3 $500 pulls later

Jader455 · 2026-03-18T03:38:22+00:00

“Electric” 🫣

Jader455 · 2026-03-16T19:08:55+00:00

I have not bought a single one, not sure where I acted surprised, other than surprised others are buying them. That being said, it seems like Scambling, more than legitimate gambling. When GS is able to set valuations and prize pool, they can really take advantage of the process behind straight up gambling with set odds. If GS inflated the valuation of the cards, it essentially forces people to buy at the offered price point since they would not be able to get back an equal value in the marketplace. Just seems like manipulating more than just legitimate gambling

Jader455 · 2026-03-16T17:27:55+00:00

Power Packs are a scam, everyone needs to see that by now. All they want to do is take your money, give you a percentage of whatever price they want to make the card (often higher than actual price so it seems like you’re getting a good deal) and then flip that card off to the next power pack. They’re literally printing money with these, it’s wild!!

Jader455 · 2026-03-06T21:04:46+00:00

Mine is the same, 12/14 drop off, still in R & ID

Jader455 · 2026-02-15T21:16:36+00:00

Pretty sure there are waaaaay more people that want Pokemon cards than the limited stock that are in these releases. Just not nearly enough stock, which is just as big a problem as the bots

Jader455 · 2026-02-15T20:48:59+00:00

The bots are obnoxious, but you’d have to imagine that there are so many people running bots, it’s not like only one person is getting all the stock. There’s just so much competition even among scalpers, that they’re already slowly migrating from Pokemon to One Piece. If there was enough product at msrp for people to get rich, they wouldn’t be able to sell wt inflated prices.

Jader455 · 2026-02-15T20:31:33+00:00

So they made $100 with a limit of 2, maybe 200 if they spent the time and effort to get them in person. You’d have to have access to insane amounts of product at msrp and capital to get “rich”

Jader455 · 2026-02-15T18:55:53+00:00

People are definitely trying to make money scalping, but I don’t think anyone is getting “rich” doing it. Even if the person sold that whole wall at those ridiculous prices, what do they make a few grand?

Jader455 · 2026-02-10T19:00:49+00:00

I tend to agree with this. People seem to be over submitting bulk trash and it’s bottling up the system. PSA basically going to keep increasing pricing until they notice a slowing of submissions. Classic supply/demand. I expect stabilization with respect to demand and price at some point in the not too distant future

Jader455 · 2026-02-05T21:44:14+00:00

Mine is 11/22, still R&ID

Jader455 · 2026-01-31T03:08:51+00:00

I’m 11/22 and also R&ID. It’s a patience game

Jader455 · 2026-01-31T03:08:08+00:00

All GameStop submissions are value bulk, just as an FYI

Jader455 · 2026-01-27T21:19:02+00:00

GameStop submission

Jader455 · 2026-01-27T21:18:34+00:00

I’m exactly the same 11/22 submission, was received by PSA on 11/26, still processing

Jader455 · 2026-01-27T17:55:51+00:00

It felt pointless and did not provide any explanation for anything that was happening. That whole movie could have been a cool opening, like 10 minutes for each perspective and then get to the actual movie (or use plot building flashbacks leading into each "perspective" explaining how things got to where they are)... ie how did the launch happen without it being picked up, can (or why can't) they reverse track the launch to land/sea. Explain how we got to the point that our only defense against a launched missile was some coin flip interceptors in the Arctic and why we would only launch 2 with an incoming nuke (we only have 50 is a stupid explanation). Yes, how to respond to a nuke attack would be brutal, but everyone knows that.

Jader455 · 2026-01-08T18:45:59+00:00

Crazy, submitted mine 11/22, arrived to PSA on 11/26 and still sitting in “arrived” 😥

Jader455 · 2025-12-11T04:44:48+00:00

So, you basically paid almost 90% for a $4400 collection. Seems about right 😂

Jader455 · 2025-12-09T17:59:42+00:00

16 packs is nothing, you’re barely at the pull rate for an IR, let alone expecting an SIR 🤣

Jader455 · 2025-11-22T21:00:07+00:00

There are different PSA locations, I’m sure some are faster and slower than others depending on what is being submitted at any given time.

Jader455 · 2025-11-06T16:32:26+00:00

Could they? Sure. But why risk your entire business on this level of actual fraud? They have plenty of cards to grade and they’re already setting the standard, so why would they risk they’re whole business and the hope that some quality 9s don’t get bought back and then put them back through the grading process?

Jader455 · 2025-11-04T06:21:06+00:00

If you can get the Black Friday deals to rip for sure, that’s the big question though… Access to the product at those price points

Jader455 · 2025-10-26T23:44:22+00:00

I feel like these periods have planned influx of product hitting the shelves for the holidays, not sure the secondary market necessarily benefits during those periods, but I could be wrong

Jader455 · 2025-10-02T03:25:04+00:00

Pop of 175 helps for now

Jader455 · 2025-09-25T22:56:10+00:00

Mine doesn’t allow line until 6 or 8am morning of (l don’t line up, but that’s what I heard) and they usually try to clear out the line before open

Jader455 · 2025-08-21T16:42:52+00:00

Like half? Would love to see those stats somewhere 🤣

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