@darienvillarreal7828 if Nintendo has as much say in anything pokemon, why are the games so bad now? Nintendo owns a lot of it sure. but they clearly don't get any say in their development of the games. they're releasing broken garbage Nintendo would never release. they'd delay the game until it was done.
How Walmart is letting scam companies on their website, or marketplace is just insane, and really concerning! Also they are partners with the company? Wow!!! This is sad!
They are trading their reputation and image for money, and eventually that means they will become known for it and will end up ruining their business and making less money as a result.
@@Jfieldsend94 In theory. Look at all the steps he had to go through to finally get his money back. All they need is for less ambitious people to either take the loss or take a smaller refund, and they keep making money.
Yeah, they've been doing this for a long time. Not just with cards, but with other things as well. In my personal experience: Even in stores, they've been selling well-known fake USB drives which claim to have ludicrous amounts of space on them. This isn't a problem for someone who knows stuff like I do, but the everyday individual might not realize that it's fake, and end up losing important data because they tried to store it somewhere that doesn't actually exist.
@@lawrup oh please. would you enjoy people telling you to stop playing video games or watching people play video games bc its "childish"? Cool so stop telling other adults what they can or can't spend their money on and what harmless hobbies to enjoy. Growing up means not being an insufferable jerk to random people undeserving of it, so it looks like you've got a lot to learn lmao
Mad props to you for taking the dive and throwing almost $200 and a lot of hours at what was certainly a scam, and suffering through the stress, to try and improve things for consumers.
I'm more into Yu-Gi-Oh so I was expecting "oh they making mystery power boxes for Pokémon now" not Walmart is selling fake boosters. Absolutely mind blowing that this can happen
Dang this is bad last time I shopped at Walmart was over 10 years ago I moved to NYC back then and there’s no Walmart here I used to like Walmart but after seeing this i’m glad I haven’t shopped at Walmart in over 10 years. The only thing Pokémon I do are the video games used to collect Yu-Gi-Oh cards when I was a kid back in the early 2000s with the Yugi and Kaiba decks and it is very concerning to see fake cards being sold from a legitimate company like Walmart. Walmart lost my trust. Selling fake cards as real is illegal for 1 it’s counterfeit 2 its theft & a breach of consumer trust.
funny last year i ordered a 'monster hunter switch bundle' for $180(Canadian) off Walmart's website from a 3rd party seller which was for my daughter for xmas(she wanted a switch and the price was amazing), the day i was supposed to receive it i got an email saying my order was cancelled, i contacted Walmart and they said it was cancelled by the seller and they would get them to contact me within 48 hours, a day later i received the email from the 3rd party saying Walmart messed up and they would send my the bundle it i would EMT them the money for it, it reaked of scam so i never replied, went to Best Buy and bought the animal crossing one there for $400. I will NEVER buy off of Walmart's website again, lesson learned
Thankfully, that can’t happen where I’m living I live in Virginia by the way, and it’s illegal to sell counterfeit products because it falls under copyright protections But had to suck trying to buy something for your kid and it ending up being a scam. Absolutely sucks.
I’m curious if letting the Pokémon company know about it would help in any way. I know they don’t like scammers, maybe if they send a cease and desist it would help.
@@VantageCollective Definitely not. Pokemon wants as many buyers as possible. Putting possible new hobbyists off by having a fake card company selling them for them is not how you do that.
It doesn't help pokemon having fake sellers unless they are funneling money back to pokemon so you have to prove joy buy is sending money to pokemon company
@@JUNOMAN ya that's the sad truth...they probably do know or at the very least have an idea of what goes on and just choose to turn a blind eye...all out of greed
I worked as a customer representative at Walmart, in regards with the 50% refund, you should have called a supervisor or manager on the phone/chat to speak with, they can give 100% refund exceptions. To get a 100% refund, you must return the item back to Walmart if the item was sold by Walmart (There are items that you don't need to return and just ask a 100% refund such as food, broken glass, personal one time use items, hazardous items). Once the item arrived in our return center your 100% refund will be processed automatically. Second option, if your item was sold by a marketplace seller (individual seller, who sells their items using Walmart). You must contact Walmart customer service so that we could send an email to the seller to issue a refund to the buyer/customer. Some sellers wants the item back, some does not. A guaranteed 100% refund is when the seller did not respond to our emails for refund issuance in 48 hours from contact, you may contact us once again after 48 hours and no email from seller and we could process the 100% refund immediately. Hope this helped!
Don't trust it when customer service says we have escalated it to the higher department, WE DONT ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING ITS JUST PART OF THE SCRIPT FLOW.
Almost made me sick to my stomach, how can you treat people like this as a retailer..? You have golden patience bro, I'm not sure I would've remained this calm.
It's not Walmart, the issue is the 3rd party seller. Every time I had a problem, Walmart did help me immediately. It's way more complicated if the problem is a 3rd party seller, another person, or company who sells the product on their site. Just think about, it, a customer service person, probably in India, can't really check if the counterfeit issue is a real problem or someone is trying to scam the site/the 3rd party seller. However at this point WMT should take the steps, ask the problem is escalated, and seeing the 1-star ratings and complaints on the site, it's obviously not a made-up claim, it's a real problem.
Simple. Walmart, as a corporation, doesn't care. They're making absurd amounts of money from that company being partnered with them. They don't care if the products are fake. It's not coming from Walmart directly so they completely ignore it because it's not ruining their reputation. They're gonna continue making billions upon billions of dollars, regardless.
I’m glad you made this video this making millions of people aware of this saving them from getting scammed and keeping the pressure on Walmart to get the fake cards off the shelves.
I saw several other content creators talking excitedly about this "restock," I really hope nobody else fell for this scam. Good on you for trying to stop the shameless grift.
I knew JediMasterSquirtle's sister got scammed by this and I attended his stream where he opened the fake box. So glad you've looked into this and posted about it cause it's such a big issue
Caterpie EX is becoming such a meme. I've seen several people talking about this already. But you are the first person to actually make (good) work of it. Nice job dude. I'm looking forward to part 2.
This is exactly why I don't trust walmart when it comes to pokemon cards, they're too open with third party sellers, and make the images so convincing since you can't see the real thing in person. I hope no one else falls for this scam, SPREAD THE MESSAGE Edit: Damn, the way you filmed the video looks so good, hoping to see even better stuff in the future!
