I Sold Pokemon Cards to GameStop

I sold Pokemon cards to GameStop part of GameStop's new buying graded Pokemon cards program.
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[@Leonhart]

*Are you going to try to sell cards to GameStop?*

[@ErickJohnson-rz5lg]

Hell no

[@Double-D15007]

Do you think they will accept cgc or becket at some point

[@TruthBotChallenger]

Doesn’t GameStop buy at 75% comps? Which is not bad.

[@bensteenbruggen7908]

No, I don't have any graded cards. 😂😂

[@infuzeblackhart1897]

No

[@chexnfx7161]

This employee did great and kept his cool and methodically figured it out. Solid person to have on your team! Very friendly, as well. I can’t believe they didn’t even train their employees or give a heads up. Kind of cruel.

[@takeoverjupiter]

They had planned a day for training session but this guy came in to do it right when the news was released. Stores didn’t have time to keep up.

[@theflo.loudnoiz]

​@@takeoverjupiterwell they shouldn't roll out the promos before they trained their employees

[@takeoverjupiter]

@@theflo.loudnoiz the the fault of the GameStop corporation and not the individual stores.

[@theflo.loudnoiz]

@@takeoverjupiter of course, didn't say that, neither did the original comment.

[@FatalDreidel]

Boss did say “I wish you did the training”

[@expiredmilk4470]

Expecting someone making 10 dollars an hour to do all this is fkn wild.

[@homargarcia149]

Fr, now they have to be experts on grading cards thats wild.

[@expiredmilk4470]

@@homargarcia149 if I was working, and it at all looked legit, it’s passing. Fawk GameStop and their greed 🫡

[@TruthBotChallenger]

It’s a new process and the employee wasn’t trained yet. Use some common sense.

[@expiredmilk4470]

@@TruthBotChallenger brother, we get that it’s new, just insane they expect people they underpay to do all this. Don’t be silly.

[@manuelvalero9385]

So about 40% ebay last sold dang

[@TheVTRainMan]

Damn... If i was a gamestop employee, i would give the customer a 3rd choice. 10% more than what Gamestop is offering and the cards go home with me.

[@subzero1313]

Thats a good way to get fired.

[@TheVTRainMan]

@@subzero1313 like i would care if i was a GameStop employee. But seriously it was more of a joke about the lowballing prices.

[@thecooldk]

​@subzero1313 worth it!

[@subzero1313]

@thecooldk How so? Most they offer is $500. Assuming they pay half market value, that's $250+10% is $275. You're going to lose your job for $225 profit? That's not even taking into consideration anyone with a card worth $500 knows it's worth $500 and won't sell it to Gamestop

[@thecooldk]

@subzero1313 1) it's a joke 2) who needs employment when you can have discounted slabs?

[@SetsumaKaien]

Gamestop doing this is WILD. Those poor employees need a raise for doing stuff like this lol!

[@YOL1K.K]

True That

[@AleisterAuspex]

The employees that stand around all day need a raise to see if a card is fake? Crazyyy

[@ryu7055]

@@AleisterAuspextheres alot to it to checking a card, very detailed and dont wanna buy a $500 card thats fake

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Everyone deserves a raise

[@roadcyclist1]

This isn't hard. Definitely doesn't warrant extra pay.

[@McJukes]

This is terrible. Basically if someone is trading in cards, that employee might be tied up for over 30 mins. I guess everyone else has to wait.

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

and thats if they only sell one card. some people go into cardshops with boxes of cards to sell and even with all the knowledge and training they have it takes hours for them to go through them all.

[@TrainerJ057]

wtf dude that’s their problem there should always be more then one employee on duty

[@kidomaruking35]

Having more than one GS employee is expensive lol​@@TrainerJ057

[@datrell006]

First world problems are so terrible 😩 gotta wait in line oh no !! 😵‍💫

[@Tms0211]

@@TrainerJ057corporate doesn’t care lmao

[@Profnoak]

As a former GameStop employee I’m not surprised they got no training on this. GameStop is a mess

[@Usagi_10_4]

There was training. They spent a whole week training. It just wasn't in person.....

