About a few months ago i bought someone's old collection with potentially really good cards. Got a message a few days later that he was about to send me the binder, but his son threw it in the bathtub. Uhm ok dude... Not as bad as losing 10k obviously, but still sucked
@@sebastiantornqvist6718 Köpte du via ebay eller av någon i Sverige? Om det var någon i Sverige får du gärna höra av dig så man inte råkar ut för samma kryp! :)
I almost experienced this story. As soon as you said back in 2016 a guy from north carolina, I was like "Oh boy"! I saw this listing on ebay back then and tried to gather $10,000 to go meet him. I was so upset for the past 4 years that I was unable to get it. Thank you for posting this video, because now i finally have closure. I'm sorry that it happened to you, but I'm glad to see that you persevered through it and managed to get to where you're at now.
The fact you're revisiting this on youtube gives me a lot of respect for you. I think its good you're facing it though, that way you can hopefully put it behind you forever. Much love man!
I don’t know if I could’ve stayed into Pokémon cards after that man your a true hardcore collector cause I would’ve been out of the hobby and devastated
@@Chip.hazard it certainly looks like that at the moment. But this quick growth cannot continue forever. That's not a healthy development. But no matter what the future will bring, box prices won't drop back down to pre Corona levels again
Bro, I can hear the emotion in your voice here and how much it hurt. Just look how far you have come and know that has comes from hard work and being a good person. Who has been scammed really in life? You a successful honest business owner? Or the scum that scammed you? They’ve been scammed in their education to think that’s how you should live life. They will never be content and happy, so who’s the real winner? Congrats on everything you have Achieved bro! Keep up the good content and look forward to seeing you grow more!
this didn’t even happen to me and I feel terrible. I can’t even begin to imagine what you felt at the time and for the following months/years. I know it wasn’t easy to share this experience.
Thanks for the support Jose. Yeah, it was tough back then. Especially because I did not have an amazing group of fellow collectors and friends to go to. I wanted to make sure this gets out there and hopefully can help a few people
I'm so sorry this happened to you. Major props for bringing this to light and educating your community! Forgive and forget brother, because your life and well-being are much more important. You've come a long way, and I look forward to seeing you and your channel go the distance!
Damn, that’s insane man, sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine what that felt like. But you persevered and came out on top anyway. You worked hard and hit your goals and look at you now! Keep it up man!
Thank you Levi. Just try to move on and take it has a learning experience. Knowledge is power in this hobby and I hope to share it with you guy as best as I can.
Man this hurt me I couldn’t imagine how you felt rev I can see it on your face the pain in your eyes just looking at this again. Hopefully never happens again. Btw update for you ! I’ve started my own eBay store! Trying to sell but it’s hard when you have zero feedback! Thanks for the motivation to get into this rev!
I love how this came full circle for you. You took your medicine, continued with the hobby and now you’ve made your money back on this box, you still have a successful business and a monster TH-cam channel. Really happy for you ❤
thanks for sharing this story, my dude. I'm saving up for a deposit on a house and I know how tough it can be to save. glad you got through this and have the courage to talk about it 💪
I won two boxes way back in a tournament. I opened them and unboxed a charizard. I thought I did really well on it. Now I see the prices and wish I had kept them factory sealed.
The Magic cards are all from sets released in 2010. A non-foil Necrotic Ooze is worth $2.50; Semblance Anvil is worth about $6.50 , non-foil. (11/2020 TCGplayer prices). Both of these cards are still frequently played in the Commander Format. The other ones are worth pennies, even the foil dryad's favor, foil traitorous instinct, and foil Forest.
Dude we live and learn. It's a very sad story and I'm sorry for your loss, but I really admire how positive you are after all that. Your passion and personality makes me like this channel even more. Thank you friend.
I felt your pain throughout the video bro but right here @ 20:16 I really felt this. I'm glad you are doing much better these days. You bring alot of us joy with every live stream you do my man. Top tier poke content. Anyways see y'all on the next one.
