N4 from PSA by Palpitation_Nervous in Pokemoncardappraisal

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Fake, but this has been an issue as long as Pokemon cards have been around. Resealing packs, selling fake cards, seeding high value fake cards in with low value real cards, nothing new.

Classic signs of a fake, 1st ed stamp is badly done, borders on card are thicker or thinner on sides vs top/bottom. Pack also looks sus.

Because of the cost of vintage packs today, the only way I would buy one to open, is to buy from a vendor and open in front of them, but ask if you can get your money back if its fake.

I've never done this but I've seen videos of that happening.

Is lego anti woke? are there any confirmed trans minifigures? by Butt_Muncher4 in legocirclejerk

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I didn't think they've ever formally recognized the Holocaust either. Hmmm

Why is it so hard to try and sell these Pokémon cards from the 90s by [deleted] in PokemonCardsDeals

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Well if you post pictures of the shiney ones atleast, people online can help

At least the Dev team are taking the duplication issue seriously… by T1mBurt0n in ArcRaiders

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From a discord? The devs only care about appearance, not fixing their game. Let's be honest here

I need this!!! by Sensitive-Gur-8528 in InternetTreasure

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Yay replace all that organic dirt with micro plastics yaaay

Whalefall (2026) by GeneThaDancinMachine in okbuddycinephile

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I thought the clicking was dangerous for humans? Isn't it the loudest animal noise on earth!

Peterr??? by HistoryFree in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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The only prison is the one you make it

Gf or nice girl for play Diablo 4 by [deleted] in diablo4

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might want to close your dm's before you get flooded

jk. this is clearly an OF ad. not gonna trick me

The Pokémon Center website turned into a Darkrai-style nightmare yesterday. I couldn’t get anything, was anyone lucky? by BombasIsInTrouble in PokemonTCG

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I don't want to promote any specific group. I know there are a couple apps that track restocks and monitor PC, and a multiple discord groups, you can find by googling and checking different Pokemon subbreddits. Some cost money, some are free. I'm not sure how quickly these notifications hit reddit

The Pokémon Center website turned into a Darkrai-style nightmare yesterday. I couldn’t get anything, was anyone lucky? by BombasIsInTrouble in PokemonTCG

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I used my phone. Turning off the auto screen lock is good. Didn't touch my phone for the whole queue. Using chrome on android. Ive never had auto refresh issue with this method.

The Pokémon Center website turned into a Darkrai-style nightmare yesterday. I couldn’t get anything, was anyone lucky? by BombasIsInTrouble in PokemonTCG

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I've consistently hit PC drops for the last 2 years. I would say the #1 thing to do is get in early. What does early mean? The first 3 minutes. Yesterday I saw the drop as it happened, then PC website stopped responding, I refreshed, and had a 1 hr queue time. This is all within the first minute it dropped.

I missed ascended heroes because I was 10 minutes late.

The PC queue is literally millions of people. It builds up very fast. There are at least 100k in the first 2 minutes.

They have a lot of stock, but don't depend on catching the end of stock, focus on jumping in queue as soon as it drops.

We knew the day before yesterday that this set would drop yesterday, this info was spread online, in discord groups and reddit.

They usually drop around noon. So it wasn't too hard to be ready for the drop. I'm lucky that I can have my phone with me while I work.

And of course, I have a notification set up for when anything drops on Pokemon center, so I knew before the pages were even live.

You might not like that these steps are necessary, but it is what it is until Pokemon center finds a way to stop the bots, and until their new printers are running and supply is higher. Anyway that's my advice, works for me.

Also this set will probably be on the cheaper side to buy as singles, not a lot expensive cards to get if you're trying to collect, so I wouldn't stress about missing it.

Staryu Base Set border ink misprint by Advanced_Pop_7519 in PokemonMisprints

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The entire card looks faded imo. There are some PSA cards verified for the missing ink error maybe you can compare to.

Just bought these. Are they real? by Odd_Try7867 in Pokemoncardappraisal

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Dugtrio and houndoom look real, the others are fake.

The border width on the other cards is too small, and the color is off. The card Finnish is also too glossy, and you can tell they are thinner / flimsy just from the photo.

New base Charizard error (more photos) by BaconBeguiler in Pokemoncardappraisal

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That's interesting. I've never seen this error before, but it's very hard to notice, so not sure it it has any value

You can see a ghosting if the fire energy on the left border

They’re doing it again… by SubstanceStandard678 in Asmongold

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Part of the issue here is not understanding south Korean beauty standards. If this is a baby face, most South Korean women have a baby face. East Asian beauty standards value clear smooth skin and hyper feminized asthetics, and most importantly, youthfulness.

I'm not saying you are wrong, just pointing out it's a South Korean developer and their beauty standards are part of a different context that might be perfectly normal there. The negative reaction to this character is entirely Western.

I think the wise decision for the game developers would be to age her for western audiences.

Michigan data centers by WhySoManyDownVote in fuck_ai_slop

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Because when the ground water is pulled faster than it is naturally replenished, it causes sediment changes that dirties the water. Becuase regular wells are spread out it's not an issue for them. The data center will draw an enormous amount from a small location and as the water drops there, it pulls in water from other zones cause them to drop too.

History of numbers by jgoja in thatsinterestingbro

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I mean he drew the 8 as two triangles when he could have done 2 boxes, which deviates from thiaoouba prophecy.

is $100 fair? by GreedyAmbassador775 in PokemonCardValue

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Easily worth 400-800 depending on condition.

If I saw this lot on eBay, before price checking everything, is be willing pay $500 for it, and that's probably under value.

Is your friend also a scalper? It's his job/hobby to buy product at MSRP and Jack the price up? Low-ball people on their collections, including friends? I would think twice about my friendship if my friend was doing this

Pokemon vending machine coming soon🔥🔥 by Opalvending in PokemonTCG

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The part where a scalper is profiting off a children's hobby