[@allenli7750]

i went to gamestop and the employee didn't know where the pokemon packs were and the other time I went to gamestop they took way too long scanning the pack

[@Usagi_10_4]

@allenli7750 sounds like mild inconvenience at best. I've had similar experiences with associates before but lack of awareness ≠ incompetence. Sometimes stores borrow associates and people do things different in other stores

[@expiredmilk4470]

@@Usagi_10_4 I mean this video literally proves you wrong 😂😂😂 maybe managers. And are you saying they were given homework? I don’t understand bootlicking tbh.

[@thecollectorsinged113]

@@Usagi_10_4 either they did get a training or the guy is a new hire, which I think, but to be fair, brother kept his cool and had it figured out

[@skizzy6135]

As a former store manager for Gamestop, i can definitely sympathize with the staff. The company regularly would kick off new initiatives and expect employees to just know how to do it without adequate training. Please dont give employees a hard time with this, as it's something that is completely foreign to a large portion of gamestop staff.

[@kevinandrews1992]

Oh the check process is gonna make a Lotta Karen customers lol

[@SelkiesSong]

I remember them doing a tournament for Pokemon Battle Revolution and the employees nearly made us use "pre-made" teams of route 1 mons lol. I'd even called ahead and asked if there were any rules and didn't get an answer. We had to explain to them that bringing your own team was the whole point of most pokemon tournaments (and that spamming tackle for 3 hours wasn't going to be fun for anybody)

[@jakeehwilliams8820]

Trust me no one will sell gamestop any cards unless they dont know what they have

[@3G00dboys41]

That dude was like Maaaan i just opened... dont even have $250 in the register... this white boy..

[@dannysha6458]

Dude is half awake and getting bombarded by a KZbinr with something he has no idea how to do😂

[@spacedaddygangsta]

Literally LMAO

[@deathbymazda]

He still high from the wake n bake

[@brettm2151]

That’s racist

[@spacedaddygangsta]

@@brettm2151 calling someone a white boy is not racist, sit down and grab a tissue.

[@MrTJansen]

They are going to buy SO many junk slabs... that's insane, both the employee and the manager know nothing about this. They just read the script. Funny.

[@todaysaveragegamer]

At least their system should be able to tell them how much they can offer. They don't really need to be card experts. If the system says it's an acceptable card, no harm no foul. One man's junk...

[@rdaex]

Oh yeah. Imma take every slab below 40$ there for sure!

[@Titania.]

@@todaysaveragegamer In this scenario the phrase would be "One man's junk is now another mans junk"

[@travelingcarpenter]

Junk slab equals less money right?

[@Titania.]

@@travelingcarpenter Gamestop assumes collectors want ANY slab, but didnt stop to question WHY collectors collect slabs. We only want 10's otherwise we could protect it ourself. The only other alternative would be if it was a hard to find promo, or rare card in general, but gamestop is limiting the cards being bought to like $200 or less, so anyone that has a card graded 8-9 is going to offload what they didnt get as a 10 to gamestop, and it will be very difficult to sell due to trying to make their money back they bought it for AS WELL as competing against other sales platforms like Ebay/cardmarket/etc. Gamestop will suffer for this, but it should serve to bring more attention to graded slabs in general which is awful for true collectors....;-;

[@Snipe50]

Man what a good guy that employee is. Super cool and collected doing something totally unfamiliar to him, and not for a second did he seem upset or irritated by it all.

[@pabloscica]

GameStop employee was a W. Gamestop HQ definitely a L. I wonder how long this will last as an influx of PSA 8’s and 9’s flood stores.

[@akanumbers]

huge credit to the gamestop employee for learning as he goes!

[@bS-vg4hr]

He was legitimately trying, and this video is probably going to get him fired and lose his livelihood over it. That’s why people should report it. He did not ask permission to record him and put his face up on video.

[@LightningN1NjA]

@@bS-vg4hrexactly, imagine someone doing that to you while you showed up to work. I’m glad Pokerev is the GOAT

[@Leondragon06]

@@bS-vg4hr Why would the guy get fired? He seemed fine. Checked with manager and then went from there based on what he was told...?

