Today we buy Pokemon cards from the thrift store and turns out we got scammed .. BIG TIME! Learn how to avoid this when you are out buying non pokemon made custom pokemon card booster packs! #Pokemon #PokemonCards #ThriftShop
“My boss is about to raise the price” is code for, “I need to create a sense of urgency so you’ll hurry up and buy before you realize how bad of a deal this is.”
That’s what happens when something gets popular and secondhand stores get a hold of that product. They don’t know anything and just assume holographic means valuable
Dude, I have been checking thrift stores for years for Pokémon cards. One time I found a box of fakes. But never again have I seen any more cards. $99 dollars for cards at a thrift store? That’s nuts!
I think you got totally scammed... These were clearly made to draw in people hoping for their biggest random find, but I am pretty sure they were combed through ahead of time. If someone's boss is going to be doubling the price of a pack, that means they have some idea of the value of the cards. So there's no way they didn't already remove any valuable cards and leave behind just a bunch of garbage for unsuspecting onlookers.
Not sure if someone else said this below but what you went to we call, here in the United States, a pawn shop. A thrift store is usually a store where people drop off donations and the store staff sort it for quality and then price it based on their store guidelines. A pawn shop is where people sell their items and the shop then turns around and sells it for an increased price. Pawn shops tend to do due diligence on pricing or, as you found out, price them way higher for tradeable goods. You can get good prices from pawn shops, but rarely do you get good savings. I would never buy cards from a pawn shop for these reasons.
This wasn’t someone trading in their collection, this was someone trading in their BULK. Sorry to see you get ripped off. Thanks for building the awareness, though!
Came back to watching this channel for the past few weeks. I’m 13 and it’s crazy because I watched him so much a few years ago. He’s still the same enthusiastic person.
Ando, anything in a showcase at a "thrift store" is gonna be marked up and sometimes ridiculously. You gotta look at the rest of the store when it comes to these big box resell shops. Look for the stuff on random shelves and in the baggies hanging off the pegs. Another great option is smaller stores like church thrift shops and such. I know you probably don't need the advice as this is something you probably don't have the time for or need to do but maybe someone reading this can find this useful.
Hi UnlistedLeaf, your videos are so good to watch, I am starting to be interested in collecting Pokemon Cards so now I will watch your videos a lot more!
Whoever packed that is the same guy who hit your car in the parking lot and left without saying anything, and invented the oval shaped carnival basketball hoops
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This reminds me, probably like 8 or so years ago I found a tin full of gen 3 pokemon cards at a thrift shop and my dad didn't let me get it and I'm still slightly salty at him for that to this day
Cash converters isn't exactly a second hand shop. Its a large company that rips people off for pre used items. A thrift store or charity shop would be independently run where things are cheap. It's a shame this all you have over there is cash converters.
The thing is that i’ve saw videos claiming that evolutions are $2000 a pack and that some cards (reverses) are worth $100’s each maybe they saw one of those videos.
I highly doubt they are random. You will get all common and some uncommon and of course the pikachu cards from celebrations, everyone pulls those cards lol. there ain't gonna be no zard or blastoise or anything. Those guys at the thrift store seen you comin and they took full advantage. No way for 99 bucks
The guys at the shop may be basing their idea of valuable cards off of when they were young, I remember me and everyone I knew thought holos were insanely rare
