I Tested 1 Star Pokémon Product Reviews

[@cosmicorage7442]

For anyone wondering, buying from amazon is a gamble because anyone can buy a product, open it, reseal it, and return it and then it is sold to you.

[@fitendo7978]

Oh thank you. I buyed so many boxes there and didnt got scamed once and wondered why so many people said that the got scammed.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

And if it's in amazing warehouse they throw same UPCs in the same bin so if a seller is selling counterfeits their items are mixed in the same bin as real cards so amazon is not a great place to buy anything you care about.

[@JohnTronMusic]

Just look for the unreturnable ones. Or check the seller, when its an shop in your country with a website & impressum etc. your safe. But lets be honest, you are never 100% safe buying stuff online...

[@Bonavire]

I was wondering about that, because I know that's a common scam with magic the gathering. Amazon doesn't check the packages, so the same scam package can get resent and returned again over and over

[@trex103tz]

Those two blister evolving skies are from “the game capital” they’re extremely honest and just a bunch of nerdy guys that are really big rule followers and could be considered socially awkward. They’re legit. I love them and have purchased many Pokemon sealed items from them. They’re also very transparent if something isn’t going to be pretty enough for sealed collection like “may have cosmetic damage, let us know if for sealed collection and we will do best to find most presentable one” will be written in description of some of their vintage sealed product.

[@tolo912]

I wouldn't be sure if people didn't post 1 star reviews on them because they didn't get a hit and try to get their money back. There was a dude at my local card shop that bought a pack and then called the police on the store for "theft" because he didn't get anything good. Well unfortunately for that dude he had a warrant out for his arrest. Pokémon packs is gambling for us nerds. Sometimes it has a nice payout but most of the time it's a bust.

[@TheRiptideXD]

lmfaoo bro what a class a idiot

[@spingus5933]

I bought an etb from a card store near me, the packs were opening weird and i got NOTHING better than an RR. i genuinely think it was repackaged 😔

[@rownendeguara7078]

Idiot has a warrant 😂

[@SenatorAri]

The thing is, marketplaces like Amazon feature many different sellers for the same product. Sometimes you can just get unlucky and get a returned product that has been opened already

[@austinsgro]

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[@ProfessorPullz]

The sad thing is, there are so many of these mystery products available on Ebay, probably targeting uninformed parents who get these for their kids with good intentions

[@kaylinmatacale6232]

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[@Squidmoto3]

No, the sad thing is people who give 1 star reviews when they don't get good pulls. They're scamming liars.

[@ProfessorPullz]

⁠@@Squidmoto3to be fair both of our comments can be true at the same time

[@TyrantHater710]

are you using your real name for the purchases? if they saw ur name they would give you the best stuff to use u for boosting there sales.

[@beckfindsawayy]

as big as mystic is on youtube it's bold to assume random scammers would care who they're scamming, bold to assume they would know or care really

[@brandonloh812]

Using the same logic, all scammers will run out of business if all of us just change our names to famous pokemon youtubers

[@eddyvega5501]

They might get his name off like the PayPal account or card he uses if it’s like a company card

[@camisandoval2067]

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[@millstan594]

The thing with all the stuff you bought (Ebay not withstanding), it's likely a variety of sellers under each listing you bought. So on the odd chance you get the 1 random scammer in the mix that's what is going to lead to that negative review of the repack. The mystery box reviews make sense, those are a scam 99.99999% of the time.

[@stevenschroeder5221]

Its not the odd chance you get a scammer in the mix. In reality it's an odd chance you DON'T get a scammer in the mix. Don't kid yourself.

[@KawaiiCat2]

Yup. On Amazon anyone can sell under a legit listing

[@izzy-washere]

How in the WORLD do they consider a 2013 card "vintage"??? It literally doesn't meet any standard to be called that lmfao

[@JordanRA]

Yeah that's bogus 😂 I thought to be vintage it has to be like..20 years? I'm not sure but 2013 is surely not

[@justsomekirbowithoutamusta1852]

Back in 2017 when Sun and Moon was released. Diamond and Pearl were considered vintage. Diamond and Pearl were released in 2007 which is a smaller time span than 2013 and 2024. It's not that it isn't vintage. We're just old

[@mindblown9]

4:28 My theory on the lots like those is a way for online stores to get rid of their bulk that’s worthless to sell individually

[@GuanlongX]

It's a lot easier than putting each individual card on tcgplayer that's for sure

[@mindblown9]

@@GuanlongX yah, plus theres little demand fo those

[@GuanlongX]

