Who you're dealing with
Cards & Coffee is one person, not a chain — a local buyer who'd rather meet you for a coffee and talk about your collection than have you mail it to a warehouse and hope for the best.
The name started as a joke
I write software for a living. So does the friend I was talking to when this began. We were doing the thing developers do constantly now — marveling at how much more we can build than we could five years ago, and in the same breath wondering whether ours is the field that gets automated first. Both feelings at once, most days.
Somewhere in that conversation I said: people will still want to buy cards and coffee after AI takes over.
It was a punchline. It stuck anyway, because the more I sat with it the more it sounded like a plan. The things that last are the ones worth doing in person — sitting across a table from someone, going through a box together, going back and forth over whether a card is lightly or moderately played. That's not a problem anyone needs solved. That's the good part.
How this works
There's no shop to visit. Cards & Coffee sells online through Mana Pool, and buys collections in person around Franklin & Nashville, Tennessee. When we agree on a price, we pick a public place that's easy for you, go through the cards together, and you leave paid in cash or Venmo the same day.
Offers are 65% of TCGplayer market value on cards worth more than 50 cents, and anything over $100 is worth a conversation. That number is on the website on purpose — you should be able to check the math yourself before you ever send a message.
If a collection isn't a fit, we'll say so and point you somewhere that is. A fair "no" is better for everyone than a lowball offer.
Questions before you send anything?
The FAQ covers pricing, condition, and how meetups work. Anything it doesn't, just ask — cards@cardscoffee.com.
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