Aftermath of the $6,500 Fake Yugioh Game Scam 

Hey everyone, this is Sassyotto. I'm the seller who sold Ruxin the DDS game. I purchased the game earlier this year from a private seller who I've done a ton of business with. The seal and everything else was identical to my other DDS game copy. All of the info including the weight was disclosed to both buyers before purchasing. Once I got a message from Ruxin that the promo cards were not included, I immediately worked something out with him. That would not be fair to him to spend all that money to get no promos. Unfortunately the seller I purchased from has not responded to my messages, I don't expect them to at this point. But I wrote off the loss, as thats part of doing business sometimes. Thank you Ruxin for being extremely professional through the entire process.

They probably ran out of cards and said "Fk it, Send it"

Sassyotto is a class act. I have bought from him multiple times, and was in fact the first person I purchased from in the US (I am in the UK).

Really stand-up move by Sassyoto. Honestly, I'd at most split the financial pain in half in a situation like this. To take the entire hit...wow. What a class act. Better than I would handle it even.

Is so nice of you to clarify what happened last time because I was sad to see my favorite yu-gi-oh tuber going through this and best of luck can't wait for your maximum gold opening

Check out sassyotto's Maximum Gold listing! - www.ebay.com/itm/Yugioh-Maximum-Gold-Factory-Sealed-Display-Box-5-Mini-Boxes-Presale-Ships-11-12/324316595344?hash=item4b82c68490:g:fCcAAOSwTyhfdjlZ

I'm not that super into yugioh anymore, but I love how you're so passionate about so I just watch your videos for that lol

Props to you and your friend and especially sassyotto!! love the honor and loyalty from you all

I'm glad it worked out, very good to hear. We could all see your heart sink when there were no cards, so knowing that there was some form of resolution was comforting.

I remember buying 2 copies of the pokemon trading card game in Toys r Us as a kid, and both didnt have the meowth promo card. It was more common than you think with Nintendo games.

I've just discovered your channel, and I'm going to say, your are doing a really great job! Your videos are super interesting and your pulls are Legendary! I got sad about this hole sutiation, but I know that you're going to get lucky in your next pack/case opening. Much love from Brazil! ❤️

I love the integrity in the yugioh community. Sounds like all 3 of you handled that so professionally. I saw sassys' comment and he seems like a stand up guy. I will make sure to check him out!

Awesome that you all were able to work something out and help each other so much respect its great to see !!! Keep up the work all of you and i hope it doesn't keep you from finding another copy of the game id love to see that video!

Glad to hear everything worked out for you. I'll try and support Sassyotto in whatever way i can. Unfortunately it isn't going to be immediate, and i can't afford entire cases of sets.

Thanks for telling the whole storie, Ruxin! Glad to know there was no ill intention anywhere here. You did quite a weird deal there hahah! I thought the possibility of a factory error since I didn't see anything weird in the package, but well... the point now is that Sassyotto is a clean, trustworthy seller who made himself responsible, and we need more people like him now. So I hope many are able to get products with him and help him out!

Hope everything gets resolved soon. Mistakes happen but you’re doing great man with this channel👊🏼

Ten years from now you'll look back at this and think: "yeah, that really happened"

Thank you for the update! It's nice to learn from others mistakes and that some people are good peeps. Hopefully it does not happen again!

I saw the video and was so upset you didnt get the promos bro, glad everything was settled though.

glad u r fine bro! ill def check out his link. hv a good day man and congrats on 25k+!!! :)

Glad to hear the story isn’t as bad as I thought it be. Hopefully you’re doing good dude and everyone else involved. Definitely gonna look at Sassyoto and check him out. Have a good one Ruxin 👌🏻👍🏻

Avid collector here. I've heard of so many cases where promo cards not being included in the sealed product apparently from factory... In the past for both NIB DDS I asked the sellers to take the sealed box to a local Radiologist to get the item X-rayed before I purchased. (at my expense + travelling fee) Its costs about $120 here in NZ so its not much as you can see. The 3 cards come sealed in a thin foil card package and is very easy to confirm the outlines on the X-ray scan which also show the contents. (contrary to belief that aluminum foil blocks X-rays) All they had to do was take a picture of the x-ray film for my peace of mind. Also most sellers are usually quite interested in getting their item X-rayed regardless if I purchase their item. (One time i changed my mind after X-ray at my expense due to the condition of the box as one corner was crushed) It give them peace of mind while also increasing the price of their investment.

