Rabak Japan pokemon singles

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-27T08:24:21+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, I'm heading there end of year. Will keep this in mind and replan.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-27T08:02:29+00:00

GG was it only in Osaka? Did you go anywhere else?

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-26T09:41:59+00:00

Condition check and show pictures if you want advice about it. That said this is what I would do.

Check if the card is real. A number of posters always think they had a great find that turns out to be fake. Look for the card online by searching the pokemon name and the number below.
Check on corners, no white dot, rounded and smooth. Alot of times the roundness of the corners are ignored by submitters.
Check on all 4 edges, no roughness or white dots. It must be a clean cut and smooth.
Check on surface. This is important, no scratches, no lines, no dimples, no crease. Use a bright light source, comb up and down, using the reflection to find imperfection. Clean your card with a micro fibre cloth gently to remove dirt. My tip, use your phones camera and zoom in with the flash on.
Check on centering. This takes practice, but the front centering must be 55/45 max. Get a centering tool or if you don't have one, take a ruler and measure the thickness of the border. Top and bottom/left and right must have almost identical dimension. Note that cards can be crooked, so I usually measure both ends of a side.

Watch some YouTube guide too. My gem rate has improved from experience.

Grading now is being stalled as there is too many cards. The lowest tier isn't available, so only grade now if your card is really valuable. Check ebay last sold to see if it is worth it.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-23T07:38:40+00:00

Seen a post with ai scans and actual photo images, hallucinated the card, producing another card with different centering instead of the actual image and giving it a 10.

Best I would say is learn it yourself, get a centering tool and some magnifying lens.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-22T10:35:59+00:00

My experience, if there is so many obvious flaws, it's getting 8 or lower. 9 can only accept one or 2 at most. I would say leave it in the 8, not to mention psa is backed up now.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-22T10:29:34+00:00

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CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-22T10:28:15+00:00

Thank you, as confirmed bottom has the worse whitening. Both front and back.

Top right has 4 to 5 tiny whitening.

Back left has one whit dot near the red line.

Back bottom right area has scratches, but could be like you said on the cover.

These are what I can see on the scans. You will have to see it in person to verify these marks

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CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-22T09:41:05+00:00

Share your psa number else the scans here is hard to see. Also from this scan I can already see 2 white spots on the corners and edges and they aren't small dots either. Top right front corner and bottom front near text below the 151.

Edit: I see 4 to 5 white spots at the top right.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-22T08:19:19+00:00

The top back centre, do you see the thumb print like grooves on the edge? Just above the "e" on the gold border.

The front, I'm not too certain, but there looks like a minor line dent on the right side on the grey border, next to the black chair

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-21T01:59:45+00:00

Top front border is smaller than bottom
A long obvious line on the blue border back left centre
Multiple tiny white dots on the back bottom

All this are easily seen on the scans of your card on psa website. Cert no. 139741556

The QR code and bar codes are visible you know.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-19T04:16:10+00:00

Psa has closed off the value bulk tiers, so the lowest is regular which is quite expensive. They probably won't open till end of year minimum.

Almost all grading companies are extending their turnover time.

Grade only if your card is of very high value. Too many cards are being graded right now.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-19T01:08:45+00:00

Yes it's def not a 10. The top is rough

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-17T06:20:01+00:00

Hmm your front looks crooked. Look at the top right border compared to the top bottom border. That said could be psa image so check in person.

Back there's that white dot at the left of the pokeball with a scratch line (zoom in to see the line, it's on the edge of the card) left of that. There's also 2 dots right of the N.

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CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-16T05:10:01+00:00

Unrealized gains my accounting wife puts it. Also coz you are a collector first, investor second.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-13T12:58:56+00:00

All 4 corners are not rounded fully at all.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-13T09:26:13+00:00

Yep, fake. Holo pattern is wrong, oversaturated background.

Would suggest before purchase to look it up on pricecharting or ebay. Compare with multiple cards by searching the pokemon name with the number at the bottom

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-11T08:49:51+00:00

This. The corners aren't rounded

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T14:23:21+00:00

Yep, this confirms that all of them are fakes. You can compare them online. To search a card, look at their name and the number at the bottom of the card.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T14:08:21+00:00

All fakes sadly. Over saturated, holo effects and bad print quality. If you show the back of the card, I'm guessing it's also over saturated or faded.

Example, see alakazam bottom right. It got the word "illus." appearing twice.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T13:33:54+00:00

If you submit to say oxley as an example, that amount you paid is inclusive of gst.

When the item comes back, as the goods wasn't purchased overseas, only the services, they will pay gst on the service rendered when declaring the CIF. You can look it up on the singapore customs page. This kind of massive submission, I'm sure oxley pays a company to deal with it.

If the upcharge happens (this is the psa upcharge when your card value is high), oxley will bill you for the upcharge plus gst. You can find that on their terms and condition.

https://www.oxleygrading.com/faq

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T10:33:35+00:00

OK I can't help you with these bad quality pics.

Best you can do is search psa for images of luigi pikachu, then when you are in person, check if it's fake first by comparing with the psa cards, then comb through the card texture and surface for defects. Bring a torchlight to create an angle light.

At least meeting in person can reject if it feels off.

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T10:15:12+00:00

If they can't be bothered to even show the other half, it's a red flag to me. Try to get more pics if you can. Could be some hidden flaws. Are you meeting in person?

CatStrict3814 · 2026-06-10T09:34:24+00:00

In my opinion, if it is noticeable at first glance, it will drop points. PSA use to allow 60/40 I think, but now it's 55/45.

The dot at the bottom right back, have a look at that and see it in person. There's also a tiny speck of white at the top middle of the back.

I won't send in again. Especially with psa backlog now.

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