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12-19-2012, 11:28 AM #1
Making an inventory of my collection
Hey guys,
Being the bored MBA student that I am on winter break, I have recently come up with the idea to inventory my collection. I came up with the idea of putting everything into penny sleeves/toploaders and then putting a bar code on the back and scanning everything in and keeping track of it via excel. This way I can track my collection much easier and I could even store data like BV and other things in there. Ideally, I would have this hooked up to my iPhone as well so i can just scan everything through my phone. Has anyone ever done/attempted anything like this?? Do you guys think this would even be feasible?? Any input is appreciated
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12-19-2012, 02:02 PM #2
It's still data entry. That is time consuming.
I actually had one new Mong on here in September tell me that I should input the 15,000 cards I have for trade. I asked him in who's lifetime would anyone find the time to do such a thing, considering I move over 1,000 cards per year as singles, and also considering that I came from a place of half a million cards.
If you have a 400 card collection, the bar code would be ideal. But if you are in the business of moving inventories as I am, only my brain can handle all the activity. I would not live long enough for all the data entry that is required.
I do not keep a Trade List, because I would have to be 8 hours per day doing Data Entry and no time to sell, trade or live my life. I spend far too much time as it is in this racket.
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12-19-2012, 02:22 PM #3
You could save yourself a ton of time and just use the SCF Inventory System.
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12-19-2012, 02:29 PM #4
Data Entry
Who has time to input over 15,000 cards? None of us do. I spend 4 hours per day searching for cards for other buyers and traders. There is no possible way.
This month alone I have transacted and moved over 600 cards, 375 of them as singles. I cannot devote 8 hours per day to Data Entry alone.
Besides.... Who could be bothered by going through about 400 SCF pages just to look for one card if I was rude enough to say, "Look at my SCF Inventory"
It's far easier to look for somebody.
What people forget is that when they are asking if you have a card, it's up to you to provide that service to them, you cannot expect them to sift through your 15,000 plus card inventory that might take them hours. Not good business.Last edited by centrehice; 12-19-2012 at 02:35 PM.
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12-19-2012, 02:53 PM #5
Ya it would take me a long time, but I don't have that big of a collection, but I think it would be a great asset to have everything like that. The excel would be just an addition, the main purpose of it would be the barcode/QR code scanning. This would allow me when I'm out to at a show or anywhere else to just scan the card and information about it such as the BV would instantly pop up. Would take forever, but I think it would be a cool wrinkle
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