It's a 3rd party issue. If you buy the cards, you buy them from the 3rd party seller, not from Walmart. That's why the refund is difficult. They don't sell the cards, another company does. However, indeed, Walmart should take steps immediately. This is got out of hand. :-/
Walmart should definitely give you your money back. But for people who don’t know they have 3rd party sellers. Do not buy anything that is not sold & shipped by Walmart. That’s a big no no. And Amazon is the same. Make sure you use prime 👍 good luck. Sorry about your fake Pokémon cards
@@jenny9658 The first part is true, but Amazon is different. If a 3rd party seller scams you, you get your money from Amazon itself, instantly. That's the reason I often buy things on Amazon from 3rd party sellers. The money is safe there. Unfortunately, scammers like to scam sellers there, so, the story is the opposite on Amazon...
Mate! Great video, and its fantastic to see that this is a response from one of your fans getting scammed and you getting involved to stop it happening to others. Can’t wait to see the second part!
Pat, thank you for always going above and beyond for this community. Also can we get a full 'PatFlynnvestigation' series please??? I am all here for this. Hope your feeling better today!
I really appreciate you digging into this, making this video, and hopefully making a change! This is atrocious. It's a complete disaster that places like Walmart & Best Buy, allow outside sellers to sell directly on their websites. They should just stop all of this.
Amazon has a serious problem of mixing returned stock back into circulation. Magic the gathering buyers are getting boxes FROM amazon direct that have been opened and all the rares taken out and resealed. 3rd party sells the box to someone after stealing the rares, that person returns it, amazon places it on the wrong pallet with new product, new buyer buying directly from amazon gets box with cards stolen, repeat. There was a video where a guy got 8 full booster boxes that had all been done this way, and lots of other people posting vids too.
and they often don't even check the returned items to make sure the contents match the product description. I've bought stuff on Amazon where the item in the box was either fake or a completely different item.
Ex-Walmart Employee here; The pokemon cards you see at any given location are a Vendor item. Walmart its self has very little control over those items as they're set up by third party, and maintained (poorly at my store) by third party. We are not allowed to put their items in claims if they come up ripped, or broken. We aren't allowed to apply discounts for stuff, and the price you see was almost always wrong but we could do nothing about it. I've had more than one angry parent stomp off when the box they tried to purchase was twice the listed price. My managers always shrugged and said "vendor item, can't do anything about it." No excuse for this bullshit, but that is what I know about the situation from my own meager experience.
Wait a minute.... shouldn't this be against the law for Walmart to be selling this to folks? Considering the fact that many people has been fined for selling pirated Goods like this. But yet Walmart is allowed to continue selling this garbage........
Well done. You were organized, determined and above all, polite. Hard to be these days when you get the run around but hats off for your patience. You’re fighting the good fight. Cheers.
Why does a huge retailer like Walmart need to "partner" with a 3rd party distributer??? You're telling me Walmart can't figure out how to get real Pokemon cards by themselves?
@@21warmasters yea if you actually go to any walmart and look at their card sections they are always bare bones and that is if they even have a card section still. my local walmat does but its always near empty
@@Mike_stuy my local Walmart put what cards they do stock in the toy aisle. What they do have in stock is mostly broken open pokemon stuff missing the cards or just a bunch of damaged merchandise scattered all over. It's a joke. Will never buy any pokemon or similar from there.
i work for walmart and the amount of people who have no idea they aren't actually ordering from walmart directly is insane. i dont know how they haven't done anything about it yet.
I'm so glad videos like this are getting made to spread awareness of this. Walmart NEEDS to do something about the selling of counterfeit products. I hope a corporate member of Walmart with some actual compassion for customers sees this and brings more attention to it.
Not all heroes wear capes - this is the type of investigation we need, way to go Pat! Dealt with a scam buyer on eBay and had to go through a similar hassle for a week, got lots of false promises and of course no resolution in the end due to the buyer going through 3rd party charge back.
Both Walmart online and Amazon have been absolutely destroyed by third-party Chinese sellers. Both platforms are WAY too lenient with them. They can basically get away with selling anything with no repercussions - and that parent company having an actual partnership with Walmart is INSANE! Also spoiler alert, the source of these fakes are Chinese factories and distributors you can find via Alibaba or Aliexpress. Incredible video Pat, it's really important to bring awareness to this.
Top content! One thing is the Twitter help support might have been able to independently help or bypass the other avenue. It's good to get more help and share the info they asked for, it can't hurt. Excited to watch the next one
1:33 In case you're confused why a 5 star rating was given to the scam product: Walmart will show the top voted "Positive" review and the top voted "negative" review. So the top negative review has "This is a scam" and people upvote it for helpful. But now the top POSITIVE review also says "This is a scam" So, when a customer goes to the page, the top voted positive AND negative review say that it's a scam This is to ensure that the company can't do review manipulation with a 5 star "This is a good legit box" rating.
I unfortunately was sent counterfeit Canon ink cartridges that didn't work in my printer from Walmart. I sent them back the next day. Never got a replacement or a refund. It's been half a year, and I'm not getting that refund. It's horrible what they're doing
@@adamherrera9540 You can when Walmart has a partnership with the Chinese companies selling these counterfeit products on their website. Walmart KNOWS about this and they don't care. That makes them responsible.
Walmart customer service has always been HORRENDOUS and the fact they are slinging fake cards negligently does not surprise me. Also pay with a credit card so that you can claim it as fraudulent since they are commiting fraud and your bank can cancel the transaction as well. Great video and a topic that needs to be shown.
Going to have to get a bunch of people together that got scammed off of the Walmart products and do some kind of class action lawsuit in order for them to do anything one case by itself is not enough but getting everyone together making the value go up would make it worth pursuing
@@willoyd614 If you have a really embarrassing and childish hobby I would think it was embarrassing to admit that to the world. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe you have to have self respect or dignity as well as an embarrassing hobby?