​@@mindblown9 the only reason i've ever wanted bulk is to either complete a set or make a deck but if it's not a big tournament i can just print proxies (i've done this so I wouldn't have to spend money on shipping for a dumb deck i wanted to play in a small local

[@SuperHeavySam]

Evolutions was crazy. I remember pulling charizard non stop and now he sells for over 100 bucks a piece

[@GuanlongX]

Used to open a lot of evo, never got the base set Charizard, but i did pull the full art and still have it

[@SuperHeavySam]

@@GuanlongX lucky I sold out for Dragonball super TCG smh

[@DuelingCharisma]

“My son used his allowance to buy these” hits HAAAARRRRDDD man

[@Detail_Papi]

LMFAO!!! THATS MY REVIEW ON AMAZON 😂😂😂😂 what are the chances!

[@naethan]

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[@TheStrawChuguy]

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[@RONLADOBOITER]

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[@ThatOneGirlThatPlays]

Starting to think that these reviews are still legit and that they got scammed because maybe these companies will sell Two legitimate products and one illegitimate product just to make a profit

[@v2nthan]

never thought of that

[@BlakkSabbath]

Oof that last one 😂 it also said ‘free’ on those packages, even though you paid 80 bucks for it lmao

[@coolboiboi]

Yeah for real the people tried to rely on the presentation but it is still crap

[@Lizard32192]

bro they had the audacity to put trick or trade and mcdonalds packs in the fat pack

[@JordanRA]

The absolute audacity 😂🤦‍♂️

[@pool-uo9jy]

Heres the issue with these reviews, these companies/ third party sellers are possibly selling back refunded items that seem unopened/tampered with yet the original buyer had open, take out any rares, put back commons, and sealed them back up and refund them

[@OzKatGaming]

Ehat people fail to remember is that Amazon accepts nearly anything as a return. Most of these cards were likely bought by people, sealed back what they didn't want, and returned for the next person to buy.

[@DOC_951]

Mystery boxes will never have the value in it that you paid for… how else would they make money and profit.

[@lobsters12111]

Not never. They make money and profit by making a few good ones and a ton of bad ones.

[@TheMarcusNyberg]

I mean sometimes its hard to sell it for its "market value" if you have lots. Especially in Japan you often actually get good mystery boxes. Mandrake had some crazy ones thats sometimes was worth more than dubble the price when "maxmofo" bought them.

[@joannahuff6276]

I got a jungle box last month off of a eBay 125$ mystery box , I bought about 12 though I also got 2 151 premium collection boxes. Some people are POS I guess there's still some legit though

[@cbaker-xd6mn]

They were resealed.Look at the wrinkling on the back of that tack when you first took it out of the box. That is from heating it up to reseal it with probably a hair straightener.

[@skitzvee1727]

Which ones

[@Dedd1enne]

The way you say "Dedenne" is criminal lmfao

[@Zlatans]

A lot of people when they dont get many hits just assume its reseled because they see people posting mega pulls online all the time and leave bad reviews

[@Squidmoto3]

Do the people who think the mystery boxes are a scam not think regular packs are a scam? You're literally paying $5+ for a pack at the store to get an average of like $0.50 worth of cards printed on $0.01 of cardboard. It's all a "scam" if you're trying to get monetary value out of it. That's why all the money is in in keeping sealed packs.

[@Maid.p]

Only time it wasn't a scam was when I somehow got a $40 card in one of those dollar general packs that only have 4 cards in them 😭😭

[@diethylmalonate]

it's literally gacha where you can only spend real life money, but at least that means resale is a thing, so I can get pretty ones that aren't super rare for cheap at stores

[@Leedrian]

It's a form of gambling, just with pretty pictures

[@Squidmoto3]

@@Leedrian Everything is gambling with that logic. Buying apples is gambling because you could get an rotten one.

[@themisvoul1045]

It's because most other KZbinrs create drama by showing below lowest ever prices of items on screen for sympathy views -subs, creating the idea that mystery boxes have to provide financial return or even profit

[@CuttingCards]

Couple years ago when I started seriously collecting I fell for the mystery PSA card on Amazon and got a non holo cyndaquil. Normally I’d be mad but I have a tattoo of the same guy so I took it as a personal win

[@JordanRA]

Couple years back I myself got a mystery slab, paid I wanna say 30 or 40..can't remember. But I got a basic V psa 9 which is essentially worthless. Took me getting scammed to realize that these people do it on purpose. Sending useless cards in for grading just to advertise it as a mystery which draws people in. Say it costs 20 to grade, they sell it for 40 with the "mystery" tag and get away with it

[@DansCollectiblesCulture]

Man that ETb was defs rigged, you had an energy at the front of the second pack

[@victoryescobedo9946]

I feel like a lot of people start calling the product a scam if they don't get a hit, just really high expectations.

