Aliexpress started selling both fake slabs and custom PSA labels than can be anything you want and probably can fool someone who isn't an experienced collector. So, yeah.
@@AtoManPL I showed something similar to Rattle 6 months or so ago where you can buy the fake card, slab case and PSA label just unassembled. There were about 50 to choose from including Moonbreon, the Latios n Latias alt, just tons of expensive stuff. All the cert numbers were active at that time. He and the chats response was basically that they weren't surprised. I had hoped there may have been some looking into it, I supplied links but that was the end of it.
If GS wants to do all this, they should just start their own grading company. They've already got a big brand. They could use AI to grade to keep it consistent
Generally, I insist on gently touching cards that are supposed to have a texture. I know, worst thing ever but if I'm buying a card I'd like to be sure and the touch test doesn't fail. Fake cards do not feel right on the surface & their holo doesn't reflect properly. I won't buy slabbed anything - the slab can throw off the holo and the texture can't be felt. Gamestop should have at the bare minimum scanned that barcode and checked the numbers. Absolutely shameful.
2 things. seller committed a felony or the worker committed a felony by swapping the card. if it was the seller they have his info and ID and can be charged but since he hasnt it leads to the worker doing the dirty work
Made 6k in 3 weeks selling fake psa cards to gamestops in Minnesota with a fake PA id. They don’t check at all. Thanks for bringing this to light and I hope no one else’s buys the fake cards.
Honestly GameStop (if they are going to be the bridge for grading) needs to get there shit together. But ive seen some of these dubs that work at GameStop
lmfao if you think im being forreal idk what to tell you. Tbh i can actually see someone getting mad at this video since they did this. I honestly think gamestop employee need some training on how to spot real vs fake slabs
GameStop has a checklist for PSA graded Card trade ins, 3 sections They are supposed to reject the trade for anything failing.. here is whats on the checklist. (Holder) Injection spot - feel bump on bottom middle case. Ticks - Hold Case flat look from side see 3 ticks. Part Numbers - Bottom Right for part# need or reads 1T, 27 or 21. Rails - see 2 vertical and horizontal lines that hold card in place. 90 degree angle - See perfect 90 degree angle at corners or case, not rounded. (Label) Blacklight test - PSA label blacklight, reject if label glows. Lighthouse label- Jewels loupe, see psa or clct nasdaq mixed in background. Blacklight test- see 6 PSA logos on left side, 3 above, 3 below. (Tampering) Run finger along edges feeling for glue, excess plastic, case being open, check for stains or discoloration, check label front and back for foreign ink.
you can crack a psa case, resend in the card, and get a different grade every time. it's ridiculous anyone values psa outside of authenticating the card. and even then, i've seen people send in fake yugioh cards and get them graded by psa
What?? Grading companies would never drive prices up and give random unwarranted grades or especially let people affiliated with them profit! Wata is your problem? 😂
If I never pulled the card from a reliable source, I will never purchase a card. I will never send my cards for grading, because for sure that card got swapped during grading. So much scams going on right now that Pokémon cards are hyped up
@tchev44 i have a moonbreon and a treequaza i pulled myself and they would both black label at bgs they are as perfect as perfect can be. Id never let those cards out of my sight though. Because someone is going to see my sequential black label moonbreon and treequayza and see the 100k its worth and they would get swapped so fast.
This is a good point but also I literally don’t know any GameStop employee who is a fan of trading cards. They all start because of video games so most of them don’t know that they’re fake. But also this trade card stuff is a huge pain in the ass for them
Gamestop needs to hire an official TCG representative in all gamestops that buy graded cards. Regular gamestop employees won't be able to spot a fake, esp if they arent into collecting.
@ricardoherrera526 Not anytime soon bc their stupid. But in a cpl years I can see Gamestop having 2 sides. A games & accessories half, then a TCG half filled with sports & tcg cards. Gamestop will be like a LCS in a few years.