@@jamesleate you must remember that most people pick up their Hobbies when they are children and continue into their adulthood. A lot of games like these have a competitive level to them and we'll have a masters bracket so adults will travel from all around the world to one place to enter in the competitions. whatever your hobby is you'll never be the only one doing it so you should never be embarrassed buy it. As long as your hobbies not affecting anybody you should never care what anyone says about it. If you're embarrassed by your hobby than you're not enjoying it. most people do Hobbies to show it off or connect with other people who enjoy the same thing
I almost typed an essay putting you in your place, among us Pokémon collectors, because you’re no better than us or anybody else. You should be embarrassed for acting like an immature child trying to degrade people for they’re hobbies. Good day sir, learn some respect.
Awesome video dude! I stopped buying cards from Walmart a long time ago just because of those Fairfield company scams before but this is ridiculous! I hate fake cards they have always felt toxic and poisonous anytime I have seen or held any. I hope they sort all of that out soon even if it cuts into their dirty business tactics like this. Imagine the number of people who bought product like that just to quit the hobby after no refund? All of that money goes somewhere for some crook to spend and make things worse. Keep up the amazing work Detective Deep Pockets!
When buying from Walmart or Amazon ALWAYS go to filter results and choose Walmart or Amazon so it's coming directly from them. There's a huge problem with both these sight, ur almost guaranteed to get fake cards if it's not sold directly by them. There are legit 3rd party sellers on both those sites but you have to know what you're doing. #1 rule with pokemon cards especially on websites like those two, if it's too good to be true, IT IS...ALWAYS.
Actually Amazon has a serious problem of mixing returned stock back into circulation. Magic the gathering buyers are getting boxes FROM amazon direct that have been opened and all the rares taken out and resealed. 3rd party sells the box to someone after stealing the rares, that person returns it, amazon places it on the wrong pallet with new product, new buyer buying directly from amazon gets box with cards stolen, repeat. There was a video where a guy got 8 full booster boxes that had all been done this way, and lots of other people posting vids too.
I have got scammed with fake pokemon card many times, and the last time that this happened one of my family members bought them as a gift for me, but it wasn't from Walmart or Target it was something like a little store that probably doesn't exist in the US. What you are doing is really big and I am sure that every single person in this community are glad you are doing this including me thank you
Thats terrible that a big company like Walmart are willing to sell fake products on there sites. I always use trusted pokemon distributors so I know my products are legit. I would think Walmart would be in the trusted distributors but after seeing this I guess not. Thanks DPM for doing this for the community and sorry you got done over like that
Yep after hearing so many horro stories of fake products haunting WalMart shelves, i stuck to only buying from local game stores with a certification of trust and reporte. No more WalMart. This just solidified things more.
eBay is another giant that allows people to sell fake products & pass them off as real. I've also seen fake merchandise in brick-and-mortar Toyworld stores. its gotten to the point you can't trust sellers no matter the store.
This really shows how much you care about not only the people in your community but the community in general, yes it makes great content but you can tell it's much more than that to you. Joined the gem mint club after watching this video, I know it's not a massive amount of support but wanted to support in some way.
Wal-Mart has a history with fake and resealed packs....My brother gave me a Shining Legends etb from Walmart, and I've noticed Burn marks under the flap....I opened the whole etb and only 1 normal Gx, So Definitely Was resealed sadly
@@RocSandy the thing that always confused me about Walmart is when your looking for something and you don’t know if what you want is in Canada or the U.S.A. Or china
This was literally the most relatable and interesting story I’ve ever watched. No 🧢 I was on the edge of my seat hoping to see if you actually get a refund
I collect Baseball cards and random multi-sport cards and I am finding that Poket Monster collectors are the smartest collectors in the game right now. I find myself watching Pokémon channels more often. Thank you for the content.
the sad thing is this is literally still happening. the guy at my walmart selling the boxes is weighing the packs and resealing the boxes/packs depending on what he has on stock. and he's the only vendor online so everyone looking up those dang pokeyman cards are giving their children rocks
This honestly sucks. The only “fake” cards are the custom booster packs who admit they have custom cards that are original (like different pokémons and different art) and they admit.
This is outrageous ! I would have been so mad if this happened to me. So sry for all the people who have thrown their hard earned cash into the Abyss named Walmart. They should rename the Company to Wishmart. Thanks alot for spreading awareness and preventing further cases. I really hope you all get a full refund !
I'm late to the PokeParty but i've had fun watching you opening clips. I've started buying my own after the kids gave up on it. Glad i watched this... I've been tempted to buy these but i choose to go to my local card shop for the real deal. Small town, buy local. Keep up the great work. it's almost 2025 now. Thank you!
Good going Pat keep it up Walmart should be a shame of them selves. Now it's a Deep Dive in the Rabbit hole but keep it up Bro where her for you 👍🏿👍🏿 KEEP it UP NeoZen 2021.
i seen a few of your videos before but i just now hit sub.. the bench was wet line was hilarious. you do a lot of cool editing and have great information. glad to have you in this community. thanks for being you have a great day. you are awesome!!
It’s funny how Walmart does nothing for the authentication process of cards and things being sold online but The same people will call the cops and take as much legal action against you if you don’t show your receipt at the door unbelievable
As always working hard for our benefit and uncovering a mystery that clearly goes deeper than first expected. Pat moving like Hercule Poirot in his investigative skills. I'm well engrossed in this story and look forward to future updates, great video Pat 🙌🏻
its funny how they make those mistakes, like the "caterpie EX" because its almost looks like they want you to know you got scammed the moment you see that XD
I would always see these at flea markets And I wondered where they get their supply from. I guess this answers my question. they probably get the full retail value of a box if they can sell to kids and collectors who don't know better.
One time when I was very young and still collected Pokemon cards, got one of these, as well as one for yugioh, was very excited to see cards with ridiculous hp and attack values. Luckily never used them as I just collected never really learned how to play, but yeah, those sat in my collection for a while until I figured out they were fakes and tossed them.
Funny as a small business card shop owner we have to be careful with our orders because the company can cut us off. Or if we did this we would be labeled as scam artists. But Walmart knowing full well knows what they are selling and nothing is done.
@@mothh Pretty sure you're joking but I'll bite. ^_^ There is a purpose from reporting Walmart for fraud and it's not actually that hard to do. Just find the correct gov website for it. Believe it or not, the government will eventually look into it. It probably helps if more than one person reports it. Even if Walmart can prove they aren't responsible, they'll still have to deal with it. It could force Walmart to clean up their market place of this BS and be more proactive in giving refunds.
