How To Spot RESEALED Pokemon Elite Trainer Boxes - Hidden Fates Scam

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Do you know how to spot FAKE PSA Slabs?! Learn how here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJPCXnSIoMprg9E

[@Wreckit_Gabe]

Bought my first PSA card yesterday and definitely used this video. Appreciate the content

[@shorty24lugz]

Here are some real ones ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOunZ2dpdGgrdE

[@PokeGirlJen29]

It’s disgusting that people actually do this to rip people off and get away with it. This video will help out a lot of people though. 😊

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

So sad yea.

[@xancypillosi9497]

I got killed on a bunch of the mew and mewtwo pins and this was two years ago. Horrible

[@icecreampie2318]

I got scamed they replace the Sr card with 2 energy cards in every of my hidden fates booster packs 😭

[@Johnnyy832]

I just had this happen to me with Pokemon Go!

[@pokemonreveals5798]

I just got a box and got so scared watching this but I checked and mine has the small holes and the plastic the kind the real boxes have. I’m so glad I found this video to ease my mind!!

[@dontread12]

Same exact thing here

[@RonakParekh2023]

Something like this happened to me but legit from a big box retailer. Picked up a couple of those champion path 4 pack boxes and opened them at home…when I opened them something felt odd and they were all opened and resealed. I’m guessing someone took out all the good stuff, resealed, glued the box back up and then returned it to the store for money back. SMH

[@ZorcTheDarkOnex]

That's weird, don't most big box retailers have a no return policy for trading cards?

[@doritofan1002]

I used to work at a warehouse repackaging packs of ice cream when the master cases would break. The fake one looks and sounds like the same heat shrink wrap plastic we would use. It’s very brittle but you can see how smooth that kinda plastic looks compared to the stretchy plastic that TPC uses when they package it.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yep exactly

[@larryblancas2558]

Also look for the "ruler" lines in the plastic on the top of the ETB box that are caused by the plastic being tightened.

[@raymondlin1642]

Is this for the real box?

[@marhawk6468]

I’m starting to buy these Pokémon boxes online for my nephews birthday. Glad I found this video

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Hope it helps!

[@thomas_o]

Sad thing is, it shouldn't be that much more difficult to replicate the same plastic wrap that legit ETB's use. At least the Pokemon company could use the same wrap they put on booster boxes with the Pokemon stamps on them.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

That would make sealed etb collectors so mad lol

[@collin6103]

I agree the plastic should be stamped on ETB’s. Production cost would be a what an extra couple cents.

[@captaincardchaser2475]

You and pokerev have saved me from wasting my money and getting scammed multiple times! Thank you for videos like this.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh heck yes!

[@CreateYourWorth]

Also, the fake one does not have the bar code sticker on the back of the ETB like the real one does. @1:13 you can see at the very bottom right corner. The real one have a sticker barcode on top of the wrapping. The fake one does not.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yup!

[@artsel1918]

Ive bought an etb which has a small transparant sticker underneath the seal, anyone has that seen before?

[@dontread12]

Yay I bought an Evo skies ETB. Nd was worried it was gonna be re sealed but after getting it nd watching this nd other videos. i feel I might have gotten a good one yay!!!! 👍

[@Frdkrgr1771]

It’s good to know what to look for before even opening it I had to find out twice after opening I got a resealed box

[@fjcardfinds8012]

I initially said the LEFT one because of the loose wrapping, but the holes on the right one at the seams looked sketchy: almost as if there wasn't enough material to reseal the box.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Hmmm

[@nearlynerds]

When you turned the boxes upside down I died a little 😂

[@eldiurquiza5898]

Love the intro bro !! Hope you’re having a blessed day

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Thank you! Family day today

[@patrickc1984]

God Bless

[@MiniatureW]

Thanks for this video, I just bought a Evolving Skies box at walmart, feel a bit sketchy since these thing sell really fast, I was afraid that it was probably a resealed that got returned to walmart, turn out I didn't got dupe, it's a relieve thanks to this.

[@aaron5211]

Who was the seller I just bought 2 boxes from Walmart kinda sketched out

[@ShorseyShows]

1:55 etbs atleast all of my sealed etbs have that crinkle in the plastic wrap like its a little loose and if you look closely they should have little holes in the plastic wrap. The etb on the left was as smooth as a baby

[@2Boomer4U]

Fake box still had better pulls than Battle Styles 🤔😂😂😂 good info thanks, now rubbing and feeling the crap outta the poly on my sealed collection lol

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Bah ah aha

[@funchill2308]

Thanks for the heads up. Thankfully I haven’t been scammed yet buying ETB’s

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Nice!