[@Am3rIca16]

12:49 did the manager end the call by saying "love you too" to the employee? 😂😂😂

[@crod760]

I heard yea you too

[@thegameplayer125]

selling anything to gamestop is a mistake

[@todaysaveragegamer]

Time and convenience often outweighs effort needed to make more profit.

[@gokumasterssbb]

Honestly supporting this garbage in any way isn't really a good thing. Supporting a rip-off isnt gonna be helping anyone

[@michaelcraig6268]

I mean come on where else am I going to sell a $100 game for $5 bucks

[@BradleyDS90]

I agree although I like their ocassional promotion where you get $50 off a new game for trading in 2 games. When Zelda came out last year, I traded in 2 PS4 games worth like $10 each and got $50 off Zelda. They had the same promo again for FF7 a few months ago. So basically ended up getting way more than what the games were worth selling them on Ebay lol

[@JoeGarcia-cg1pp]

​@@todaysaveragegamer not at 70 percent profit loss bro 😂

[@devinm_5711]

Bro you couldn’t even buy a fake version of those cards for the prices they offered

[@BlackLotuses]

Give that man a raise.

[@MangoTangoFox]

9:07 His phone notification sound was the extra life noise from Kirby.

[@omre]

credit to the employee, joke of a company which clearly provided zero training and expected him to roll with it. he did all he could learning on the job.

[@roadcyclist1]

This is one store of thousands. I am glad you were able to determine all of the other stores provided zero training just because this one failed to.

[@omre]

@@roadcyclist1 you can’t open something up without training people on it first. Whether it’s only 1 out of 10 stores or 10 out of 10 it’s embarrassing and inexcusable behaviour for any ‘big’ company. Boot lick them harder next time.

[@yungtuna]

When the employee said “you won’t lose your soul” leonhart laughed like “what soul” 🤣

[@seacrezt]

Dont judge the employee, he is just doing his job. Gamestop is such a scummy company that wont be around much longer. Get out whole you can my dude and look for a better job

[@todaysaveragegamer]

I think he did a god job. He was even willing to learn as they go along by asking about the grading process and stuff.

[@loganthatcher07]

I mean management is pretty bad but depending on the deal you can save lots of money like the other day I spent 50 buck on 100 buck worth of product

[@travelingcarpenter]

Have you looked at their stock value lately. They’re not going anywhere anytime soon

[@josephalbrecht7076]

Naw, GameStop will not be around longer since they're buy slabs....this will give them a chance to make more money bc you have people out in public that need quick cash fast

[@BenP-ue5zn]

Yeah, then you can go absolutely nowhere, only shop online, have no chance to buy preowned, pay more for everything. Is a stupid future. Having stores is great. Whining about every last detail is ridiculous.

[@noloenglish]

Boss lady on the phone definitely said “Love you too” to that employee lol

[@JJ-fb2lp]

weird

[@Leondragon06]

Lol that is what stuck out the most to me!

[@trentp1993]

Lolll I caught that too I laughed so hard second hand embarrassment

[@Kroeckinator]

she said "alright you too"...

[@ravioli6394]

Imagine you’re the only one on staff and there’s six people waiting and some crackhead trying to sell his stolen cards

[@PokemonHolo]

So you sold a 100$ card for 35$? Thought they where giving close to market value lol. I'll gladly pay 50% market value Also PSA slabs change over the years and they will get even more confused by that

[@godztitan3545]

Thats what im saying😭i bought that card raw for 25 if i could have gotten a 10 for 35 that would have been nice😭

[@Djsonley]

@@godztitan3545 Timmy's who go into Gamestop just hand these massive companies profit over collectors or proper card stores. It's not really supporting the hobby in any way.

[@GameOn1554]

Wow and GameStop always be scamming with trade in

[@Anonymous-ic7ty]

Leonhart, it would be a good deed if you went back to that GameStop same day of the week, time, and interacted with the same team member. Then sold over $200 in cards if not more and gave the cash to the guy. And to put a cherry on top, get his name, submit an excellent survey from the receipt, contact his manager, and then write corporate as well. He did awesome, had a good attitude, was willing to learn, patient, and offered to let you see his monitor.

