Suuuuucchh a bummer when that happens. I’m always so scared to buy products like this for display, because just as you said they could be sitting on my shelves for years before finding out. Hope you’re able to figure this out with the seller!
Love those boxes, so I wanted to buy them a few weeks ago. Was checking through local listings and found an OK deal. Thank god I was lucky and last moment realized that one of the Jumbo cards was German while everything else was English. This would have certainly been a scam....
Sorry this happened Jake! It's unfortunate that we have to worry about this in the hobby. I hope that the Pokemon company can innovate some new techniques to make it more difficult to reseal/repackage, and that sellers become more aware at sighting issues ahead of time. Either way, thanks for keeping us informed and for your insight!
Oh dude this happened to me when I got a box from best buy. The guy told me while I was there “yeah a mother returned this today!” So I didn’t think much of getting it but I got it home and they weren’t even reseals! They were just open on one end lol. I returned them and felt so bad because I knew they didn’t believe me :( but they have me the refund anyway
My advice to anyone who wants to make money long term on Pokemon TCG. Buy what you can afford each month. Look for sales. Look for deals. Buy Elite Trainer Boxes/Tins and Specialty Boxes(not loose packs). Keep everything sealed for at least 5 years. You will not lose money. Opening packs is only really something you should do if you are into graded cards. Or you actually play the TCG game. Sealed product is always the safest and usually the most profitable. You just have to be able to sit on it for a few years. And you will always make money. Paldea Evolved ETBs are on sale for $35 right now. In five years they will go for $100+. Thats just how it goes. Even for less popular sets. Ive been collecting sealed product since 2012, Pokemon Sealed product might be a safer place to put your money than in the bank. Not kidding
Did the seal on the side of the jolteon & vaporeon boxes look/feel different compared to the flareon boxes? They gotta implement the sealed strips if they’re not gonna wrap these puppies up
Happened to me recently with a CZ Regieleki box sold by Amazon. :( Be sure to inspect boxes carefully before opening y'all and check if packs inside have small pieces of tape on the bottom
Scammed products are especially frustrating because as you mentioned, the person you bought these products from likely wasn’t the person who resealed them. So you can’t even properly warn others on who the scammer is. Sorry this happened to you :(
I love watching your show I'm such a beginner just a couple months into my Pokemon Journey but enjoying it very much thanks for the great service you do to all of us that are just starting making things easier to understand cudos2u keep up the great work
That's so sad to see... I was actually thinking about buying these boxes since I really want these promo cards. I'll just buy the promos directly to avoid this kind of scam. So sorry for you! Happens to the best of us
i think it’s sad because the factories could very easily introduce some type of tamper line… it’s been a feature on food products for years now but the PC is probably not even interested in the second market to even consider it maybe if enough people make noise about it ? tamper proofing the cards and boxing with a mark will also deter scalpers who buy in bulk just to open and re seal at least really sorry to see this happen to you
Would like to buy some booster boxes. Paldea and Astral Radiance are pretty much identical in price. Which of these two sets you guys think will offer better 3-4 year performance?
As someone who has recently started to collect some sealed products again. How can they put resealed packs into the premium collection boxes ? Cant you see that the box itself has been openend ?
Hey Jake, I got some of the Orbeetle V boxes from Target restock and the packs looked so suspicious but then I pulled Cynthia & Caitlin from the CE pack.
Love the channel, but in all fairness that's a significant risk you take when you pay an unrealistic amount below market - $200 vs $280 for the trio (The old addage of "if it's too good to be true"). Worth paying a premium to buy off reputable sellers. I've probably went through 150 of the eeveelution premium collections to get around 20x in PSA 10, so incredibly difficult to grade, especially the V vs Vmax.
Wow ive never gotten or seen resealed packs before. I always thought it was something people just talked about but never really happened. Thats brutal...
Sorry this happened to you. I just bought a set of these from a very reputable LCS and one or two boxes have some excess glue on the packaging. Made me think of this video and now I’m worried, but I’m also hearing that this set is know to have some excessive glue issues from factory? Anyone have the same experience?
I sent these 6 in a week ago , hoping for at least a 9 lol 😆 seems even when theyre perfect theyll give them absurd grades , gotten 6's on card that you couldnt see any visable damage , whitening and near perfect centering , makes zero sense sometimes
Duuude that sucks so much... what a scummy thing for someone to do. Not sure where you picked it up but def push for a refund if you can. The lower price that looked like a bargain may have been a bit of a red flag, too - I've noticed some sellers will list more valuable singles without condition or clear photos for lower values.
I was curious, so I tried it myself, Its actually fairly simple to take a knife and get under the flap and open it without ripping the collection box. Then it would be super easy to get to the packs do whatever they do then re glue the flap to "seal" the box.
