Had a great experience here, thanks to Ryan!!! He was very knowledgeable and helped me understand more about protecting and caring for my cards without making me feel overwhelmed or inexperienced. Super friendly, patient, and welcoming! It can be intimidating walking into a card shop when you're still learning, but he made the whole experience enjoyable. Looking forward to visiting this shop again! read more

Cool little shop. Staff are somewhat friendly but may not be super approachable for new collectors. The store is clean, thy have a nice selection of new product. The store doesn't seem have too much vintage cards. They seem to focus on new blind bags and boxes. The value is about market standard. New to the game so it's hard to know if it is too high or not. Cool stop for card collectors. read more

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Amazing service and communication! I placed an order for 20 boxes and they sent them to me in California where I reside. The shipping was fast and well protected. They were very patient and informed me of the inventory that they had available prior to my purchase as I wanted to make sure they were boxes my kids would like to open. Thank you guys! read more

The Meelypops Shop - Purchased 20 boxes! - Hobby Shops Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

Very good location and helpful with submission. Will come here often for supplies! There's a long line today for autograph but did my PSA card drop off with ease. read more

The Meelypops Shop - Hobby Shops Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

They have everything card related from boxes of hard to find sets, autographed cards.etc. and even graded pops.i need to come back to see if I can find some sought after marvel DC cards..they are also on whatnot!!!!! read more

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Best shop in the business come in and get trading. Shop is really nice and staff is awesome and will help you with all your collecting needs. read more

Excellent communication and merch also exclusive signed product. Once in a lifetime opportunity to get autos

Great shop and customer service. Nice selection/ variety of cards and memorabilia. Occasional athlete appearances/events.

Amazing customer service and Jameel has such an insightful, smart mind! Driven from Jacksonville (several times) to visit - it's always a worthwhile trip! read more

One of the best shops in the trading card community! A modern shop that isn't anything like the shops of the 90's you might remember if you're just coming back into trading cards. A very clean, chill place to come hang out, talk sports, rip packs, and even sell/trade from your collection if you're short on cash. Not only do they have a great selection of sealed product of all sports and non-sports (pokemon,etc), they also have great deals (under ebay prices) on singles of players not just from the area, but across all teams and sports. Jameel and his crew do so much for the local community and also work to build the next generation of collectors.They also do a ton of sales online and group breaks as well, so you can break with them online, and then pick your cards up in the shop. Meelypops is a destination shop and one of the pillar shops in the trading card community. read more

What a fun shop! Very unique items, very few shops like this, a little GEM in Gainesville! Great customer service and the owners are beautiful people. read more

This shop ONLY cares about the $ and the bottom line. They like to call there followers "FAMILY" but thats far from true. If "FAMILY" was the case the they would of never did me wrong (F'ed me) I have spent hundreds of dollars with this shop on there IG live and It used to be all good. UNTIL today, they sold some cards that I already paid for to someone else. We made a deal as it is recorded on there IG live, they said sold to me then I left the live to pay and when I come back they resold my cards to someone else. THATS BAD AND SHADY BUSINESS!!! Instead of telling the 2nd runner up that it was ALREADY SOLD they straight up sold my cards that I ALREADY PAID FOR. If you are familiar with the IG live sales it moves fast and you have to act fast to get the deal at hand. They will ask everyone for immediate payments as they do not want to hold the live up due to unpaid purchases, THIS IS WHAT I DID. I had to leave the live to go and pay and rejoin the live once I have paid (Unless you are on 2 devices, which I was not, I was on my phone) To my surprise when I returned to the live to make more purchases I had the pleasure of watching them sell the cards I JUST PAID FOR! When I mentioned I already paid they said they waited 4 mins and 29 seconds for me to pay, well it took me longer than 4 mins and 29s to pay and return to the live. They did not once care for the fact that I have been a loyal customer of theres and have spent plenty of $ with them over the last year or so. This is very uncommon for this shop to give such little time for someone to pay for a item, on average they will wait 30 to 45 mins for someone to pay as they will continue to call out the person's name for non-payment. BUT this time they could not wait 5 mins for me to pay and return when I have NEVER ONCE made an agreement with them and not followed through. (I also almost always send payment as a gift so they net more $ and don't pay fees) I proceed to DM them that I wanted a refund and waited a whole hour for a reply and got nothing. Once they restarted the new live I jumped back in asking for my refund and they simply said they will get to it when they are done (thats 2/3 more hours i'd have to wait) with the sale. When I tried to tell them that is not fair and I should be refunded now (they already had a 20 min break in between the lives (but they expect me to pay in 4 mins and 20 secs) that was not enough time) At this time they (THE OWNER) laugh at me and publicly try to humiliate me on there live IG feed all while letting there followers call me names, use profanity directly towards me and even threaten my life!!! ALL OVER A LITTLE REFUND THEY WOULD NOT SEND ME AFTER SELLING MY ALREADY PAID FOR CARDS THEY SOLD AFTER TAKING MY MONEY I was now being treated like a unwanted step child as they did not care about me or my hard earned $ that I choose to spend with them on the regular, nor cared to stop the bullying on the IG live from there other followers. Don't get me wrong this is NOT about the $ it is 100% based on the lack of good business practice and making sure as a business you do what is RIGHT not what nets you a quick buck. Its understandable that this hobby is growing by the day and me as 1 person loss is not a "big deal" to them but I did want to make sure other future customers know what they are getting into with Meelypops. Sad to say I really enjoyed my time being a customer of Meelypops up until they showed there true colors. Yes there are a thousand other card shops and breakers now more than ever & I guess its my fault for thinking a independently owned business would care about its customers. BEWARE read more

Very overpriced, small selection. Watched me like a hawk, acting like I was going to steal something from them.

Great service, great selection, great value. 10/10! Must visit if you're in (or passing through) Gainesville

Always friendly and willing to help you find what you need. They have a passion for making sure every guest goes away happy.

Some of the best customer service I've ever received Meelypops is hands down! The best honest and fair across the board. I recommend stopping by the shop if you live local, but online sales is just as rewarding. read more

A great little shop. I don't really collect sports cards anymore, but it's neat to see this spot open up, esp on the far NW side of town. Stopped by and the owner was super friendly and knowledgeable. He almost had me considering starting to collect again! My only ding was lack of Magic: The Gathering, but that's a little more preferential. I guess I kind of expect "card" places nowadays to always have at least an obligatory minimum of MTG options. But overall a fantastic little shop that I really hope does well. read more

Wow, what a cool little store! Jameel and Meredith are one of the most friendly people that you could meet, and they would gladly take time and talk to you about any one of their items. There's quite a selection, and if you follow their instagram page they show certain items that they are featuring and when they do special events like signings from famous people! . Jameel and Meredith also frequently go to conventions. The shop has an incredible selection including every type of sports card, pokemon/yugioh/starwars, funko pops, memorabilia, autographs. Huge selection. You can spend 10 cents or 10k in this store and have a great time. Definitely a place you can bring your kids with and explore, maybe even share a story or two with them! If you're a collector of sports cards or autographed collectors items, you should definitely check this place out! read more

Excellent mix of singles, wax, memorabilia and non-sports cards. I don't know anything about Pokémon or Magic, but this place does....in addition to all of the sports cards. Very knowledgeable. Sold many cards to them. read more

You can't beat the service, prices, people. All the needs, all the love, all the right prices, and associate Guzman is fantastic and patient. Highly recommended. read more

Fantastic local business and management! I have made many people very happy with gifts I've purchased for Meelypops! A great place to purchase corporate event door prizes and items for silent auctions as well. A knowledgeable and friendly staff to go along with a great inventory and reasonable prices! read more