[@EvenSteven]

sadly corporate already knows and is not happy

[@trex103tz]

@@EvenStevenhow you know?

[@EvenSteven]

@@trex103tz we had a conference call and it was mentioned, not directly though

[@SolisKarn89]

Gamestop has given a guide on how to fake graded cards

[@mrsn3sbit888]

So is psa good then??

[@SolisKarn89]

@@mrsn3sbit888 it is, unsure why they arnt taking Beckett which is more saught after

[@vailb91]

Leonhart is every retail employee’s worst nightmare. Amazing patience while this guy is filming you after you just opened the store.

[@reddeadtom]

Leonhart needs likes and will do anything for it 🤡

[@Leondragon06]

Seems like a rather mild nightmare could be a lot more Karen like or angry to be more fitting of a nightmare. Leonhart was calm and just went thru the experience to see how it would be.

[@Pufferfishjoe]

“Card is 200 so I can do 70” GameStop is greedy, employee just doin his job

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Its for non gamestore heads

[@therollingwheelz]

just realized i need uv flashlight to spot fake PSA grading

[@Tms0211]

The poor guy looks like GameStop drained his soul , tortured it, put it back, rinse and repeat.

[@nicoshoot94]

I feel sorry for the employee. GameStop is a mess…

[@Gohomethea]

That thumbnail is a straight up lie. The employee never said that.

[@momotw3030]

That employee was so patient! 😊 Especially since Leon probably went immediately when the store opened in the mall, considering no one else is there except what sounded like delivery guys earlier in the video.

[@BleakiBlinder]

Did the manager just sign off with an "I love you too" after the employee said, "take care".. now that's caring for your staff 😂

[@telaportofficial]

I thought I heard that too lmao

[@BleakiBlinder]

Subtitles don’t lie!

[@nightflash262]

$74 for a 9 Skyridge entei holo? 😅

[@markzaccari4580]

I was like wtf lol

[@fromandan6562]

That really sucks GameStop just dropped that on their employees like that. How do the higher ups expect them to be able to accurately grade high value merchandise without any real knowledge of what they're even looking at???

[@Kevin-hq5os]

GameStop definitely going to see this and somehow this dude is going to get in trouble for not doing the thorough check they want. I can feel some nonsense coming from that. Also it was frustrating that at the end the amount on the screen wasn’t cash, felt weird.

[@TeamAPS]

Wow, seemed REALLY chaotic, geez. Feel bad for the employee who they seemingly hadn't given any directions to. I heard they'll be taking Yu-Gi-Oh cards soon, too, so I'll have to give that a shot. Great vid!

[@deathbymazda]

Dude never seen a graded card before in his life

[@GR8NE55]

Here's a pro tip: sell to your local game stores and NOT to GameStop. Most LGSs know how to do this already, and they usually have a community that can support them by buying it immediately or soon after you sell it. GameStop employees will rarely know how to do this, and the cards will likely be bought and scalped before the actual players can buy them.

[@abtoog]

This video triggered child hood trauma, brining back painful memeories of trading in my gamecube games. Never again will I trade in anything to gamestop. Thanks for taking the hit for the team! :)

[@expiredmilk4470]

Not asking if he was okay with being on camera… lame… Holding up the line for a KZbin video…. Lame….

[@romnielirola9745]

This is a disaster waiting to happen.

[@TheSushiAttack]

Former GS employee: You can blame corporate and management for no training. Fortunately, I worked in a GS who had a GREAT manager that ALWAYS wanted to be on the up and up on everything new to the company and always make sure we knew what we were doing. But I heard about other stores that did NOT offer training and just expected every to read GSO and the in-store emails and have a free for all on how to do anything. I wish they cared more like my manager did.

[@JustCallMeElGamer]

Since he said that GameStop drop graded pokemon cards on this employee out of nowhere, it is gonna be weird to think that hundreds of stores qualified and only 1% are gonna be competent

[@gymtrainerjake]

They need to legitimately hire people to specifically do trading cards but who could also do other things if needed.

