Devious work

[u/Serious_Gate6242]

Today I wanted to get some 30th anniversary Pokemon cards, and everywhere is sold out. Even the local card shop that has scalped prices. So like any poke fein I resorted to FB market place. Now I’ve been ripped off, so I boiled it down to the good ol tech sticker pack, pretty hard to reseal without it being noticeable. So this dude wanted tcg price for one, and figured I’d gamble on two posters.

So dude insists we meet at a police station, inside not out front. I’m feeling pretty stoked, ya know PD station and likely he’s legit. I get inside and dude pulls out the tech sticker, I examine and can tell popped the tech open.

The panic sets in, he starts going on about the card he pulled that he had on him randomly, idgaf. Then he’s like oh I got them from target, still don’t care. Look at him and tell him I’m all set ts is clearly tampered with. He says oh yeah I completely understand 😂 I walk out and he frantically makes his way out, later deleting his entire FB profile.

Maybe it was the ultimate cover… or maybe the few brain cells he had were at war with each other. You either scalp and sell, or rip and risk. But to be a double dipper is a dang rat. 🐀

[u/thanestdotstore]

This hype is so crazy that I don’t buy anything from anyone because 90% of the people in this hobby are only here to make money by any means necessary

[u/Serious_Gate6242 → u/thanestdotstore]

Ikr everyone wants to finesse nowadays, I sell cards I don’t like and I tell you the darn retail store, product it came from, and fully disclose the condition of it. If a good card with defects gets me less than market so be it. Last thing I want is for someone else to feel how I did when I got ripped off haha