Thank you for diving into this matter and sharing it with us. Thankfully every time I was about to order Pokemon cards from Walmart website, something told me not to once I saw the third-party seller. I was always worried about being scammed.
That's the thing about these "help chats" and such, they just put you through the run around and wait until you give up, 99% of people will and never receive their justice. It's literally a scam by Walmart and other companies. And there should be legal action or something taken against them. This should be illegal.
I guess I’ve been lucky that help chats over the last 5 years fully refunded for me every times. I have no issues with it, and they usually take me 5-15 min to do
Hi Deep Pocket Monster I am new to RUclips and just started a RUclips channel Called CrazyAnimeLady. I started with "Rumble" but it does not seem to be the right platform for my contents(anime, Pokemon...). Anyway, I'm trying to complete my Pokemon 1st edition base set; I'm only 6 cards away from completing it. I started the collection when it first came out. It has been a long journey and well. . . "I got to catch them all". And yes I have the elusive, hard to find, and even mythical "Charizard". So the hardest and most expensive part is done. I would like to ask your advice on getting them graded, I was looking at CGC. I would like to document the process. Any advice would be welcome and VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. It is a big part of my childhood that I have taken great pains to collect and preserve. I try to add informative information to my videos and would greatly welcome any advice from you or others. After finding your videos to be fun and informative as well; I thought that you might share your knowledge of what to do or not to do, focus on, or steer away from. I would like to upload and share the experience and fun I have had and continue to have collecting, with the Pokemon community.
Man fake pokemon cards have gotten no better over the years, thats a good thing haha. I would have called Walmart out on their connections to JD, they are guilty by association at this point.
Thank you for this video. I ordered 2 silver tempest booster boxes from Joybuy through Walmart. Luckily I saw this video in time to cancel my order. Kind of bummed that I won’t be getting two booster boxes but glad to avoid the scam. Great work! You have a new subscriber.
Dude incredible video. 👏 I watched in the past for video advice but now I collect again and did not expect a Walmart Pokemon conspiracy. Haha so good 👍
Thanks Pat! I was actually going to start my vtuber channel by buying stuff from the website and opening packs. I don't think I'll be trusting Walmart online for pokemon. Thanks for saving my money!
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hey! I'm such a huge fan!
Damn this just gets worse and worse
@mew webm was i talking to u?
In-house
Oh no 😨
1:37 - The 5 star review is probably to ENSURE people see the review, and it doesn't get hidden like many 1 star reviews tend do. Smart move!
Was about to comment this, it is a very smart move isnt it.
big brain poke-collector move.
Yeah I was thinking the same it makes sense!
My thoughts exactly!
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This turned from a scam video to a “customer service for large companies blows” video really quickly😂
Daddy Ruxin
Yooo!
I liked the part where the one customer service lady actually helped out. Not all humans are trash
Yow Mr Ruxin ello
This turned into a full blown investigation with plots and twists, and i loved it
If you notify Nintendo they will probably end their whole company
Nintendo and pokemon are separate companies. Nintendo doesn't give a hoot about pokemon unless it's fan games or rom files for dl
@@TheKayastoNintendo owns a good sum of Pokémon, it’s exclusive game rights as well as a Nintendo TM on everything it’s not as disconnected as u think
@darienvillarreal7828 if Nintendo has as much say in anything pokemon, why are the games so bad now? Nintendo owns a lot of it sure. but they clearly don't get any say in their development of the games. they're releasing broken garbage Nintendo would never release. they'd delay the game until it was done.
@@TheKayasto palworld is being sued by nintendo? pretty sure they care
@nkbd1048 took em how long? and the cards have been pirated for how long?
yeah
sure bud.
How Walmart is letting scam companies on their website, or marketplace is just insane, and really concerning! Also they are partners with the company? Wow!!! This is sad!
They are trading their reputation and image for money, and eventually that means they will become known for it and will end up ruining their business and making less money as a result.
Well maybe because there telling adults to grow up
@@Jfieldsend94 In theory. Look at all the steps he had to go through to finally get his money back. All they need is for less ambitious people to either take the loss or take a smaller refund, and they keep making money.
Yeah, they've been doing this for a long time. Not just with cards, but with other things as well. In my personal experience: Even in stores, they've been selling well-known fake USB drives which claim to have ludicrous amounts of space on them. This isn't a problem for someone who knows stuff like I do, but the everyday individual might not realize that it's fake, and end up losing important data because they tried to store it somewhere that doesn't actually exist.
@@lawrup oh please. would you enjoy people telling you to stop playing video games or watching people play video games bc its "childish"? Cool so stop telling other adults what they can or can't spend their money on and what harmless hobbies to enjoy. Growing up means not being an insufferable jerk to random people undeserving of it, so it looks like you've got a lot to learn lmao
Mad props to you for taking the dive and throwing almost $200 and a lot of hours at what was certainly a scam, and suffering through the stress, to try and improve things for consumers.
Putting this horrible experience aside, your video is super entertaining. Great video. Can’t wait to see what happens. Keep it up
Hello there!
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$170 for a $800 booster box screams fake from the go. What they think the prices are that good at walmart?
Do you like pokemon cards, or your just a ANIMAL CROSSING GUY
AC!
I'm more into Yu-Gi-Oh so I was expecting "oh they making mystery power boxes for Pokémon now" not Walmart is selling fake boosters. Absolutely mind blowing that this can happen
Thank god this isnt as prominent with Yugioh.
This makes me worried that potentially ASDA in the UK is selling fake cards considering they are one and the same company.
It's not walmart it's a seller on their marketplace
They've been making mystery power boxes for pokemone longer than they have for Yu-Gi-Oh
Dang this is bad last time I shopped at Walmart was over 10 years ago I moved to NYC back then and there’s no Walmart here I used to like Walmart but after seeing this i’m glad I haven’t shopped at Walmart in over 10 years.
The only thing Pokémon I do are the video games used to collect Yu-Gi-Oh cards when I was a kid back in the early 2000s with the Yugi and Kaiba decks and it is very concerning to see fake cards being sold from a legitimate company like Walmart.