Hahahaha Ur a clown. Are u going to pay this expert to go into every single 1 of there stores all over the damn world. As I'm sure u are aware that gamestop/traders are in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. (Here in aus there called gametraders but it's the same company)
ill never understand the logic of a seller who has a piece of cardboard worth nearly 1500 dollars and they can't even take the time to add some simple photos.... it's actually more insane to me than this scam
This is nothing new. They do this to every retro video game that gets traded in. Employees that don’t get any proper training in the collective hobby, and collectors get screwed thinking that they got something for a good deal. If it’s not in person for easy inspection, then don’t purchase it online.
These g-baller rattle69er’s trying to make a quick buck is horrible. I worry for the mum’s/dad’s/grandparent’s that don’t know better and would think GameStop is a trusted source but are not. With all the shady stuff that has happened since they started buying and submitting cards I would be terrified leaving my valuable cards with them only for them to get lost or swapped out for lower condition cards.
grading is subjective entirely. Someone could just be jaded and smash 10 on everything and leave early. Those graders don't get paid much. Also it must be maddening spending 30-40 hours a week looking at cards and giving them a grade. Thousands of cards a week. And yes, its such a subjective thing. What I consider a gem mint card is not what most PSA 10 cards look like. We all have different standards.
PSA grades super clone pokemon cards printed in china, maybe catch 1 out of 100. Unless you pulled the card yourself, or at least watched it be pulled no way you can trust the hobby anymore. They make amazing super clone rolex watches, the only way you can tell is removing the movement. They sell them for $600, probably cost them $100 to make. With Pokemon, they sell them for $600 and it cost not even $1 per card after all supplies and machinery cost, of course they are going to print these like crazy.
grading needs to get way more precise and secure before i start tryna increase my collectons value. too much worry about. it getting stolen or faked in some way by a shitty psa flip dipper. the maynaise risk, the dick drawing risk. any risk of damage in general. too much to worry about. in the future theyll get it right or another company will come out and do it right hopefully. either way id make sure to drop the cards off directly at a psa location. to trust any shipping company is scary.
Very hard to pull... I've opened 2500 packs (eevee heroes (jpn & korean & chinese), evolving skies (almost 40 bbs) and never got a single one yet... it's a myth card to me. (Yes I could just buy it but I want to pull it lol)
A lot of them were never put in the packs, yet somehow they still flood the market. Especially the eBay sellers that have sold 20 of these. No way they ripped open 20 of them.
@flogtwo only cards that are hard to pull, are set that came out special like hidden fate paldean fate etc etc... even there are plenty of the chase cards floating around the market... then suddenly moonbreon "such a super hard card to open" have over what 30k psa 10... it's a joke
@@cognacyang9342yea theres only 30k and there were literally a billion packs opened. I was lucky enough to pull both the moonbreon and treequaza. Rayquaza came from a sleeved booster pack, moonbreon came out of a mimyku knockout tin.
I knew this was gonna happen sooner earlier. It usually takes a train to die to understand whether a cards real or fake. Edit pretty sure the GameStop employees found out it was fake, but try to pass it off as a real one to get their money back.
sucks that even a hobby like this you have to worry still about the shitty lifestyle of others. Just stay on top of everything when you make big purchases
check it out, look at real examples. If you are too new and don't trust your own skills yet, seek out other people who have been around long enough and post clear photos of the card for them. Not in a sleeve or a top loader, and get good lighting and try to catch the light so it shows the texture and another photo that shows off the holofoil. These are usually the easiest give aways to if its fake or not.
This whole obsession with psa perfectly shows that its just all about the money. If someone would be willing to pay 1000$ for a pile of horseshit we would all be collecting piles of horseshit...
I would say the card needs to be authenticated by someone besides Gamestop or they need to have authenticators on staff they can ship to in some sort of process where the card can be rejected or accepted.
Doubt it was the employee honestly . A seller fooled my local brick and mortar Pokemon store into buying a 4000 fake Pikachu poncho . As careless as he was for not checking PSA for cert or watching rattle Pokemon vids to be aware of all the fake ponchos going around. It could still happen to even the most experienced in the hobby . Those who have been in it 15+ years.
