I Tried Selling Pokemon Cards To GameStop (IT'S NOT A MESS)

GameStop is now buying and trading graded Pokemon cards so I took them expensive ones for SCIENCE. Did not go the way you'd expect. #gamestop #pokemoncards #gradedcards #shinyvert
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[@ShinyVert]

live break packs available for this thursday!!! shinyvert.com/shop-all/p/b-stars-live-break 🔥🔥 (also huge shoutout and w of a worker seriously… this dude was awesome) prices that gamestop offered were pretty rough tho but it does seem random and maybe you get some good value back once in a while

[@slaytronic]

you got offered more for the charizard because it will move much faster then the other higher value card

[@GrimHorizonTV]

That is one of the most down to earth GameStop employees I have ever witnessed.

[@ShinyVert]

couldn’t agree more man he was dope

[@imjerebear5585]

I couldn't believe he let you record in the store. They normally show a fit kick you out and call the cops even if you agree to put up the camera. I remember a few years back I tried adding a guy I met up there on pokemon sun. Pulled out the 3ds and got told to put it up or leave. In a game store. I've stopped going there I'd rather go to game exchange now.

[@krazyhmoob559]

Update: He no longer works there 😢

[@TheYoungBonsaiGuy]

ive known my gamestop manager since i was like 13 or 15. one of the coolest persons i have ever known. any time I get to see him i always express to him how much his kindness and love for games impacted my life.

[@pokehavenllc]

I absolutely agree!

[@Wargasm509]

Shout out to that employee. UNDERPAID Gamestop needs to recognize employees like that. He's a massive asset to the company, will reduce time wasted & build rapport with customers.

[@AlejandroW90]

And Yet, I can almost GUARANTEE he will not get a raise or a promotion. I hope he fights for the top spot and isn’t treated like a slave:

[@cs2097]

He is a district manager. I doubt he is the employee that is underpaid. But GameStop did just raise 5 billion dollars in cash so hopefully this is something that continues to build. If you want their employees to get paid more make sure you take your ass to your locale GameStop and shop. Not enough to to just talk about it.

[@Fuckkk69yourmom]

Everything you just said shows how little you know about corporations... you do realize regardless of how much you buy from that shop they will not increase the price of pay.... if they can profit they will. Name a single major company that pays more because there employees work hard ..... You won't find one

[@Fuckkk69yourmom]

​@@cs2097keep dreaming

[@corinas4337]

At least that Gamestop has someone with knowledge of Pokémon but the pricing is still a Big NO WAY!!!

[@NegativeBananya]

Better than a pawn shop. Not half bad for some of the cards. Some were too low. If you need to unload a ton of cards this may be an option. Either that or so them yourself

[@soowie4599]

@@NegativeBananya a pawn shop ?!?! lmao just go to LGS

[@NegativeBananya]

@@soowie4599 I rather go to Gamestop

[@justinbarrier3459]

Dude these companies should have laws made on how hard they are allowed to screw customers.. like "okay it's valued at $650 and we can offer $158 in cash... " and pawn shops are even worse. They look up EVERYTHING ON EBAY. SO even if it's new and stores all sell for say $1000 they will look up used one on eBay cause to them even if it's new it's a pawn shop and people all pay used prices. So they find a ebay used price of say $600 compared to the $1000 new price then they go and offer 25-33% of the used price..so your new item worth $1000 you'll get maybe a offer of $150-$200 AND THATS IF THE ITEM IS SOMETHING THERE IS A DEMAND FOR. IF it's a odd item but still expensive. They will use the excuses of "O it's gonna take up space and take along time to sell" then your offer will drop even more.. you'll most likely get $100-$150 offer.. THEN LASTLY ON TOP OF ALL THE MONEY THEY SCREW FROM YOU OFF THE TOP. YOU PAWN IT SAY FOR $200 AND YOULL PAY LIKE A STUPID 30-80% INTEREST. SO THAT $200 WILL NOW COST $50-$120 IN FEES WHEN YOU GET IT BACK MAKING IT $250-$320 YOU GIVE THEM... AS I have said. Everything in this world is ironclad protection and rigged to benefit the billion dollar companies no matter how. People are living pay check to pay check scraping by purchasing everything that's already severely overpriced to make these companies stupid rich. However when the tables are turned and say we need to sell a item or trade it in. It's essentially one step above worthless or pennies you get back . And what happens the second you hand over the item? The cycle starts all over. They will put a sticker on it and a price tag of $850 with info stating it's brand new practically. All the info you gave them when trying to sell and trying to get maybe a additional $50 for as they lie and say used is used

