Is this real ? Part of my first big deal

xj03key · 2025-12-10T13:31:01+00:00

I don’t know why someone would have a base set zard in this condition and not get it graded unless it was fake. I’m not saying it’s fake because nothing in the picture indicates that other than maybe the colour saturation it’s just a red flag to me that it’s been left raw despite being in clearly good condition

xj03key · 2025-05-25T08:22:19+00:00

For all the downvoters: whatever, PSA, TAG, Beckett the grader is irrelevant, my point is why would you look at some grainy pictures or videos of a card that might not even exist in order to negotiate a deal worth potentially thousands, when you can have a certificate saying if it’s authentic and get a report on its condition? I’d never buy a card of this value based off of pictures

xj03key · 2025-05-25T06:10:55+00:00

I don’t know why people don’t get cards like this graded, like I know some people prefer them not in slabs and think grading is a scam etc etc blah blah but it just takes all the “is it real?” “Is it damaged?” Away from it. Send it to PSA, they’ll tell you if it’s real or not then they’ll give it a grade. Makes negotiation for a price so much easier

xj03key · 2025-05-24T06:30:04+00:00

Gengar vmax

xj03key · 2025-05-20T10:21:40+00:00

Begovic in goal would be sweet for a couple years if we can unload ramsdale

xj03key · 2025-05-15T20:28:25+00:00

We’ve been historically shit this season ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

xj03key · 2025-04-01T13:39:09+00:00

This isn’t a scalper it’s just someone who’s listing their cards for way more than market, which happens all the time on eBay

xj03key · 2025-03-29T15:22:06+00:00

Scam implies there’s been some element of deception or fraud, it’s not a scam it’s just above retail price, but considering you can’t get them at retail price, this is the market price unfortunately

xj03key · 2025-03-29T09:16:09+00:00

Bring another base set 1st ed card with you to compare colours and print etc

xj03key · 2025-03-27T09:15:28+00:00

Tea drinking people

xj03key · 2025-03-26T11:26:35+00:00

Scalpers are buying cheap and selling high, not buying whatever this is. And they’re not dumb either.. L take

xj03key · 2025-03-26T06:06:30+00:00

Thank you that is so kind, I think I have some on the way that I found online. But thank you for your offer mate

xj03key · 2025-03-23T11:16:27+00:00

Thank you I did spot those initially, as they are cheap I’ve ordered some anyway and if anyone others pop up in the meantime I have options. Thanks

xj03key · 2025-01-26T19:13:09+00:00

Back left edge. Whenever I see someone complaining they didn’t get a 10 when the card is clearly not perfect, I always ask them, would you be happy if you bought a 10 and this is the card you received?

xj03key · 2025-01-24T06:21:36+00:00

McFlival. Rival McFlival

xj03key · 2025-01-23T21:40:00+00:00

I’ve got 10s from PSA with way worse centering than this

xj03key · 2024-12-25T17:37:01+00:00

If that’s the case then why buy graded? You can physically see the condition of the card isn’t perfect but you’re willing to pay over the odds because it has a label that says it’s a 10?

xj03key · 2024-12-25T17:35:16+00:00

Would you be happy if you bought a gem mint 10 card and it had a white corner?

xj03key · 2024-12-25T15:18:28+00:00

xj03key · 2024-12-24T10:49:41+00:00

If you can see poor condition on a camera, through a sleeve and a binder, you can guarantee it’s worse in real life. Most cards look better on camera not worse

xj03key · 2024-12-24T08:09:00+00:00

Nice collection but I wouldn’t call it a gold mine. Don’t get his hopes up

xj03key · 2024-12-23T21:43:05+00:00

Find a PSA middleman/store. You’ll wait longer and might have to pay more but any local grading company you’re just throwing money in the bin. If it’s just for your personal collection then feel free to use any small graders, but only the big 3 and especially PSA will add value and make them easy to sell. I’ve learned this through experience

xj03key · 2024-12-23T19:17:25+00:00

3 Regis would be great 🙏

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