@@cognacyang9342because the umbreon is the most popular card in swsh from the most popular set evolving skies. FS till it sold out on the PC was considered a mid set no one really cared about. No one raved about fusion strike till it soared to 170+
Probably would be better to fake smaller companies slabs. Then people won't know how to determine fakes. Won't be much markup for the slab but who cares its fake and stupid cheap anyway
i really dont see 1 mature person i the hobby goign afrter the moonbreon, this is some junk shit that only noobs will go after... noty i dont want that pop30k psa10 by 2030
Again I'll bring this up, PSA IS PURELY A SCAM. That pokemon card is entirely off center and rated a 10. Yuigoh cards that are MINT, PERFECT OUT OF THE PACK, AND PERFECTLY CENTERED, get graded as 6's and 7's. That pokemon card is only a 6 due to how severely misprinted off-center it is. This is just another factor proving that the PSA grades unfairly rate almost all the pokemon cards as 8+ regardless of TRUE CONDITION of card, while yugioh is graded as 7 and unders.
they probably have different people grading yu gi oh from pokemon too, that could be a factor. But that does not invalidate your point. Its all just a big clown fiesta.
I sold my pokemon collection worth 4k and bought into gold and silver. Precious metals are far easier to tell fakes. I have a feeling that if the economy crashes, people are going to sell off all their cards after realizing all they are holding is shiny cardboard, and thousands of people will be left holding the bag.
Probably. All collectables reach a point where the bubble bursts, sometimes it happens several times. Right now Pokemon is riding on nostalgia and big spender bros who are determined to get PSA 10s, ETBs, and hoard away everything TCG which pushes prices up as demand grows. Eventually, that'll fade out and you'll see only truly rare items keep any value which is great for people like me who just collect for the fun of it and don't really see it as a monetary investment.
@ryanatvallc no i had to dig it out the safe to check besides that its been put away since i graded it only picture i had was when i 1st got it i posted it on X but took it down few days later
@@AlexL-g4j dang, they must have lifted the cert off X then when it was on there that short time. Looks like PSA will help you now, the cert is deactivated and they ask that you contact them.
No no no, i wanna see someone take out a card from a psa case ans switch the card, no there not coming after u, just dont be dumb, if your watching rattle im assuming u kno everything, lol, u get a lesser copy, let people do what they want, 🥸🥸🥸🥸
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Aliexpress started selling both fake slabs and custom PSA labels than can be anything you want and probably can fool someone who isn't an experienced collector. So, yeah.
@@AtoManPL I showed something similar to Rattle 6 months or so ago where you can buy the fake card, slab case and PSA label just unassembled. There were about 50 to choose from including Moonbreon, the Latios n Latias alt, just tons of expensive stuff. All the cert numbers were active at that time. He and the chats response was basically that they weren't surprised. I had hoped there may have been some looking into it, I supplied links but that was the end of it.
If GS wants to do all this, they should just start their own grading company. They've already got a big brand. They could use AI to grade to keep it consistent
GSG does sound kewl
no thanks lol
Generally, I insist on gently touching cards that are supposed to have a texture. I know, worst thing ever but if I'm buying a card I'd like to be sure and the touch test doesn't fail. Fake cards do not feel right on the surface & their holo doesn't reflect properly. I won't buy slabbed anything - the slab can throw off the holo and the texture can't be felt. Gamestop should have at the bare minimum scanned that barcode and checked the numbers. Absolutely shameful.
2 things. seller committed a felony or the worker committed a felony by swapping the card. if it was the seller they have his info and ID and can be charged but since he hasnt it leads to the worker doing the dirty work
i would say this is GS inside job. The employee swapped out the real one.
Yeah definitely agree. It just smells too fishy. They do scan them. Look over the slabs by a list too.
Made 6k in 3 weeks selling fake psa cards to gamestops in Minnesota with a fake PA id. They don’t check at all. Thanks for bringing this to light and I hope no one else’s buys the fake cards.