Yeh I was thinking that too. Giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he didn't want to make the video too long and cut time by getting the packs out of the box
Darn that sucks. I wish I knew you wanted a set I have an extra that I would’ve been glad to send you that’s a legit set I got from the store. No reseal no scams. On the other hand I’m glad it’s exposed for people to be careful buying these. Hate it when people ruin things like this
Man, people have really outdone themselves to become good at scamming others. So unfortunate.. On a side note, would you please do a video on some of your trusted sellers on Buyee or any other Japanese products? Many of us are looking to buy but are skeptical..
I haven't always agreed with you but I like the realistic approach you've taken lately. Pokemon is NOT what it used to be. It used to be fun. People in the hobby don't really know how much it has changed. Despite the ultra rares not being as great back in the day, at least you had a chance. Now it's just such a waste. Keep using your voice to speak against this rip-off the hobby has overwhelmingly become
Great video! Was looking forward to seeing what you pulled from the packs, but unfortunately some jerk did it for you. Hope you can recoup some money and the store owner can confront the scum bag.
More like the problem with modern product are the crazy prices. When the price of a full gas tank is the same for ebts etc I dont know how people justify to spend so much on pokemon.
I bough a VV etb in thw boom and it was unwrapped with no packs at all. Just dividers and no dice either.... luckily it was amazon. Got my money back in 5 mins... sorry man
Still beautiful cards. I don't understand the obsession with wanting every card to be a PSA10. Modern cards aren't rare, there's millions of each card, so grading companies are making money hand over fist by sealing cards in plastic with grades that are susceptible to human error.
Resealed modern product like this? And resealing a whole collection box…. Haven’t heard of that yet. How about the box? Looks like they were able to do it very well on the box
It’s actually insane the scammer wasn’t even the slightest bit generous, not even replacing the rare spot with a non holo atleast is crazy.
Suuuuucchh a bummer when that happens. I’m always so scared to buy products like this for display, because just as you said they could be sitting on my shelves for years before finding out. Hope you’re able to figure this out with the seller!
Resealed packs? That’s crazy! 😮
Sorry that you got scammed products. It’s disheartening to see that in any hobby.
Its not scammed, he willingly paid a scalper. Get educated
@@ContentCreature 8:48
Thats terrible just saw the resealed part😢 truly hurts the hobby.
@@ContentCreaturehe was scammed bro, have you watched the video??
i love the alt art eevee evalutions!
7:22 Gyped is a derogatory term against gypsy or Roma people
Love Jake’s insight to the hobby. Always appreciate the knowledge and info that your channel provides!
Love those boxes, so I wanted to buy them a few weeks ago. Was checking through local listings and found an OK deal. Thank god I was lucky and last moment realized that one of the Jumbo cards was German while everything else was English. This would have certainly been a scam....
Sorry this happened Jake! It's unfortunate that we have to worry about this in the hobby. I hope that the Pokemon company can innovate some new techniques to make it more difficult to reseal/repackage, and that sellers become more aware at sighting issues ahead of time. Either way, thanks for keeping us informed and for your insight!
Oh dude this happened to me when I got a box from best buy. The guy told me while I was there “yeah a mother returned this today!” So I didn’t think much of getting it but I got it home and they weren’t even reseals! They were just open on one end lol. I returned them and felt so bad because I knew they didn’t believe me :( but they have me the refund anyway
Thanks for sharing how cards are judged at the beginning. That is really helpful information to learn.
My advice to anyone who wants to make money long term on Pokemon TCG. Buy what you can afford each month. Look for sales. Look for deals. Buy Elite Trainer Boxes/Tins and Specialty Boxes(not loose packs). Keep everything sealed for at least 5 years. You will not lose money.
Opening packs is only really something you should do if you are into graded cards. Or you actually play the TCG game.
Sealed product is always the safest and usually the most profitable. You just have to be able to sit on it for a few years. And you will always make money.
Paldea Evolved ETBs are on sale for $35 right now. In five years they will go for $100+. Thats just how it goes. Even for less popular sets. Ive been collecting sealed product since 2012, Pokemon Sealed product might be a safer place to put your money than in the bank. Not kidding
Did the seal on the side of the jolteon & vaporeon boxes look/feel different compared to the flareon boxes? They gotta implement the sealed strips if they’re not gonna wrap these puppies up
Happened to me recently with a CZ Regieleki box sold by Amazon. :( Be sure to inspect boxes carefully before opening y'all and check if packs inside have small pieces of tape on the bottom
Literally NEVER buy from amazon, unless someone holds a gun to you head, and even then, think about it before buying 😂
Would love to see if the boxes had any evidence
That’s so much effort to go through just to take a few rares out
Scammed products are especially frustrating because as you mentioned, the person you bought these products from likely wasn’t the person who resealed them. So you can’t even properly warn others on who the scammer is. Sorry this happened to you :(
This is why it’s tough buying from others. Be vigilante people
Be vigilant, and let the police handle it KEKW
@@tharealestinhurr 😂
definitely not a product id ever expect to get resealed packs in! hopefully the seller will be able to do something
I love watching your show I'm such a beginner just a couple months into my Pokemon Journey but enjoying it very much thanks for the great service you do to all of us that are just starting making things easier to understand cudos2u keep up the great work
I started a month ago.
