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One spot, worked through
A breaker lists the Houston Texans at $45 in a 2023 Panini Prizm Football hobby break on a platform with a 5% buyer fee. Here is what the calculator puts beside that ask, and what each figure means.
- Bid plus fees
- $47.25
- $45 ask + $2.25 buyer fee. This is the figure the calculator compares.
- Allocation for this spot
- about $55
- The Texans' share of what the boxes cost, from the checklist. A cost split, not a forecast of what the spot returns.
- Allocation − cost, % of bid
- +17%
- The $55 allocation less the $47.25 bid plus fees, as a share of the $45 bid, the figure the calculator shows. Positive means the ask is under this spot's share of the bill; it says nothing about the cards inside.
- Max bid at the 68% dial
- about $35
- Your dial, the share of box retail you will pay, applied to the allocation, less the $2.25 per-spot fee. Turn it up or down; the calculator never picks it for you.
Confidence. Beside these figures the calculator shows how much of the Texans' value is priced from completed sales and when values were last updated. A thin sales-backed share means the allocation is rough, so leave more room.
After the break. Your result is measured against the all-in cost, here $45 + $2.25 fee + $5 shipping + $3.60 tax = $55.85, from what the cards actually net. Log the payout and the dashboard works it out.
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