Fake Pokemon Cards Everywhere! How to Tell If the Product Your Buying has been Tampered With!!!

[@chiefchimp2789]

It's also illegal to sell packs as new when they've been resealed. Imagine going to Best Buy and leaving with what you thought was a brand new cell phone only to learn later on that it was refurbished and repacked. That's not legal. There are a handful of sellers on Amazon marketplace that are known to sell Pokemon cards that have been resealed and even go out of their way to reseal booster boxes. What sad losers. I'm sure these idiots can be sued if someone really wanted to send a message to this negative element of the community. Also, Thanks for bringing this topic up. Most people that get ripped off by these scam artists are kids and that irritates me to no end.

[@watermelonstarfish]

stealing from kids, so aweful

[@RockOn-h9h]

It’s not illegal if the seller didn’t know and that would be hard to prove and besides the point I say this if you are the professional and or deals and you made a a bad business deal my option it’s entirely the buyers fault and not the seller therefore you didn’t get scammed when this happens the buyer cries they got scammed when in reality it was their own fault not the sellers. Regardless if the seller states if it’s real or not you as a buyer are the professional you should know what you are doing and if u made the bad deal that’s on you

[@TheLukester13]

When he whispered "we got a lot of inventory coming soon" I squealed

[@mattk1423]

What an improvement from Obsidian Flames!!! Great content and great info leading up to Friday. You da man Danny!!!

[@5oclockk]

Wow, you literally saved me as I was opening up the shipment of packs I just received. All had top and bottom sealed, and they even melted back the tears on the back where the letters of words didnt even line up. Thanks for your videos man!!

[@chaoshunter077]

Literally just happened to me as well. What do I do if ive been scammed?

[@NotLurkAtAll]

Something to remember about Pokerevs Japanese Neo Genesis box is that it wasn't tampered with or resealed, the whole box was straight up fake. There's no telling when it could've been made but the whole thing was like someone produced their own cards and a box with equipment, and the holo cards were basically like stickers or laminated. Can't really blame him for not being able to tell but the Japanese boxes also have no wizards logos

[@FaZe-StyL]

That fake box was one of a kind with that ink inside the cards, very close to legitness and the fact the cards weren’t glossy, wouldn’t be surprised if whoever made those made a living from it lol

[@DoingNothingKing]

Every time you shake that box it just killed me a little inside lol You shake it once to demonstrate but you kept shaking it like you were a bartender mixing a drink man 😂🤣

[@ABones-bm3vq]

Crying inside lol

[@unpluggedgamer1378]

big ding on that danny phantump probs wont get a psa 10

[@coolgames4u754]

His centering is pretty good though

[@unpluggedgamer1378]

Haha legend!

[@barracuda6817]

Psa 9.

[@navarrito96]

Texture is fantastic

[@brandanmarcum]

Lol

[@np8041]

I bought 4 Shining Legends Raichu GX Boxes from Amazon last week. Every single one was tampered with. The boxes were resealed and glued shut, the good pulls were removed from the boosters and the packs were taped closed....with scotch tape. Even Amazon is having issues. Inspect your deliveries ASAP, especially if you plan on sitting on them for a while.

[@FCB_818]

Ooof that sucks.

[@GhostlordGames]

Bro, you could have at least put a small bandaid over the gaping wound...

[@danielserver2393]

Sorry that happened, I appreciate you still made this video after what happened. Feel better!

[@burnerandy2211]

Holes in the top and bottom corners doesn't mean it's been opened guys... those holes are so the pack won't explode if under pressure. Some cards have aeration on the sides (little tiny fine holes). So you have to look for other signs

[@homeboy2344]

I really appreciate the in-depth review of what to look for when looking for resealed products. The injury story in the beginning was pretty funny and I appreciate you sharing that lol. I know your channel will continue grow because you give super informative information, I wish you nothing but the best brotha. Continue grinding and doing what you love! 🥰

[@daltonjameswells]

I got some unlimited fossil, jungle, and some topps packs from an old coworker. The tops and bottoms of the packs are both stuck on all of them; even the movie packs. Could they be like that from being in a bag in someone's garage for 20 years? I wouldn't see any reason why he'd reseal the cheap movie packs and he doesn't come off as someone that would be able to. The jungles were in blister packs, and you can also clearly see the adhesive on the plastic gave out because none of the cardboard peeled off on the blister. I think they are legit because I checked for any tears, but I just wanted to double check with someone else.