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

The packs where sellers just sell bulk can be useful. If you're looking for hits, move on, but if you're like me who's just starting and looking to fill out some sets, then they're worth it. My primary focus is Twilight Masquerade, but anything for another set is worth getting. My goal is to complete a Master Set of Twilight Masquerade, by getting every card in every version of the card. I am considering getting an ETB mainly for something to store my bulk in.

[@faebytez]

see if you can find one of the cardboard narrow boxes card stores use for bulk before getting an etb just for storage. I did the sake thing and ended up with about four etbs full of cards when I could've just had one or two of the bulk boxes

[@CherryNecessary]

Big black mark on the XY Evo box, could have been resealed with weighted packs. I never had a box with dirt on before.

[@MilkyCamps]

Just so you understand better. Scammers write those reviews so they can look clean and get money back from amazon

[@owenforschler5326]

9:52 I’m not all to familiar with XY evolutions but is it normal for one card to be Japanese

[@gagekuhn4307]

Yea it is ❤

[@Maid.p]

Yeah, it's supposed to look like that for that specific secret rare

[@Glaitgel]

The problem is also that many resealed packages come from customers trying to defraud the seller and then they end up being passed on to the next customer without the item being inspected again. This is how Amazon works, the retailer himself usually doesn't have much to do with the products he sells. For most retailers, Amazon takes care of this themselves; they take care of storage, shipping and returns.

[@LoganDeRier]

NAH THE MCDONALDS PACK IS CRAZY

[@Stateless7]

Fleece king must've sold the last bundle cuz god damn that was a fleece job if I've ever seen it!

[@nathanielandlexi]

The exegutor was japanese in an English etb

[@frenchship4405]

it's a secret card, that both in japanese and the language of the booster, i have it in french, it's pretty fun

[@jessicalee5260]

I trusted an ebay seller that promised a Glitter & Glamours Sailor Jupiter. (I'm not a card collector.) It was listed no box. I display them out of the box, so that didn't bother me. What I got though... a poorly molded knockoff with a bad face paint job. Had no problem returning it, but I was so mad! Left a bad review and spent a little more (still on ebay) for a boxed one. Learned my lesson. Edit: Misspellings

[@edgararaujo017]

I am sorry if it sound a bit stupid but I just want to tell you that I wouldn’t put ‘Pokémon Products’ in a Title Name if in the video only appears Pokémon Cards and nothing more. ‘Pokémon Products’ for me is everything that exists that is Pokemon included, like a Pokémon teddy, games, toys,…. Anyway nice video😊

[@jonasveening1177]

These arent really 1 star products their just products with a single 1 star review. The evolving skies one for example had 4.4 stars in total with 30 reviews

[@danielaaron81]

Why would it be so unlikely that a customer would in fact be the scammer, when not getting anything good they claim they were scammed for a refund?

[@jaredjasper3733]

I’m a big fan of blazing cards. They have 3 tiers of mystery slabs. The flaming is the lowest one (and yes usually the worst deal), however they are very up front on their stream claiming it’s around the price of grading a card. You’re paying for a card in a slab. I’ve seen people pull 5$ from it and seen 50$ cards in it. Most fall in the 10-25 range. Their higher tier mystery slabs are much better. They recently had a 2400$ poncho-pika in their premier mystery slab (Blazing - $250 cost with a floor of roughly 125$) And yes, someone pulled it on stream. My point is the flaming slab isn’t an accurate representation of Blazing cards and they are not a scam at all. Just wanted to throw that out there

[@itsmethedood]

The hard part about Amazon is they list an item and then you purchase from a random seller based on the best price. You would never know what seller a reviewer bought from so you can't truly test on Amazon.

[@dwanehubbard2935]

Yikes that evolutions etb had 3 packs with beedrill

[@stephenneilson7943]

This dude is getting better pull rates on scam boxes than i have in the past month

[@lucasfigueiredo5423]

This video comes at an incredibly ironic time, because I just recieved an entire booster box of resealed packs today.