Dude this is such a sad video. Getting scammed is such a tough thing to go through, because someone is KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, stealing your hard earned money for their own benefit. That part makes it hurt even more than just the monetary loss. Glad you bounced back to become to stud you are today😎
Less detrimental situation happened to me last year when I spend like 220 on a blister with 3 ex series booster packs and when I got it they were all opened. I wasn’t able to get a return
i subbed,i feel very bad about ur loss..its a terrible thing we have ppl in this world that r SO selfish and only look out for themselves...much love to u and at least it was a learning experience and on top of that,u helped others from being scammed by speaking up about it :)
Thank you for sharing you story. It is very clear from your voice that this was a significantly emotional subject for you. It is always unfortunate when scams happen (I've had it happen twice, but on much smaller $ products), but you have really picked yourself up from that loss and you seem to be doing very very well now and have grown from it. I am glad you are a part of the community and I appreciate you sharing your experience to help inform others and arm them with the knowledge to protect themselves. Keep being awesome!
Damn dude so sorry this happened. It's so scary sometimes, you never know what you'll end up with, especially off of eBay. I definitely think doing vids to help people learn benefits the community, I started doing some on my channel as well!
Pokerev, I’m soo sorry what a messed up thing to do! Bright side though... your doing good now man! Love your videos and I’d like to buy in one of your box breaks soon! Lmk please, vance
After watching your other stuff and clicking on this one by accident I can tell you really put yourself out here for this video. You’re a good person to not only move on but to push hard and become as successful as you are today. You deserve every single sub you have and I consider you the best face for the community. You’re a stand up dude and it shows in your work. Pokerev > Leonhart all day.
He may have but it sounds to me since they did a personal transaction off ebay there isnt history he brought it so sadly its way to hard to get any redemption from this. Thats only based that the situation happened like that. If the transaction happened on ebay yes you could report it.
Ebay has purchase protection if he went through them. Edit he paid cash and met the person. Big mistake never do that if you arent ok losing the money.
I'm really sorry that happened to you bro! You reap what you sow, and that dude is horrible for that! You've got awesome content, and you're going to have so much legit success!
I am a very involved and avid Magic player, I keep up with all of the latest cards and sets and play multiple times a week, unfortunately, those cards aren't worth anything. I'm very sorry to hear about this, I got scammed a few years ago working at a restaurant by a company claiming to be one of our utility companies (leaving the name out intentionally) and I remember that sinking, devastating feeling when you realize what happened. It's like nothing you'll ever feel again in your life and I feel for you. Sorry dude!
Honestly Pokerev life is filled with lessons and losses. You live and you learn :) I just ordered the 6 battle styles boxes from you, thank you for the order :)
*Hey Brolem* From just the couple I seen (I know it's not going to help THAT MUCH) but some of the MTG cards from Scars Of Mirrodin set are worth a few dollars. If there were more, let me know! I'm so sorry to see this and trust me I say I feel you to the fullest extent. No matter what the hobby or business, there are always those whom would rather take the shorter dishonorable route than the fulfilling and hard working route. But nowadays, in Pokémon, it's unfortunate how much repacking and scamming goes on. BUT, Focus on the poké-positive energy Rev, this is your year!
Wow this is crazy. I’m glad you were able to prevent future issues with this guy, I hope he isn’t scamming anyone else. Thank you for sharing this with the community, I’m sure it’s difficult to discuss a loss like that. If I lost 10,000 today I’d probably stop collecting.
Youll probably never read that comment but your collection is so great! Just from seeing the shelf behind you my heart starts racing like crazy. All those childhood memories of long forgotten things from a time past long ago. Huge respect to you my man, would love to have something similiar if it only wasnt that costly!
Damn I feel you I got scammed on my end as well. Was a really hard time to get over but gotta bounce back strong. I was scammed for hefty amount but I was able to educate the hypebeast group on what to look out and we were all able to fish out the scammers and cleanse out the group.
Sorry for your loss man. I’m wanting to start collecting vintage booster boxes and this is what I fear. I’ve heard too many stories of people being scammed out of thousands of dollars. Glad you didn’t stop collecting though!
A lot of people dont understand when it comes to Pokemon cards, especially when it comes to vintage and look at you like your crazy when spending as much. But they dont take in the factor that it's a worldwide thing and there's so many collectors that find these as gems, especially me!! Thanks for this video Rev for those who are trying to get into Pokemon and also a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE scam you went through
Its crazy going back to your old videos and seeing the growth youve accomplished throughout your journey. I do have to say though, that if i heard of a base set 1st edition being sold for only 10k i would be skeptical anyways. But like you said, this was 2016 and the prices were different
I never got scammed but I had a box of my original collection including complete Base, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, countless WOTC promos, multiple charizards& a bunch of Japanese holos mostly from packs/trades I made when was 14-18 yrs old stolen from me. Still makes me sick to think about, took years to get back in and rebuild.
complete sets of base through team rocket I should add. everything was mint and in toploaders or binders. Still don't know who stole it and prob. never will. I feel your pain, but glad to see you kept going and are doing amazing things now! keep it up!
