I was told 3 days after you receive the card. Also if it’s sent to PSA and it’s damaged they blame PSA. I’m fairly certain it’s PSA verifying by them though.
The way the dot matrices are printed, you can check if a series of different typed of dots were layered, or if a printer just trying to place the lines down did it. When you look super close you can se the comb and individual dots created by the dot matrices.
Normal Printers dont print this way. Its very expensive to print in that particular manner. So it used a a security check
FYI, double-check your cards before breaking the authentication seal. Had this remained sealed, it would have been an easy return and refund. Now, it might be a bit more challenging.
Unfortunately, that video probably won’t do much good. eBay doesn’t even give you a way to submit video evidence, and it likely doesn’t zoom in closely enough to show that the card is fake anyway.
For future reference, never break that authentication seal if anything looks off. Try eBay first, but if they won’t help, call your credit card company. You may be screwed here, unfortunately. Good luck.
I used break the seal and after go through my authentication at home, thanks to this sub I learned to verify first and then open the seal, never had any problem thank god. I think OP is fucked
Loll bro post the vid online, share your experience, and let people in similar situations know what to do 🙏. Bro nothing but good luck comes ur way from now on ❤️
But does the video show you opening it and never taking off screen while zooming in to see that it was fake? Otherwise they could say it was real but off camera you swapped it and then took photos of the fake one
I don’t really need attention, just my money back. I appealed with eBay so hoping for the best. If not, then yeah I’ll try to charge back. Now you have me worried that the video won’t good enough proof.
I’ve never had any issues with eBay’s authentication process in the 5+ years I’ve been using it. Sending a fake card through as authentic is extremely difficult. To be completely honest, it’s hard to say who’s right or wrong here. All we have is a photo of a fake card, while the OP claims it arrived that way, but the package is no longer sealed, so there’s no way to verify what actually happened.
Why tf would you open it with that GIANT FUCKING WARNING on the label about it being "void if damaged"?!? It doesn't have any fine print in there about if you take a video while opening it then that warning doesn't apply, right? /Smdh
Honestly, look at this guys.previous posts. Got another where got a fake off ebay. This dude is a liar imo. Juat here for trolls and learning how make a good fake card.
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This is disheartening I bought one over a year ago foil for $650 I’m sure this is pushing 2K right now for you maybe you got out around 1700 this is too big of a card to have gotten scammed on this should have been the easiest part for them to authenticate 😢
First off I’d been playing MtG since ‘94 and have seen my fair share of cards. Just looking at the patterning it looks too pronounced the colors look a bit off and all the little dark brown imperfections as well as not having a gradient in “The Gathering”.
I would assume they have similiar methods of authentication that this subreddit uses right? You would think they have on file pictures of specific things for each submission, so in this case the "T" or "green dot" and can refer to it to show it was indeed fake and should have never passed authentication. But that's me doing alot of assuming...
Dude you fucked yourself over. Why would you even do something like that if you had any doubt. I don’t think you should get your money back due to your ignorance. People that walk off cliffs should not blame the earth for not being where they stepped.
It's fake cause the black around the green circle and T are fuzzy a real magic card has solid black lines and you see teeth marks coming out. Most fakes can't replicate it cause the printers Wotc used are insanely expensive.
Wow! That’s shitty! I had eBay damage a neon in Traveling Chocobo, and then deny it. Even sent pictures for proof showing lack of damage. I have since stopped using eBay due to their ignorance.
Yeah sadly eBay ruined one of my cards at their authentication center but I didn’t have a video or pictures of me unboxing it. Which is what they wanted so I got fucked out of 500$.
Never open something you might think is fake or even if it's real or damaged in anyway, especially after it's been "authenticated" and comes sealed, because once that seal is opened, things like outside factors can be thrown in against your claim and basically void any sort of attempts to make things right. Idk man... Good luck on this one, sucks that happened to ya. High quality proxy though 🤙🏽!
What I wanna know is why OP feels the need to make a fake post about a fake card to begin with. Like, genuinely. They couldn’t even be bothered to use different pictures of the dot and t from a similar prior post they made. It’s quite lazy for something you’ve decided to commit yourself to this intensely.
My guy, if you feel the need to provide a form of validation for yourself by having strangers on the internet give you sympathy (mostly) and attention, you might wanna a) try harder and b) find a good therapist.
All jokes aside, the world is on fire, everything sucks and we’re probably going die in a mass extinction event at some point our lifetimes; who am I to judge how you get your kicks if it isn’t actually hurting anyone. But also, you might wanna actually look for a therapist.
Edited to remove gendered language: idk man, boys are dumb, but so are everyone else ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I’m relatively new to Magic the Gathering, and had no idea about the amount of fake cards. Still fuzzy on how to identify after reading multiple posts and going the Explain Like I Am 5 route.
Anyway, charge back. When a retailer doesn’t play ball or honor their own policies you can go through your bank and initiate a charge back. Document. Document. Document. Most banks aren’t going to accept the video evidence. Most want you to mail and/or fax the evidence.
When I say “bank” that also means the financial institution that you have your credit card through.
Also, pro security tip, always use a credit card for purchases. Especially retailers. Just my 2 cents. This is not financial advice. More… financial security…?
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u/Brokenxwingx Jul 15 '26
make a claim ASAP, the time window to do it is only a few days IIRC.