[@RedThePokeWitcher]

Pawns don't know much about pokemon in my experience

[@magusofthebargain]

Worker should quit and open his own LGS

[@masterflamewing234]

He’s make more money working at GameStop than what he’s get opening an lgs

[@flethe1555]

unfortunately LGS's are money dumps

[@MarketScraper]

Wow that employee collector bro was awesome!

[@ShinyVert]

100% bro he’s goated

[@OpossumBud]

Not a fan of the company but I love GS employees I swear. Solid vid man glad you made it 👍🏽

[@ShinyVert]

appreciate u bro fr 😎thanks man

[@CKPlays-xu5es]

I have had pretty good experiences with GS employees. Most of my bad experiences have been when they don't know what is going on. It has never been thr employees fault either. Mostly ignorance of store policies because management or corporate has not made it clear. This was a great vid Mr Tiny ❤

[@dacollector8995]

Its cool that the gamestop employee was honest with you and a collector most employees would have just try and rip you off or don't really have the knowledge on what they are scanning.

[@GamingTaylor]

The fact that they have to do a 10minute forensic analysis on each and every card is ridiculous. makes you as the seller feel like gamestop thinks you are a criminal

[@IchibanDan]

The "Im not awkward, Im not awkward" as you were going in had me rolling. been there lmao. Great video man.

[@senn808]

6:10 Im dying bro that guy😂

[@ShinyVert]

😂😂😂😂😂that got me too

[@riggsvsoliver]

I mean, if i was that dude, id walked outside and offered him cash afterwards for that thing 😂, one of my fav sets

[@TheSquintz21]

Lowkey the way he said don’t touch was rude af

[@nightios8526]

That price for that umbreon vmax is just insulting

[@doyouevendab77]

You are going to take that money and your going to take it now!!!!! Do you understand me!!!!!!

[@argentinajacuzzi1176]

These GameStop employees were awesome. I like how he is giving you transparency on each step that qualifies whether they take the card or not and what they are looking for.

[@026Gonzo]

David doesn’t mess around “don’t touch” 😂

[@TZPACKS]

So sassy you can tell he’s not used to sharing 😂

[@takutosgirl14]

That was really cool to see. Now it makes me wonder if I can find any singles at any of the game stop near me.

[@ShinyVert]

fr! i had no idea they were doing the singles it’s pretty exciting

[@shuddle32]

I seen a bunch of singles at my local GameStop the other day but it was $1 a card for a .10 cent card

[@SmllSlvrbck88]

These GameStop employees r extremely cool and knowledgeable of Pokémon that’s rare to find ppl like that working for GameStop

[@SheerForce66]

Appreciate the experiment man. My GS doesn't have slab trade ins yet. They definitely gotta work out some kinks.

[@auswolf9507]

By the sounds of things they will be hesitant to take in graded cards with some older slabs and flips/labels. Interesting they wouldn't take in the newer Gardevoir ex due to a small slab design change. I have noticed PSA has changed a couple of small things with the plastic with the latest slabs. Manufacturing changes some small and some big have happened quite a few times over the years with the slabs looking at some of my older slabs. The Nasdaq sticker and mention of Nasdaq on the label was a thing at the start and before the Lighthouse label change. It is interesting that the guy mentioned that but was searching for it on the newer slabs. I am wondering if sister companies to Gamestop overseas like Eb games will start taking in graded cards and singles. I think Gamestop will need to properly train employee's for proper identification on older genuine PSA slabs and Flips/labels. PSA has had done a few changes to both over the years.