It’s crazy looking back that all you had to do was tell the guy you planned on opening the box up in front of him after the transaction. You would have known REAL quick how sketch that guy would have become. Ten thousand bucks man, wow do i feel for you. I don’t believe everything happens for a reason but I do believe you are on your way to becoming one of the best Pokémon you tubers and that’s worth more than anything you lost years ago
This is crazy. I remember this happening around the time, but it was a european seller who was selling to people through bank wire. I didn't know you had been scammed through it. I"m glad this didn't push you out of Pokemon.
So sorry it happened. This happened to me with a regular base set box. Everything checked out and then when opened all packs had nail gun glue on them.
I hit thumbs up because I love the channel friend, but I hate that this happened to you. Sorry man. It's obvious that you've come a long way! I appreciate the knowledge that's dropped in your vids. Always a pleasure! #keephunting
I appreciate the support. I just wanted to make sure I share everything with you guys. Hope that my experience can help someone else in a similar situation.
I saw so many friends buying fake boxes so much they just ended up either losing all there money or straight up got mocked and then silenced they ended either quitting buying Pokemon booster boxes, and some learned the hard way after me telling them there fake and also just not feeling the buyer is being a truthful person to them.
Hey I really enjoy your content just wanted to say it seems like you've got a good heart can't believe someone would do something like that much love and positivity from CO
I'd still open them all and hope for a pack with a note saying "hey. Yea, I scammed you and kept 99% of the valuable cards but because u were willing to open them all, here is a 1st edition 200k charizard". Hey, it could happen......
This was painful to watch I’m glad you didn’t let that setback stop you from collecting and becoming one of the coolest collectors I’ve ever seen I still have some rare Pokémon cards but their all open and in my binder. I wish I would have collected sealed boxes.
Man that sucks. It was a very expensive lesson but it teaches you to always do your homework and check and recheck what it is to make sure it's real or not.
Not going to lie, this pisses me off. Why do people have to take something some of are are passionate about and then use it against us. There's a special place in hell for those people. Sorry it had to happen to you bro (always happens to the nicest people -_-) but i'm glad you stuck it out and continued in the hobby and are helping us out as well!
That’s tough. You’ve piqued my interest in the story, though. Did you file a police report back then? And did this guy face any consequences for fraud?
It happens to the best of us bro . When i was young i got scam out of 120 bucks for some fake shoes that i earned from cutting grass in texas in the summer time and i was pissed . But thats life you have learn from your mistakes and you become a better man from it .
Love from Australia, sad to hear that. Your a great guy in our community. Glad your looking out for others so they don't get scammed. Respect you worked hard to get that money.
What a shame, but ya know what? Look at you know, you’re killing it nowadays and keeping “little” things like this are def good ways to remind yourself how to watch your back. My wife n I recently got scammed out of 2 PSA slabs of our fave Pokémon
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That sucks dude, its more than just the money its the trust in the hobby, most of us in the game have been scammed at some point including myself and it really makes you want to stop collecting...fortunately there are more good guys and gals than bad guys and gals which keeps us going! Well done for overcoming this and staying in the game 👍
You should check out all those first edition digletts for the error with the rotated fighting energy’s. Could recoup some of your loss if you find any of those error digletts. Just an idea.
me and my brother shared a tin of pokemon cards as a kid, i think we bought a few packs over the years. i'm not super into the card collecting anymore, but it makes me sad to see how people use something fun and nostalgic like pokemon cards as a way to steal money from people. i hope you eventually got/get a legit one.
I bought 2 WOTC booster boxes in 1999, 1 for my 10 yr old and 1 for me to hang on to. Still sealed, I believe it's from the Unlimited run. What do you think it's worth, and should I put it on eBay or bring it to a trading card shop? It looks just like yours but without the 1st Edition mark. And it has country codes on the bottom.
