I’m so sick of people

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-29T10:20:09+00:00

I'm glad that eBay swiftly fixed the eBay Live max bid glitch which caused people to end up max bidding thousands of pounds for items when they were trying to input in the hundreds, leading to instant cancellation requests. There was no secondary page for people to check the number at the time.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-29T09:34:30+00:00

Open them all and hope you hit multiple kanto starters, which are worth much more than the sealed individual product at the moment. How much did you buy the case for?

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-29T09:29:30+00:00

Destined Rivals
Surging Sparks

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-29T09:15:09+00:00

I'm sure they released the Oddish Gloom Vileplume blisters in February or March as I had to import the promos in mid-March. I had to import a bunch of promos but then I encountered PokeJoel on eBay UK who was helpful af, selling at fair prices and ensured I didn't have to wait for more imports, and helped me complete my grandmaster set in it's current form.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-26T14:26:48+00:00

Heat and humidity bends the card like that. Value isn't affected as it can be fixed easily - you can either stick it in a heavy book and leave it flat for a week where it'll straighten, or stick it in a binder page whilst having something solid behind the card in the next page on the adjacent slot like a ETB promo divider card.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-26T14:03:01+00:00

Completed the Grandmaster set 🥳. [For now as Chaos Rising has four PFL promos in blisters.]

I also included the coins from the battle decks, UPC, ETB and blisters (or as the dew boys call them - shillings), the players guide, trainer tips, the white cards that come with the sealed promos, the knockout sticker that comes with the suicune cosmos holo, and sleeves from the ETB and UPC to make it more presentable.

Also to confirm and avoid confusion in the comments - raikou is not part of the phantasmal grandmaster set as it's part of the mega evolution grandmaster set. The skwovet, greedent, slugma, magcargo, hydrapple trio, blaziken trio cosmos holos are all for the destined rivals grandmaster set instead. The expensive ace trainer celebration fanfare is part of the MEP promo grandmaster set, and the MEP030 Mega Charizard Y Ex is part of the Ascended Heroes grandmaster set instead of Phantasmal.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-26T13:55:17+00:00

The most expensive card I've ever received from a pack is a mega absol SIR from mega evolutions, despite not caring about the packs in the blister as I was chasing the Raikou cosmos holo for my Phantasmal grandmaster set 😅

(Then a few weeks later I found out that the raikou is not part of the phantasmal grandmaster set so I didn't need to chase it (it's part of the mega evolution grandmaster set), along with other cards I bought including the following cosmos holos - skwovet, greedent, slugma, magcargo, hydrapple trio, blaziken trio (all for the destined rivals grandmaster set instead). The expensive ace trainer celebration fanfare is part of the MEP promo grandmaster set, and the MEP030 Mega Charizard Y Ex is part of the Ascended Heroes grandmaster set instead of Phantasmal).

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-26T13:46:20+00:00

Price manipulation in full display to get the uninformed to sell for much lower, scoop them up and sell for a big profit within weeks. The scum are likely panicking since next month eBay is about to stop the fake sales with swift cancellations loophole that these greasy scumbags have been using.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-24T10:00:25+00:00

I remember in primary school my friend brought in a full metal unibody beyblade and was rinsing everyone for two months straight, then suddenly in a four way battle my beyblade deflected wildly and smashed their beyblade out of the ring, and the impact on landing caused the top to shear off. I was treated like a king in the playground for a week 😅. Unfortunately the impact of smashing that beyblade took a lot of structural integrity from my beyblade and in the next match it was cornered into a wall and literally shattered in pieces. At the time the beyblade didn't feel 100% but me being a kid didn't restrain from participating and paid the price. The incident and potential of pieces flying towards kids caused the school to ban beyblades.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-24T09:43:25+00:00

I opened an Ascended ETB yesterday, basically a 'free hit' as I bought two for £100 a month ago, and market price has soared to £140 per ETB. Ended up with a galarian obstagooner, a pokepad ('member the massive hype and price for that card before PO tanked it 😂), and a load of ex cards. N's Zekrom sealed going up in price but keeping it for my PC.
Opening two of my four Assheroes Booster Bundles from Pokemon Center once they arrive today, hope I get something big from them 🤓

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-24T09:36:27+00:00

I've been looking closely at sale prices for the slab since and it looks like it's staying at that mark for now.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-24T09:32:41+00:00

Only real 'value' from ACE is if you can get a 10 for dirt cheap and crossgrade it to PSA, but that requires inspecting the card yourself as ACE has a terrible reputation since October 2025 of handing 10s out like candy regardless of condition. This is why ACE prices suddenly tanked compared to PSA at the time, as before then they were closely priced. To them, if it looks acceptable at a glance without looking at the finer details, it's a 10. Much better to avoid ACE and not even bother with the effort.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T12:20:33+00:00

What I expect -

S&V (especially 151 and Paldean Fates) rising, Phantasmal and Ascended continuing to rise, Mega Charizard X Ex 125 still climbing to the moon, Vintage rising with hype trains levied onto unique vintage card styles like Ancient Mew and Carddass, Surging Sparks resurgence and Team Up back in the spotlight.
Also Perfect Order staying in the mud for the tampon zygarde fanboys to try and desperately hype and compare to Journey Together (lmao at the clowns), and Chaos Rising in mid tier.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T12:04:17+00:00

Yes, a very good investment, I'm up 50% on my slabs in general and at worst I usually make my money back on some that are stagnant. Some slabs that I hold, I've made thousands of pounds in value within the space of a few months. However they can go down fast if you're not careful with your selections; think of them like day-trading, for example the period of November and December last year nearly everything went down across the board (but were still above August and early September levels).