[@demondude1000]

Thank you. Just bought two 36 packs from Amazon and used your video to help determine if these packs were tampered with, and yes they most definitely were

[@RichJMoneyTV]

I think the top and bottom of the flap is a bit misleading. I bought a lot of tins from retail stores and most of the packs that I have from similar sets are at the top and bottom. It may be based on where the pack was made if there are multiple factories. Just checked a pile from these tins and many of them had flaps that were stuck on the top and bottom. Specifically I just checked a lot of packs that I got from sam's club twin packs (gengar box and eeveelution tin) there were straight from a warehouse, sealed from the pokemon company, with a sealed tin and EX box also sealed.

[@jigrossjones835]

Same I just bought some from Walgreens and it had lil bubbles and it scared me , but I got a rainbow rare in one of them so I think they good

[@dvcadigital]

Danny to a Danny being clumsy is part of us. Love all your videos

[@karl_TeamB1nks_P]

Slowly getting through your back catalogue, bro. Keep up the good work. Glad your head healed haha

[@joshforeman95]

I thought I had something red on my screen! Lmao

[@DeLionsCave]

Same LOL

[@jonnyvanrossum5855]

5k subs in 2weeks! Not surprised. You are the man Danny!

[@Charizardsparadise]

Finally looks like I’m getting notifications for your videos now.

[@ahpokemon4149]

Thanks for the tips Danny appreciate it 👍🏻

[@orionsires]

Just started a Pokémon channel myself and found this video extremely helpful thank you so much Danny for your insight. I really appreciate this video and videos like these actually are so selfless and help people make more informed decisions. I recently got 3 resealed unlimited base set packs and the top crimp looked like it was ruffled and tampered with. I now know how easy it is to reseal but I fear for the newer generation of collectors. Scammers are ruining this game. The community needs to go to war with fake boxes. I was informed by eBay they’ll be doing a authentication center this quarter for Pokémon products 1500$-750$ or more and then she said “don’t quote me on this” we’ll be going down to 150$ on products so that basically covers every single vintage pack set even if you had to send them single packs to verify ! Can’t wait for eBay to step it up

[@luissilva1070]

Danny, what are your thoughts on the Walgreens mystery box? I received a base booster pack in one of the boxes. The flap on the pack is sealed. I noticed in your video it is not.

[@BrEaKiNg_Brad]

On the point you made about the booster packs being stuck on the top and bottom. I have received products from the Pokemon Center that was like that. So I don't think that means it was tampered with. Maybe it's notable on some booster packs, but I would say it just makes it harder to tell.

[@tgbmighty7908]

Love your videos, Danny! Also when you said you got beat up I thought you meant you got in a fight lol.

[@Justin-Wood]

great videos... was thinking about flipping pokemon cards and your videos have helped a lot... havnt bought anything yet thankfully. been scouting some garage sales, but no luck yet.

[@laurenceparker3289]

Wow man over 16,000 subscribers that is crazy progression :-)

[@Mareon_Pokemon]

Perfect timing for this vid.!

[@funkmunkle]

I’ve had target blister packs that were resealed and once you open the housing the pack was fully open inside. Funny cuz one still had rare holo in it. But I was so pissed.

[@M2THE49sGamingZone]

Something else to consider is shrinkwrap that is too tight. People are known for reusing and reheating the shrinkwrap which would make it super tight when applied again.

[@rolegames500]

Big tip for eBay sellers that use stock photos. Use a stock photo for your main photo so it ranks better on the search results then use your own photos for the rest so that you can show your product. eBay prefers white backgrounds for your main photos, however, your other ones don't get checked.

[@moonboy5851]

I just bought a booster pack that has "splits" in the top crimp where the crimp has either a) gone all the way through in the factory or b) ripped and resealed. What do you think?

[@joshforeman95]

Also I'm glad you posted this. I grabbed a champions path 35 dollar collection from my local card shop. huge card, a special card and 4 packs but no hits. Also the tops were super wierd. I should have took it back and grabbed my money. I would never have expected my local shop selling resealed stuff. I could tell because the pack piece was straight stuck to the top part and I couldn't open it up by pulling both sides like every other pack. So mad lol

[@A13XplaysMC]

I felt terrible for Rev and the Japanese box. Does the rip test work the same for Japanese cards?