Im pretty sure Shadowless unlimited boxes have no wizards logo's on the wrap either. Sorry this happened to you man but i am happy you have bounced back from it. Some of those commons could be worth something if you get them graded. There are collectors out there for everything
Especially when you spend that kind of money and you have got your family and your kids to support at the same time my heart goes out to you and your family I hope the person that did that to you gets exactly what is coming to him or her
I am trying to save some money up so I can purchased some vintage booster packs but I will always purchase them through people like yourself and TCA gaming who have been in the business for very long time so I know I would never ever get scammed and if there was a problem you guys would sort me out Please keep up the good hard work you do me and my son absolutely love your videos and you generally as a person
I once bought a mega charizard ex card on ebay for like $20 and I got scammed for it. The card was glossy. I never noticed that the pokemon collection # on the bottom right was wrong, compared to the actual card itself. I felt ashamed and tried to get a refund from ebay. I sent a message to the original guy but he never responded. Also there was a no return policy, so I was pretty upset from losing $20 (I was about 16 at the time). Can't believe you lost 5,000x that amount but that just puts these scams in another perspective.
There's so many fake mega charizards online. Also another thing that's an easy spot it's a fake is the date on the bottom. The fake will say "2016", the real one will say "2014". Sorry to hear you got scammed, as long as you learn from a bad situation, and get knowledge out of it, it's more valuable than the loss. The best of luck to you✌
sorry you got scammed. people out there will do anything to get an extra buck out of you. you are a great poke youtuber. love all the stuff you post! wish i could buy half of it. your first mistake is meeting up with him to exchange! always go through ebay!
Very true Josh, couldn't have said it any better. Always try to protect yourself Ebay will back you most of the time. Thank you for the support as well.
*Have you guys ever been scammed buying or selling Pokemon Cards? If so leave a comment and let me know what happened*
Not pokemon but maybe weed xD
Got scammed just this month: 1st ed zard. He sent me a random ungraded card instead... dealing with the aftermath of it now ...
PokeRev man this sucks do you have a legit one on your hands ?
About a few months ago i bought someone's old collection with potentially really good cards. Got a message a few days later that he was about to send me the binder, but his son threw it in the bathtub. Uhm ok dude... Not as bad as losing 10k obviously, but still sucked
@@sebastiantornqvist6718 Köpte du via ebay eller av någon i Sverige? Om det var någon i Sverige får du gärna höra av dig så man inte råkar ut för samma kryp! :)
I almost experienced this story. As soon as you said back in 2016 a guy from north carolina, I was like "Oh boy"! I saw this listing on ebay back then and tried to gather $10,000 to go meet him. I was so upset for the past 4 years that I was unable to get it. Thank you for posting this video, because now i finally have closure. I'm sorry that it happened to you, but I'm glad to see that you persevered through it and managed to get to where you're at now.
You could have reported him to police with all that info. That's not petty theft either.
The fact you're revisiting this on youtube gives me a lot of respect for you. I think its good you're facing it though, that way you can hopefully put it behind you forever. Much love man!
Thank you Tyler. Like you said, I want to share everything with you guys. We can all learn something together.
I don’t know if I could’ve stayed into Pokémon cards after that man your a true hardcore collector cause I would’ve been out of the hobby and devastated
Yeah it was rough. I try to look at everything as an experience good or bad and learn from it.
Dude a box he buys now for 75k will be 250k in 10 years hes fine
@@Doors067 10 months**
@@Chip.hazard it certainly looks like that at the moment. But this quick growth cannot continue forever. That's not a healthy development. But no matter what the future will bring, box prices won't drop back down to pre Corona levels again
@@ObstagoonGuy every TH-camr that films a box opening is removing one from the finite availability pool.
With the way the prices are going, in a few years maybe you could sell the empty box for $10,000!
Haha good point
@@PokeRev so someone else can reseale it and get scammed? Idk
@@TheDumbassstunts i dont think the box is fake, its just resealed
@@davidvillalta9497 he meant to use that empty box to put fake cards inside and reseal it again, to sell it to other people for 75.000 dollar+
Thay day may have come! Hope he recovers some money now
Hate that when u work so hard to get something you really want and someone just scams you. Amazing video keep up the good work
Hey PokeRev, did the guy even count the money when you handed it to him? That is another huge red flag.
Bro, I can hear the emotion in your voice here and how much it hurt. Just look how far you have come and know that has comes from hard work and being a good person.
Who has been scammed really in life?
You a successful honest business owner? Or the scum that scammed you?
They’ve been scammed in their education to think that’s how you should live life.
They will never be content and happy, so who’s the real winner?
Congrats on everything you have Achieved bro! Keep up the good content and look forward to seeing you grow more!
this didn’t even happen to me and I feel terrible. I can’t even begin to imagine what you felt at the time and for the following months/years. I know it wasn’t easy to share this experience.