Have fun getting a visit from the police really soon
Haha
Honestly GameStop (if they are going to be the bridge for grading) needs to get there shit together. But ive seen some of these dubs that work at GameStop
lmfao if you think im being forreal idk what to tell you. Tbh i can actually see someone getting mad at this video since they did this. I honestly think gamestop employee need some training on how to spot real vs fake slabs
GameStop has a checklist for PSA graded Card trade ins, 3 sections They are supposed to reject the trade for anything failing.. here is whats on the checklist. (Holder) Injection spot - feel bump on bottom middle case. Ticks - Hold Case flat look from side see 3 ticks. Part Numbers - Bottom Right for part# need or reads 1T, 27 or 21. Rails - see 2 vertical and horizontal lines that hold card in place. 90 degree angle - See perfect 90 degree angle at corners or case, not rounded. (Label) Blacklight test - PSA label blacklight, reject if label glows. Lighthouse label- Jewels loupe, see psa or clct nasdaq mixed in background. Blacklight test- see 6 PSA logos on left side, 3 above, 3 below. (Tampering) Run finger along edges feeling for glue, excess plastic, case being open, check for stains or discoloration, check label front and back for foreign ink.
psa itself is a scam. wtf is that centering on that 10 card? lmao. they're so worthless
I truly can’t wait for this whole obsession with PSA 10s to go away. It’s so scammy
Stop it. PSA is king!
you can crack a psa case, resend in the card, and get a different grade every time. it's ridiculous anyone values psa outside of authenticating the card. and even then, i've seen people send in fake yugioh cards and get them graded by psa
Lol first thing j thought was wow that's a 10??
What?? Grading companies would never drive prices up and give random unwarranted grades or especially let people affiliated with them profit! Wata is your problem? 😂
If I never pulled the card from a reliable source, I will never purchase a card. I will never send my cards for grading, because for sure that card got swapped during grading. So much scams going on right now that Pokémon cards are hyped up
Lmao you’re a helmet 🪖
@tchev44 i have a moonbreon and a treequaza i pulled myself and they would both black label at bgs they are as perfect as perfect can be. Id never let those cards out of my sight though. Because someone is going to see my sequential black label moonbreon and treequayza and see the 100k its worth and they would get swapped so fast.
The cert is now deactivated
I imagine the average GameStop employee just sees it as a hassle to report fakes they’ve already acquired. The psa case gives false sense of security
This is a good point but also I literally don’t know any GameStop employee who is a fan of trading cards.
They all start because of video games so most of them don’t know that they’re fake. But also this trade card stuff is a huge pain in the ass for them
Come for the edu-tainment. Stay for the one liners: "Lots of savings. Saving you from owning a real card." 😆 😂😅
Game stop employee here and I Can confirm i fucking hate games
😂😂
Why is your handle TealGaming then?
and i bet you hate pokemon cards even more now too lmao
The cert is now deactivated.
I think rfid chips will be added to graded cards soon. It would be a much harder thing to fake.
Gamestop needs to hire an official TCG representative in all gamestops that buy graded cards.
Regular gamestop employees won't be able to spot a fake, esp if they arent into collecting.
😂
Gamestop is NOT ever going to do this 😂😂😂😂
@ricardoherrera526 Not anytime soon bc their stupid. But in a cpl years I can see Gamestop having 2 sides. A games & accessories half, then a TCG half filled with sports & tcg cards.
Gamestop will be like a LCS in a few years.
@@GrimmRipper88 or because that would make them go bankrupt faster
Hahahaha Ur a clown. Are u going to pay this expert to go into every single 1 of there stores all over the damn world.
As I'm sure u are aware that gamestop/traders are in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. (Here in aus there called gametraders but it's the same company)
Umbreon isn’t stupid… it’s Dumbreon.
The issue right now is that GameStop will list it without the photo half the time. So people are buying just based on the promise that it is.
Who wouldve thunk gamestop is buying and selling fake cades their employees have no idea about shit let alone fake pokemon cards
ill never understand the logic of a seller who has a piece of cardboard worth nearly 1500 dollars and they can't even take the time to add some simple photos.... it's actually more insane to me than this scam
This is nothing new. They do this to every retro video game that gets traded in. Employees that don’t get any proper training in the collective hobby, and collectors get screwed thinking that they got something for a good deal. If it’s not in person for easy inspection, then don’t purchase it online.
These g-baller rattle69er’s trying to make a quick buck is horrible.
I worry for the mum’s/dad’s/grandparent’s that don’t know better and would think GameStop is a trusted source but are not.
With all the shady stuff that has happened since they started buying and submitting cards I would be terrified leaving my valuable cards with them only for them to get lost or swapped out for lower condition cards.