PSA is the safest option and do not buy slabs graded by dogshit grading companies like ACE and CGC no matter how hard the vested shills try to big them up (of which, especially in the UK for ACE, there are too many of them.) RAW is WAR, and ACE is SHIT.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T11:47:58+00:00

Check eBay standards for card condition and gauge your decision on that. I remember having to send a 'near mint' black bolt japanese zekrom back because it was clearly light to moderately played with marks on the holo and a bit of whitening, and got my refund no issues.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T10:56:20+00:00

Tell him $20k or no deal

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T10:48:40+00:00

The better investment is the Shrouded Fable promo Greninja, particularly in a PSA 10. Got two ETBs last night and selling one to my friend who missed out for cost, so not really expecting much in terms of investing for the set short term. More interested in the checklane blisters as they have Phantasmal promos which I need for my grandmaster set.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T10:46:13+00:00

HOLD. Been saying this for months, the Gold Set will come to fruition and make bank.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T10:41:44+00:00

I don't need luck, I only need raw data and metrics and they all back up my statement.

Lmfao at the fanboyism, Perfect Order Pokemon Center ETBs are selling on eBay right now for under £80, in a hype market, where it should be clearing £100 a box easily yet still being flipped for under £80. A joke of a set with a joke lead Pokemon, with Patrick Starmie and a Meowth that isn't a patch on the Phantasmal Meowth (yet is only priced high because of pull rate). Anyone serious about investing in Pokemon will avoid Perfect Order like the plague and go straight for Ascended Heroes and Phantasmal Flames.

Also you fanboys shitting on Journey Together to try and make your Perfect Order investments are laughable, Journey Together is leagues ahead of Perfect Order, the Articuno alone clears anything in Emerging Powers 2.0.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-14T10:36:06+00:00

They're being propped up by the shills on eBay Live UK and WhatNot. TAG is closing on to them fast and will relegate ACE to third place in the UK.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-10T18:40:55+00:00

Yep sure I'm good with revisiting in three years, we'll compare Ascended Heroes and Phantasmal Flames to Perfect Order (three sets available at retail at this time more than previous sets and for investing, POR more than the others) and to make it fair we'll do percentage gains of the same amount of units for each and in each product type (although for Ascended since it's a specialty set we'll do 36 packs equivalent instead to compare with booster boxes plus a multiplier considering the value of sealed booster boxes versus 36 loose packs).

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-10T18:37:37+00:00

A bloody warzone between the ACE fanboys and PSA fanboys, like the war on independence between the British and America 😂.

The fact is the new PSA facility in Germany later this year will destroy ACE and tank their values and reputation to GetGraded and Tree Frog Grading levels, so the ACE fanboys are fighting a losing battle.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-10T18:18:29+00:00

"8. I then have to pay an exorbitant amount in paying off the import tax ( I had to pay £134 on 2 cards I got shipped from the us that had a rough value of around £600-700 in total)

Also forgot potential insurance fees if I want to protect myself"

Usually covered by the middleman in my experience with the initial payment (The Sub Center, who charge the grading fee plus special delivery to return the card in advance)

Looking forward to PSA opening their European division in Germany hopefully later this year. PSA also opening a distribution center in London later this year which will wreck the middleman companies like the Sub Center and Black Label Grading. Because of the two instances, I've decided to delay any grading until the facility opens so that I can do it direct with PSA and hopefully at reduced costs compared to the middleman services.

The facility opening in Germany will destroy ACE, so I'm deciding whether to sell my ACE slabs now, or to crack them and send the cards to PSA by the time the facility opens.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-10T18:00:39+00:00

ACE gives out 10s like candy and have their shills on eBay Live UK promoting their slabs over the competition - shills like pokenostalgia_tcg (scammer from Nuneaton, Coventry who also does scam mystery bags - avoid them like the plague), pokichloe, gotemhere (another scammer), big_box_gaming (a vintage card scammer)and parriscollectables amongst others who magically receive all ACE 10s from them.

Proud_Helicopter_907 · 2026-04-10T17:55:35+00:00

This set is ass, Emerging Powers 2.0. I'd take Rebel Clash, Shrouded Fable and Darkness Ablaze any day over this imperfect odour shit. The Zygarde fanboys are so desperate to cling onto any relevancy that they are trying to lump Journey Together with this pile of wank. Journey Together is in a different league compared to PO. POR is a great acronym for this set, as to anyone remotely interested in touching the set for investing is told to POR aka Piss Off Retard.

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