Thanks for the support Jose. Yeah, it was tough back then. Especially because I did not have an amazing group of fellow collectors and friends to go to. I wanted to make sure this gets out there and hopefully can help a few people
I'm so sorry this happened to you. Major props for bringing this to light and educating your community!
Forgive and forget brother, because your life and well-being are much more important.
You've come a long way, and I look forward to seeing you and your channel go the distance!
Pokerev, my heart would stop if I had lost that kind of money to a fake booster box. My condolences! Hope good karma comes back tenfold!
“I was just a baby pokerev”
*spends 10k on cards*
Hard to get sympathy when he has what.. 10 booster boxes behind him?...
Damn, that’s insane man, sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine what that felt like. But you persevered and came out on top anyway. You worked hard and hit your goals and look at you now! Keep it up man!
Thank you Levi. Just try to move on and take it has a learning experience. Knowledge is power in this hobby and I hope to share it with you guy as best as I can.
Man this hurt me I couldn’t imagine how you felt rev I can see it on your face the pain in your eyes just looking at this again. Hopefully never happens again. Btw update for you ! I’ve started my own eBay store! Trying to sell but it’s hard when you have zero feedback! Thanks for the motivation to get into this rev!
“I was just a baby pokerev”
spends 10k on cards
I love how this came full circle for you. You took your medicine, continued with the hobby and now you’ve made your money back on this box, you still have a successful business and a monster TH-cam channel. Really happy for you ❤
thanks for sharing this story, my dude. I'm saving up for a deposit on a house and I know how tough it can be to save. glad you got through this and have the courage to talk about it 💪
I won two boxes way back in a tournament. I opened them and unboxed a charizard. I thought I did really well on it. Now I see the prices and wish I had kept them factory sealed.
Thank you for sharing this story Rev. You saved lots of people from being scammed and we appreciate it greatly!
Sorry to hear that PokeRev. It's nice to see the channel doing well and that you didn't let this demotivate you from continuing to make content.
The Magic cards are all from sets released in 2010. A non-foil Necrotic Ooze is worth $2.50; Semblance Anvil is worth about $6.50 , non-foil. (11/2020 TCGplayer prices). Both of these cards are still frequently played in the Commander Format. The other ones are worth pennies, even the foil dryad's favor, foil traitorous instinct, and foil Forest.
Dude we live and learn. It's a very sad story and I'm sorry for your loss, but I really admire how positive you are after all that. Your passion and personality makes me like this channel even more. Thank you friend.
I felt your pain throughout the video bro but right here @ 20:16 I really felt this. I'm glad you are doing much better these days. You bring alot of us joy with every live stream you do my man. Top tier poke content. Anyways see y'all on the next one.
Dude this is such a sad video. Getting scammed is such a tough thing to go through, because someone is KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, stealing your hard earned money for their own benefit. That part makes it hurt even more than just the monetary loss. Glad you bounced back to become to stud you are today😎
Less detrimental situation happened to me last year when I spend like 220 on a blister with 3 ex series booster packs and when I got it they were all opened. I wasn’t able to get a return
Yo, this video was intense; big change of pace. Thanks for sharing this!
Damn man, tough video to watch. But it’s honestly how far you’ve come from that night. We appreciate you!
Glad I found you through leonhart keep it up man it’s nice to see/hear from both sides of the pokeworld
i subbed,i feel very bad about ur loss..its a terrible thing we have ppl in this world that r SO selfish and only look out for themselves...much love to u and at least it was a learning experience and on top of that,u helped others from being scammed by speaking up about it :)
I appreciate the support! Hope the video helps others
Man that makes me sick to my stomach hearing that. I'm glad you could find some hope and keep faith collecting after that happening.
Right on brother! Glad you shared your experience! Definitely puts a needed perspective on things in my opinion! Glad you kept on keepin on for sure
Thank you for sharing you story. It is very clear from your voice that this was a significantly emotional subject for you. It is always unfortunate when scams happen (I've had it happen twice, but on much smaller $ products), but you have really picked yourself up from that loss and you seem to be doing very very well now and have grown from it. I am glad you are a part of the community and I appreciate you sharing your experience to help inform others and arm them with the knowledge to protect themselves. Keep being awesome!
Bro this channel should have at least 100K subs! Great content!
