Just a heads up, I came across a listing for a “heavy” 1st edition Base pack that looks AI generated.
It is a picture of the pack weight on a scale, to justify a few extra $1,000 in price. Make sure you look carefully, it will be interesting if this problem advances further as AI gen improves.
Thats actually something I never considered. Scary stuff..
Thanks for bringing it up. It seems like something that’s easy enough to just do with basic Photoshop skills or just using someone else’s picture (I don’t know if people are reverse-searching images when they consider purchasing, but I would guess a lot aren’t?). Or just slide some extra paper under the pack but on the scale if you have the actual pack. AI was not a necessary step for this scam at all 
lol
heavy 1st ed base is worth way more than 1000 over light guessing its gotta be something like 5k+ more in this market 
There were a few funny comments that came to mind…BUT; to tell the truth that’s just scary.
Thanks for posting, I’d like to think I would have noticed myself (but would I have?)
There is a small chance it is real and just some super bad phone AI, but the pack still looks different than the one shown in a slab in the other photos. The blue on the crimp isn’t present on the slabbed pack.
I found a very similar scale from AliExpress, but you can see the period in the scale weight doesn’t bleed into the numeric values.
I am curious how eBay would handle “all sales final” in a situation like this.
I don’t really see the new problem that AI brings to the table. You could have 1 heavy pack and 50 light packs, take the picture of the heavy pack, but only ship the light packs. Or as others said - add paper under the pack to add the weight needed to get to heavy.
Buying packs from random sources isn’t really a thing anyways, right?
I feel it would be easier access if the entire world can produce a vintage pack from thin air. This essentially means that no matter if the population of any vintage pack runs out, theyll always “exist” for unethical purposes. Maybe not relevant now, but interesting how the world will use that information.
For me I notice details about the packs that I ensure on arrival match the listings. They always exist in some form.
Being able to generate a fake image using a real item, or just fake images have different concerns.
You could sell a single high value item and disappear, or subtly dupe many buyers that don’t check meticulously on arrival.
Even if PSA were to display weights on slabs, there is no way to verify their staff didn’t swap out heavy packs, it just introduces a separate issue.
In this case look at the left hand blue overlapping the crimp, and then look at the bottom of the graded pack picture. It’s clearly not the same item.
Careful folks, this seller appears to be catching a lot of bids. I don’t think any of the listings are authentic. One image can be found from a previous listing. Others like this are clearly fake or AI generated. They already sold $50k worth.
Who on earth bids on such an expensive item from a seller with only six reviews?
The guy sold $100k or more worth of boxes in like 48 hours and I have a strong suspicion they are all fake listings. Base one is definitely fake, another I found a matching image from a previously sold listing. Very curious what eBay will do.
