Submitted by BeerorCoffee t3_zi81p2 in wallstreetbets
The banana sticker market boomed in the middle of the pandemic. Older stickers have always been a fairly safe store, save for the volatility of the past couple of years, but historically.
Stickers are worth more if they are in good condition, and gem mint cards trade for big premiums. Graded 10. There are multiple sticker graders, but honestly I’ve been in the game a while and PSA is the most clouted, will get you the highest price always (and cost most). However PSA is the gold standard at this point. Others are just as legit but PSA is PSA and you want a PSA 10 to have in poker what is referred to as “the nuts” - best possible hand for a given board.
Anyways there currently limited edition Disney stickers on Dole bananas, and full collections sell for around a dollar a sticker. But I'm getting them for 19 cents per banana! Easy profit.
CATALYST
The current banana is going extinct and, with new Disney leadership they may curtail frivolous spending in the banana sticker market. These limited edition Mickey stickers may be the last of their kind!
TLDR;
Buying bananas for their sticker and flipping at 5x profit. Now I just need to figure out what to do with 80k pounds of leftover bananas.
Edit: Thanks for the gold, from whom I can only assume is Rory Byrne, thrilled with the modest uptick in sales as we approach the end of the year. This investment is already paying off!