Damn dude so sorry this happened. It's so scary sometimes, you never know what you'll end up with, especially off of eBay. I definitely think doing vids to help people learn benefits the community, I started doing some on my channel as well!
strong move to be honest and share about the storry and your emotions on yt
Pokerev, I’m soo sorry what a messed up thing to do! Bright side though... your doing good now man! Love your videos and I’d like to buy in one of your box breaks soon! Lmk please, vance
Good for you on staying positive, that kind of hit would have devastated me. Thanks for teaching us.
After watching your other stuff and clicking on this one by accident I can tell you really put yourself out here for this video. You’re a good person to not only move on but to push hard and become as successful as you are today. You deserve every single sub you have and I consider you the best face for the community. You’re a stand up dude and it shows in your work. Pokerev > Leonhart all day.
10G’s is a lot of money my dude, why didn’t you report it to the police?
You're 100% sure he didn't?
He may have but it sounds to me since they did a personal transaction off ebay there isnt history he brought it so sadly its way to hard to get any redemption from this. Thats only based that the situation happened like that. If the transaction happened on ebay yes you could report it.
Ebay has purchase protection if he went through them.
Edit he paid cash and met the person. Big mistake never do that if you arent ok losing the money.
If there is evidence that transaction occurred and ample evidence to suggest that fraud was committed, there is justification for law suite...
Kurtis in person is the smartest way dude cuz you. Can check it out
I'm really sorry that happened to you bro! You reap what you sow, and that dude is horrible for that! You've got awesome content, and you're going to have so much legit success!
I am a very involved and avid Magic player, I keep up with all of the latest cards and sets and play multiple times a week, unfortunately, those cards aren't worth anything. I'm very sorry to hear about this, I got scammed a few years ago working at a restaurant by a company claiming to be one of our utility companies (leaving the name out intentionally) and I remember that sinking, devastating feeling when you realize what happened. It's like nothing you'll ever feel again in your life and I feel for you. Sorry dude!
Honestly Pokerev life is filled with lessons and losses. You live and you learn :) I just ordered the 6 battle styles boxes from you, thank you for the order :)
Never seen you so down. Thanks for sharing your story and experience. Sorry it happened.
*Hey Brolem* From just the couple I seen (I know it's not going to help THAT MUCH) but some of the MTG cards from Scars Of Mirrodin set are worth a few dollars. If there were more, let me know! I'm so sorry to see this and trust me I say I feel you to the fullest extent. No matter what the hobby or business, there are always those whom would rather take the shorter dishonorable route than the fulfilling and hard working route. But nowadays, in Pokémon, it's unfortunate how much repacking and scamming goes on. BUT, Focus on the poké-positive energy Rev, this is your year!
this sucks man. Glad to see you sending a good message out to the community :D keep it up Poke Rev
Appreciate that brother! Hope all is well with you
PokeRev :) all is very well with my becoming a father in august not sure of gender yet but super excited and just loving my life right now :)
When you have a Black Lotus in the random Magics.
I’m glad u posted this. I have two people trying to scam me right now. One in Las Vegas CL and one here in Texas on CL.
Good time to look at this set again
Wow this is crazy. I’m glad you were able to prevent future issues with this guy, I hope he isn’t scamming anyone else. Thank you for sharing this with the community, I’m sure it’s difficult to discuss a loss like that. If I lost 10,000 today I’d probably stop collecting.
Thanks for all this info bro ! Much appreciated .. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Youll probably never read that comment but your collection is so great! Just from seeing the shelf behind you my heart starts racing like crazy. All those childhood memories of long forgotten things from a time past long ago. Huge respect to you my man, would love to have something similiar if it only wasnt that costly!
That sucks balls man, well done on sticking with it. Takes guts to pick yourself back up. Love your work PokeRev 👍
Damn I feel you I got scammed on my end as well. Was a really hard time to get over but gotta bounce back strong. I was scammed for hefty amount but I was able to educate the hypebeast group on what to look out and we were all able to fish out the scammers and cleanse out the group.
So. I'm watching this after seeing your graded card return and I'm so happy this had a happy ending for you!
I’m sorry to hear about this, at-least you persevered and now you are here today in the poke cave growing exponentially.
I appreciate the support! Hope to share everything with you guys
New to your channel and love what you do! Keep it up man. Great pulls btw!
Sorry for your loss man. I’m wanting to start collecting vintage booster boxes and this is what I fear. I’ve heard too many stories of people being scammed out of thousands of dollars.
Glad you didn’t stop collecting though!