[@Ewok_Mike]

the tick he is looking for on the side of the slab (the one that the Gardevoir is missing) inst purposefully on the slab, its the part there the slab will frost up when you try to crack it to make it that you cant swab the card inside for a different/worse condition card without it being noticeable. the point not being there doesn't really mean anything, its basically a 50/50 shot to it being really visible when you get the slab, making it weird that it is one of the points that they will be looking at.

[@bloink3511]

The guy behind the counter was awesome! Thanks for the video meng 🔥

[@ShinyVert]

hell yea bro he was super chill😎

[@jordanbrown7744]

Man it’s awesome to know there’s other collectors in town! Looks like you’re from North GA too man!

[@lostpokejay]

that was a great interaction. Thanks for being nice to him and he also had great customer service!!!

[@alluringazay958]

Thanks for making an honest attempt to see how everyhthing worked out. A lto of people have a preconceived notion that they are going to get screwed because of GameStop's history. Most people dont know they have a COMPLETELY new management team and board of directors as of the last 4ish years. They are trying to turning it around and I thikn they want to make it fair for people. They can do a lot to save the gaming community if people work with them and not against them.

[@Ksoblanko]

Bro you genuinely made me laugh with the mysticrips bit 😂

[@Doors067]

Its actually awesome he wasnt looking to let anyone get acrewed over

[@riggsvsoliver]

The shade at leonhart, auto subscribe 😂 👏

[@curtislefebvre9188]

Glad I came across your page man such a wholesome interaction thank you for your time man I look forward to seeing more content!

[@justnikscom]

Kudos to the GameStop employees

[@tomokogaming8968]

The fact he put his greasy paws on them and made you desleeve them and still rejected them

[@Stealth5280]

What do you think about TAG grading from some of the guys that are from CGC? I wonder if a few in auction and it’s AI grading but it’s still has ties to CGC

[@sunshinem.7741]

I think i know the Mike he spoke with XD my region has 24 stores doing PSA trades last I asked. If anyone watching is from CT, bring your slabs in! The local places want more practice! A couple ladies who collect over here would flip lol

[@dnatal09]

Gamestop employees are great on their honesty, but selling at that price range is a dealbreaker. I cant blame them though, they dont have enought profits if they buy at full swing.

[@pokephil420]

Umbreon vmax is an extremely risky play and im sure GameStop knows that. They're also not willing to be the ones left holding the bags when it all crashes and burns 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@andrewmahabir589]

they won't buy it anyways they're not taking cards valued over 500

[@pokephil420]

@andrewmahabir589 no they will take it but the most they will offer is $500 on cards exceeding the $500 limit.

[@andrewmahabir589]

@pokephil420 ohhhh I see. still not work it though since lots of locals will offer 60% value or just sell it online for full if you have the time. I agree it's risky because of the over saturation of this card

[@saneminds3700]

Not everything that moves up is some wild random pump man.

[@pokephil420]

@saneminds3700 well it sure isn't organic.

[@familyfunflatwithjess7090]

This store guy knows his stuff

[@ryleylyons5359]

Me and my dad were literally at the exact place this weekend lol,we sold a bunch of his sports cards.

[@StormyRise]

It’s awesome to see one of my Sister stores taking these. Wished they would come into my stores

[@Njc0903]

Thank you for this video bro. I was thinking about sending cards in to be graded and do GameStop trades seems almost not worthbit😊

[@-dmm]

At this point I find it a waste of time for these employees to spend there time to do all of this to then give a terrible offer that like 99% of people will just say no. Yea it's cool Gamestop can make offers on this but damn I don't think they are ever gonna buy any

[@historyhunter5146]

I think I’d have to be desperate for cash to do that !