[@ryanr2341]

Red dot 🔴 error Danny Phantump giving Blastoise a run for his money!

[@barracuda6817]

🤐🤣

[@barracuda6817]

@Fire Energy we meet again

[@hansimitderb]

2nd cam for card view would be awesome and would fix your focus problem :P

[@metazoobully3387]

Take it easy out there Danny! Stick around a while, we need good people in the hobby!

[@iluvsquarez]

Any opinion on online pokemon card sellers? Particularly GameNerdz, Miniature Market, and Collector's Cache? Quick google/youtube search and those names come up but would love your input. Trying to avoid tampered products and such as you mentioned in your videos. Thanks!

[@bedextv7016]

sorry about your head danny. It had me cracking up for a sec, i was like WTH is on his head?

[@Ruben.Studio]

I received packs that if I put in the direction of a light I can see a couple of points of light through the top middle and base middle part of the pack. That is 100% resealed isn't it?

[@joerivera4853]

Is there a way of determining if an Elite Trainer box has been tampered with?

[@Jacobson1993]

Could you possibly make a video on how you organize your master sets? Do you give each set its own binder or do you put multiple sets in the same binder? Base set - Team Rocket fits in a 12 pocket binder (I don't have unlimited/shadowless/1st ed split due to not owning all of them). But I'm having trouble deciding how to organize Gym Heros - Legendary collection.

[@guccimane3731]

Do all 1st Ed jungle booster boxes have the logos tilted up from left to right?

[@thesleepinggloom2603]

Great video as always! Hopefully that heals up soon. I couldn't stress and agree with you more "if it seems to good to be true, it probably is."

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

Danny, do you do much with PSA and card grading? Do you have graded cards yourself?

[@tehrealjono]

It’s true, that’s the first thing I wondered about

[@Ben.F.Productions]

Hey Danny! Great channel, love it I watch every day, every night.. It's definitely engaging!

[@eggsbacon607]

So if the wrapping is loose or if the symbol scratches a little different is it resealed?

[@ricardot1265]

You should do a video of those mystery boxes with 1/5 chances of hitting a vintage pack. Itll be very interesting

[@upsidedownbrianc4488]

I love this guy he’s always so nice and positive 👍

[@weibiaozheng209]

I was going to ask if you were ok, but while watching you explained the bruised head, so hopefully you get better, and thanks for this informative video

[@drewwnull]

bought a champions path etb and a kantos power box. 100 percent forsure the champions path was resealed but i wasnt too sure about the kantos box one pack was literally open when i opened the box. but who cares about the champions path i finally pulled a xy holo charizard!! ive opened 3 champions path etbs still no luck why is this small set so hard to pack the charizard

[@chrisp4305]

With your 36 pack deal for champions path, have you cracked ETBs for the packs at all, or mostly pins and other boxes? Thanks!

[@itsdasji]

I'm going to have to hit that bell so I can make sure to tune in on Monday for the opening. Just another thing to add to my birthday lol, picking up my vivid voltage preorder on Monday too. Anyways, great channel, love watching your videos and will continue to do so.

[@chrisslaughter-mudsliide7050]

Happy early birthday brother! Hope you have a good one

[@chrisslaughter-mudsliide7050]

Doesn't seem like my comment posted, in case it didn't, happy early birthday brother! Have a good one dude.

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

Hey Danny, just got back into pokemon and have a ton of old cards, my best probably being 1st edition dragonite and birthday pikachu. I bought a darkness ablaze box for my brother, and we started to open it and it was factory sealed, but all the packs have this weird heat mark seal on the top and bottom. I've been filming the opening but wanted to know if you could look at a pic on insta or something and let me know if the packs have been tampered with or not

[@raystacyellen1989]

Danny: *shakes box* Me: "Goodbye PSA 10's."