Walmart lost my trust. Selling fake cards as real is illegal for 1 it’s counterfeit 2 its theft & a breach of consumer trust.
funny last year i ordered a 'monster hunter switch bundle' for $180(Canadian) off Walmart's website from a 3rd party seller which was for my daughter for xmas(she wanted a switch and the price was amazing), the day i was supposed to receive it i got an email saying my order was cancelled, i contacted Walmart and they said it was cancelled by the seller and they would get them to contact me within 48 hours, a day later i received the email from the 3rd party saying Walmart messed up and they would send my the bundle it i would EMT them the money for it, it reaked of scam so i never replied, went to Best Buy and bought the animal crossing one there for $400. I will NEVER buy off of Walmart's website again, lesson learned
Thankfully, that can’t happen where I’m living I live in Virginia by the way, and it’s illegal to sell counterfeit products because it falls under copyright protections But had to suck trying to buy something for your kid and it ending up being a scam. Absolutely sucks.
@@EthanMoon-v6c It was more likely non existant vs counterfeit, so it could happen in Virginia.
@@EthanMoon-v6care you stupid lol
I’m curious if letting the Pokémon company know about it would help in any way. I know they don’t like scammers, maybe if they send a cease and desist it would help.
@@VantageCollective Definitely not. Pokemon wants as many buyers as possible. Putting possible new hobbyists off by having a fake card company selling them for them is not how you do that.
@@VantageCollective The "they" in OP's comment refers to the previous sentence which states "Pokemon company".
@@VantageCollective why are they tho it makes no sense you have all the power why share it with so e third party for what?
@@izzyzoldyck7391 ....more money?
It doesn't help pokemon having fake sellers unless they are funneling money back to pokemon so you have to prove joy buy is sending money to pokemon company
This needs to go viral. Walmart has got to know this stuff is going on.
walmart does know, they just dont care lol
The problem is Walmart don't care
@@JUNOMAN ya that's the sad truth...they probably do know or at the very least have an idea of what goes on and just choose to turn a blind eye...all out of greed
They clearly know they're selling scam items, so much so that they're being sued for selling rayon products as bamboo.
Walmart knows
This is why I ALWAYS use a credit card.
If the company refuses a refund for a fake/damage product I can simply issue a chargeback.
Isn't that technically fraud, even if the item is damaged?
@@tomd96 Isn't selling counterfeit items technically fraud? Even if the item isn't damaged?
Yea i chargeback scammers whenever i take a chance on something.
@@tomd96 Nope. Because legally I never received what I ordered.
I ordered a genuine booster box and they sent me a fake one.
Wait are you serious @tomd96
I worked as a customer representative at Walmart, in regards with the 50% refund, you should have called a supervisor or manager on the phone/chat to speak with, they can give 100% refund exceptions.
To get a 100% refund, you must return the item back to Walmart if the item was sold by Walmart (There are items that you don't need to return and just ask a 100% refund such as food, broken glass, personal one time use items, hazardous items). Once the item arrived in our return center your 100% refund will be processed automatically.
Second option, if your item was sold by a marketplace seller (individual seller, who sells their items using Walmart). You must contact Walmart customer service so that we could send an email to the seller to issue a refund to the buyer/customer. Some sellers wants the item back, some does not. A guaranteed 100% refund is when the seller did not respond to our emails for refund issuance in 48 hours from contact, you may contact us once again after 48 hours and no email from seller and we could process the 100% refund immediately.
Hope this helped!
Don't trust it when customer service says we have escalated it to the higher department, WE DONT ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING ITS JUST PART OF THE SCRIPT FLOW.
Almost made me sick to my stomach, how can you treat people like this as a retailer..?
You have golden patience bro, I'm not sure I would've remained this calm.
It's not Walmart, the issue is the 3rd party seller. Every time I had a problem, Walmart did help me immediately. It's way more complicated if the problem is a 3rd party seller, another person, or company who sells the product on their site. Just think about, it, a customer service person, probably in India, can't really check if the counterfeit issue is a real problem or someone is trying to scam the site/the 3rd party seller. However at this point WMT should take the steps, ask the problem is escalated, and seeing the 1-star ratings and complaints on the site, it's obviously not a made-up claim, it's a real problem.
Simple. Walmart, as a corporation, doesn't care. They're making absurd amounts of money from that company being partnered with them. They don't care if the products are fake. It's not coming from Walmart directly so they completely ignore it because it's not ruining their reputation. They're gonna continue making billions upon billions of dollars, regardless.
@@thatmaninblack Except, as stated in the video, JD isn't just some 3rd party seller, they are in part owned by Wal-Mart.
@@gljames24 : Yes, and it makes the problem more serious.
They need to be sued
Janine is the true hero! It’s too bad that others didn’t help before.
I’m glad you made this video this making millions of people aware of this saving them from getting scammed and keeping the pressure on Walmart to get the fake cards off the shelves.
I saw several other content creators talking excitedly about this "restock," I really hope nobody else fell for this scam. Good on you for trying to stop the shameless grift.
The restock in stores is legit.
@@jameschriske1495 Good to know, I sure hope so! Don't need anyone else getting ripped off.
The restocks in stores are real.. evolutions for cheap online are never real
Soooo..don’t buy from Walmart lol
So buy them in person from Walmart but not on the internet
I knew JediMasterSquirtle's sister got scammed by this and I attended his stream where he opened the fake box. So glad you've looked into this and posted about it cause it's such a big issue
7:49- well...... he did not cool off, but his butt certainly did lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Caterpie EX is becoming such a meme.
I've seen several people talking about this already.
But you are the first person to actually make (good) work of it.
Nice job dude. I'm looking forward to part 2.
I always wanted to pull that card. Psa 10 is worth loads ……
man. i wish I had that psa 10 caterpie ex.
It’s been 3 months… when is part 2
The mushroom king likes caterpie ex
🤣😂😂😂😂😂
This is exactly why I don't trust walmart when it comes to pokemon cards, they're too open with third party sellers, and make the images so convincing since you can't see the real thing in person.
I hope no one else falls for this scam, SPREAD THE MESSAGE
Edit: Damn, the way you filmed the video looks so good, hoping to see even better stuff in the future!
It's a 3rd party issue. If you buy the cards, you buy them from the 3rd party seller, not from Walmart. That's why the refund is difficult. They don't sell the cards, another company does. However, indeed, Walmart should take steps immediately. This is got out of hand. :-/
Agree. Make sure it’s sold by Walmart, 3rd party sellers on Walmart site.