Man good thing you guys got this resolved! I know how painful this was I feel you man! But you know what you did PERFECTLY? that you filmed the whooooollllleeeeee thing! From taking it out of the mailing package all the way to removing the seal. You had back up on video! All of it! Next time when you order something like this big and what not, film it all for us and well watch it with you! But always have it backed up!

Tough situation, sorry to hear about this. You all handled it very well. Shows alot about your character man

For someone interested buying the vintage booster boxes or sealed packets. I would love to know what the weight should be to make sure they have not been resealed or scaled?

Glad to hear it was resolved man, I get the impression that it was a factory error because we all know how inconsistent Komani can be at times. Hopefully this exposure can help take the sting out of that loss

Really glad you made this video. People sometimes don't realize the end purchaser may not be the only victim. I'll make sure to split my future purchases between Sassyotto and your TCG link. Much love and respect to you both!

Super glad that you guys were able to figure some things out!

I work in a plant packaging books of scratch tickets, and we package thousands of books every single shift. Such an interesting spot for the seal. Our machines package the scratch ticket books with an "End Seal" which is essentially a knife that comes down on the N/S ends of the books. The side seal will seal the west side of the book. Obviously two different industries, I'm just curious what they used to seal the games like that, with this "H" seal.

I'm so glad that you were able to work things out with a stand-out like Sassyotto. Here's hoping he is able to receive word from the private seller.

I remember back when Blockbuster was around, they had sealed display products. So it couldn’t been a displayed sealed product.

I'm glad something was worked out for you Ruxin. Been so busy lately at work i havent been able to watch your videos. But glad i finally got some days offs gonna binge your content now.

Hey man. As a kid my mother bought me this game brand new and I didn’t get the promos. I didn’t know it was supposed to include them until years

thanks for following up with this! im sure we were all curious!

Glad this worked out for you man, seemed super complicated. Hope you get your hands on DDS cards one day. Gonna send some business Sassyotto's way to hopefully help him. Glad the people you deal with are great enough people for a good outcome in a bad situation.

I never knew about sassyotto before this but now I have so much respect for him. He'll definitely be the first seller I look towards too when buying things!

I'm sorry for what happened to you and Sassyotto! I hope you get some cool pulls to compensate a bit and I hope even more that your pal manages to recover from the huge money loss. You both have my solidarity!

I bought this was when I was a kid and it didn’t come with any promo cards either, I was so confused. Seeing you open that reminded me of myself when I was a kid.

I had the same problem when I bought Pokemon Heart Gold back in the day when it came out. It was supposed to come with a Pokewalker, but it didn't and I bought it in store. Shit happens, man. Not everyone's out there to scam others.

Man I'm so sorry about this ruxin, you've become my favorite yugituber (among all the ones I watch) and you're such a good person! But this is the world we live in and it's difficult since we do most of our things online, you never know what your gonna get

As a child, my dad purchased this for me from a store, maybe it was Sears. But I also did not get any promos with my game, like others have said.

It was crazy seeing that it was Sassyoto. I buy soooo many cards from their ebay. Glad you guys worked something out!

Glad you could figure a way out, it's unfortunate that those things can happen sometimes especially with expensive products

I don't know the details as to why this issue took place, but when I received my copy as a gift back in the days, it was also missing the promo cards in it. My parent bought it a few weeks before giving it to me as a gift, and when we returned to Toys R Us the following day they gave it to me to exchange it for another copy since it was not complete, the copies they had in stock only had the second batch of promos (the one with Acid Trap Hole). My assumption is, when they did the first run of the game with the first batch of promos (Exodia, BEWD and DM), they ran out of promo cards and just shipped copies of the games without them. And those copies of the game were most likely made during the time they were transitioning between the first batch of promo to the second batch since the second batch was now included in the game with the different box art on the back. But this is just an assumption I have.

Mad props for him covering the loss very classy move, very unfortunate it happened at all

Destiny Board Traveler had the same issues. I remember buying 3 to get 3 D.D. Assailants and one of the copies was missing all three promos.

