Legit buy? What do you all think?

[richiel1991]

Sorry if this has been posted before, since the video is a year old. Just wondering what everyone thinks about the legitimacy of this.

Here's the quick readers digest version:

Basically these guys claim they won this eBay auction for $125 and they received a 1st edition Charizard (probably PSA 7-8 at least maybe higher). Not only that but it came with a bunch of other great shadowless base set and 1st editions - i mean a lot. Somehow I just think it is staged - I mean these guys do own about 20 sealed booster boxes. Could this possibly have slipped by? It was over a year ago so I don't believe I can go back and search sold listings. Oh well ... it doesn't really matter I guess, but the main reason I am curious is so maybe I can have hope to get this "lucky" one day too.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij4pjfrF5-0

 

[tigre]

Sorry if this has been posted before, since the video is a year old. Just wondering what everyone thinks about the legitimacy of this.

Here's the quick readers digest version:

Basically these guys claim they won this eBay auction for $125 and they received a 1st edition Charizard (probably PSA 7-8 at least maybe higher). Not only that but it came with a bunch of other great shadowless base set and 1st editions - i mean a lot. Somehow I just think it is staged - I mean these guys do own about 20 sealed booster boxes. Could this possibly have slipped by? It was over a year ago so I don't believe I can go back and search sold listings. Oh well ... it doesn't really matter I guess, but the main reason I am curious is so maybe I can have hope to get this "lucky" one day too.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij4pjfrF5-0

Sometimes people do just get lucky.

The best buy I ever did was last year. A Base set Zapdos, Raichu, Venusaur, Chansey for.... 40 cents. From Vintage Stock. Because they did not know what they were selling. It was mixed in with a much of singles they sell a dime a piece. Surprisingly they were all in very good condition. If I got this lucky, I'm sure someone else has before.

Another time I bought a Mint Registeel Gold star for $4 and turned around to sell it for $40 a few weeks later. These are the reasons I love collecting.

 

[richiel1991]

I agree now - people do get lucky. My opinion changed fast when I just bought 2 sealed base set booster packs (unlimited) for $20 together. Not the greatest sale in the world, pretty good deal. However I thought something may be sketchy about it - maybe weighed packs or something so I checked the sellers feedback. It was 100% with 10 sales.. but here is the crazy part. His 2nd sale was a sealed english unlimited base set booster box and he sold it for a grand total of $75.00 ... 75 !!! And this was in March of this year - that buyer is so lucky.