[@Darkwing5380]

I knew this would be a mess. I feel bad for that guy just trying to do his best with the mess corporate gave him.

[@ryu7055]

crazy to have someone get paid minimum wage to sell games and become inspector gadget, but respect to this guy for being patient and having no attitude

[@thehitman2850]

Selling cards for $2.70.. was actually painful to see.

[@subzero1313]

You can actually see the 6 "PSA" on the back without a blacklight

[@bazzam429]

GameStop is going to get scammed SO Hard if this is the average experience

[@wuwear1995]

gamestop employees about to get a whole lot more pissed off haha

[@monkehtube5605]

Bro sold a PSA card for 2 dollars

[@Zookeepersgirl]

The employee did brilliantly! Especially without training and for the first time trying. I know how stressful it can be on the register expecially with difficult transactions

[@Evandodge17]

Thanks for making this video. Companies seem to love making drastic changes and not properly training their employees. Not the employees fault, but about what I expected from gamestop.

[@Peeweez0]

15:35 "Do I keep my soul if I sign this?" 🤣

[@thomask7105]

GameStop trying to become big in the Pokémon market; just have a warehouse full of graded 8-10 cards to make bank later

[@SundayNightGames]

YOU SOLD THE SQUIRTLE FOR 19?!?!?!? no way

[@douglaschristopher9873]

That was the one I was really sad about too! 🤣

[@DWG91]

Man I felt bad for that employee, he did his best with it though so fair play to the guy. GameStop should’ve given proper training

[@EvenSteven]

from the phone call , the person on the other line said i wish you did your training. So there is training....just never did it

[@4mulaBaby]

Honestly looks like they figured it out pretty quick

[@LightningN1NjA]

I felt bad for that dude, he’s the protagonist of the video for sure. Imagine you randomly get expected to be knowledgeable in an a field where even experienced collectors miss details and get scammed. Then the dude looks like he just opened up, clearly has zero experience with grading, and gets a whole submission dropped on him.

[@1luishernan]

15:37 "do I keep my soul when I sing this" 😂lol

[@AltevBaka]

Shoutout to that employee. I hope if GameStop sees this they give him a raise and recognition.

[@dw5304]

anyone else notice the math is wrong on most of the receipt... example workers, price override -14.00, then cash for trade -1.50... pretty sure that doesn't = 13.50? should be $12.50? congrats on your extra $$

[@Viperwon]

Guy wishes he stayed home that day

[@lionsbetryin989]

He can’t avoid it if he plans on staying there. I’d be happy to have the experience

[@Viperwon]

@@lionsbetryin989 true.. it did seem like leon was the only customer for seemingly hours lol

[@Chadious44]

“I don’t get paid enough for this sh*t” is going to be the phrase of the month for GameStop employees.

[@B88]

13:45 when he held it up😂🤣😂🤦 seems ok tho. Better than some experiences I've hade selling cards😂

[@kamui240sx]

He did a great job, this man had no knowledge of graded cards, “how does this graded card thing work”… they just threw this on him, with no training and I’m pretty sure no extra pay… he didn’t even have the checklist, things like this are stressful and frustrating on the employee

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Props to the brotha for at least trying.

[@trex103tz]

This was a great employee. He was very pleasant and accepting of the challenge and caught on pretty quickly. I’m sure it’ll go smoothly for most of them. They’re nerdy people who work at GameStop who like to follow processes and what not. Sometimes they wrong though so mistakes will happen like any other job

[@sabdabz]

Dudes holding it up like a dollar bill to the light 😭

[@TruthBotChallenger]

Good way to get store credit for PSA 8,9,10’s junk slabs 😂

[@IKRYPT2NITE]

employee did great for the situation

[@bS-vg4hr]

Especially for being recorded without his permission

[@boss_tum]

gamestop sucks. stop giving them business

[@obiwon76]

Keep in mind the main reason they are doing this is to lowball what they give back to the seller to sell the items themselves at 25-30% of what they paid out.