[@AtoManPL]

Some early prints of SM Base had mapped pulls so you could just remove the good packs without opening like 3 or 4 packs tops. That's what might have happened here.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Very possible

[@absoluteclownworld]

Ya some of the packs were still sealed, but like Ato said probably came from a mapped booster box.

[@marksmith6823]

went and checked all of my sealed product and I'm good lol. Keep up the good work bro, love the videos!

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Nice!

[@BigDirtDawg]

The bottom seam helped me and the glossy look

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Nice

[@FrankHorigan]

0:03 Yeah that wodul not be good for you if your a Pokémon card store owner.

[@GameBoyRay]

“You would be R-Incorrect!” 😩 Messing with my brain man! 😂

[@FrankHorigan]

0:27 I’ve never bought a hidden fates trainer box so I don’t know which ones real but i think the one on the right is the fake one the logos on the box don’t look right and the 6+ logo is going over on to the other side of the box a little bit so that’s my guess

[@billwill-ft9cg]

Great video, another thing I noticed specially with the hidden fates boxes is the barcode on the back. Real ones will have the barcode on the plastic itself. The fake one there is no barcode, just plastic.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

That’s a great catch! I didn’t even notice that.

[@garumon7]

Packaging a bit more glossy and the way the plastic looks. It looks like a tight fit

[@cjalbino3772]

Been checking out more of your videos since I saw your Crown Zenith videos and your Hidden Fates giveaway announcement. I finally pulled the trigger on one of these myself as an early birthday gift, and then this video comes up. Really hoping it's not an ill omen. EBay has been good to me for the most part and I at least found a seller with a lot of sold items and a fair price ($161 after taxes), so fingers crossed.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Hopefully your ok!

[@danig5130]

PHEW!!! 😮‍💨 thank you so much for this video; subscribed, looking forward to more of your content 😄

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Glad it helped! Check out the channel. Tons of cool videos.

[@ShorseyShows]

3:42 The Real HF ETB Has Little holes in the Cellophane And The Fake One On The Right doesn't Have Any.

[@ShorseyShows]

Plus the Seal on the right on is ridiculously perfect come on we know pokemon

[@simoneblack1323]

Hi Dr. Applesauce, my husband and I love your channel. Keep on bringing the good content.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh awesome! Thank you

[@doritofan1002]

And oh man you are so right about the sleeves. The ones from the shining fates etb make the cards look so bad. Can’t see the holo and it all looks cloudy

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea they are horrible

[@turbotrainer1]

its got to be right because the left side has the wrinkles in the wrap thats what u want

[@AndreaDuh]

@Dr. Applesauce Two Thank you for the informational content! Would this apply to older ETBs such as Evolutions? I'm planning to meet someone on Offerup on some Evolutions ETBs and want to make sure I'm not getting scammed. Planning to take a modern day sealed ETB I have for reference when I take a closer look myself. Gonna watch some evolutions openings to get a better idea on the type of seal I need to look for.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

I think so yes, the only thing that might be differnt is the older boxes don’t have the little holes in the seal, but it’s the same type of plastic seal

[@kevsousa95]

im pretty new with pokemon and between the one on the right with holes and the one on the left with wrinkles its a hard guess, im gonna go with left

[@ashstackem4223]

I definitely learned something, I got like 3 elite trainer boxes re sealed damn that sucks. But now I know moving forward. 😅

[@J0hnnyTheKid]

Those scammers are lazy. They need a job.

[@jinb1969]

I’ve got a job. That’s how I pay for these boxes get all the good stuff and get my money back resealing🥰🥰🥰

[@johnnywells6936]

Great video, learned a ton! A year after it was released!!!

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@efrainSRT]

I got a pokemon celebrations lunch box from target and 2 of the packs were opened like the ones in the resealed, but I actually pulled a charizard lol so maybe its just manufacturer error

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea yours could have been

[@nealboisvert3401]

This is SUPER useful - thanks!

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@arpdcollectibles6172]

If you look at the top and bottom of a real etb you can see little wrinkles on the edges (same with booster boxes) and i was going to say the little wholes on the wrap too but im so tired of these scammers, i feel bad for the people who can’t even tell they got scammed they probably just think they got unlucky pulls.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea well, this box had the wrong packs inside it so… lol

[@arpdcollectibles6172]

@@DrApplesauceTwo yeah i know im saying if they had the right packs.

[@EL-em3mn]

I guessed left. I was very confident. Now i have to go look at my etbs that i have bought from Ebay or rando online stores. DAMN IT!!!