Walmart should definitely give you your money back. But for people who don’t know they have 3rd party sellers. Do not buy anything that is not sold & shipped by Walmart. That’s a big no no. And Amazon is the same. Make sure you use prime 👍 good luck. Sorry about your fake Pokémon cards
@@jenny9658 The first part is true, but Amazon is different. If a 3rd party seller scams you, you get your money from Amazon itself, instantly. That's the reason I often buy things on Amazon from 3rd party sellers. The money is safe there. Unfortunately, scammers like to scam sellers there, so, the story is the opposite on Amazon...
Mate! Great video, and its fantastic to see that this is a response from one of your fans getting scammed and you getting involved to stop it happening to others. Can’t wait to see the second part!
Pat, thank you for always going above and beyond for this community. Also can we get a full 'PatFlynnvestigation' series please??? I am all here for this.
Hope your feeling better today!
i second this.
I really appreciate you digging into this, making this video, and hopefully making a change! This is atrocious. It's a complete disaster that places like Walmart & Best Buy, allow outside sellers to sell directly on their websites. They should just stop all of this.
The stupid thing is walmart and bestbuy can’t claim no responsibility for these sellers committing fraud
@@vegas_party_animal7737 They are not responsible for the sellers, however, they are responsible for taking down the problematic products.
Amazon has a serious problem of mixing returned stock back into circulation. Magic the gathering buyers are getting boxes FROM amazon direct that have been opened and all the rares taken out and resealed. 3rd party sells the box to someone after stealing the rares, that person returns it, amazon places it on the wrong pallet with new product, new buyer buying directly from amazon gets box with cards stolen, repeat. There was a video where a guy got 8 full booster boxes that had all been done this way, and lots of other people posting vids too.
and they often don't even check the returned items to make sure the contents match the product description. I've bought stuff on Amazon where the item in the box was either fake or a completely different item.
@albertlwj amazon do refund straight away. My son was scammed like that, reported it and was refunded straight away.
Someone should try bringing a deck of these to actual tournaments just to prove how rampant the issues are. Get the big guys in to stop the scams,
Caterpie EX deck when
send the caterpie ex to psa
Ex-Walmart Employee here; The pokemon cards you see at any given location are a Vendor item. Walmart its self has very little control over those items as they're set up by third party, and maintained (poorly at my store) by third party. We are not allowed to put their items in claims if they come up ripped, or broken. We aren't allowed to apply discounts for stuff, and the price you see was almost always wrong but we could do nothing about it. I've had more than one angry parent stomp off when the box they tried to purchase was twice the listed price. My managers always shrugged and said "vendor item, can't do anything about it."
No excuse for this bullshit, but that is what I know about the situation from my own meager experience.
A new series 🙌🏻 I’m here for it! 🤩 glad you were able to finally get your money back 😊
Wait a minute.... shouldn't this be against the law for Walmart to be selling this to folks? Considering the fact that many people has been fined for selling pirated Goods like this. But yet Walmart is allowed to continue selling this garbage........
Yeah, I cant see how Walmart isnt primed for a huge lawsuit.
Well done. You were organized, determined and above all, polite. Hard to be these days when you get the run around but hats off for your patience. You’re fighting the good fight. Cheers.
Why does a huge retailer like Walmart need to "partner" with a 3rd party distributer??? You're telling me Walmart can't figure out how to get real Pokemon cards by themselves?
Most likely cheaper to go third party
@@some_shitposting_idiot3023 Of course they are cheaper. They're fake
why pay their own money to buy and hold inventory when they can take a cut of someone else's sale with 0 cost to themselves, 100% profit for them.
@@21warmasters yea if you actually go to any walmart and look at their card sections they are always bare bones and that is if they even have a card section still. my local walmat does but its always near empty
@@Mike_stuy my local Walmart put what cards they do stock in the toy aisle. What they do have in stock is mostly broken open pokemon stuff missing the cards or just a bunch of damaged merchandise scattered all over. It's a joke. Will never buy any pokemon or similar from there.
This is why i stopped shopping at walmart years ago. They started putting these things on store shelves in 2019 in illinois and refused refunds
i work for walmart and the amount of people who have no idea they aren't actually ordering from walmart directly is insane. i dont know how they haven't done anything about it yet.
That Caterpie/Charizard card is an idenity crisis if I have ever seen one
I'm so glad videos like this are getting made to spread awareness of this. Walmart NEEDS to do something about the selling of counterfeit products.
I hope a corporate member of Walmart with some actual compassion for customers sees this and brings more attention to it.
We need to get nintendo in on this.
You should have contacted Nintendo and have them handle it
They would just "disappear", then 2-3 new companies would appear
Thanks Pat. Little guys like us can’t make enough noise for Walmart to hear. Keep that pressure on them!
Not all heroes wear capes - this is the type of investigation we need, way to go Pat! Dealt with a scam buyer on eBay and had to go through a similar hassle for a week, got lots of false promises and of course no resolution in the end due to the buyer going through 3rd party charge back.
Real heroes don't wear costumes or capes.
7:42 the dish rag from the previous video Pokémon Card Mystery Box Conspiracy TESTED🤣🤣
Both Walmart online and Amazon have been absolutely destroyed by third-party Chinese sellers. Both platforms are WAY too lenient with them. They can basically get away with selling anything with no repercussions - and that parent company having an actual partnership with Walmart is INSANE! Also spoiler alert, the source of these fakes are Chinese factories and distributors you can find via Alibaba or Aliexpress. Incredible video Pat, it's really important to bring awareness to this.
This almost grounds to be a class action suit against Walmart.
Top content!
One thing is the Twitter help support might have been able to independently help or bypass the other avenue. It's good to get more help and share the info they asked for, it can't hurt. Excited to watch the next one
Nice Job pat, keep up the quality content.
I would rather have the rolex then the caterpie Ex
I rather have a caterpie as charizard ex
1:33
In case you're confused why a 5 star rating was given to the scam product:
Walmart will show the top voted "Positive" review and the top voted "negative" review.
So the top negative review has "This is a scam" and people upvote it for helpful.
But now the top POSITIVE review also says "This is a scam"
So, when a customer goes to the page, the top voted positive AND negative review say that it's a scam
This is to ensure that the company can't do review manipulation with a 5 star "This is a good legit box" rating.