[@stumpy2nd]

Still needing help selling bulk. How do I decide if it’s a card not worth selling or if it’s a card that I post for a quarter and people will buy because I have a lot of them. And what do I do with cards not worth selling on TCGplayer

[@generalwoe359]

Got like 20 packs coming in within the next few days. 6 SwSh packs and 6 of the 2 pack blister (SwSh+Darkness Ablaze) Excited to see what my first order from you gives me as I dive back into the hobby! Thanks for the toes in after....man when did gym challenge release? Last thing I bought was a koga deck I think xD

[@luigialessandro]

Hey Danny! I am new to collecting Pokemon. Just ordered some vintage Japanese booster packs from ebay.. Was wondering what are some red flags to look out for in terms of resealing/tampering?? love the channel, just ordered an XY Evolutions Box off your website! Great content keep it up man.

[@richyghoul5974]

What's up Danny! I had a question regarding loose packs. I've purchased several Pokeball tins that were completely factory sealed, but when I opened them up and got to the packs on the inside, some of the packs had a small opening on the bottom. I'm not sure if that was a packaging error or that they just move around so much in those tins, but when I opened the packs they did not seem to be resealed or fake at all. What do you think about those?

[@PrfctPlyr]

I bought some packs from my lcs and the promo card at the back was facing the opposite way in three diff packs I opened. Is this a sign of resealing? Also packs were very easy to open

[@drexel4290]

Is there an update for this, I just opened a darkness ablaze booster box. I tore an energy passed ballsed up and reverse holo ripped passed until the whole card face peeled off like a sticker

[@lvm3098]

So.. I bought a case of vivid voltage and I already thought the seal was kinda sus...not extremely off just folded etc. when I looked at the 6 boosterboxes all seals look scuffed and I doubted whether they were possibly resealed. I opened the boosterbox that felt the most off and I had some packs that had a couple of holes sometimes AND every pack was sticky at the bottom and the top. Not fully sticky, but it needed some extra effort to open up. The amount of hits in the box were mediocre (13 or 14 white cards and 22 green cards) I just did not enjoy opening this box because of the extremely poor quality of packaging. Is this a common thing for vivid voltage? I have 5 more boosterboxes and I really have no clue what to do now. The seal of vivid is so extremely poor ( i have read this elsewhere, please confirm). Oh and also, most of my packs had 11 cards in a pack! What’s up with that... I just can hardly imagine a reseal, because I bought a sealed case from a trusted shop but the sealing is so freaking sus, bruh...

[@pokegramstore1661]

Hay Danny just wondering what is considered a master set do I have to have the reverse holo and holo versions of a card? Or do I just need to go from 1-108 example evolutions.

[@kiefdreams]

Master set is everything in the set including the reverse holos and holo energies. Everything

[@Sam-c1v5r]

Pokemon center doesn’t reseal their card products, right?

[@danycueva3810]

hey guys i need some help i want to ship a 20 card lot with a single top loader and bubble mailer, would it be possible to just use stamps with it or would i need to ship it with something else

[@manithecomiccollector6361]

I bought a few vivid voltage prereleases box of eBay and the seller stated I’ll get it on 11/13 and a few days ago he message me it won’t be shipped out till 11/27 due to being “push back” now I’m afraid I’ll be getting a resealed box 😳

[@DannyPhantump]

Idk why he said 11/13 to begin with. I wouldn’t worry about this one. The prerelease kits / build and battle kits don’t release until 11/27. So his order probably got pushed to the correct release day and now he just communicated that to you as well.

[@manithecomiccollector6361]

@@DannyPhantump thank you for the support 🙏🙏 I feel much better now

[@nitebird500]

Is there a site for the modern sets to see how many print runs each set had?

[@BeanBoneOfficial]

that would be really cool!

[@Roclaph]

What about ways to not buy weighed packs? @danny

[@jimmypark6759]

I just got a box of ultra prism and burning shadows where the flaps are all glued. 🤬

[@kill3rgaming992]

Ok It's actually not ink that bleeds in the card. This is actually a very technical and complex process only way you can tell a REAL from a FAKE. It's actually a small amount plastic that runs all on the card.

[@gabealbuquerque1728]

I bought an evolutions pack and held if. I went to sell it and found two nickel- quarter sized holes in wrapping while I was taking photos. Is that a sign of someone tampering or could that happen in transit? Any suggestions on if I go to sell? Do I tell the buyer to film them opening it?

[@NewRetroGaming]

lol that battle wound story sounds like exactly something I would do..hope you’re doing well my friend!