[@BeanMan44]

love how you set up the video with each online shopping to opening being next to each other

[@nuggetnugget4035]

I bought Pokémon cards from a 1 star place and they were legit booster box and opened 6 packs and got 6 hits worth $200

[@justinrice2864]

If 2013 is vintage, then I am ancient

[@thatanonwholurksmoar7386]

>waste $80+ on a "box" >doesnt even make a fraction of what he spent BuT iT wAs FuN!!1! The absolute state of a poketuber

[@8site]

being constantly negative doesn’t sell on youtube anymore bud

[@yoshicrafter7608]

Yeah, because thats what you do when you get pokemon cards. I bought a crown zenith tin for 30 yesterday and got around 15 bucks of cards. But that 15 extra dollars I spent brought me immense joy. No need to do this for money.

[@mikemoerena4337]

Buying a lot of “ the rarest cards” for only $10? You expect them to come in the original packaging, but still expect to get all of the rarest cards? Sorry that little man lost his allowance on this, but honestly mom should have known better than this.

[@Taiwa1010]

20:47 I believe match battle packs are packs you normally get from Mcdonalds

[@poafm6529]

Can you do a price breakdown at the end? All in cost return kind of thing?

[@israelrobbins5086]

This video kinda terrible cause you have multiple sellers on the same listings so it’s probably one bad seller scamming not everyone on the listing

[@vmac8200]

I love how the sellers think "hah fool bought my listing"...yet doesnt realize its the sacrificial lamb effect. It was bought to knock it and ensure no one else buys it.

[@joncross9264]

What I think happened, is that the seller perhaps resealed the box around the blister, or the retailer did it to save the box, you see a lot of that in retail. Nothing is taken, the package is just repaired for sale.

[@brandylongto7168]

I’ve noticed that the default seller on these products changes a lot. I’ve bought the 3 pack that he got but the other option that included the 1 foil and it’s been a different seller each time but fulfilled by Amazon and the most recent time it was shipped and sold by Amazon. So it definitely changes and that’s probably why some are resealed and some aren’t

[@SlappyMonke]

$180 for an evolution ETB is absolutely WILD!

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

Bro, you are so proficient at opening these bad boys. I straight up struggle at opening packs, it's surreal seeing you just yank yank and they just come apart 😂

[@normwolves]

The lesson here kids, don't buy mystery boxes.

[@C4TheDub]

The last box was criminal.

[@JordanRA]

Crap wrapped in gold tin foil is still crap 💩 😂. That was ROUGH

[@TheRealJoJoSins_YT]

Just remember if u buy Pokémon cards from a websites it’s a scam!

[@i2hiigh]

it could have been the warehouse/delivery ppl who tampered with those people's packages

[@aninnymouse1069]

I wonder if sometimes these companies buy packs that are already resealed, don't double check them, and just shove them in their own kits.

[@DransPokeCorner]

The only mystery stuff I do is boxed. Too many scams out there

[@idiotbox1814]

Can't believe he was opening packs during a Jort Storm

[@StayFrosty07]

Bro just wanted to buy these products they have normal overall ratings and he’s just reading a 1-star review

[@420NEWYcod]

boosters on amazon often will have a hidden line somewhere in the description saying "the booster packs may come without box" or something along those lines. i think it may be more of a Japanese booster box thing though.

[@faebytez]

I think its because some stores in Japan had to open the plastic before selling the boxes or even just only give the packs and not the box due to scalping and hoarding being so bad a few years ago. It was the other option other than banning adults from buying cards like other stores did They did the same with Gundam kits as well.

[@braidendesjardins4545]

These “re sealed” packs could be in the delivery process if it’s inconsistent

[@norsehawk]

That last mystery box, great experience opening it, but the results were terribad valuewise

[@EBmanExplorer]

i bought that mystery graded card the exact same one and i got a 1998 psa 9 japanese gust of wind card thats worth $200! the first one you bought

[@brightonadventures2202]

21:42 out of context scene

[@muffin1138]

It's very possible that blisters get "resealed" and not tampered with, as someone who works in retail it is not uncommon to repair damaged packaging as to not lose out on Profits

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

"1 star pokemon products" I mean, they had technically RECEIVED at least one 1 star review. But you could see the overall ratings of many of them were much higher.

[@flimflams6525]

this just shows how many dumb buyers i have to deal with when selling Pokemon

[@PokeGirlJen29]

That last box you paid $88 for is insane. Absolutely cooked. I'd be wanting my moola back 😂

[@JordanRA]

That was criminal how bad it was 😂😂

[@haileyignasiak4820]

the trick or treat packs were diabolical

[@UchihaSumairu]

EDIT: resealing boxes is NOT hard. People will weigh the packs and open the ones that are good then combine a few packs back into it and seal it. They don't need to risk opening the individual packs they don't think have anything and impossible to detect. You can get a shrink wrap machine for pretty much nothing. I have a question, Are the scan cards that come with packs supposed to match what you opened irl in the game? I had maybe half match PERFECTLY card for card then I'd notice the ones that DIDN'T match had much rarer cards. I opened about 50 packs and didn't get anything all that rare. This was scarlet and violet set so from what I understand it isn't worth much so maybe thats why but I wonder if this is a way to catch fraud? if it isn't, they could totally do that!

