amisheskimoninja said:
I disagree. There are still companies knocking off Pokemon cards, and there will always be scammers. Whether they make these decks or not, you should ALWAYS be a smart consumer.
Those stupid worlds decks
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I disagree. There are still companies knocking off Pokemon cards, and there will always be scammers. Whether they make these decks or not, you should ALWAYS be a smart consumer.
ApachePrime said:
You missed my point. I'm not saying you don't need to be careful at all, I'm saying you don't have to be careful about buying these cards. What you're talking about are in fact fraud, which you have a case against. eBay has good fraud/copyright rules. PUSA is making legal "fakes" that you have to be extra careful about because you can't do anything about it if you buy one.
dmaster said:
Except the seller says he's using a stock image and not a scan of his own card.
dmaster said:
The seller's also violating eBay's terms of service, which is another reason you can demand a refund from Paypal.
dmaster said:
It looks like he's using the non-holo picture that we often get as a teaser for a new set.
I am not a fan of WC decks. My spend money on cards you'll never be able to use? They're a waste of time, and TPCI only sells them as a gimmick.
What really makes me mad is when new players at my league use WC cards mixed with regular cards, and they don't use sleeves. It is so cheating, it's not funny.
IMO, WC decks should stop being sold. They have absolutely no point. A TCG book, explaining in-depth rules about the game would be nice, but no one would read that. Especially not newer TCG'ers.
Let's just ban WC decks, okay?
What really makes me mad is when new players at my league use WC cards mixed with regular cards, and they don't use sleeves. It is so cheating, it's not funny.
IMO, WC decks should stop being sold. They have absolutely no point. A TCG book, explaining in-depth rules about the game would be nice, but no one would read that. Especially not newer TCG'ers.
Let's just ban WC decks, okay?
They're OK, because they're collectibles. I don't like 'em because you can't use the card, and I would prefer the book, but even that isn't a good idea. I like how you mentioned how they would go in-depth in strategy, but other than that, I dunno.
It's a way to make money, and that's why they do it. Those little...it's not even super-rare 'cuz you can get 'em out of the WC deck for ten bucks!
It's a way to make money, and that's why they do it. Those little...it's not even super-rare 'cuz you can get 'em out of the WC deck for ten bucks!
OP:
There exists a third type of person who buys these:
Competitive players like me who either don't have the money to afford the deck at the moment, don't have enough copies of important cards at the moment, or want more copies of the cards to help other players get into the game.
Being able to play with something that won the highest level of competitive play when getting into the game is more desireable than playing with a starter deck.
It's much easier to get people into the game more permanently by showing them what is good, and allowing them to play with the deck, whilst walking them through the game mechanics, if need-be.
As for ebay scamming, if you go through pay-pal, you should be able to get your money refunded. if not, you're doing it wrong.
There exists a third type of person who buys these:
Competitive players like me who either don't have the money to afford the deck at the moment, don't have enough copies of important cards at the moment, or want more copies of the cards to help other players get into the game.
Being able to play with something that won the highest level of competitive play when getting into the game is more desireable than playing with a starter deck.
It's much easier to get people into the game more permanently by showing them what is good, and allowing them to play with the deck, whilst walking them through the game mechanics, if need-be.
As for ebay scamming, if you go through pay-pal, you should be able to get your money refunded. if not, you're doing it wrong.
Rubyiris said:
Either that, or you can just get a good color printer
Rubyiris said:
But there are cases where the listing is a "trick" but not a "scam" in which case you can't get your money back. If you bought the card I pointed out in the opening post, I guarantee you won't get your money back.
amisheskimoninja said:
I gotta disagree. As a buyer you can get your money back from PayPal for just about anything, even "Not the item I thought it was." Paypal is BRUTAL to sellers on eBay.
I don't agree with the selling of world champions decks either. If they are going to keep printing these theme decks, I think they should drive up the decks' prices, label the cards as promos, and make them playable in tornaments.amisheskimoninja said:
My 9 year old brother nealy got ripped off by this. He wanted a Lux gl x and saw one for 20 bucks on ebay. Lucky for him he showed me and i told him it was a WC or he would have bought it and been ripped off. I think thay should make a book, like some people have suggested.