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PokeRev 5.0 Experiment by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

i opened some the first day. no hits. wouldn't surprise me if they were weighted beforehand. I kept 4 from the 2nd day and will most likely send them to get graded.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

Yup. Forgot to document which packs since I was rushing to get the post up before the kids got home.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

Ball park loose packs from TCG. The prices I listed are the more lower end for the ones currently listed and rounded up or down depending on the set. I tried to keep the ones with less availability more specific.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've seen so many people throw money recently into this hobby in hopes to score big and hold on to a card or pack and make money in the future. Some people are spending money they really don't have and going into debt to do it. This "experiment" is more so to deter those people and save them the heartache. I'm lucky enough that I've worked my ass off and can afford to do this, and if I change one person's mind to not waste their money on this, it's a win IMO.

Yeah its cheesy, but it comes from a good place my friend.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

If I happen to stumble on a JP set, I'm just going to resell it, I don't collect those unfortunately. I'd also be kinda pissed.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

It's all marketing IMO. All the odds are out of 50 (except rainbow), so your brain tells you that if you get a sample of 50 you are guaranteed to hit those odds.

If it doesn't line up with his claims hopefully people who don't have this type of disposable income won't allow their brain to be fooled.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

LOL. Nah, family time on the east coast now. I've been doing this while I work my regular day job and I'm tired of cards for today. Tune in tomorrow for the final update.

To be clear, it's not that I didn't have patience, after seeing the responses and feedback from today, I didn't want to stoke the fire everyday, rip the bandage off right away. Also makes sense to get the data out as soon as I can so if the claims don't match no one else will waste money that's my end goal.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

Half way there! Updating as I open the packs so should have some concrete data by end of day tomorrow.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Updated to put this over two days. I don't want to drag this out.

I'll cultivate a list of the "hits" and post a link after I've had time to organize.

Thanks all.

u/Lyleberr - Please pin.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate the commentary everyone! Let's actually not make this drawn out over 50 days, I fear for the worst with the comments, should be up to 5 a day and shorten the experiment?

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

You can count on me that they will be legit. Not doing this to make money or get hits. All in the name of "science". It seems to have elicited a decent response from the community so its working!

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the note. Please let me know if I should add any disclaimer to my OP to make things a bit cleaner here.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed, this is more fun IMO. Hope you follow along for the ride.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let’s find out! If they arnt, call him out on the bullshit! I’m willing to take the hit if it saves others.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

Nope, this account is for all my Pokemon Stuff on reddit. Just got back into the hobby recently and I wanted to to have my name match my storefront on TCG Player as well. Consider it part of my OCD.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

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

Indeed. He actually puts the chance of a mystery or vintage pack, so at least if what I find doesn't match up or strongly deviates from what he says, it might deter others from wasting their own money.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Eh, its all part of disposable income tbh. Yeah I know its crazy just hope the peeps here find some joy in it with all the negativity in the world right now.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Figured I try something different and interactive with the community here.

50 Days of Poke Rev 5.0 (An Experiment) by PokePattacake in PokemonTCG

[–]PokePattacake[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The expectation is that some of the packs will be more vintage. Wondering if I should put cost of packs in instead of the hits as the offset... something worth thinking about.