[@tammi8808]

The etb was definitely resealed with an impulse sealer.

[@shauno169]

I sometimes wonder if the sellers of these 'mystery scams' see these type of videos and if they'll feel guilty afterwards ? Probably not though.

[@missingno81]

I’ve had okay pulls from hidden fates but this was when it was first released, now that pokemon is hot there are more scammers weighing packs and doing subpar jobs resealing that a seasoned seller can spot easily.

[@kenie12]

Not stoked on this set but definitely grabbing a greninja box for that promo

[@sonicburst9734]

It's not a rip off if it is bulk because most bulk is just uncommon and commons

[@C0RT1Z]

I’m almost certain the Match Battle pack in the God Fat Pack (20:51) is from McDonald’s😭😭

[@Cocoboa6]

It absolutely is, I work there and we have the same boosters + it’s written in the White rectangle in the back of the booster

[@lambentkith1]

The thing about Amazon is one product can have different sellers. Some might be scammers and some might actually be legit. Gotta look at the seller reviews.

[@sc_diemonds219]

1:24 not sure how the seller picks which cards get sent to the customer but i bought from this exact seller on amazon and got a psa10 1st edition meowth from jungle. so who knows

[@Doesittaste]

The evolutions box surprised me ❤ your videos! I want some 5 star mystery boxes from a bunch of places, or some trusts on whatnot

[@loiubh]

Great video! Just wish to Know more about the prices

[@crystal_king0913]

I love the xy evolutions packs, I pulled a reverse zard from one

[@Ravenxback8]

the evolutions box, though im not gonna buy it, is pretty nice

[@z50king29]

I bought one of those random psa10 buys on Amazon for my nephew and it was actually worth more than the price. Not bad

[@BrooksStapleton]

I can’t help but notice the Tesla tequila. 7:28

[@kryceksangel]

Those aren't allowed on Etsy. Vintage on Etsy is 20+ years

[@Kingston-mp9gs]

9:03 pulled him alone executor, but didn’t realize it was Japanese

[@CAeuJohno123]

With the amazon stuff, most people choose the cheaper option from private sellers rather than amazon themselves. Once it says sold and fulfilled by amazon, it won't be resealed. So if you see a bad review, just make sure it's sold my amazon and you should be good. This is amazon eu I'm talking about BTW. Dunno if America is any different. Can't imagine it is though

[@frenchship4405]

second hand packs loose like that could def be weighted, depending on the seller, though, can't they ?

[@PingPongFlute]

Some of these are obviously not scams. Cherry-picking a single 1-star review on a product listing with above 4-star average reviews? Cringe It's a marketplace though, with many different people selling the same products. Experiences are bound to be variable. And on Amazon you can choose not to buy from somebody with a bad reputation. Still consistently overpriced though.

[@A107-v9e]

I can’t believe you unironically ended a paragraph with the word “cringe”

[@QueenOfDump]

Found the seller

[@joemomma98]

This is what a Scammer would say lmao

[@TheSacrificedChild]

8:00 that box is resealed. I worked at Walmart for 2 years, and I loved opening these. The original wrap has Pokémon balls all over it, not clear wrap.

[@JustinFromThe206]

No, the Booster Box has the Pokeballs on the wrap the ETB does not its a clear wrap.

[@DominikLipiec-y8q]

"Ok whats the quality on this oh absolute dog water" 😂😂

[@Mm2_yotub3r]

22:47 ChRiS SeXTRo😂

[@peterwodraska3859]

The blazing cards people are dope I know the card you got wasn’t that good at all but they even said it’s more worth to buy the scorching slab (50$) or the 250$ slab I’ve gotten 2 chases from them and some really nice psa graded cards def got my money back if not doubled it and I don’t usually say anything about business but I think you should buy their 50-250$ slab 🎉

[@SuperJeremiah86]

It’s not difficult pulling the eevee in a JP box. Super easy! That’s why the JP art rares aren’t worth anything.

[@LeansLife]

When I got the trio, I got a full set gyrsdos so idk. But this was like ten years ago

[@drewliveryboy]

It gives me anxiety how ridiculously fast he opens the packs 😅

[@e7193]

use pricecharting to price graded cards mystic