[@gymleadermarchello3940]

I’m not awkward I’m not awkward I’m not awkward 🤣 literally me going into anywhere😂

[@kedjfj798]

they know wassup , they aint buying that overflooded to oblivion moonbreon, grats those who bought recently at 1.4k lol, u now have a card in the 6 digits printed XD

[@trentp1993]

I dont get the moonbreon haters, the only people who hate it and think it will fail conviently happen to be the people who never pulled one or bought when it was in the 400s. Moonbreon has no signs of slowing down

[@trentp1993]

Look at the pop reports of any major sword and shield grail, there are thousands and thousands but there are also millions of collectors who would all kill for the moonbreon including you

[@mysticwolf420]

I just got into all this what's the best place to grade and how do I even ship them lol

[@suavecollects49]

I'm really curious what this experience would be like at a different store where the worker is not an experienced collector.

[@ultimatedriversofmachinery]

Bro is shaking so bad😂

[@PokeTreasures7]

Those prices were way off. Great video!

[@charizardfartz2070]

That PSA app is actual trash for values and the fact they are using it is a clear and obvious reason to be very aware of what you have and know the value of your slabs before going to GameStop

[@JChap8707]

Real good GameStop store and employees. Kudos to that district.

[@imjerebear5585]

Bro really had a mystic slab 💀 yet still hasnt gave me a signature 😭

[@MrPowerPokePacks]

That manager was great

[@KC-sr5fc]

GameStop employees that seem chill and know what they are talking about are rare

[@RestlessAmbitionsGames]

This entire service is to facilitate laundering stolen pokemon cards lol

[@DK-BayBay]

you should try some low value 10s ranging from 30-100 and see what the offers are. wonder if theyre better than selling on ebay due to fees.

[@JAMZJR76]

I have a whole binder of 1st ed pokemon how do I go about getting them graded?

[@raul9891]

Bro awesome video. Very imformative on the process of trading in graded cards at Gamestop 👌

[@anthonymoua3252]

I went to one in Modesto n dude thought my radiant charizard was a 1st edition base set. Then proceeded to call my cards fake but couldn’t confirm it was fake because in Cali GameStop cannot take cards yet. 😂😂😂

[@MrPowerPokePacks]

Some of them were decent if you were really trying to offload but I feel like a local store is gonna be better

[@yesterdayingaming]

This guy is a great employee! Thanks for doing this video.

[@TroyBrothers-sp8yr]

gamestop is getting pretty sad if you have to buy pokemon cards to make money lol

[@darell8310]

GameStop can’t be saved they’re fighting the inevitable

[@pokeJ1033]

158 in cash for $1500 slab. GameStop is straight up scamming people with that crap

[@ambassador724]

I guess I don't know CGC' error, and you never mentioned it - but they're premier for VHS and Comic grading and actually larger than PSA but ok

[@brycehale6134]

i thought i recognized that store thats the mall of ga lmao glad to know theres one by me

[@B3nzito]

do they take sleeves as well or no

[@Worlddomination4]

I love the vibe of this gamestop! Give them some time I bet they will start offering what y'all want.

[@jax8848]

you can thank sommer ray bot for my earlyness

[@ShinyVert]

sommer 😩😩😩😩😩🤫🧏‍♂️

[@uweuwe1863]

Shout outs to the employees, they seem like really nice people.

[@Tortellini24]

Soooo what would be a scenario when you'd wanna actually sell a graded card to GameStop? Haha I just can't understand it ever

[@KootenaiKing]

This is cool and all, but do the cards need to be graded?

[@michaelcahill858]

The prices were better than I was expecting. I’d rather go to game stop than a pawn shop if quick cash is needed. On the expensive card. I would assume corporate has put a limit per card due to fakes so they make a ridiculous offer since it’s a new market or programmed incorrectly. They don’t want to get burnt for $1000’s that would cripple a stores bottom line since they already perform in the red. Smart business move, they’ll make good money and be able to help people in a bind. If I were you I would have asked for permission to leave business cards if customers decline offers since you have a rapport with the DM. Worst he can say is no. They ranged from 40-60% still lots of meat on the bone.

[@Doors067]

If they start selling moonbreons psa 10s for $650 im gonna buy em all

[@andrewmahabir589]

it's over 1k raw 😂

[@PokeRetroFan]

Man that employee is amazing.