[@pokedadz9441]

I feel you I bought a BS booster box for a little under and it was clearly all their own printing before I even opened a pack and compared it to the real pack

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Dang!

[@emmanueljasonjayden5246]

I noticed that the real one had a big hole on the side to assist you while opening the box while the fake one did not. Im wondering if that is also a big giveaway on whether the box is fake or not.

[@WrongFromWright]

Where did you get the giant charizard card from?

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Someone on Facebook! Lol

[@zyrohungryjacks5724]

so glad I saw this before I bought one from eBay now I’m buying one of the person I buy my products off usually

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Good luck my friend!

[@zyrohungryjacks5724]

@@DrApplesauceTwo thank you 🙏🏽

[@LegendofLuke]

Super helpful video, man. I’ve been looking to buy a Hidden Fates ETB so this caught my eye. Also, I wanted to let you know you inspired me to start mentioning God in my videos as well - appreciate you! Keep it up. 👊🏽

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Dang man! That’s awesome!!

[@man-emania]

Thank you! I don't like the matte style of the sleeves! Thanks for this video. I hate buying stuff on second hand markets because of this but if I ever have to, this video helped.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Thank you for that

[@TriWaZe]

Not even the fact they give you garbage Sun and Moon Base but they have to take out the good pulls to make it even worse. Talk about adding insult to injury.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea. Just added sat to the wound on that one lol

[@joeytomaski8924]

Man now I'm going to have to go double check my etb's. Thanks🤙

[@guns6103]

I just bought a arcues elite trainer box from ebay and wanted to know if it will be fake.

[@zekeybear5323]

One on the right is fake. It doesn't have the hole patterns on the wrap. I just came from my local lgs and they didn't know about the hole pattern, had to show them that their Mewtwo Tin was resealed. They popped it open and it all had steam siege packs in them. And they bought it for $120 from a local.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Wow

[@elvistcg]

Thanks for the info, didnt know they reseal these

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yup!

[@IBHiNation]

The new sleeves are so tight almost bend cards putting them in

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea they’re terrible

[@nickskateandlove]

I ordered a Champions Path etb it came sealed Markers missing, packs resealed with no hits or holos, packs had 9 to 11 cards inside that consisted mostly of trainer cards

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh no!

[@krishkumar7540]

I immidieatly go it! I know because the real thing has no rigids in the outside plastic on the edges. When a machine from the pokemon factory seals the etb the puling of the packaging creates "hills and valleys" or rigids on the top edges of the etb.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yup!

[@xancypillosi9497]

What if I got a box that has two lines going down the sides ? What does that mean

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

I’m not sure what you mean.

[@xancypillosi9497]

@@DrApplesauceTwo it has two seal lines. Down the sides. Like how I see the one seal line ? Best way I think I can explain. This one has two seal lines. I think I’m gonna return

[@TouruZen]

From the first shot before watching the video I would say the right one is fake. The plastic wrap around the box is too tight for what pokemon boxes normally have.

[@skarebear2470]

I wanted to collect the 151 scarlet and violet cards, so I bought a bunch of booster boxes. The first box I got the booklet was paper based. I didn’t think anything of it as a lot of companies are trying to be environmentally friendly. Now I am questioning everything 😳 I think I will need to go look through all the cards and make sure they are real 🤦‍♀️

[@dirtysanchez4145]

That bane impersonation was spot on haha

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[@quickpik4121]

I rofled haha

[@klgonzwastakenbymydad]

Came here bc I got 3 different types of ETBs but I’m keeping them sealed so I can’t even open it to see if it’s fake

[@neonpenguin0948]

Also the real one had the bar code sticker on the rapper when the other didnt

[@jahiem1234]

Opened up a box I got for Christmas and first thing I noticed was there was no promo card in like huh that's interesting then I noticed how weird the pack felt and was like hmm that's also interesting then I held the cards and looked At them from the side and noticed some were bent without looking I pulled from the booster pile and long behold they were holos then mmm hmm then I saw your video and was like oohhhhhhh but thank you so much very informative video

[@dianalueras4637]

The one on the right

[@nostalgialad9467]

Does the same apply to tins

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Not that I’ve seen

[@MrDkjz28]

Awesome video❤

[@Chickentorchic]

This kind of scam should warrent some form of legal action. It's absolutely disgusting people do this to rip others off. Imagine being a parent and you buy an ETB for your child and you get a fake like the one you showed me.

[@LPD23FOOTBALL]

I could tell by the grooves on the top of the real one

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Nice!

[@stevenphillips6080]

You're right, the new ETB sleeves with the frosting are terrible. Make no sense whatsoever. Seals had me fooled until you took them off, obvious difference is wrapping material. Great info.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Thank you sir!