As someone who collects sealed Game Boy, I'm almost 100% certain that was not a reseal. So it's no wonder you thought it was legit - it probably was. If you can recall, when you opened the top flap of the box, did it feel like it had been opened? Usually with cardboard flaps that haven't been lifted yet, it has a nice subtle crack. Considering there are various accounts of people claiming theirs didn't have cards either, it would make perfect sense (unfortunately). Also I'm not sure how Konami dealt with inserting the cards into the Game Boy boxes. If the cards were sorted separately than the regular inserts, it would explain why your copy had those but not the cards. I would assume Konami would have their cards made in a completely separate factory, then shipped over to the Nintendo factory that would then sort them. So if someone says it's sus that "only the cards are missing", there's a plausible explanation.

This happened to me when i purchase the game when it 1st came out "NEW" and didn't have any of the promo cards inside.

I remember as a kid getting Duelist of Roses on PS2 brand new on launch day and it didn't have the magnet warriors in I went to the store and they said I had to contact Konami. I was 7 at the time and didn't know how and my parents wouldn't. Not enough of these games are opened regularly due to being so rare so we dont have much info but from my memories it was a fairly common error

On that video i commented and said that If you posted an update I would subscribe”, so I’ll make good on that promise. Subbed.

That’s what it is, I feel you will have the best pulls ever in the next 4-5 videos🙂🔥

I still have this game when it came out. The front sticker came off a long time ago.

I remember picking up this game when I went to pickup my preorder copy of Pokémon Ruby from Electric Boutique at the mall, my sealed copy of DDS didn't include any promos either, I went back and told the same employee and he let me exchange it, he asked me to open it in front of him and this new copy did contain the cards. 😄

Glad everything turned out okay for you guys, going to grab a box of gold from him for sure!

Big math lessons in this video Good to hear you guys worked something out!

Glad to hear eveything is clear up

Man that’s crazy tho , for it to be like a factory error, in my head I would have thought it was a reseal , but when you showed the factory seal liner , wow , cuz that would have been a vary epic to see thos DDS cards. That’s good that everyone worked it out on what happened tho but wow that’s a big hit on the wallet on that.

My mom bought me this game at Kmart when I was 9 and mine was also missing the promo cards! I remember because my friend got it too and his had cards and I just remember feeling sad and my mom was like at least you got the game(didn't care as much as me she just thought it's only cards)

I bought the game years ago from a retail store and the cards were not included as well.

Well it's really nice all around that everyone was able to work something one. Kinda doesn't happen as much nowadays, and it's really hard to know for sure with sealed product because factory error and other things out of your control can happen. But it's really nice to see something was worked out. I'm glad your guys relationship hadn't ended because of something that's most likely out of either of your guys control. Hope everyone is doing well🥺🥺

love how in both videos you say 3.06 as some kind of unit of measurement, and then even telling us in this video that if we ever get a copy of DDS to make sure it is 3.27 and not 3.06 of some mystery unit. Is this the new ruxin unit of yu gi oh weight measurement?

Really nice to see this after that brutal opening video. Your reaction was so hard to watch. Sassyotto is such a good guy, wow

im glad to hear that some of it got resolved and im sorry that sassyotto took the hit :/ but ill def buy some maximum gold i was planning on it anyways so this works out for me its not much but ill help, this whole situation is rough

I thought at first it might've been a potential error, but then I read towards the end of Eaglefan159's comment. Glad you resolved the issue and here's to some epic pulls

Good job keep your head up getting everything resolved keep that friendship going and being awesome dude

Well, I know where I'm going to buy my case of max gold now. Thank you for making this follow up video Ruxin and also thank you for making sure that the poor guy makes some money back. This spirit is often lost between traders and your generosity goes a long way

I was thinking the possibility of a factory error also. When the legendary decks 2 came out I bought one from Walmart came home and opened it and it was missing the Kaiba deck. Sometimes they slack at those factories haha

I have the DDS dark Magician and Exodia head in great condition. Glad they’re sleeved all these years later

I'm not sure if others are having issues but I clicked on the ebay linked and it was not working.

Always a class act! Will check out the eBay for sure!

Amazing channel bro keep up the great work !

can you link his ebay profile link. Cant find it. Sassyotto's link.

When i was a kid, a friend of mine got a sealed copy of "reshef of destruction" from his parents without any cards. Obviously not the same product but factory errors definitely can happen from Konami's side. Great move from you to give the seller a shoutout, i appreciate that.

