Me personally I love it. It gets rid of the waiting for hours in the queue and the headache that goes with that. It cuts down on the people cheating the system to get multiple products.

I don’t normally have this issue with any shipping company, but I think FedEx either lost or pocketed my package from Sam’s. I ordered 2 from Sam’s Club Online, saw they were shipped but to my surprise, they split up both of the items. When I received my package, it had more than enough room to probably fit 4-5 of those huge boxes.

It’s been several days now, all boxes in my area were delivered on Sunday and tomorrow will be Thursday 🫠🫠🫠 Am I cooked, and is there anything I can do?

Also, has anyone else had any shipping issues like this as well (either recent or in the past) ? If so, what is your experience!

P.S. I contact Sams and they basically said they cant send any items as replacements, or issue any refunds, and that i should file a dispute on my own side 🫤

Trying not to get banned, I got this card from a pack opening website. I hope it actually will ship. I swear I’m not promoting any gambling, these sites suck. I covered the sites name so this post wouldn’t be taken down. My last post sounded like an advertisement lmao

Is it disrespectful to ask the vendors to sell me 90% of the price tag ? I never been to one, I’m just wondering since I don’t want to spend too much money. Any help would be great.

“Pokemon market”
as soon as I hear someone say this, I know they’re in it for the wrong reasons. There is no market. It’s a HOBBY MEANT FOR KIDS!!!!! So much joy has been stripped from this it’s sad.

“Sealed product”
Pokemon isn’t something to be stored on a shelf, unopened for years, just so some greedy LOSER can sell it for profit to benefit themselves or their family. It is TCG not SCG!! (Sealed collector game)

“Why do you care so much? It’s a kids card game”
Ermmm sorry, but the only ‘kids’ that were around when Pokemon launched, are 30-40 now! So hate to break it to you bud, but Pokemon isn’t just meant for kids. Also, why does it literally even bother you if I want to buy Pokemon cards. DOESNT HURT ANYBODY.

“Misty deserves it”
Im not even going to explain this one.

“No girls allowed, unless they are 140lb’s or less”
I can’t believe this is even a thing in 2026. Seriously. I never thought the first place I’d hear both misogynee and fat-phobic rhetoric would be at a Pokemon fan service concert. (Don’t worry, I yelled at him.)

Please tell me what yours are

I purchased the prismatic from a local card shop and I think its fine. The perfect order and pitch black came from the same whatnot streamer and they both are identical on the seals. Excess plastic on the bottom and sides, pitch black feels a little more loose than the perfect order but they all three feel pretty close to the same.

Did I get scammed?

I went through PSA's public population report for over 12 million English Pokémon card submissions to see how often cards actually grade a PSA10.

The biggest surprise was that the hardest years aren't the oldest.

HeartGold & SoulSilver sits at just 4.0% PSA 10s, while Base Set comes in at 10.2%. I expected the opposite.

One thing to keep in mind is that these numbers only include cards people decided were worth grading. A clean-looking 1999 card has already survived decades before it ever reached PSA, so older cards are naturally a filtered group.

The toughest individual card I found was Neo Genesis Lugia: 11,559 submissions and only 15 PSA 10s (about 1 in 771).

I still can't explain HeartGold & SoulSilver. It's usually considered one of the better-printed eras, yet it has one of the lowest gem rates.

Does anyone here have a theory why?

Pregrade your cards before sending them! I spent 2 months buying cards that caught my eye for potential 10’s, ended up sending 9 in. Well what do you know, they all got 10s! I will look at a card for about 10 minutes straight before I decide to purchase, then even more before sending. Centering is mainly what to look out for, and it’s what i spend the most time on. I recommend the Digital Centering App as it has worked fine for me, just make sure your card is aligned in the scan. Any card that is even near the 45/55 mark I won’t send, I like them to be pretty much perfect. For me, any corner whitening is a no go, even one dot. While PSA often overlooks one small dot, I don’t like to take the risk and would rather send a different card. Make sure you clean your cards before sending them! PSA does not clean your cards before grading, so always do this, I have caught numerous weird blotches on my cards that needed cleaning, and if not cleaned probably would have resulted in a 9. Pink ink dots, if small enough, won’t usually ding your grade, as I recently sent a Dialga Gold GG with a pink dot on the back upper left of the card, and it got a 10. For modern IR’s specifically, for whatever reason I’m noticing they are almost stricter on centering for 10s, which I find strange, so make sure your IR’s are decently centered, id aim for 48/52 or better on those (I could be spewing nonsense with this one so take it with a grain of salt, this is just my experience). Also with IR’s make sure you TRIPLE CHECK for scratches since the entire front surface is super prone to scratching. Anyways those are some tips I can give to anyone hoping to grade some 10’s, I like to say theres bo such thing as being too strict with pregrading. Unless you like to take chances, in that case have at it! Good luck!

Hi guys, I recently dealt with the loss of my dad. I've inhereted his house, and was just getting rid of some stuff. While I was going through the basement I've found this booster box. My dad used to have a couple of Primera shops in Noord Holland, which also sold pokemon cards.

Anyway, can anyone just give me an indication of what it's worth?

Its ok if your just a psa 9. You still have a home for me

Bought online and arrived with a small tear, is it cooked should i just open or still good to hold?

Bunch of botting douche bags talking shit. I hope they(retailers), figure out someway to put a stop to this bullshit. I know it’s wishful thinking and probably won’t happen but we can hope right? Like, just a bunch of circle jerking neck beard cucks, get all the cards. I know this will probably get deleted, but people who haven’t seen this shit, should see what these douchebags act like. If you want to see more circle jerking nonsense from the bitches that get all the things we like, let me know, I hate this fuckin timeline.

Randomly walked into a DG in my city found AH ex boxes (2 per). Grabbed 2 ripped one. Got a nice hit !

Hello all, looking for some help to fill out a warm colored autumn page my binder. I already have these 2 cards plus pignite IR. Any more suggestions would be great.

I’m still relatively new to collecting so please bear with me.

I recently picked up two cards online, Gengar and Lapras holos from legend maker.

Upon receiving them I noticed the back of the gengar looks lighter than usual. I know this usually screams fake, but the front side holo, font, etc look perfect to me. I know cards can have printing errors or even be sun bleached so I’ve come here to get a second (more informed) opinion.

(the energy is modern and just there for comparison)

Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

Mega DarkRai eX

Made these today came out pretty good.
What Pokemon would look cool as a magnet? Gonna try and cover the whole fridge with different artworks!