what we buy/collect is quite rare and doesn’t sell too often, where prices on these items do not and cannot move at nearly the same speed as more common cards/players, where the viewership on this website is relatively small, and when most of us are not buying cards to sell/flip in the near future?
Perhaps I am taking this personally, but I feel the term (especially as used quite often by one poster in particular) is aimed at anyone who views cards as viable investments, having a true asset value, rather than just cardboard to be collected. Or more properly, its aimed at anyone who openly talks about changes in the "marketplace" and the rising and falling values of cards; god forbid they make an encouraging comment about the future value of a card. Doing that is no different from anyone who sits around with friends and discusses the impact of the economy, or interest rates, or geopolitical issues on the values of their real estate or stock portfolio.
So, because I get annoyed each and every time I see the word "pumper" regularly used in posts on the prewar section of net54, can I get some feedback on how that can apply here and to what type of posts/posters that term is directed?
And BTW -- if I am considered a pumper because I actively invest in cards and I talk about that openly here, then I am proud to be a pumper, although I believe totally mislabeled as one.
Also BTW -- I am not trying to pick a fight, but rather, I am genuinely interested to understand the profile of a "pumper" on the prewar section of Net54, because that term gets a lot of run and I think it should be publicly defined so everyone knows whats intended when its used.
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My definition is like you described but it doesn't have to be to a huge audience. I have seen people pump cards on this forum countless times in the 10 years I have been a member. You can pump a card to a small audience and get someone silly enough to highly overpay.
Usually it is fairly easy to do especially if you have a "friend/relative" help pump the card(s). It is WHY cards get hot.