[@larryblancas2558]

They are frosted to make the cards easier to handle while playing the actual card game because the non frosted sleeves stick together.

[@Sam-c1v5r]

Pokemon Center doesn’t reseal card products, right?

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

no they do not

[@tina_marie12]

15:30 holy mis cuts 👀🤣 great video 🙌🏻 very useful!!

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Omg how did I miss that?!

[@boratsagadiyev987]

I was just getting ready to buy a chilling reign ETB on ebay before watching this. Not so sure now...

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh dude, no ones scamming chilling reign lol.

[@candleqz32]

Left is real another way to tell besides the obvious whole in the packaging is to look at the tops of the etbs it will have shrink like markings in the seal on the official etbs unlike the right one is which has nothing but a clear seal

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Good eye

[@thesurge242]

I noticed a caution triangle symbol on the left box when it came to the front cover, so that was my only indication that it might be more official. Devil is in the details.

[@FrancJAG]

One is more like a cellophane sound… crazy people are doing this. The shine gives it away too

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Crazy huh

[@S1000-t5d]

The right one was like Abit like the plastic on it was like Abit rip

[@Profshorebreak]

You want a more fluffel sound 😂 That fake one looks like the plastic they put on tins...

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Ha ha ha

[@Hangten460]

Sad to think of how many graded or raw trio stain glass promos are out there -.-

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh man so many lol

[@ShorseyShows]

I could see people doing this But weighing all the heavy packs and making the etbs look perfect 10 hidden fates packs but they are all guaranteed nothing

[@chayeej]

Hrm good things to look out for. Thank you. I bought some ETB to get back into hobbie.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Good luck!

[@ClearanceCollector]

Go it. Real one has soft shrink wrap like food wrap. Fake one has hard plastic wrap. Thank you. 👍

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yup!

[@The.PassionPulse]

From what I remember, Sun&Moon base was like butter when it opens up. Not hard at all. I don’t think those packs were resealed. Just sun&moon base was made with weird material 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

They were fully opened lol

[@joshuai7300]

You moved them around the one with the holes on it is the fake one

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

I absolutely did not.

[@elpelu123]

I guess I will have to be on edge... Im new to this whole pokemon card collecting... New rule... I wanna see the packs inside, or I wont buy a thing...

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Then you won’t be buying much lol. Sealed product is one of the safer bets. Just buy from big box stores and trustworthy game stores and you’ll be fine.

[@elpelu123]

@@DrApplesauceTwo so I take it Amazon and random Joe's in the FB marketplace are big nonos...

[@jimmmy8867]

It's normal that the line on the bottom can be not ssuch a straight line but more like a nike logo? The rest look like on the real in your video

Avoid amazon warehouse for pokemon products they will be returns with opened packs and all hits pulled.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

100%. I almost never order from Amazon

[@BeanMan_IV]

I got scammed on my birthday when my mom bought me a hidden fates booster box I was so sad

[@joshuai7300]

The holes are to help get a tight seal

[@aaronscott2278]

People have to be careful been seeing fake cards with the black ink inside the middle but they were very well made fakes don't see them often but they are out there keep up the great content this should educate many people 👊💥

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Oh dang!

[@capeRCouple]

I would be so mad that i would hunt the seller down and he would have some raccoon eyes on him before i left.

[@Sportsandsneakers20212]

Just won a booster box on eBay auction of team up and it’s resealed 😢

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Iuch

[@Buellercom]

Always appreciate the knowledge my friend. Stinks your friend got burned like that.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

I’m glad it’s helpful!

[@Frankie12374]

right

[@HandheldGamer1991]

By now everything that sells for 100 euro be it bb or etbs from sets like sum are resealed.

[@rhyno8769]

The real trainer boxes have little holes in them while The Fakes don't

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yup!

[@eeveeningshow513]

I think I just opened a whole tin box with resealed Pokémon cards..

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Ouch

[@nicologalvez6103]

Was your friend able to get his money back on the resealed case?

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Nope

[@penguin_spit1606]

Whats even the point of putting another set in there at that point

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

So it feels like the right weight and sounds right

[@hellknight10]

Yeeeeah those new sleeves we've been getting since Shining Fates are lame as hell. A real shame too because some of the designs we've been getting since then have been pretty cool, I hope that maybe just maybe they'll use something better for the Marnie sleeves coming out in August. Shoutouts to full art trainers.

[@DrApplesauceTwo]

Yea. The sleeves in ETBs were always a nice little extra. These new ones go strait in the trash.