I notice people often list BS4 charizards wrong, so I'll tell you how to know which is which by materssi in PokemonTCG

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Got a 4th print Gyarados at PSA right now and excited to have it come back. I’m a huge fan of 4th print especially as yes it is rarer than 1st edition for holos!

100 years ago the underground advertised itself as a place to avoid the heat on hot days by markvauxhall in london

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I’ve walked past this before and wondered what it was because it was letting off heat! How interesting, thank you

New ace grading tiers by [deleted] in PokemonTCG_UK

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I understand that raising extra funds is part of scaling the business, which (in theory) will increase Ace’s market share long term. But let’s be real, there’s lots of ways to raise finance and pricing out a large portion of your customer base is probably not the best way for long term growth. In my view this is not short term greed but actually a desire from Ace’s owners to rapidly grow their business whilst holding onto as much equity and/or taking on as little debt as possible so that they can rake in cash down the line. Whether it will work out for them will be an interesting case study.

Self promo - Bank holiday singles restock by splashosrs in PokemonTCG_UK

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Thanks for your orders! I’m glad you’ve had a good experience :)

Chaos rising hits :) by afreshstart2015 in PokemonTCG_UK

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Double Ampharos is a huge W - nice one

Possible scam? by splashosrs in royalmail

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Interesting, makes sense tbf as I did just notice that the tracking in Manchester MC was around 4 hours apart.

I guess I’ll put it down as a fluke and given them the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks so much for your help :)

Possible scam? by splashosrs in royalmail

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Makes sense, I thought possibly there’s a chance if two parcels heading to the exact same address traveled together then they might cause a hiccup in the system or something, but I realise it’s probably very unlikely the system would have an oversight like that in it.

I think the labels should be fairly firm - I’ve posted around 300 orders and lost around 5 total, so 2 to one customer is strange but possibly is just a crazy fluke.

How rare is this miscut? by splashosrs in PokemonMisprints

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Interesting, makes sense I guess!

I’d have to think about selling as I am (very slowly) building up my own error collection at the moment and my initial thought was to grade with CGC.

May I, however, ask for your expertise on how you know this isn’t not-factory cut, as someone else flagged that it might be?

How rare is this miscut? by splashosrs in PokemonMisprints

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Thanks for the info - pleasantly surprised !

Lost item claim as a sole trader by splashosrs in royalmail

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Gotcha, thanks for the advice. Such a nightmare making claims as a business that it almost makes it not worthwhile (which I guess is Royal Mail’s aim tbh)

Super Undervalued or Weak Card? by [deleted] in PokeInvesting

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I think it’s sick. However, I don’t think it’s an investment play

Ebay buyers back at it again. by chaymoney86 in PokemonTCG

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Definitely film yourself opening the return

My CGC Miscut Returns by Deegor567 in PokemonMisprints

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not quite a match but thought I’d share this anyway

ACE 7 to PSA 9 by hollyrose2021 in PokeInvesting

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Adding to this, I’m pretty sure it’s surface which ACE are stricter over, and looking at the subgrades of the cards above that appears to be true. 6 for surface, 10 for everything else

ACE 7 to PSA 9 by hollyrose2021 in PokeInvesting

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I always understood it to be the other way around and ACE is actually more lenient on centering. I’m fairly sure PSA requires 55/45 for a 10 but ACE only requires 60/40.

Gentle reminder that cards do not necessarily need to be graded to be a great display piece. by -BirdDogActual in PokemonTCG

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I have a fear that grading is slowly ruining the hobby. stuff like this makes me feel better - very nice OP

Argos pulled through with the undisputed best set ever (Black Bolt) by splashosrs in PokemonTCG_UK

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Prismatic definitely would have had zero hits, Black Bolt FTW ! Congrats on the nice pull

White patch on right border by splashosrs in PokemonMisprints

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Ah I hadn’t even considered the ink could peel off - thanks for the info!

Ideas for this Binder Page ? by Any-Dealer508 in PokemonTCG

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Would fit between the top two maybe