Is it better to check just the P-hole only or should one also check the A-hole?
I cant seem to find the A hole..
The gamestop savings comment about saving you from owning a real card was savage LOOL
How is that card a 10. If I sent that card in with that horrible back it gets an 8 lmao
grading is subjective entirely. Someone could just be jaded and smash 10 on everything and leave early. Those graders don't get paid much. Also it must be maddening spending 30-40 hours a week looking at cards and giving them a grade. Thousands of cards a week. And yes, its such a subjective thing. What I consider a gem mint card is not what most PSA 10 cards look like. We all have different standards.
Im surprised that fake moonbreon had variation on the texture.
PSA grades super clone pokemon cards printed in china, maybe catch 1 out of 100. Unless you pulled the card yourself, or at least watched it be pulled no way you can trust the hobby anymore. They make amazing super clone rolex watches, the only way you can tell is removing the movement. They sell them for $600, probably cost them $100 to make. With Pokemon, they sell them for $600 and it cost not even $1 per card after all supplies and machinery cost, of course they are going to print these like crazy.
grading needs to get way more precise and secure before i start tryna increase my collectons value. too much worry about. it getting stolen or faked in some way by a shitty psa flip dipper. the maynaise risk, the dick drawing risk. any risk of damage in general. too much to worry about. in the future theyll get it right or another company will come out and do it right hopefully. either way id make sure to drop the cards off directly at a psa location. to trust any shipping company is scary.
Very hard to pull... I've opened 2500 packs (eevee heroes (jpn & korean & chinese), evolving skies (almost 40 bbs) and never got a single one yet... it's a myth card to me. (Yes I could just buy it but I want to pull it lol)
Hard to pull??? Because they were stolen... how many psa 10 are there?? 😂😂😂
A lot of them were never put in the packs, yet somehow they still flood the market. Especially the eBay sellers that have sold 20 of these. No way they ripped open 20 of them.
@flogtwo only cards that are hard to pull, are set that came out special like hidden fate paldean fate etc etc... even there are plenty of the chase cards floating around the market... then suddenly moonbreon "such a super hard card to open" have over what 30k psa 10... it's a joke
@@cognacyang9342yea theres only 30k and there were literally a billion packs opened. I was lucky enough to pull both the moonbreon and treequaza. Rayquaza came from a sleeved booster pack, moonbreon came out of a mimyku knockout tin.
You know they went and bought a real one afterward with that money
I knew this was gonna happen sooner earlier. It usually takes a train to die to understand whether a cards real or fake.
Edit pretty sure the GameStop employees found out it was fake, but try to pass it off as a real one to get their money back.
Most gamestop employees are not card collectors. Easy way for scammers to make money
Devil’s advocate, what if the guy that sold it didn’t know it was fake? Honestly proves that gamestop isn’t ready to be buying TCG.
lol I graded my Moonbreon and now I’m scared mine is fake
sucks that even a hobby like this you have to worry still about the shitty lifestyle of others. Just stay on top of everything when you make big purchases
check it out, look at real examples. If you are too new and don't trust your own skills yet, seek out other people who have been around long enough and post clear photos of the card for them. Not in a sleeve or a top loader, and get good lighting and try to catch the light so it shows the texture and another photo that shows off the holofoil. These are usually the easiest give aways to if its fake or not.
This whole obsession with psa perfectly shows that its just all about the money. If someone would be willing to pay 1000$ for a pile of horseshit we would all be collecting piles of horseshit...
I would say the card needs to be authenticated by someone besides Gamestop or they need to have authenticators on staff they can ship to in some sort of process where the card can be rejected or accepted.
in a world where we need to authenticate the authenticated card. Wait, what is the point of graded cards again? hmm. oh well.
Let Christmas begin!!😂😂😂
They should have a marker to test the card as how they do with money bills 🥳
As a VERY LAZY MAN ... is it okay to take my cards to Gamestop to have them send them out for grading?
This is giving me the sweats lol
The font is wrong!
Doubt it was the employee honestly . A seller fooled my local brick and mortar Pokemon store into buying a 4000 fake Pikachu poncho . As careless as he was for not checking PSA for cert or watching rattle Pokemon vids to be aware of all the fake ponchos going around. It could still happen to even the most experienced in the hobby . Those who have been in it 15+ years.
