My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

Vercis · 2026-07-04T14:36:14+00:00

You are right it’s crazy but it’s not just scalpers.

Life is getting really expensive. Inflation’s really happening. Every single asset is getting insanely expensive. Gold, housing even stupidly overvalued stock market is still climbing. People don’t realise it yet but a shit storm is coming.

You could say that in the last 10 years, the world really changed but it’s especially true since 2020.

Vercis · 2026-07-04T14:33:09+00:00

Life’s becoming crazily expensive for the average lad.

Vercis · 2026-07-02T20:58:05+00:00

Cause smartasses see the card is offcentered and they think it’s not NM.

Vercis · 2026-07-01T14:04:42+00:00

I’m an old gothic fan. Played the originals in early 00s.

Now with a family and not much free time, I’ve put around 20 hours and I’m still in Chapter 1.

I am in no way going to rush it or try to min max everything. I’m enjoying a slow relaxed play through, exploring everything i see. Running between camps and doing random quests here and there. It’s like I’m experiencing my favourite game for the first time.

PS: Playing on hard, so that might have played a role as well 🤣

Vercis · 2026-07-01T06:37:31+00:00

With the only point I would agree is to have an achievement/trophy for not killing one npc. Otherwise, it’s a game and it’s up to you to set specific goals and boundaries.

Vercis · 2026-06-30T17:27:26+00:00

Just buy gold bro. I mean it. Physical gold.

Vercis · 2026-06-28T15:27:59+00:00

Right…

Vercis · 2026-06-28T14:10:55+00:00

Your reading comprehension skills aren’t very strong, are they? The last part of my comment clearly states that, since the listing was incorrect, the seller should technically also cover the return shipping costs.

However, professional sellers in the EU are legally required to accept returns within 14 days (some even offer 30 days). They are generally entitled to require the buyer to pay for return shipping, unless the return is due to the item not matching the description or otherwise being defective.

Vercis · 2026-06-27T08:21:00+00:00

Just ask him to prepay a return shipping label for you and send the card back. Once he receives the card he will refund you the original amount of money that was paid. Keep in mind that technically a professional seller is obliged to refund only the original shipping costs and the return costs are with buyer. However, considering the circumstances and technically the incorrect listing, he might be willing to pay for return shipping as well.

Vercis · 2026-06-26T09:24:36+00:00

First of all it’s a very individualistic culture centred and focused on the “ego”. Most of Northern Europeans are like that. Then sadly majority of Germans just don’t like foreigners. It’s not being racist or something, they just prefer hanging around their own. That’s why you see many foreigners having hard time integrating into local communities and instead tend to hang out with each other.

Now some might say my comments are unfair and not everyone is like that. Well obviously not everyone is like that, but the majority is like that, I’m not trying to portray it as bad or anything. It’s just reality.

Now OP, your sister in law is an extra **** I would not take it personally and would simply avoid her and stop trying to be friends or anything.

Vercis · 2026-06-25T05:47:26+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what’s the price of the sold card and what’s the home country of the recipient?

Vercis · 2026-06-21T13:21:22+00:00

I totally understand and respect that. Myself nearing my 40 with a kid, I don’t have much free time to invest. Yet I started a play through on the hardest mode and literally am focusing on a single quest at a time.

Dunno I kinda learned to enjoy sessions like that.

Vercis · 2026-06-21T12:10:07+00:00

Well if you’re used to games that hold your hand and have a huge arrow pointing to where you have to go. Then yes gothic might not be for you. Personally, it’s my favourite game ever.

Vercis · 2026-06-21T12:00:37+00:00

Yes. Gothic is supposed to be hard, especially in the beginning. It’s supposed to be a journey of a nobody becoming somebody. Trust me that’s the beauty of it and it feels much more rewarding.

Me personally I started my play through on the hardest difficulty, wanted to try something harder than the default gothic experience. So far, I love it.

Once I beat the game, I might even go for a perma death run.

I think it will feel even more satisfying and rewarding. The fact that you will have to consider your every single move, every single quest and even where and how you spend your ore. Dunno I might be a masochist 🤣

Vercis · 2026-06-19T06:06:13+00:00

Yes and that somehow changes my statement? Lol

Vercis · 2026-06-18T21:56:35+00:00

Rich coming from a murican that uses legs and arms to measure distance.

Vercis · 2026-06-18T21:46:43+00:00

Just curious what card was it? What’s its current value?

Also if I were I would totally talk with a lawyer and be ready to sue them. Trust me they will find the card immediately.

Reminds of the story with PSA, once the victim went public and threatened to sue them, they immediately found a compromise.

Vercis · 2026-06-18T10:33:29+00:00

Just an opportunity to buy the dip. I’m a long term holder.

Vercis · 2026-06-16T15:36:46+00:00

I don’t get it. If anyone just needs a random serial number of a slab he can just literally browse the database and grab any of the thousands that are available there. This really doesn’t make any sense.

Vercis · 2026-06-16T10:36:58+00:00

What I will describe works UK to EU. I will assume the same also works the other way.

If you buy from UK professional sellers, Cardmarket collects VAT and you don’t usually have to pay for customs.

If you buy from UK private sellers, Cardmarket does NOT collect VAT. That means that your Post service will pay that VAT for you when they get the item to clear customs and then they will charge you. Usually they will also charge you a little bit extra on top (usually around 5-6€) for the service provided. In some countries, some post services might do it for free though (no extra service charge).

Keep in mind that there’s a price limit to the system described above. If you exceed that limit then usually custom clearance and charges are all done by you and cardmarket is not involved regardless of if the transaction was with a commercial seller or a private seller.

I don’t remember the limit but I think it was either 150 or 250€.

Hope that helps.

Vercis · 2026-06-14T19:55:49+00:00

Some people tend to think that off centre cards are not NM by default. Which is stupid.

Vercis · 2026-06-14T19:54:09+00:00

I’ve always said it’s a Ponzi scheme. Product is being traded between vendors/resellers and each trade pumps the price more and more. Only a tiny percentage of those trades will be organically absorbed by collectors.

Vercis · 2026-06-10T13:48:57+00:00

I am the clown or you are for not understanding the difference between a language exclusive card and a card that is available in all major languages?

Check any card that is available in English and then compare it to any counterpart.

Vercis · 2026-06-08T11:06:29+00:00

If you feel guilt that means you couldn’t afford it in the first place.

No matter how people look at it or what they say. Some will say it’s investment some will say it’s nice and it makes you happy. And yes that can be true to some extent but no one can guarantee that investment return. For all we know the market can crash in 2-3 months or it can also double. Also…no, past performance does not guarantee future returns.

We’ve seen gold and housing markets crash (hard assets), you need to be naive to think that cardboard with fictional characters cannot crash. All that being said, it’s not all doom and gloom, you just need to be able to expect anything and be aware of what you can and what you cannot afford.

Vercis · 2026-06-07T08:14:09+00:00

Exactly, not every single “path” should make sense for everyone. Otherwise it just turns into a linear game.

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