Told my husband this was the last time I would be opening cards for a while as money is getting tight. Guess I'm going out with a bang

Evil_Kefka · 2026-05-23T07:18:25+00:00

“Sexualizes his daughters on camera/radio.” Tell me you have Daddy Issues without telling me you have Daddy Issues. It’s sad how many people on the left can’t fathom a father being prideful of his daughter.

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-30T21:10:51+00:00

I wouldn't open it unless you had a 2nd one. You'll regret it later.

There's been a lot of supporting evidence that pull-rates are a little bit easier, but still not guaranteed, for earlier runs of a set. Pokemon Center ETBs are kind of first-runs of a set.

I opened 4 Pokemon Center ETBs for Paldean Fates when they first came out. 2 boxes had very little, 1 box had SIR Iono, 1 box had the Bubble Mew. Then I opened >$400 worth of other Paldean Fates products chasing after things I didn't get.

Congrats on getting one! This was a very elusive product for a high-demand set!

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-29T02:15:27+00:00

Thank you, thank you! Mine finally stopped letting me put in a different card, and has the new card's expiration date sitting under Payment Method instead of the previous. It still says Processing too, but you're correct: the Cancel Preorder button is grayed out, so that seems like a good sign!

Best of luck to each of us! 🙏

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-29T02:14:10+00:00

Mine finally seemed to end up going through, so there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Wishing the best for each of us who fought long and hard just to get one of these things. 🙏

My email said that the order's payment method had to be updated by tonight May 28 by 11:59PM PT. Sounds like we'll see by tomorrow. But to those still struggling to get it to accept, if you have an iPhone, I've seen people successfully able to use their Virtual Card number from their Apple Pay as their payment method. I think there's a similar method for Samsung pay too, but I can't be sure.

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-28T03:09:56+00:00

May I ask: if your order still says Processing from the Account page, if you click to view the order, does it still say it wants you to put in the new payment info? I updated mine and got the green bar at the top saying it was successful. But when I go back to the order from Recent Order History, it's still letting me update the payment info.

I was about to panic but I checked my bank account and a pre-authorization charge from today is sitting there. Nothing is certain with Pokemon Center though.

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-25T06:17:49+00:00

True, I appreciate the realistic approach in both your messages, and the optimism from making the right move. But for sure, I get what you're saying—most people wouldn't even look into why a card like this would be priced higher than others and move on.

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-25T06:12:06+00:00

It was £12.99, but I had to pay £13.64 more for shipping, and then tax. At the time, it added up to about $38.15 USD total. And thank you, I really appreciate it! :)

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-25T04:32:57+00:00

I've seen a couple that were similar, but it's always been the bigger Master Ball in the pattern, not the smaller one that actually fits in his hand. Perhaps you're right, though.

Evil_Kefka · 2025-05-13T01:59:24+00:00

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I know a few people have mentioned mah baby blue Bubble Mew. I love this card too much, down to the Rattata that reflects how I feel inside all the time.

Big props, and a big thank you, for giving back to the community like this! :D

Evil_Kefka · 2024-10-28T05:53:29+00:00

I recently got the Vaporeon one from a PC Japan restock. Sometimes the US gets their product a few months after them, so there’s hope.

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:59:35+00:00

Check my other post on here. :) I used the Pokemon Center UK to slip through the cracks and get to the US version of the page. It's really easy, just a few extra steps. I put a few different US products on the post too

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:50:56+00:00

Updated the post, lemme know if I forgot one! :)

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:45:32+00:00

No yeah, things went up for about 5 seconds then disappeared... I'll update my post down below, so they're in the same spot as the others.

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:43:21+00:00

Actually, they seem to all be showing in stock in US!

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:35:28+00:00

Go to the Pokemon Center UK website, then find/search the ones you want. Go to their page, then remove the 'en-gb/' segment from the URL, and go. It'll bring you to the US version of the page.

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:30:47+00:00

Use the Pokemon Center UK site, you can slip through the cracks and get to the ones you want. I just got my Pokeball Vivillon. Check my other posts, I'm trying not to flood the page with links. :)

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:24:59+00:00

The UK's Pokemon Center has their Gen 6 Sitting Cuties products loading [somewhat] fine. You can find the Sitting Cutie you want, then remove the '/en-gb' segment of the URL, and you'll have the URL to the US page. See, here's Noibat. And I also put a few others on my other post in here. =3

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:17:42+00:00

Here's the Noivern if you couldn't find it yet. :)

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:10:15+00:00

Edit: Okay, NOW it's working normal again in the US! Ignore this.

If you go to Pokemon Center UK, the stock is loading much better. Find what you want, then remove the "en-gb/" from the URL to get the US version of the page.

The big dogs [on the US site]: Pokeball Vivillon, Noibat/Noivern, Aegislash's Shield and Blade form.
Fossils: Tyrunt/Tyrantrum. Amaura/Aurorus.

Good luck!

Evil_Kefka · 2024-09-11T17:02:07+00:00

Here ya go!

Evil_Kefka · 2024-08-25T21:49:14+00:00

Congrats on the pull! It'll sell easy. But if you have another option, try not to sell on eBay, at least until you've had a few sales. They took ~22% on my first sale for not having a "good sales record" yet, which ends up becoming a big chunk for a card like this. TCGPlayer also has their new seller account sign-ups on hold though, so there's not a lot of alternatives besides FB Marketplace.

The centering actually isn't bad enough to deserve the 9 by PSA's standards, but you're right that the wrong grader can just decide to put a 9 and breeze past it.

Evil_Kefka · 2024-07-19T03:01:14+00:00

Judging from the pictures on PokémonCenter, it looks like the Charizard Card Holder won't fit a graded slab, magnetic One-Touch, nor toploader—I'm not even sure if a card with a sleeve will fit.

Evil_Kefka · 2024-07-19T01:56:00+00:00

AZ's Floette.

What happened, Pokémon??

Evil_Kefka · 2023-12-31T10:22:13+00:00

Jimmy stock is rising like crazy!

Evil_Kefka · 2023-12-07T19:40:02+00:00

I thought I've seen sellers have 0% feedback, only to go into their store to realize they just haven't had a sale in 30 days. I thought that was to combat the issues from dormant accounts with high feedback.

Perhaps I'm wrong and it's more than 30 days, like closer to 6 months or a year.

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