I unfortunately was sent counterfeit Canon ink cartridges that didn't work in my printer from Walmart. I sent them back the next day. Never got a replacement or a refund. It's been half a year, and I'm not getting that refund. It's horrible what they're doing
if you look they are sold by third party, ya they should verify but you can't just blame it all on Walmart.
@@adamherrera9540 You can when Walmart has a partnership with the Chinese companies selling these counterfeit products on their website. Walmart KNOWS about this and they don't care. That makes them responsible.
Probably too late now, but charge back on your credit card will set that right.
This should be a class action settlement. This is actually insane. Great research Pat!
4:29 this man said thank you for your sacrifice 😂😂😂
Walmart customer service has always been HORRENDOUS and the fact they are slinging fake cards negligently does not surprise me. Also pay with a credit card so that you can claim it as fraudulent since they are commiting fraud and your bank can cancel the transaction as well. Great video and a topic that needs to be shown.
if you look they are sold by third party, ya they should verify but you can't just blame it all on Walmart.
Going to have to get a bunch of people together that got scammed off of the Walmart products and do some kind of class action lawsuit in order for them to do anything one case by itself is not enough but getting everyone together making the value go up would make it worth pursuing
Aren't you too embarrassed to admit that you buy these?
@@jamesleate why would you be embarrassed for doing your hobby
@@willoyd614 If you have a really embarrassing and childish hobby I would think it was embarrassing to admit that to the world.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe you have to have self respect or dignity as well as an embarrassing hobby?
@@jamesleate you must remember that most people pick up their Hobbies when they are children and continue into their adulthood. A lot of games like these have a competitive level to them and we'll have a masters bracket so adults will travel from all around the world to one place to enter in the competitions. whatever your hobby is you'll never be the only one doing it so you should never be embarrassed buy it. As long as your hobbies not affecting anybody you should never care what anyone says about it. If you're embarrassed by your hobby than you're not enjoying it. most people do Hobbies to show it off or connect with other people who enjoy the same thing
I almost typed an essay putting you in your place, among us Pokémon collectors, because you’re no better than us or anybody else. You should be embarrassed for acting like an immature child trying to degrade people for they’re hobbies. Good day sir, learn some respect.
Awesome video dude! I stopped buying cards from Walmart a long time ago just because of those Fairfield company scams before but this is ridiculous! I hate fake cards they have always felt toxic and poisonous anytime I have seen or held any. I hope they sort all of that out soon even if it cuts into their dirty business tactics like this. Imagine the number of people who bought product like that just to quit the hobby after no refund? All of that money goes somewhere for some crook to spend and make things worse. Keep up the amazing work Detective Deep Pockets!
Your content is on a totally different level Pat, thanks so much for making me fall back in love with Pokémon after 20+ years away!
When buying from Walmart or Amazon ALWAYS go to filter results and choose Walmart or Amazon so it's coming directly from them. There's a huge problem with both these sight, ur almost guaranteed to get fake cards if it's not sold directly by them. There are legit 3rd party sellers on both those sites but you have to know what you're doing. #1 rule with pokemon cards especially on websites like those two, if it's too good to be true, IT IS...ALWAYS.
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Actually Amazon has a serious problem of mixing returned stock back into circulation. Magic the gathering buyers are getting boxes FROM amazon direct that have been opened and all the rares taken out and resealed. 3rd party sells the box to someone after stealing the rares, that person returns it, amazon places it on the wrong pallet with new product, new buyer buying directly from amazon gets box with cards stolen, repeat. There was a video where a guy got 8 full booster boxes that had all been done this way, and lots of other people posting vids too.
I have got scammed with fake pokemon card many times, and the last time that this happened one of my family members bought them as a gift for me, but it wasn't from Walmart or Target it was something like a little store that probably doesn't exist in the US. What you are doing is really big and I am sure that every single person in this community are glad you are doing this including me thank you
Bro this was top tier content👏😭 The ending was nice. She came in clutch with the refund. Hope people can get the same help😟
"Caterpie EX"💀💀💀💀💀💀
07:23 I recognize that dish washer rag!
walmarts gonna get sued
Walmart did nothing is de person that sale de cards?
Thats terrible that a big company like Walmart are willing to sell fake products on there sites. I always use trusted pokemon distributors so I know my products are legit. I would think Walmart would be in the trusted distributors but after seeing this I guess not. Thanks DPM for doing this for the community and sorry you got done over like that
Yep after hearing so many horro stories of fake products haunting WalMart shelves, i stuck to only buying from local game stores with a certification of trust and reporte. No more WalMart. This just solidified things more.
eBay is another giant that allows people to sell fake products & pass them off as real. I've also seen fake merchandise in brick-and-mortar Toyworld stores.
its gotten to the point you can't trust sellers no matter the store.
Thanks for trying to keep them accountable Pat!
This really shows how much you care about not only the people in your community but the community in general, yes it makes great content but you can tell it's much more than that to you. Joined the gem mint club after watching this video, I know it's not a massive amount of support but wanted to support in some way.
Means a lot John, thank you for that, you didn’t have to do that, but I appreciate it, and you, a ton!
Wal-Mart has a history with fake and resealed packs....My brother gave me a Shining Legends etb from Walmart, and I've noticed Burn marks under the flap....I opened the whole etb and only 1 normal Gx, So Definitely Was resealed sadly
Hi roc sandy
@@DevJonah420 👋
@@RocSandy the thing that always confused me about Walmart is when your looking for something and you don’t know if what you want is in Canada or the U.S.A. Or china
7:43 the cloth from the mystery box 😂
This was literally the most relatable and interesting story I’ve ever watched. No 🧢 I was on the edge of my seat hoping to see if you actually get a refund
I collect Baseball cards and random multi-sport cards and I am finding that Poket Monster collectors are the smartest collectors in the game right now. I find myself watching Pokémon channels more often. Thank you for the content.
the sad thing is this is literally still happening. the guy at my walmart selling the boxes is weighing the packs and resealing the boxes/packs depending on what he has on stock. and he's the only vendor online so everyone looking up those dang pokeyman cards are giving their children rocks
This honestly sucks. The only “fake” cards are the custom booster packs who admit they have custom cards that are original (like different pokémons and different art) and they admit.
