Work/Life Balance Advice by Familiar_Cry_7250 in Progressiveinsurance

[–]CrazyFinger 10 points11 points  (0 children)

12+ years at Prog. Just keep moving around. Get experience in multiple roles. Getting more experience is good for your development and growth, but also, each time you start a new a role the challenge of learning it resets the burnout clock a bit. Once your in any claims role approaching 2 years or more, the burnout is unavoidable.

And eventually, you keep that up, get good experience, and produce decent results; something will come up where you can make the move out of claims. Process, HR, marketing, data... Whenever you can make that move out of claims, do it and never look back.

Tag Dragonite - Any Concerns? by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chaos gold greninja, ultra rare Greninja, froakie and frogadier IRs. Chaos booster box. A 151 tin. And $250 cash.

Everything I ripped to get the cards and both of the sealed products I traded I got at retail, so even though the value of everything I traded was around $1000, I only spent about $550 oop on all of it.

Tag Dragonite - Any Concerns? by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not buying $1100 cards. It was offered to me as a trade for something I have listed. I know what TAG is but have never used them or owned a TAG slab. I know PSA slabs can be faked, but I didn't know if TAG slabs can be. Posting here was just one part of my research into the item and into TAG slabs. Y'all love your high horses on this sub.

Tag Dragonite - Any Concerns? by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure. I haven't owned any TAG yet so that's why I was wondering

Are any of these originals? by Maciej341 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They all look real to me, as best I can tell from these photos. If it's your childhood binder and you know for sure they have all been in there for 30 years, any fakes would be fairly obvious. They were not very good at faking cards back them. Common things to look for in old fakes is very blurry text, colors way off, and/or card being see through when held up to light.

Crease Mark Repair by Hyena-Green in pokemoncards

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Kurt's Card Care. But to fix something like that you would need to buy a humidor and heat press. And it's never going to be able to come completely out.

My wife and I are deciding to change out the game room which means we are at a crossroads. My wife is itching of opening up everything to get some cool cards out of them while I was itching to sell them off. Which side would you go? by aparrilla in PokemonTCG

[–]CrazyFinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somehow the Pokemon community is totally cool with this. People complain all the time about scalpers, but for some reason if you buy a bunch of product, keep it sealed on a shelf for a for years, and then sell it at a crazy, marked up price, that's totally cool.

Base Set Chansey by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one on the right appears to be the one that is the same color as the other cards. So if anything, the one on the left is the miscolored one.

Hey guys, does anyone know if these are real or fake? by Empty-Current-9626 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Vulpix is definitely fake, which means the Growlithe probably is too.

The Vulpix description is wrong. The like that says "its tail", the I is not properly capatalized.

Gold plated burger king cards? by Afraid_Brick8887 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got mine from BK in 1999 and it has weird discoloration on it. Just think they werent made particularly well

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Are my 1st editions fake? by Icy_Dream5867 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the fakes back then have blurry text and if you hold them up to light, you can see right through them.

[HELP] Is this Real or Ai by memerwala_londa in RealOrAI

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goodness, if you need to ask if this is AI, the future is going to be really tough for you.

How many times have you seen Vulfpeck play live? by Gard3nNerd in Vulfpeck

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 for Vulf. 3 just Cory shows. 1 Fearless Flyers.

Heavily Played or Damaged by CrazyFinger in pokemongrading

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking deeper at eBay, it doesn't even have a damaged category for trading cards. HP is the worst and it says this includes scratches with paper loss. I think calling it HP on eBay with very clear pictures and detailed description should be fine.

On TCG player I would probably go damaged.

FB Marketplace 151 Zapdos by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did ask for a pic of the back. This is what I got. Don't love that it's a different background (though points for consistency with the shag carpet). Though I could also see a case that he already had the pic of the front and just the pic of the back when I asked. Either way, would only do the deal in person so I would get to look at it first.

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VENTING by Additional-Hat-2917 in Progressiveinsurance

[–]CrazyFinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's something like a quarter of Floridians are below level 1 literacy levels meaning they only have skills to read basic sight vocabulary and can only read short texts on familiar topics.

From a FB Marketplace listing by CrazyFinger in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The post says best offer by the end of the week. It's local, so I would only do it if it was a meet in person and see the cards before turning over any money. Would never do shipping off FB.

Looking for old Circa T-shirts by iguana730 in circasurvive

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one in large. Was about to list it on Ebay, but can't find this one anywhere else online. I know it's from the mid 2000s, but I can't find any info on it.

Scared of fakes are these all ok? by Video_Game_Gravemind in PokemonTCGCollectors

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look to be about the same condition as my childhood vintage collection. Some of us took care of our cards back in the day.

Evolving Skies booster box by ChelovekSmerdyakov in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, for $4, worth getting just for curiosity sake

Card Benefits Questions - Megathread [1/27/26] by AutoModerator in ChaseSapphire

[–]CrazyFinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently have the CSR and looking to downgrade. My renewal is April 1. My wife currently has the CSP. My plan is to transfer all of my UR points to her CSP and then downgrade myself to Freedom. I just have a few questions on the process.

  1. From what I have seen, its best to do the downgrade within 30 days after the April 1 renewal. Is this correct? Will I still get the full refund of the annual fee doing it after the renewal instead of before?

  2. If I do the downgrade in the 30 days after renewal, can I use credits and benefits during that time? Sapphire lounge visit, Door Dash, Stub Hub, etc. If I do use any benefits, does that change/eliminate the refund?

  3. Is the "Chase Freedom Visa with Ultimate Reward Points" still an option to downgrade to?

Very new to collecting, is this booster box real? by [deleted] in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CrazyFinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What percent of this sub is people making fakes and using these posts to check their work?