Step by Step Process of SCAMMING and RESEALING Magic The Gathering Boxes

[@nickfraley7584]

Guys you can trust Rudy on this one. Dude gets scammed a lot on sealed boxes. Like do you see all those boxes of the Force of Will card game?

[@pnyhmsmx]

Nick Fraley how bad is the scamming on FoW boxes?

[@UninvitedGhost]

Pretty bad. He was told there could be FoW's in the boxes, and after opening a few, he realized they weren't Alliances.

[@tomrutherford3488]

Rudy, can you show us how to rob a bank? Ive been trying for ages but i just cant put everything back into place and i get caught every time! Luckily i bribed the police off with power 9 and now im all out of power 9 :(, i need answers. Please.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

Take a monopoly "get out of jail for free" card with you. It is cheaper than a power9.

[@tomrutherford3488]

Gwen Walravens Shit, really? Wish i would have known that before i burnt through all my foil, lenticular, silver bordered, miscut black lotuses. ;(

[@L0j1k]

I have been arrested with a Get Out Of Jail Free card in my wallet. The police officers had a real good laugh at that one. I admit that it WAS pretty funny. We all had a good time laughing while I was in handcuffs.

[@thatguywhocorrectsyourgram2454]

Deep Sea Magic I'm your 500th like. You're welcome.

[@jackfrost8865]

Next time on Alpha Investments: Rudy shows you how to reseal your Taco Bell floppy tacos to appear crunchy

[@menkejo]

Jack Frost generic taco jokes getting old.

[@abuelovinagres4411]

Thank every god there is no Taco Bell in my country. Taco Homeland. c:

[@joshthomas911]

Haha

[@PokemonMasterJayson]

Spoiler alert: he just air fries them.

[@andyrieder3345]

lmao this is awesome hahaha

[@beanpot]

"And from this day forth, every sealed magic product only contained fallen empires. Even Fallen Empires has been completely gutted and replaced with Fallen Empires."

[@openboosters]

Oh man..... wow that was informative! I wish people wouldn't do that .... sigh.

[@menkejo]

well yes, his point was to inform the public of potential tampered boxed... Making it an informative video. Glad you caught that.

[@swy334]

menkejo bet you're fun at parties

[@102087soad]

menkejo....you know that is open bo.....ah never mind. just got look at his channel

[@woolleybeart]

How would you steal candy from a baby? Asking for a friend.

[@UninvitedGhost]

Steal the baby and the candy. Then heat seal the baby, and return it.

[@time2fly2124]

i have a feeling these are wrapped with the same kind of machines i used to use when i worked in a magazine factory, they were called ARPACs. basically, it used 2 films of plastic, one on top and one on bottom. the box would roll thru, and then have a heat bar seal the 2 pieces together. it would run thru a 350 degree "oven" to get heat sealed in about 10 seconds. the bubbles you see are common with thicker plastic like this on one side is probably the back side of the box, as it comes out of the oven where its gets blasted with a fan to cool them faster. edit: made things clearer

[@rustknuckleirongut8107]

Worked in an IBM print shop when I was young that had the same machine. A guy on my shift would use the machine to watch movies for free by watching, resealing and returning. God knows what else he resealed when no one was looking.

[@aiden3229]

Ya I made pizza boxes and we used the same machine.

[@gvstavofabian]

@@rustknuckleirongut8107 nice

[@AffinityforMTG]

If I can get a foil Ice Age Black Lotus, I will totally buy a resealed Ice Age box from Rudy.

[@UninvitedGhost]

Only foil Ice Age Purelaces, sorry.

[@MrBlackpink]

Rudy's used wrappers weren't used for resealing boxes, if you catch my comet storm.

[@GRat9717]

Should have worn a wrapper.

[@Beerpowered]

When you can tell a set by the wrapper means you spent way too much on MTG

[@danielmerrison3026]

When a guy's username is beerpowered you can see he's spent too much on alcohol.

[@franklincromer8794]

Lmfao

[@hcoredimps]

.. I think you mean MADE too much..

[@googleinc6033]

@@danielmerrison3026 "When a guy's username is beerpowered you can see he's spent too much on alcohol. " Ouch

[@dolphin082]

Means you know your stuff, which is crucial in this business.

[@miller2themax224]

Just add some water to the resealing process, the seal will come out clear every time. That's what the guy down at Hosetown told me anyway.......

[@romulus2225]

Rudy, have you ever caught anyone trying to sell you re-sealed product? What happened?

