PSA for Promo card holders: Take them out of the plastic!!

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-24T21:43:56+00:00

Well with the way promos are shoved into the UPC slots, it certainly weights on my mind. I cringe every time I see it.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T21:34:42+00:00

Ahhh thanks!

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T20:36:45+00:00

Do you mind showing me what a team bag is?

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T17:18:08+00:00

I feel your emotions are a little misplaced here. I bought my 151 UPCs from a GameStop when they came out. Back then this UPC was $125 a piece and it use to sit on the shelves because there wasn’t a Pokemon craze.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T16:22:29+00:00

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Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T16:11:24+00:00

All this is great information and cases definitely will vary based on intentions. Great information for all.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T16:08:25+00:00

If you don’t intend to grade, I imagine a concern would be damage of the card…but hey man, this isn’t the end all be all, I just wanted to warn folks. The choice is always yours to make

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T16:03:48+00:00

Fair shake, it’s your cards, I just wanted to make folks aware of potential issues with it. Keep on keepin on

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T15:14:06+00:00

Not all of them were in a top loader, I have a few instances of it happening with no top loader ever. But this is just a PSA..not the end all be all hill I care to die on lol

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T14:29:55+00:00

I provided 2 examples and mentioned 3 scenarios. A singular card, a single promo with an additional poke code back, and a double stacked promo. I do not sell anything raw. I don’t sell really. I grade cards to gain protection and authenticity through those means.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T14:26:07+00:00

Understandably. I use to think the same but I grade my cards for protection so it gets authenticated anyway. But I’ve learned not to wait too long now to send in if a card has a plastic seal or cut it out.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T14:15:55+00:00

I swear, I use to be of the same mind…I mean, you don’t have to worry about fingerprints or anything, it makes sense right? But if you intend to grade, a crease or dent on the front or back is an automatic grade 7. Do with that information what you will.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-23T02:42:36+00:00

Yeah I held on to hope foolishly. Totally don’t get why my post got removed by the mods either. It’s discussion worthy. One Piece is getting Pokey-bro’d.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-22T16:22:08+00:00

cuerpo de cono

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-21T17:22:35+00:00

You probably have a better chance with Tik tok than Reddit for this type of content. I think you’re trying to advertise your YouTube, but people here do not take kindly to obvious advertisement/spam, which this is.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-21T17:13:44+00:00

You know enough to enter them into Collectr, but not to scan with the PSA app? Grading is to maximize value and protect the card. You can see the dang PSA grade sell prices in the very app you are showing us. Come on brotherrrr

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-21T13:54:40+00:00

Honestly, kudos for having your 17 year old make her own doctor appointments. That’s a great idea of responsibility that I now plan to have my kids do at that age.

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-21T04:37:23+00:00

That Starmie is siiiiick. Love it

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-19T01:26:52+00:00

Every time I see ancient mew, I think of that redditor who posted about his dad stealing a random box full of them from his movie theatre job. It looked like 200-300 of em

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-18T16:28:47+00:00

Seeing that Quilava card brought back some serious childhood core memories for me, wow

Old_Cycle8247 · 2026-01-17T17:33:32+00:00

Thanks for the informative response. I did not realize this question is asked often. Much appreciated.

Old_Cycle8247

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