[@thejedikman]

The sealed etb box bundle I bought from the site had both zards in it!! I opened them on my stream and blew out everyone’s ears hahaha

[@VS-iw7nf]

Lol sorry for you face! Watching all your videos cuz you provide legit good advice! Keep up the great work and hustle! (But please invest in a better focus camera!)

[@pitter342]

Danny, will you ever work on among an app for pkm coliseum

[@pepsifan013]

It might just be me but I wish Pokémon boxes would go back to the old school style when they laydown instead of the new style of them being vertical...I know it displays better but still haha

[@BeanBoneOfficial]

man, this video is very similar to parts of TwiceBakedJake's video today. (he does informative videos like these). A lot of useful info, and they were made on the same day. I guess that great minds think alike! haha

[@AuangelLP]

Its because the youtuber PokeRev does openinings (people can buy the packs before he opens) and he had a Scam Display box of japanses Neo genesis

[@El-Arca_Del-Pacto]

Maybe because they both talk about pokemon cards

[@Miscellaneousadventure]

I bought two booster boxes from poke nerds and I believe they are fake. The only thing I noticed is the wrappers’ white print came off flaky

[@joshuabramson5993]

Do you sell Sealed Boxes to CA because I would much rather support you then buy from some stranger/scammer?!? Please lmk n send a link I'll get a few ASAP

[@VVargas-ct9ci]

I wanna buy some of the new pikachu from vivid will u have single available?

[@legoguy-hd6nw]

I have a question for people here I bought cards from my px here in Korea and that there was no bleed in the card and that it came straight from the distributor here so that is why I am confused if they are real or not bc there was no bleed.I don’t know if they make the cards different here so really just want some clarification tbh.

[@xerodeus2337]

Lol that box shaking - if you don't think that has the chance of damaging an edge... I dunno. Boxes/cards in transit don't move that way lol.

[@TheJennahbebe]

Anyway I can send you some packs to check for me? Bought a mystery box that a very popular KZbinr did a video on and these packs are SERIOUSLY suspicious. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I really just want to know to let others know so they don’t risk it because their company is currently being flooded with customers (like myself) since that video. I don’t want to go saying for certain “these were resealed” because I’m no expert but there ARE a lot of inconsistencies and things you mentioned to watch out for.

[@setnetplazs6168]

He's a phantom

[@elitear1708]

Fuego video ⛈

[@thrillofatoad]

Feel like I would do the same thing you did with the injury ! Thanks fornthe content. Bought XY evo a few weeks ago..looks legit and wrapped well but been through the ringer it seems. I don't want to open it but then again I do to see. Really want to preorder voltage from you if still possible

[@DarianKekai]

thank you for the great content danny!!!

[@Kadabra_big_spoon]

How hard is it to get your money back if you purchase a fake on eBay? I also notice a lot of sealed booster boxes coming out of Malaysia. Very SUS

[@DeadlyFungi]

I swear half the packs I buy are tampered with. Even those that where purchased stores that promise no card returns. It sucks. They really need a tamperproof tab on packs and boxes.

[@Ed-ur5be]

Dude you saved my ass i got a Pokemon box from Amazon that was resealed the crimp had holes and the center field was crimped with top and bottom

[@PokeLegends99]

Great video and very informative 👍

[@Sportsandsneakers20212]

Can anyone tell me if my booster box is resealed? Oddly enough it’s a team up box as well

[@michaelmillyard3842]

I bought a booster box from Amazon and it the vivid voltage booster box and it release the 13 and they won’t ship my box until the 19 does that mean I might get scammed they charged my debit card the same day I pre ordered it

[@dylanhills2399]

Nice guy hope your channel becomes successful 👍

[@Gotfish]

hahaha. thought it was going to be one of them 'NAM stories! Take care of yourself Phan! Great video btw.

[@justnasciencepodcast3752]

I’m new to the Pokémon buying/selling game and even though I use eBay right now for a lot of stuff, I hate it. So much sketchy stuff. Blurry or dark photos, corners of cards hidden under computers, no pictures from other angles, no backs of cards shown, falsely labeled.. I can’t wait to be established enough to not need eBay

[@undead797]

I actually wanna buy fake base set cards to play the card game retro style. Anyone know where I can buy that?

[@lynncollects]

Thanks!

[@xBellosi]

i know this is 3 years old but what happened to your head man hope it got recovered