Our Story

Built by Collectors
For Collectors

Gengarns started in a spare bedroom with one binder, a kitchen scale, and a stubborn belief that UK collectors deserved better treatment than the high street was giving them.

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2024
Founded · Bristol, UK
The Story

We were tired of getting lowballed.

Like most collectors, we'd walked into a shop with a binder full of cards and walked out shaking our heads. The offers were always 30–40% under market, "take it or leave it," with no explanation of the working.

So we started keeping records. We tracked TCGplayer comps, eBay sold listings, PSA pop reports. We learned which cards were genuinely scarce and which were just hyped. And we realised: most of the people buying our cards weren't going to flip them tomorrow — they were sitting on them for years. There's no excuse for paying us pennies on the pound.

Gengarns was built on a simple promise: pay fair, work transparent, treat every customer the way we'd want to be treated when we walk through the door.

What We Stand For

The Rules of the House

01

Fair Pricing

Our trade-in tiers are public and our buy prices are tied to live market data. No "back of the envelope" guesswork.

02

Show the Working

Every valuation comes with the comp we used. If you disagree, send us a better data point and we'll revise — happily.

03

Authentic or Refunded

Every card we sell is hand-verified. If we ever ship you something we'd be embarrassed to own, send it back — we'll refund and apologise.

The Road So Far

How We Got Here

Mar 2024

The Binder Era

Started with personal collection trades on Reddit and Facebook. Built up a network of regulars who kept coming back.

Aug 2024

First 1,000 Cards Sold

Hit 1,000 verified sales with a 5-star rating. Started running Whatnot live drops twice a week.

Jan 2025

Trade-In Program Launches

Published our trade-in tier table publicly — one of the first UK dealers to do so. Quotes went up 24% on average vs. competitors.

Sep 2025

Gengarns Cards Online

Launched the full website with free valuations and the vault catalogue. Hundreds of cards listed on day one.

2026

What's Next

Grading partnership for in-house authentication. Expanded sealed product inventory. Bigger Whatnot drops and vending at UK expos.

For New Customers

How It Works

Path A

Buying

Browse the catalogue, add to cart, check out. Free tracked postage on UK orders over £100. International shipping calculated at checkout.

Browse the Vault →
Path B

Trading In

Send us your trade list via the Valuation page — name, set, and condition for each card. We'll come back with an offer within 24 hours and a free Royal Mail label for trades over £100.

Request a Valuation →
Path C

Free Valuation

Not sure what your stuff is worth? Send us a list, get a written valuation within 24h. No pressure to sell or trade after.

Request Valuation →
Ready to Deal?

Let's see what your collection's worth.

Whether you're buying your first holo or thinning out a 20-year backlog, we'd love to talk.