My entry for the giveaway. You acquired the game via trade; from your friend who got/partially bought it from Sassyotto. In addition, the weight differed, you got the lower weight game (3.060). While the heavier one with the cards is (3.270). Continuing back with your friend, he had about $1750 left to pay. You agreed to send your PSA 10 Guardian Iatos for $2500 in trade-in value. But since you guys got deals you went lower On the Iatos, and you were going to pay the rest to Sassyotto on Ebay (the $1750 your buddy had leftover). Adding to it further, you were going to pay $2250 to the guy who got your Iatos. This was a three-way (Giggity) trade, so the refund was problematic. Anyways Sassyotto gave you some store credit ($1750). Then you and the guy undid the Iatos trade. Then he got his DD cards sent back from their purchase or trade...something like that which meant that Sassyotto took the hit as a (re)seller. Then you (Ruxin34) told Sassyotto to send you a case of gold, 2 December boxes with the collecter's rares, and pay him some more money so he wouldn't take as much of a bigger loss. From there you decided to promote his eBay, due to his loss so he could get some cash due to his loss. Anyways you're refunded and the dark duel stories case is closed. That's what went on guys, and I hope I win this giveaway...good luck everyone!

I respect how you’re not a finger pointer you even turning it into a how not to get scammed vid I love how you went into that

Imagine if a Konami Rep saw this and thought: Hey, this would make a good PR Stunt, lets give this guy the Holos he should have gotten

I actually believed it's a factory error because the sealed looks legit and the other videos that unboxing the same product also had the same "H sealed". But regardless what happens, i'm glad everything is ok and we can move on..

Glad everything is settled man!

The only thing I can think of is that this is a re release or later copy of the game and Konami stopped putting the cards inside after the original release just my theory. Really nice of you to give a shout-out to dude after taking a loss like that.

What a shitty situation, but decent outcome. Possible that it's a factory error, but my money is on a re-seal somewhere down the line. Glad you figured something out and the seller was a decent guy.

Damn, it really was a big time mishaps in this, but feels bad for Sassyotto for the fact selling something a sealed game without remotely knowing how it turned unnexpectively bad. I still have my doubts that is a re-sealed game, if that would be the case, then the box may have more crease, blemishes, and what fort. Really debatable. See people, this is why is important to record whatever you open, buy and pack and stuff. I'm glad there's was a clarification, and no bashing thank goodness, hopefully you guys recover from this complicated issue. Damn.

I was watching the other video yesterday about this. I totally thought it was the reseal of the packaging but if that is not the case. Is it possible to contact Konami after showing this video to get the cards? I know this game is old and that must be special cards but since it's their company they might have power to do so? I was confused if you have to contact through nintendo or Konami for this problem.

Wow Blockbuster use to keep the cards inside the box as they showcased the games, me and my buddy when we were kids would take the card outs whenever a new game came out..... i wish i kept these cards.

How is it when Ruxin gets shafted or something you still see him smiling

so sad to hear about this happening in the yugioh community :[ this scares me sometimes becoming a yugituber!

I heard about factory error boxes at time of release. Mine was fine, it had cards inside, though later were stolen few months later. That sucked. They weren't as valuable then as they are today.

Man risky business all around, sucks it happened but at least you got a better understanding now.

Thanks for the explanation Ruxin and best regards to Sassyotto for being an amazing seller who cares for his own customers.

Much love from ITALY 🇮🇹

Will support sassy whenever buying cards. Great work sassy!

Glad it all worked out for the most part. This whole situation is crazy tho sheesh!

Always my biggest fear with sealed products

No one takes a loss like that unless they we're responsible I'd love to see if he had of refunded someone who didn't publicly open it and have a large following of potential customers

No one deserves to be scammed like this. I hope whoever scammed you loses a shadow duel for that one. Sorry this happened to you my friend. It really is enough to make you feel sick I’ve been ripped off myself it’s not fun.

eBay has buyer protection. Should look into that.

Sweet man🤘🏼 glad it worked out.

Bought a Sealed game with the Egyptian God Cards from 2003 but no promos either.

That’s Devastating man hopefully in the future you get those promos and keep up the good content rux 🔥yugioh!!!

Can you show how to submit to bgs And show all the steps Cuz i dont understand

I had a hard time believing that it was an advanced re-seal cause H seams are nearly impossible to replicate. I think it was a factory error in the end.