[@jennifer9084]

roflcopter2225 Yeah that would make for an interesting video.

[@LasstUnsSpielen]

People who did this were never been seen again.

[@Hades_Zerker]

roflcopter2225 Rudy then just murder them

[@Radditz68]

He did say there is a wall of shame...

[@UninvitedGhost]

Nah, he's the one doing the selling.

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

I can picture rudy heating up "Rudies Tool" and pressing it soflty on a box of fallen empires.

[@philipchiu9835]

Why am I watching a guy with hairy arms discuss packaging at 2am in the morning?

[@PRS-qh5jf]

Whoa me from the past?!

[@Elrond_Hubbard1]

Now I am 4 years after you!

[@cyberneticthezero]

who knew Rudy had a Rectangular thing.

[@MrKuuktuu]

I gotta say Rudy that after watching maybe 10-12 of your videos, not only are you inspiring me to invest in MTG cards, but also inspiring me to play me some magic, has been a while since I have played. Such a beautiful game, I miss it...

[@doomtomb3]

We've hit an all time high. Getting ice age and fourth edition box wrappers graded

[@beltrangarrote1982]

Yeah, getting out of hand LOL!!!! Where is the limit? Only Rudy knows

[@Zestypanda]

All time low, you mean.

[@StonedMonkeyProductions]

Rofl i was literally telling a coworker that whenever Rudy gets a video out it makes my taco go from crunchy to floppy. then boom i get a notification of new Alpha Investments video. Now my taco is extremely floppy. video to be posted on my channel tomorrow. i literally grabbed a crunchy taco out and bam boom floppy it went as i turned this video on

[@rooterkid23]

Rudy where did you the security gates for your store and how much did they cost you? do you think they are better than bracing a door. I am opening a new store and am curious about what safety options are the best to pursue.

[@OrionXIXI]

Looking forward to Rudy's book "If I Did It".

[@215Daniel]

Definitely encountered this on Ebay, refund was a breeze. Lesson learned.

[@enclave2k1]

the police came when I smiled at the cashier :(

[@millefune]

You can see the cut/scratch on the box.

[@mikaellarsson135]

Kuya Millefune +1 That fist box he goes "it is important not to cut the cardboard" then carves deeply into the cardboard :) This is not supposed to be a tutorial though, more of a warning. Also Rudy is awesome as always.

[@UninvitedGhost]

Yeah, he tries harder on his actual re-packs.

[@genesisorigin5941]

i remember watching your first video and how small you were! man youve grown this channel so fast, lll kep watching til the end!

[@SubjectDelta20]

I would love to walk through your store. Are you open yo the public or do you only do online stuff?

[@trollslayer2116]

If the FBI had a case involving a case Rudy would be called in to help with the forensics of that case.

[@KevinKim714]

Awesome video on a very important topic.. I guess the only other thing I want is for some examples of re-sealing. Just like how you show actual fake cards along with real cards.

[@kurtilein3]

Real cards can be worth anything between less than 1 cent and 125000 dollars, so why would you put in fakes? That is just dumb. Fakes are more expensive. Also they can be identified as fakes.

[@KevinKim714]

I don't think you comprehended my comment. I am not implying that he actually PUT IN fake cards inside those starter decks.

[@KevinKim714]

Is english not your first language?

[@kurtilein3]

oh, right, i missed that detail. There are box opening videos on youtube.... Where things open up too easily.... Then things seem fishy..... Then all cards are crap.

[@KevinKim714]

Yea - Honestly, I heard that it is a REALLY BIG problem with Pokemon cards.. A ton of scammers selling re-sealed pokemon cards. Lots of young kids getting ripped off, sad.

[@Archeagle]

i like when you talk about things like this.

[@pedcarr]

247 people thought this was a legit tutorial

[@jairovsleon]

i found your channel a few days ago and im still impressed how can you tell the difference of a tampered box just from the wrapper (and know from what expansion is) to the little details of the cards at simple view

[@travnasty5269]

This is exactly what I needed! Look out little Timmy! I'm coming for that allowance!

[@Anthony-qu7qd]

I bought a box of alpha that was wrapped in a burrito. Did I get hosed?

[@DLKentarou]

Every Rudy video has such variety, I love it! This channel is just amazingly good.

[@524dominic]

it always blows my mind the amount of inventory you have

[@fieldy409]

8:00 imagine if Rudy opened the box to realise it was a fake.

