Message from the Manager/Owner:
Our Story
Jays Collectibles is named after my son. The name of the company is an inspiration for me to strive in helping him out for the future. Jay wasn’t dealt the best cards in his early childhood, and with that, incurred difficulties in mental health, attending school and gaining the education he deserved, I elected to home educate him at primary school age because of the issues he was facing.
Since he was 11 years old, I’ve been battling to adapt to his needs in order to give him the best shot at life that a father can give his son, something we all strive to do as good parents.
We attended local youth centers to increase his confidence, explored many avenues in order to integrate. That’s when we stumbled upon Pokémon in our local TCG shop, Jay enjoyed the thrill of opening packs and pulling shiny new chase cards, playing and learning the game with his local trainer at Chester-Le-Geek,.
When purchasing packs and other forms of sealed product to build his deck and his collection, trading cards with other players, and attending card shows, I realised that I could adapt his passion into a business, paired with his love of Marvel and DC super heroes, which turned from me saving precious collectors items to increase in value for him, to adapting his interest into a business I could teach him how to run, and learn together.
We hope you enjoy the products we’re working on bringing you as much as we’ve enjoyed picking them out!
Steve Ather
