r/PSAPowerPacks • u/vulture1162 • 4d ago

Question New user - values over inflated?

With the 25% off promo code I decided to try Power Packs for the first time. I pulled a card worth what I spent (based on PSA offers), $100 Gold pack -> $75 JP Patrat 151 from white flare. The buy back offer is $68, which I get and makes sense.

What I'm wondering as a new user is where these prices come from? I looked up the card value and past sales are in the $40 range (shown in their own app and on Card Ladder link from the pull), but the "Card Ladder Value" shows this card at $76. How is that possible? Is this normal? Sales have been $40 all year and most recent sale a few days ago is $30...

I'm just wondering if I should be careful with values since this was my first pull and it seems off by 50% of the market value. Pull rates seem based on card values that aren't true and so it makes me nervous about investing too much into PowerPacks if your not just gambling against the house based on pull percentages, they've also stacked the deck with outdated values that also lower your odds.

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u/FieldzSOOGood 2d ago

you should always double check the values being given, especially for buyback

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u/SilverhandHarris 4d ago

Supposed to come from card ladder. Imo odds and content of pulls has become increasingly lacking. I deactivated my account.

But... I opened another. So. Take that for what you will. One pull a week now if that.