[@samuelitowildinho9199]

@Alpha Investments Hey Rudi! Does resealing make you a gangster wrapper?

[@reccaman]

being real here and not maymay as others choose to be, this is charity work here. Rudy legit took a hit to his wallet, to educate people and inform the masses of shady and scumbag Rudy's out there. I knew this was going to be a great channel to learn from, this video topped everything before it. (I do love the QnA videos tho, but the fact you made this that more personal, is god's work)

[@intuit13]

No hit to his wallet. You don't think he did a cost benefit analysis of how much he would lose compared to the money made in a hot topic video like this? C'mon now...... Use your head.

[@rat488]

not to mention the fact when selling the box he doesn't reseal he just posts the link to the video of him cutting it open.

[@Benniator]

Who the hell pays $150 for a box of Fallen Empires or Homelands? The most expensive cards in either set are only worth a couple dollars. The fact that it's sealed 20 year old product can't add that much value to the box if the contents are underpowered and worthless. What am I missing here?

[@joeblack5440]

So do you think it worth it to buy tournament packs on cardmarket or eBay whatever, if it's that easy to resealed them ?

[@YoungFree213]

was that plasic bag you threw was for your weed? 0-o

[@coreymakuch8158]

Rudy where is your store

[@JosephQuillen]

I must still be too new to Rudy's videos cuz I don't understand all the taco comments...

[@BlackyHBM]

In my days I've already seen too many drive-by-bendtestst between Wizards of the East-Coast- and Wizards oft the West-Coast- Wrappers. When will this stop?

[@whiteesmurf]

Very informative! Thanks rudy!

[@epp1230]

soo basicallyif we see a scrats at the box ,paper area, is fake ? because in both case you scrats the boxes with the knife you have

[@kendogva]

Nice touch with the ending, an homage to Mr. Bevers... "may all your Openings be better"

[@jefferygiraffe1]

That you so much, now I know what to look for when I buy.

[@williamjoseph1300]

14:25...and now it's 11k...that is 20x fold return on investment...for reference if you have purchased 10 boxes (a substantial position for 5 k you'd have a small house build on magic cards)

[@quietazn]

Is it safe to say if I see heat treatment on any box I should be skeptical of it's contents?

[@BraveVincere]

"You don't wanna cut the cardboard" At 07:12 you can clear as day see how almost the entire front is cut along the seam... That would be a dead giveaway.

[@EZEEKEEL]

How do I find your store?

[@WhatsMyGear]

YES! Batman owns foil black lotuses from Ice Age! LOVE IT! Rudy, keep up the good work. ODE to pant-less investing!

[@Camoranesi87]

Can you show how a resealed box looks like?

[@cantrips]

Can you post a picture of a resealed seam?

[@devildozer]

I bought a core 2020 bundle off of Ebay almost two weeks ago and after getting an a**hole reply when asked if it shipped, dude finally shipped it out like 5 days after that. So, I hope I'm not getting a resealed bundle that has been picked through. Is this even a concern when it comes to core sets? I'm kinda new to mtg although I had friends who played it back during the alpha and beta days but I didn't play then so I'm learning now.

[@andyr.3176]

Damn it. If Rudy talks about this, it must have happened before (at lot). So one has to be DAMN careful buying these older boxes.

[@MrJackPeppers]

We moved from discussing cardboard to plastic. Real progress here.

[@xOrlparx]

Does that lower the value of the box?

[@Ryan-ek4zy]

How much would you sell your whole mtg collection for?

[@blaze556922]

This reminds me of the news telling criminals how to rob you and how you're car and or home isn't as safe as you think. So for the 90% of dickheads that would do this and didn't know how, now know how. Hopefully this educates people enough not to fall for scams though. Thanks as always Rudy.

[@righttobearwalls]

I went to my lgs today and bought commander legends packs and they're resealed. Pack with No rare and all cards are out of order. Wrapper re glued and over sealed too tight, obviously re sealed.. individual booster packs... wth

[@magicsam2735]

Rudy can i get one of those decks?

[@CoreyFiasco]

Rudy I would like to buy a box of revised from you - but I would like all the packs to contain cards from Dragons maze - how much ?

[@dolphin082]

Can u show us a resealed fake one after its done?

[@LastAirshipGames]

Rudy- when you going to be in the shop so I can swing by and purchase that Rukh Egg? I can swing by on my lunch break.

[@harrylucht837]

What happens if they do the super glue method on the seems?