[@AlexWhite0221]

If you’re selling your cards to GameStop you definitely have to be down bad. Everything about their offers were bogus bro. #SVG

[@spoofnation3146]

Kudos to that Gamestop employees

[@user-rm9bh6nv7i]

My question is does psa only charge 15 to grade if you send 20

[@Snapmaw]

I didn't know you had to send a minimum of 20 cards to PSA

[@chrislamp9898]

as a former employee im sorry for game stop giving everyone low ball prices for there graded cards

[@BikiniDratini]

The difference in offers is wild but this was very informative and good to see

[@ShinyVert]

prices def still seem off, but was def dope to learn more and see how thorough this dude was 😎

[@SonOfSassy]

Looks like that psa app needs a rework. Great video dude nice cards ❤

[@GoatBreakers]

Currently buying Moonbreons at $650 as well

[@BloodSweatGearsGaragePTC]

Definitely concerning that they had Moonbreon listed at 650 and offered 150. For a collector easy no, but to a parent with a child not knowing that would be a disaster of a rip off. My concern is \just that of how many people will get scammed because of this.

[@NuHabitsGroup]

Idk about scammed. If you have slab cards you must have some sort of knowledge in what you are trading in. I see it as a place where you can sell some slabs you don't really care for and get some cash or store credit on the spot. No waiting on a buyer and having to ship and risk the card getting damaged or stolen.

[@dooglive922]

"Reason being...?" "Uh... its a rip off"

[@Semitote]

yo this video is super informative, preesh

[@luguru6884]

Def not worth selling to games top for anything they lowball you

[@nowii1982]

This game stop is Awesome, I never stopped on the one in my city but they closed it in 2020

[@Aidan_minotti]

$176 for a psa 10 moonbreon

[@026Gonzo]

Lmao “just no”

[@RocketMew]

Curious to see if they’d resell the Moonbreon for the 5 hundred something the computer said it was worth ooor

[@christopherbrown9808]

Anyone who actually sells their graded cards too game stop is a fool.

[@doyouevendab77]

The only fool i see is you 😡

[@PoKe_Verse151]

Another Banger Video Vert Always a pleasure Watching, keep up those Goals Brotha.... Talk to you on the Next!!!

[@ShinyVert]

Appreciate u a ton bro 😎😎😎😎🫡

[@PoKe_Verse151]

@@ShinyVert Man your welcome brotha ....Always, I just know if we ever meet we would be best homies...LMAO TTYL....Honestly Your the one that makes me think about trying to start a little Pokemon channel.... Your one of the Realist on here I Feel....

[@HitmonLee86]

It's a new thing. Hopefully they work all this out over time...

[@spitfiregames5655]

They only take PSA 8,9,10 slab nothing lower.

[@Gio-em9ki]

The guy's shirt says it all.."Let the Heist Begin!!"..lowball from Gamestop

[@silascashman2815]

The Lugia offer was the only remotely fair price lol

[@justinbarrier3459]

Read my other long comment on here but someone mentioned how bad these places and pawn shops were and its so damn true. Its literally a legal way to steal from customers.. Back in rhe day i was a sponsered paintballer.but as i got out of the sport and was looking to see what places offered the most. I took my completely custom 1 of 9 bob long intimidator that the arizona professional team "1 up kids" had made to match and used .thus the 1 of 9 . It had custom paint job, barrel kit, custom eyes, loader headlock feeder, pressur regulator , custom mother board and grips ,Custom ASA and custom bolt. This was 14 years ago now and the gun was still valued at over $1800+ for just the marker.. the pawn shop offered me $100 .. laws nees to be made as they screw everybody

[@SOLDOUT2277]

Great job on this video Vert!

[@user-ql4by3iw9d]

Cool! Interesting experience!

[@Melotuffz]

Project walls is such a good song

[@BOOSTEDBIGLEY]

That's crazy they are ripping people off worse than ebay

[@scrappypat5612]

the moonbreon has gone crazy. their prices are from like 5 months ago

[@szocram]

I think GameStop only does psa 8 and up