[@rockershocker_392]

Sounds like the manager on the phone was just reading off the check list, and had no idea how it was supposed to work with the system. I remember watching one guy that was let into a GameStop corporate meeting phone call, and they sounded as though they have no idea what's going on these days. They will destroy the collectible card market so fast in my opinion.

[@swaggashow]

guy looks exhausted haha he was not built for the promotion

[@LightningN1NjA]

Who would be? You randomly get expected to be knowledgeable in an a field where even experienced collectors miss details and get scammed. Then the dude looks like he just opened up, clearly has zero experience with grading, and gets a whole submission dropped on him.

[@jdotroze]

Someone is going to get wrecked accepting fake cards.

[@Raichusk8r69]

I remember buying firered at that GameStop and thinking how crazy that Pokémon was already almost 10 years old lol

[@danielprall9393]

Gamestop low balling on trade in prices!?!?! shocking.....

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

i mean they are actually giving way more than i thought they would. 50-70 percent is pretty close to the traditional 70-80 percent that most card stores offer. and i honestly think some of these prices are due to the employees lack of experience. like i would not be suprised if he gave him the price of the regular mirim rather than the sar for example.

[@anthonyzeedyk406]

This is a good guide for authenticating PSA cards.

[@RoyalSubjectsMusic]

GameStop about to have a ton of fake $499 dollar slabs in there. And those employees are not gonna be able to spot the difference. This will not end well.

[@PokePulls18]

It might just be lack of sleep but bro holding the cards up like simba had me crying 🤣🤣

[@Zerosmashandmore]

I might be capping but he read off the list on the screen and just downright left off Kentucky :(

[@Wild_Productions]

He did amazing

[@ani311]

I really hope the employee doesnt lose his job. Gamestop is terrible, this guy did his best. It might have been better to keep the employee's face out of the video.

[@baby-zp1jv]

I got away finnesing gamestop a lot due to untrained employees. In addition gamestop constantly has new workers .Adding more work for new employees will be a nightmare.

[@Thetraderboom]

Did the lady in the phone said love u too hahahhaah

[@kartracerg3]

that dudes soul left his body when he heard " im here to sell my pokemon cards" LOL poor guy has to do so much work to offer 2$

[@mephisto40]

No gamestop employee is going to take the time to follow all those instructions with every trade

[@mentats8787]

I bet you Gamestop will be working on automating the verification process for cards to spot fakes, and employee training will improve as they roll this out. Thanks for testing the trade-in process and sharing your knowledge. I was super curious what the experience would be like!

[@chant0r0]

“13 cents, take it or leave it”

[@bS-vg4hr]

Dude take down their store info this is rude and a violation of privacy

[@jedi1415]

K

[@robertlee9602]

This is the saddest thing I've seen. Not the employee fault at all. It's a joke to try and have the company make GameStop of all places try to do this.

[@deliciousdally]

Was told today at GameStop here in North Florida that they're getting ready to start buying cards. Starting with sports cards

[@jakeguli5538]

For a company that's basically obsolete at this point, has filed bankruptcy ECT, closed half there stores, idk how this even seems beneficial at all.

[@EcksDeeee]

Gamestop has 2 billion in cash and no debt, far from bakrupt. They also never closed half their stores, nor have they filed bankruptcy. Ryan Cohen wants to find new ways to make revenue with the company. Buying slabs at less than half of market value could be one of those ways...

[@scarface2910]

This guys voice reminds me of Jordan Peeles fat character, not cause of his weight, but the voice and mannerisms. Spot on 😂

[@karter1221]

Very interesting to see the process at the early stages. Definitely took a long time and I expect it would take even longer with proper examination of slabs. Pricing isn’t terrible for some of the newer less valuable cards it seems but would expect cards in the $200-$499 range to be valued very low for resale.

[@ChibiDarkrunner]

A couple of gamestop people got fired for the video I am guessing.

[@ErickJohnson-rz5lg]

Goddamn GameStop pricing they don't know how to do business😊 these crack rock prices

[@VadikProhorov-my3uw]

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

[@robertlee9602]

And you know it's some way and scary thinking..I just gave away hundreds of dollars at work today for something I've never done or tried to grade.