[@joshbaker1864]

Thanks for the informative video. i sometimes buy old product because of nostalgia mostly and I sometimes wonder if I'm buying shady product.

[@apples3251]

It’s insane that he can know so much by an old plastic covering

[@Ragesauce]

Ice age was one of my favorites. I know it didn't have the most amazing cards and it certainly doesn't hold much value, but gosh I loved it. I wish I could get a couple of sealed starter and boxes and just open em up.

[@abuelovinagres4411]

7:15 That awkward moment when a scratch made with the blade on the cardboard gets fully visible. :u

[@andrewzheng52]

Can I have your old wrappers?

[@SoulfrikRule]

Hey! I had a problem. I found my box had glue on the back part and one of the packs had one card that didn't have the same position like others, should I do something?

[@leonidus2253]

Hey man love the channel, are you gonna do a video about the supposed super low EV of HOU?

[@_Tizoc_]

I wish you’d shown us the after so we could know what to look for

[@germakenjuju]

If I still lived in the US I would drive over to your store and drop a few racks on them pre 9th edition boxes, gotta love them white boarders, dope vid i've already burned a bunch of cash on searched cards thanks for the info man Rudy keeping the buyer informed as always

[@MTGalterBoy]

Where is your point of sales?

[@thorzbalar2208]

You know that Rudy is all about the long game when he first talked about making this video more than 1 year ago.

[@omarmoreno3758]

AMAZING, Rudy my friend your channel just keeps getting better and better. Lol, dude you rock. RUDY-FINA for life...

[@jackbandit2114]

7:14 except the box is very clearly cut?

[@Backiinthegame]

Rudy reseals his dragon maze boxes. Clever.

[@ksl33333]

Bob Ross was actually in my suggested videos to watch after this. #floppytrees

[@Hoopsjvl]

At my local Meijer Store, checked out 3 Mtg booster pack boxes. 2 were loosely shrink wrapped and had obvious tears in the cardboard. 1 was tightly shrink wrapped with no tears. So sad these stores have zero quality control for returns. (I would never buy from a big box store, just thought it was funny!)

[@R1CH4RDPFEIFER]

Rudy do you live in california ?

[@andrewfornes136]

Richard Pfeifer Florida

[@MDallDAY4201]

How do you reseal it tho? heat gun will just pull it apart instead of mend it.

[@hugh_dancy]

did you ever figure this out, i was curious how to do the next part

[@crimsama2451]

wonder how noticeable a solder iron would be

[@MonteiroM]

Those 4th edition starters costed 20+ Euros here in Portugal at the time... :(

[@ColdDeck45]

Without showing the reseal process, could you show us a few resealed boxes so we can get an idea of this yellowy fog you're talking about?

[@reika542]

I learned a lot about plastic wrap today.

[@calebbails4840]

could u show me how to reseal a football card box?

[@chrisperciavalle3142]

You didn't show us what they look like once they've been resealed though. I wanted to see it.

[@VHT418]

Thanks for the instructions. Brb gotta go scamming.

[@sauce777]

That brick of Ice Age, I think you could pull a deck out from that one side.

[@100-s9l]

Some retail stores just have one of those sealing machines in the back. Had a friend who would play a console game and just re-seal it for a refund.

[@ArchFline]

What you can do to avoid discoloration is use an induction hot needle which offers such a low/pinpoint profile that you can greatly diminish ambient heat thus minimizing fog a discoloration. At any rate I love shady Rudy he brings up the dark side of magic that no one is willing to admit exists.

[@nickwilson1954]

Not that I would tell you to intentionally hose yourself by getting one, but if you can find a resealed box and show us I would very much love to see that video! Also to see what they replaced the cards with.

[@brettjean9645]

Every poly wrap has a mil measurement. It would do anyone good who buys sealed material to familiarize themselves with the mil of wizards poly wrap on particular product.

[@jackbettencourt]

This video has and will continue to offend so many people; but as a community we all need to see this. Educate yourselves. Thanks Rudy.

[@flogtwo]

FYI, shipping companies will add your company logo to packaging wrap, std business. Know somebody that works there you can get card company logos on the wrap, just like new wax boxes 😊. I bet a lot of scammers use this route

[@ivanhristov3592]

I'm sure Rudy has an original packaging machine in his basement

[@KoolBreeze420]

I think you can get a pack of the 1st out of the box but you need two people. 1 person pulls one as far as possible then the 2nd guy should be able to tilt the other pack enough to get it one pack and if you get 1 you get them all.