A lot of people dont understand when it comes to Pokemon cards, especially when it comes to vintage and look at you like your crazy when spending as much.
But they dont take in the factor that it's a worldwide thing and there's so many collectors that find these as gems, especially me!!
Thanks for this video Rev for those who are trying to get into Pokemon and also a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE scam you went through
Its crazy going back to your old videos and seeing the growth youve accomplished throughout your journey. I do have to say though, that if i heard of a base set 1st edition being sold for only 10k i would be skeptical anyways. But like you said, this was 2016 and the prices were different
Hey just saw this vid on my feed. Wondering if the value of these Commons graded can get you back that 10k or more
Worst thing in this hobby are scammers. No amount of raffles, custom cards, or flippers every hurt me...scammers have.
I never got scammed but I had a box of my original collection including complete Base, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, countless WOTC promos, multiple charizards& a bunch of Japanese holos mostly from packs/trades I made when was 14-18 yrs old stolen from me. Still makes me sick to think about, took years to get back in and rebuild.
complete sets of base through team rocket I should add. everything was mint and in toploaders or binders. Still don't know who stole it and prob. never will. I feel your pain, but glad to see you kept going and are doing amazing things now! keep it up!
It’s crazy looking back that all you had to do was tell the guy you planned on opening the box up in front of him after the transaction. You would have known REAL quick how sketch that guy would have become. Ten thousand bucks man, wow do i feel for you. I don’t believe everything happens for a reason but I do believe you are on your way to becoming one of the best Pokémon you tubers and that’s worth more than anything you lost years ago
This is crazy. I remember this happening around the time, but it was a european seller who was selling to people through bank wire. I didn't know you had been scammed through it. I"m glad this didn't push you out of Pokemon.
So sorry it happened. This happened to me with a regular base set box. Everything checked out and then when opened all packs had nail gun glue on them.
Hope you didn’t lose too much on that
I hit thumbs up because I love the channel friend, but I hate that this happened to you. Sorry man. It's obvious that you've come a long way! I appreciate the knowledge that's dropped in your vids. Always a pleasure! #keephunting
I appreciate the support. I just wanted to make sure I share everything with you guys. Hope that my experience can help someone else in a similar situation.
I saw so many friends buying fake boxes so much they just ended up either losing all there money or straight up got mocked and then silenced they ended either quitting buying Pokemon booster boxes, and some learned the hard way after me telling them there fake and also just not feeling the buyer is being a truthful person to them.
A few of those rare (gold icon) Magic cards are worth around 3-7 dollars each.
Hey I really enjoy your content just wanted to say it seems like you've got a good heart can't believe someone would do something like that much love and positivity from CO
Thanks for sharing I cant relate to loosing that huge amount of money but I've taken some big Ls in life your story can motivate others to bounce back
I'd still open them all and hope for a pack with a note saying "hey. Yea, I scammed you and kept 99% of the valuable cards but because u were willing to open them all, here is a 1st edition 200k charizard". Hey, it could happen......
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Thanks for sharing! That must have been hard to deal with, especially since it was when you first started collecting.
This was painful to watch I’m glad you didn’t let that setback stop you from collecting and becoming one of the coolest collectors I’ve ever seen I still have some rare Pokémon cards but their all open and in my binder. I wish I would have collected sealed boxes.
Shadowless Unlimited with no wizards logos as well, you know that
Very true
Man that sucks. It was a very expensive lesson but it teaches you to always do your homework and check and recheck what it is to make sure it's real or not.
Not going to lie, this pisses me off. Why do people have to take something some of are are passionate about and then use it against us. There's a special place in hell for those people. Sorry it had to happen to you bro (always happens to the nicest people -_-) but i'm glad you stuck it out and continued in the hobby and are helping us out as well!
Wowwww this is about to be the episode from the beginning of your "Live" where you pwn that scammer. Lets goooo!
PokeRev. You have an amazing collection. You are a historian in the Pokémon universe. They’ll make a character after you one day.
love your channel man. you are going to blow up soon!
Truly appreciate that! Thank you so much for wathcing.
Man... this legitimately upset me to watch this.. I felt like I was in your position! Well done for carrying on with this amazing collection though!
That’s tough. You’ve piqued my interest in the story, though. Did you file a police report back then? And did this guy face any consequences for fraud?