I would think this card is to expensive for Gamestop to buy
I thought they had a limit this sounds wrong all around
Ty
Idk, but even just the print quality looks off to me. Haven't seen the actual card before, but first impression it just looks off.
Do the fakes black light ?
I don’t even do Pokémon at leeast not newer stuff, only have my vibrate childhood collection and sheesh that fake moonbreon looks absolutely awful.
Discord link?
Great video! I'm new to your content. Heard about you from my boy opossum and had to check you out!
They did the same with pokemon games.
Psa all the way
I'm already mad I buy pokemon in the first place lol but I'll be damned if i ever buy graded cards!
Blaming the buyer instead of the seller is wild
That's definitely not what happened but feel free to run with that.
If you buy cards to resell and can't tell fakes from real, you deserve the blame.
did we watch the same video?
Slabs are a scam. Hopefully this dude gets his money back.
Great video. Keep up the good work.
Timmy Got finnesed
The card wasn't hard to pull because the were majority stolen...
That was Fusion Strike.
@C4TheDub ???? How come there are more psa 10 moonbreon than any other card from fusion strike???
@@cognacyang9342because the umbreon is the most popular card in swsh from the most popular set evolving skies. FS till it sold out on the PC was considered a mid set no one really cared about. No one raved about fusion strike till it soared to 170+
Fale card likely has fake id.
Probably would be better to fake smaller companies slabs. Then people won't know how to determine fakes. Won't be much markup for the slab but who cares its fake and stupid cheap anyway
That card is way too off centered to be a 10 IMHO.
i really dont see 1 mature person i the hobby goign afrter the moonbreon, this is some junk shit that only noobs will go after... noty i dont want that pop30k psa10 by 2030
If the moonbreon psa10 drops to around $500
I’ll buy a bunch call me the biggest noob ❤😂
Sounds like someone can't afford it
Again I'll bring this up, PSA IS PURELY A SCAM. That pokemon card is entirely off center and rated a 10. Yuigoh cards that are MINT, PERFECT OUT OF THE PACK, AND PERFECTLY CENTERED, get graded as 6's and 7's. That pokemon card is only a 6 due to how severely misprinted off-center it is. This is just another factor proving that the PSA grades unfairly rate almost all the pokemon cards as 8+ regardless of TRUE CONDITION of card, while yugioh is graded as 7 and unders.
psa grade centering on the front and back separately
they probably have different people grading yu gi oh from pokemon too, that could be a factor. But that does not invalidate your point. Its all just a big clown fiesta.
That's crazy
Bound to happen, GameStop is clueless
I sold my pokemon collection worth 4k and bought into gold and silver. Precious metals are far easier to tell fakes. I have a feeling that if the economy crashes, people are going to sell off all their cards after realizing all they are holding is shiny cardboard, and thousands of people will be left holding the bag.
Probably. All collectables reach a point where the bubble bursts, sometimes it happens several times. Right now Pokemon is riding on nostalgia and big spender bros who are determined to get PSA 10s, ETBs, and hoard away everything TCG which pushes prices up as demand grows. Eventually, that'll fade out and you'll see only truly rare items keep any value which is great for people like me who just collect for the fun of it and don't really see it as a monetary investment.
god you're so fucking pessimistic, your gold and silver is just clumps of ore.
I love these videos but you have a tendency to say everything is “wrong” without comparing and showing how the font, etc differ.
except that he spends most of the video explaining just how its wrong.
thats my card i have the original wtf i submitted it to psa been in pc ever since woow
how did someone get your cert, have you listed it on ebay before?
@ryanatvallc no i had to dig it out the safe to check besides that its been put away since i graded it only picture i had was when i 1st got it i posted it on X but took it down few days later
@@AlexL-g4j dang, they must have lifted the cert off X then when it was on there that short time. Looks like PSA will help you now, the cert is deactivated and they ask that you contact them.
No no no, i wanna see someone take out a card from a psa case ans switch the card, no there not coming after u, just dont be dumb, if your watching rattle im assuming u kno everything, lol, u get a lesser copy, let people do what they want, 🥸🥸🥸🥸