That's so sad to see... I was actually thinking about buying these boxes since I really want these promo cards. I'll just buy the promos directly to avoid this kind of scam. So sorry for you! Happens to the best of us
Damn, yeah I bought all mine from retail stores as soon as the distributor stocked them so I think they are fine. Sorry about you getting a bad box 😢
Hi jake, bought few zacian zamazenta premium collection which are on the way. How can i know if the box itself has been tampered with?
Would recommend looking at other PSA 10 examples. All 3 of 10’s I got back wouldn’t be PSA 10’s if they weren’t promos. They go easier on the promos
This comment was for the viewers btw, I know jake knows how to get 10’s🤣🔥
This sucks... What a shame this happened.
The only time a collection box has opened clean for me is when the factory glue just came undone.
I want to believe you but you did a cut/edit right before either opening each pack or right before getting to the rare slot
i think it’s sad because the factories could very easily introduce some type of tamper line… it’s been a feature on food products for years now but the PC is probably not even interested in the second market to even consider it
maybe if enough people make noise about it ? tamper proofing the cards and boxing with a mark will also deter scalpers who buy in bulk just to open and re seal at least
really sorry to see this happen to you
Would like to buy some booster boxes. Paldea and Astral Radiance are pretty much identical in price. Which of these two sets you guys think will offer better 3-4 year performance?
Astral
I have all 3 & I haven’t checked the price in months! Definitely winning🤩
As someone who has recently started to collect some sealed products again. How can they put resealed packs into the premium collection boxes ? Cant you see that the box itself has been openend ?
1 got 4 PSA 10s, 1 PSA 9 and 1 PSA 8 out of my 3 boxes. But I had an easy grader.
My favs are the Jolt and Vap V.
Hey Jake, I got some of the Orbeetle V boxes from Target restock and the packs looked so suspicious but then I pulled Cynthia & Caitlin from the CE pack.
Love the channel, but in all fairness that's a significant risk you take when you pay an unrealistic amount below market - $200 vs $280 for the trio (The old addage of "if it's too good to be true"). Worth paying a premium to buy off reputable sellers. I've probably went through 150 of the eeveelution premium collections to get around 20x in PSA 10, so incredibly difficult to grade, especially the V vs Vmax.
Thanks for getting these outta circulation. Dang scammers
Don’t even have to watch the video to tell you the problem: there’s no hits 😂
How expensive are the psa 10s getting of these promos?
Wow ive never gotten or seen resealed packs before. I always thought it was something people just talked about but never really happened. Thats brutal...
I’m a fan of buying and holding sealed product, this scares me to death.
Crazy...thats really messed up. Sadly, this has happened to me before as well.
Sorry this happened to you. I just bought a set of these from a very reputable LCS and one or two boxes have some excess glue on the packaging. Made me think of this video and now I’m worried, but I’m also hearing that this set is know to have some excessive glue issues from factory? Anyone have the same experience?
I sent these 6 in a week ago , hoping for at least a 9 lol 😆 seems even when theyre perfect theyll give them absurd grades , gotten 6's on card that you couldnt see any visable damage , whitening and near perfect centering , makes zero sense sometimes
To bad. Where did you get these boxes at?
Shenanigans! I call shenanigans!
Can you let us know where you got them from?
Damn man.. they should take more care really, such a massive company.. thanks Jake🔥
First the chippening, then the gippening. What a rellorcoaster!
All the promos from every box I had were off center and had whitening.
I just left the flare on in the box.
Dude I’m so sorry. I don't know why people do this, I hope they step on a lego when they go to the bathroom at night
Funny you get more money for the value of graded promos versus just the resealed product
Dang thats rough it was resealed. Such a scummy move. Did you get them on ebay?
It's also screw some of us over that are trying to earn a little extra by selling cards on the side
Pokemon needs to redesign booster boxes just like japan did to prevent reseals
Wow that’s so screwed up. It’s cool to see how you handled getting scammed. I hope you get your money back
Love the boxes but I wouldn’t open more than one
They couldn’t even leave the reverse
Duuude that sucks so much... what a scummy thing for someone to do. Not sure where you picked it up but def push for a refund if you can.
The lower price that looked like a bargain may have been a bit of a red flag, too - I've noticed some sellers will list more valuable singles without condition or clear photos for lower values.
