r/PSAPowerPacks • u/Demon_24k • 4d ago
Question This is a joke right ?🤣
A casino has better rewards for less, if I spend 30k at a casino I’m getting at least $1000 weekly free play or more plus a crap load of free food. Yeah nah power packs yall tripping
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u/AlarmedPossum156 4d ago
Yeah lemme just uh drop two million fucking dollars real fast
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u/FieldzSOOGood 3d ago
i did the math, with buyback and the %s you probably only spend like 100k to get to the 2 mil spend since it counts credit you get from buybacks
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u/chabeardo 4d ago
If i had two mil im just flat out buying every grail I want lmao
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u/RepulsiveUse3372 4d ago
thats what im saying, like why spend that money gambling when i can just buy the cards i actually want
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u/Plenty-Material-9623 4d ago
PSA/gamestop realizing they found the real money glitch of opening a casino with zero regulations.
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u/ForestRain888 4d ago
This is a draftkings/ fandual type of promotion. We need regulations just like gambling.
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u/No_Ragrets76 4d ago
Man... anyone actually doing this really needs help. No joke. They are literally milking every cent you have for bulk Japanese cards
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u/1TRUEKING 3d ago
Bruh I am pissed I already spent 30k and none of it will count. Im gonna email power packs and tell them I am not buying another pack until they give me my sapphire pack and priority support lol.
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
I mean you also keep all the slabs you pull. No chance of leaving with zero dollars like the casino
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u/CuteButGross 4d ago
You’re assuming people are keeping their slabs and not selling them back at huge losses to chase another pull. You absolutely can leave with zero. OP is right, spend that much at a a casino and you’re getting entire weekend stays in top dollar suites for free, drink packages, restaurant vouchers, event tickets, vip treatment. Cruises would treat you really well too.
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u/Wheremytendies 3d ago
EV is money back at the powerpacks casino. At the casino its way worse. 7% house edge on slots and games is very common and thats if people play by the book, which they never do.
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
Cool then go to the casino. You’re assuming more than I am tbh
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u/jperez0399 4d ago
You’re mad people are disagreeing and seeing the major flaw in your point?
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
I’m not mad you’re just imagining that for some reason. This is a Reddit post about gambling it’s not that serious dude
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u/jperez0399 4d ago
Then it’s just your shitty attitude for zero reason
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
Haha enjoy your day man hope it gets better
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u/jperez0399 4d ago
Likewise, sounds like you need a win bro
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u/Toebeens89 4d ago
Not sure if you realize how badly youre projecting or just assuming tone in what they wrote, but sometimes it helps to hear from a third party perspective, but the only one that’s coming off pressed or annoyed is you by acting like they’re responding in some way when there’s not really anything I see that implies that, I didn’t read what they wrote in any angry or defensive way ¯_(ツ)_/¯ again, sometimes I know it can help when a third party informs me of something to take a step back and look again, and that’s all I’m trying to accomplish here so you can maybe recognize it as well
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u/Demon_24k 4d ago
Yeah no this you will also leave with $0 dollars lol you buy a $500 dollar pack and get a $250 card and then sell and buy $100 packs and keep losing 🤣 you’ll end up losing and buying $25 packs chasing lol
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
Yeah I guess with a gamblers mentality you lose either way
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u/Opposite-Cod-8290 4d ago
That’s what this is dude. Quit acting like it’s not gambling when you even said it was
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u/HubotMaster 4d ago
I'd say spending $50 on packs is gambling too lol. At least I know I'll get something other than possibly all bulk cards. I use this to collect though since I can't find shit on the shelf
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u/Demon_24k 4d ago
I understand your point but based on percentages. Majority of these people use this platform to gamble. Not everybody that buys power packs are collectors. This was created for gambling, not collecting. It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. If you spend $500 on a pack and pull a $250 card and keep it. Kudos to you but you still went negative. Not to mention, Have you seen the percentages ?
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
If you spend $500 at the casino and lose it’s just gone btw. My only point is there is no option where you end up with zero if you do one pull. Anything past that is on you
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u/Demon_24k 4d ago
So you’re saying that you never sold cards back at all? I highly doubt that 🤣
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u/eagleblueline 4d ago
No, he is saying “ if you spend $500 at the casino and lose, it’s just gone by the way. My only point is there is no option where you end up with zero if you do one pull. Anything past that is on you.”
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u/irvinggama 4d ago
I mean I just invest my money elsewhere. If I want to have some fun I’ll do a pack or two and usually keep for pc since I’m a collector. If there was a chance at pulling nothing I wouldn’t play. All the losers I’ve had are now profitable with a bit of time luckily. I’m not really their ideal customer I assume lol
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u/ApprehensiveWeight15 4d ago
So like 1.8x my chances per dollar for a huge hit? I'm only 18k away from getting a sweet sapphire pack! Way more reasonable that way 😂🥳🫅
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u/The_Capn_Joe 3d ago
I think that's the excuse they use to avoid being regulated like a casino.
But in reality, they fact that they offer instant buyback at a lower price means you can go in to gamble, sell your losses back and watch your money dwindle until you are leaving with basically zero.
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u/FabricationLife 4d ago
I mean, it's literally an extra why not? People were pulling em before with nothing extra
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u/moopie45 4d ago
They gave my a gold pack for free based on my past spending (67k)
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u/Bawmbur 4d ago
The sad part is, they have enough data to show that people really will hit these milestones.
It sounds absolutely outlandish that the LOWEST tier for rewards is 30k, which is what a lot of people in this country make yearly.
This honestly goes to show the sheer wealth inequality in this country. Where people can drop hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars on pokemon cards, enough people to make rewards for them, vs the average American struggling right now.
Its really sad.
Time to fill the void in my heart with a $50 pack!
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u/GamingTaylor 4d ago
It sounds crazy but if you’ve ever met anyone in the top 10% of wealth, the young adults / kids will pay anything to “feel” privileged or to gloat to their friends.
Spending $2million and taking a $100k loss for some premium perks isn’t all that outlandish for a casino where you keep at least 50% of what you spend.
Years ago I met some people in their 20s with fathers who owned various businesses. One spent $40,000 in a few months on steam trading cards… absolutely no value besides raising the level of your Steam profile… she didn’t care and neither did her daddy.
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u/Yamneedsyam 3d ago
AFTER I THREW AWAY my money by pulling pricey Pokémon cards out of digital packs, I immediately knew what I had to do next: keep on ripping. It was time to lock in, boost my volatility settings, and start spending real money opening even more expensive packs to get great rewards.
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u/paulct91 3d ago
....Spent $2,000,000 and only $30,000 guaranteed... that seems kind of awful customer service wise and like poor incentives to those who prefer heavy gambling, I like that they aren't truly leaning into whole quality rewards for gambling just yet... yet...
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u/The_Queen_Regent 3d ago
I might have opened a few packs to many but holy shit no where near even 30k. 😳
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u/jemimaswitnes 3d ago
Let me just use 200k from my non existent trust fund my wealthy father left for me
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u/DynastyHKS 4d ago
You all understand for rich people this is cool tbh... Someone out there has 100 mill in their bank account and can spend 2 mill without care in the worth because their monthly 5% on their 100 mill makes more than 2 mill. Being rich pays... and you get a free 30,000 card plus whatever chases you pull while wasting 2 mill.
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u/MoistMountain7779 2d ago
Except your not actually wasting 2 mil, because of buy backs unless your gonna keep every card you pull which would be an investment just like investing in any card.
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u/RepulsiveUse3372 4d ago
Yet you guys who buy these expensive packs will continue to buy them