It happens to the best of us bro . When i was young i got scam out of 120 bucks for some fake shoes that i earned from cutting grass in texas in the summer time and i was pissed . But thats life you have learn from your mistakes and you become a better man from it .
i feel u bro...without youtube money to buyed it .... i promise i will be your suppoter for life ...love u pokerev
Love from Australia, sad to hear that. Your a great guy in our community. Glad your looking out for others so they don't get scammed. Respect you worked hard to get that money.
I appreciate the support. I wanted to warn others about this type of scam and hopefully help someone who may be in a similar situation
@@PokeRev best guy ❤️❤️❤️
That's devastating but look at where you are now you're killing it man. Good job bouncing back from that 💪
Thanks for the support bro. Let's learn from each other
What a shame, but ya know what? Look at you know, you’re killing it nowadays and keeping “little” things like this are def good ways to remind yourself how to watch your back.
My wife n I recently got scammed out of 2 PSA slabs of our fave Pokémon
That sucks dude, its more than just the money its the trust in the hobby, most of us in the game have been scammed at some point including myself and it really makes you want to stop collecting...fortunately there are more good guys and gals than bad guys and gals which keeps us going! Well done for overcoming this and staying in the game 👍
You should check out all those first edition digletts for the error with the rotated fighting energy’s. Could recoup some of your loss if you find any of those error digletts. Just an idea.
Unless you can only find those in machamp deck box
me and my brother shared a tin of pokemon cards as a kid, i think we bought a few packs over the years. i'm not super into the card collecting anymore, but it makes me sad to see how people use something fun and nostalgic like pokemon cards as a way to steal money from people. i hope you eventually got/get a legit one.
Happens to me all the time at Walmart... it’s sad. Just want to enjoy the hobby lol. Minor setback for a major comeback brotha!
That had to be painful for you to do but thank you for the valuable information!!
Thank you Jay I appreciate the support. If someone gets something out of it that makes it worth it to me.
pretty disgusting how people can actually scam others, i just dont see mentally how someone can do it and not hate themselves
They're called pieces of sh*t.
I bought 2 WOTC booster boxes in 1999, 1 for my 10 yr old and 1 for me to hang on to. Still sealed, I believe it's from the Unlimited run. What do you think it's worth, and should I put it on eBay or bring it to a trading card shop? It looks just like yours but without the 1st Edition mark. And it has country codes on the bottom.
Jesus man. That is really insane. Glad you came out of it with such a great mind set. I know life is kicking that guy's ass. That's inescapable.
Im pretty sure Shadowless unlimited boxes have no wizards logo's on the wrap either. Sorry this happened to you man but i am happy you have bounced back from it. Some of those commons could be worth something if you get them graded. There are collectors out there for everything
I wish they remake this box
I am so sorry to hear that you were scammed the same thing happened to TCA gaming I cannot believe people do that sort of thing 😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬
Thanks Jamie! Very true. I did see his video as well. It's a bad feeling.
Especially when you spend that kind of money and you have got your family and your kids to support at the same time my heart goes out to you and your family I hope the person that did that to you gets exactly what is coming to him or her
I am trying to save some money up so I can purchased some vintage booster packs but I will always purchase them through people like yourself and TCA gaming who have been in the business for very long time so I know I would never ever get scammed and if there was a problem you guys would sort me out Please keep up the good hard work you do me and my son absolutely love your videos and you generally as a person
Dont let this disract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3honda civics with spoon engines :O
lol
Torertto!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I once bought a mega charizard ex card on ebay for like $20 and I got scammed for it. The card was glossy. I never noticed that the pokemon collection # on the bottom right was wrong, compared to the actual card itself. I felt ashamed and tried to get a refund from ebay. I sent a message to the original guy but he never responded. Also there was a no return policy, so I was pretty upset from losing $20 (I was about 16 at the time). Can't believe you lost 5,000x that amount but that just puts these scams in another perspective.
There's so many fake mega charizards online. Also another thing that's an easy spot it's a fake is the date on the bottom. The fake will say "2016", the real one will say "2014". Sorry to hear you got scammed, as long as you learn from a bad situation, and get knowledge out of it, it's more valuable than the loss. The best of luck to you✌
sorry you got scammed. people out there will do anything to get an extra buck out of you. you are a great poke youtuber. love all the stuff you post! wish i could buy half of it. your first mistake is meeting up with him to exchange! always go through ebay!
Very true Josh, couldn't have said it any better. Always try to protect yourself Ebay will back you most of the time. Thank you for the support as well.
So the scammer maybe bought a real Spanish first edition box and took all the good cards for himself