Love your videos Jake. Looking forward to your next stream/ ranking video
Wow. I’m really surprised they could reseal the box. I never managed to get any collection box open without ripping it apart
I was curious, so I tried it myself, Its actually fairly simple to take a knife and get under the flap and open it without ripping the collection box. Then it would be super easy to get to the packs do whatever they do then re glue the flap to "seal" the box.
Do you think StockX would have noticed these were resealed?
This was a hard watch. Your best bet was to buy these promos months ago when the psa 10s were cheap like I did.
I just got this set for 200 as well. Might just buy the promos as singles for my binder and keep these bad boys sealed.
The longer people keep these specific products sealed that are packaged this way, the more damaged your cards are going to be due to warping plastic.
deym that sucks,time to.inspect my collections hahaha
Why would the video stop and then continue? Seems suspicious to me
It's an ad break. But I also did stop recording to go back to check the cards because I thought "wait, did I miss the pull?"
Yeh I was thinking that too. Giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he didn't want to make the video too long and cut time by getting the packs out of the box
I think the vs look better than the vmaxes personally. The flareon v is my favorite tho it looks like he just started in a lil fire to warm himself up
Where did you buy this?
Best products in a long time 😍
Crap… this worries me about the set I have now in my collection that I bought off from the secondary market.
What site did you purchase these from?
Darn that sucks. I wish I knew you wanted a set I have an extra that I would’ve been glad to send you that’s a legit set I got from the store. No reseal no scams. On the other hand I’m glad it’s exposed for people to be careful buying these. Hate it when people ruin things like this
Just so you know. Gyp*d is technically an ethnic slur.
Crazy thats why i dont buy sealed products from eBay to risky i noticed no reverse holo ethier..
WOW! I have been scammed before, but never caught on camera. Can you update us on the process to get your money back from the seller of those?
Man, people have really outdone themselves to become good at scamming others. So unfortunate..
On a side note, would you please do a video on some of your trusted sellers on Buyee or any other Japanese products? Many of us are looking to buy but are skeptical..
I haven't always agreed with you but I like the realistic approach you've taken lately. Pokemon is NOT what it used to be. It used to be fun. People in the hobby don't really know how much it has changed. Despite the ultra rares not being as great back in the day, at least you had a chance. Now it's just such a waste. Keep using your voice to speak against this rip-off the hobby has overwhelmingly become
Centering is so bad with the promos. Eng really needs to up the quality control! Sorry about getting scammed, just awful...😢
That was messed up. Hopefully you at least get a psa 10 from one of the promos.
Great video! Was looking forward to seeing what you pulled from the packs, but unfortunately some jerk did it for you. Hope you can recoup some money and the store owner can confront the scum bag.
How the heck they sealed back the box ???????????????????????????????????
I will only buy sealed product from game stores going forward
It's unfortunate. However, it's a good lesson for rest of us for sure.
More like the problem with modern product are the crazy prices. When the price of a full gas tank is the same for ebts etc I dont know how people justify to spend so much on pokemon.
This is a bunch of peoples #1 hobby. They spend a lot in this area and do other stuff that is cheaper elsewhere.
🤨Apologies Jake....😕🙏🏽🫤
That’s crazy, people really scammin 9:45
I bough a VV etb in thw boom and it was unwrapped with no packs at all. Just dividers and no dice either.... luckily it was amazon. Got my money back in 5 mins... sorry man
Can you share the seller to avoid buying from this person? May be you should reach out to Rattle Pokemon
That sucks and makes me paranoid about my sealed collection.
Still beautiful cards. I don't understand the obsession with wanting every card to be a PSA10. Modern cards aren't rare, there's millions of each card, so grading companies are making money hand over fist by sealing cards in plastic with grades that are susceptible to human error.
Damn that sucks. Sorry that happened Jake.
same thing just happened to me from amazon!
*gets scammed*
Oof y’all are in for a treat 😅
See I'll just wait to buy at retail hopefully. Don't need to be feeding scalpers hundreds of $$$s
Resealed modern product like this? And resealing a whole collection box…. Haven’t heard of that yet. How about the box? Looks like they were able to do it very well on the box
Brutal! I hope you get some compensation
My last five booster box's had just one card above $20.
Cool promos! How old are these boxes?
Edit: oh dang scammers suck!! Sorry man!
They released December 21st 2021
@@TwicebakedJake thanks Jake! Sorry you got scammed man :(
So, what's the problem with modern? Like it wouldn't happen to way more expensive vintage/older product lol
Probably the easiest scam because these are more of a collecting item at the moment. Probably didn’t think you were going to open it.
Too bad they weren't juice packs inside....:)
you should put the address of the sender on blast.
Dang man u started the video so happy i feel bad for u man :(