This is outrageous !
I would have been so mad if this happened to me. So sry for all the people who have thrown their hard earned cash into the Abyss named Walmart.
They should rename the Company to Wishmart.
Thanks alot for spreading awareness and preventing further cases.
I really hope you all get a full refund !
niceee Gaslamp! Nice to know we are almost neighbors ♥
Loved the video! you rock
Your work is so important to people who value card games
Yes I know right Thai is why I am sub
Where’s the sequel?
He said he was taking on a Chinese conglomerate, the CCP probably paid youtube the strike the video down before he even made it.
I'm late to the PokeParty but i've had fun watching you opening clips. I've started buying my own after the kids gave up on it. Glad i watched this... I've been tempted to buy these but i choose to go to my local card shop for the real deal. Small town, buy local. Keep up the great work. it's almost 2025 now. Thank you!
Wow never knew pokemom changed Charizard into Caterpie 😂
Hi roc sandy
Hi roc
@@DevJonah420 hoi
@@kingstoncards4458 hoi
@@kingstoncards4458 hi kingston
Good going Pat keep it up Walmart should be a shame of them selves. Now it's a Deep Dive in the Rabbit hole but keep it up Bro where her for you 👍🏿👍🏿 KEEP it UP NeoZen 2021.
stop watching youtube go learn english 😂
i seen a few of your videos before but i just now hit sub.. the bench was wet line was hilarious. you do a lot of cool editing and have great information. glad to have you in this community. thanks for being you have a great day. you are awesome!!
It’s funny how Walmart does nothing for the authentication process of cards and things being sold online but The same people will call the cops and take as much legal action against you if you don’t show your receipt at the door unbelievable
Ikr
walmart this is not right you shuld be saveing lives. not spending them i know that you are charing to caught up but it wont work
As always working hard for our benefit and uncovering a mystery that clearly goes deeper than first expected. Pat moving like Hercule Poirot in his investigative skills.
I'm well engrossed in this story and look forward to future updates, great video Pat 🙌🏻
all my cards are fake bruh
Me too
Me to
That’s sucks
That really sucks
Anyone that says “bruh” only collects fake cards let’s be honest
its funny how they make those mistakes, like the "caterpie EX" because its almost looks like they want you to know you got scammed the moment you see that XD
I would always see these at flea markets And I wondered where they get their supply from. I guess this answers my question. they probably get the full retail value of a box if they can sell to kids and collectors who don't know better.
One time when I was very young and still collected Pokemon cards, got one of these, as well as one for yugioh, was very excited to see cards with ridiculous hp and attack values. Luckily never used them as I just collected never really learned how to play, but yeah, those sat in my collection for a while until I figured out they were fakes and tossed them.
Funny as a small business card shop owner we have to be careful with our orders because the company can cut us off. Or if we did this we would be labeled as scam artists. But Walmart knowing full well knows what they are selling and nothing is done.
Super well made! New subscriber here and I am mighty impressed, Pat!
As someone who grew up with pokemon and used to collect the cards even into my teens, this was so sad to see, I hope they got sued.
You should probably be able to report Walmart for fraud on a Federal level.
why don’t u do it then you should be able to make a lot suing them
@@mothh Pretty sure you're joking but I'll bite. ^_^
There is a purpose from reporting Walmart for fraud and it's not actually that hard to do. Just find the correct gov website for it.
Believe it or not, the government will eventually look into it. It probably helps if more than one person reports it. Even if Walmart can prove they aren't responsible, they'll still have to deal with it. It could force Walmart to clean up their market place of this BS and be more proactive in giving refunds.
Thank you for diving into this matter and sharing it with us. Thankfully every time I was about to order Pokemon cards from Walmart website, something told me not to once I saw the third-party seller. I was always worried about being scammed.
That's the thing about these "help chats" and such, they just put you through the run around and wait until you give up, 99% of people will and never receive their justice. It's literally a scam by Walmart and other companies. And there should be legal action or something taken against them. This should be illegal.
I guess I’ve been lucky that help chats over the last 5 years fully refunded for me every times. I have no issues with it, and they usually take me 5-15 min to do
Hi Deep Pocket Monster I am new to RUclips and just started a RUclips channel Called CrazyAnimeLady. I started with "Rumble" but it does not seem to be the right platform for my contents(anime, Pokemon...). Anyway, I'm trying to complete my Pokemon 1st edition base set; I'm only 6 cards away from completing it. I started the collection when it first came out. It has been a long journey and well. . . "I got to catch them all". And yes I have the elusive, hard to find, and even mythical "Charizard". So the hardest and most expensive part is done. I would like to ask your advice on getting them graded, I was looking at CGC. I would like to document the process. Any advice would be welcome and VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. It is a big part of my childhood that I have taken great pains to collect and preserve. I try to add informative information to my videos and would greatly welcome any advice from you or others. After finding your videos to be fun and informative as well; I thought that you might share your knowledge of what to do or not to do, focus on, or steer away from. I would like to upload and share the experience and fun I have had and continue to have collecting, with the Pokemon community.
I am looking at getting my cards graded but am so attached and heard horror stories. That I'm scared to send them through the mail.
I love investigating 🔎🕵🏻🕵🏻
Man fake pokemon cards have gotten no better over the years, thats a good thing haha. I would have called Walmart out on their connections to JD, they are guilty by association at this point.
You had a tab in your pockets lol😂
Thank you for this video. I ordered 2 silver tempest booster boxes from Joybuy through Walmart. Luckily I saw this video in time to cancel my order. Kind of bummed that I won’t be getting two booster boxes but glad to avoid the scam. Great work! You have a new subscriber.
Oh no 0:22 why is the dog so cute
"I almost fell running with the camera"
Proceeds to eat the sidewalk
07:43 The cloth you used to dry the plate looks familiar....😅
This is awesome
Great job Man!🙂
Dude incredible video. 👏 I watched in the past for video advice but now I collect again and did not expect a Walmart Pokemon conspiracy. Haha so good 👍
Thanks Pat! I was actually going to start my vtuber channel by buying stuff from the website and opening packs. I don't think I'll be trusting Walmart online for pokemon. Thanks for saving my money!
They got the higher team, twitter team and back office team 😂😂