Honestly, they are described correctly. If I was the seller and you opened a partial or return against me for not being as advertised, I would be pretty annoyed. Its EX-NM, in my mind that is PSA 5-8, because that is how PSA defines them. Listed as EX-NM and most cards look like it, unless noted. Binder sets like these are almost always in the 6-8 condition realm. Based on the front of the Charizard, I would assume quite a bit of whitening on the back. But all that said, you weren’t ripped off or anything, but never expect these to be minty.
Ah. I wish I would have seen this earlier.
I purchased this lot last week and just returned it a few days ago lol.
The Charizard is PSA 7 at best and the rest of the holos are 6-7 average.
All the other cards are PSA 7/8 with maybe a few 9s mixed in.
Edit* all cards were listed as MINT when I purchased so wasnt worth it to me. Guy is really nice and return went smoothly
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The description said “mint” for me as well. That’s too bad, I was wondering why someone had left feedback on the exact same item that I bought, but now I know.
“All Cards are Excellent / Near Mint. Only ware comes from handling in and out of protective sleeves when I was younger.”
Not trying to be a dick, but he must have relisted and changed the description, but forgot to remove certain parts. But this is right there in black and white.
“Pokemon Cards 102 Complete Set MINT w/ 75 SHADOWLESS” and “LIKE NEW - NEVER PLAYED WITH,” but later he said Excellent/Near mint…very misleading listing it seems. Also equally my fault for making a risky buy. I think I’ll just keep the cards without any refund. I don’t want to be “that guy” who returns everything if it’s not perfect!
A bit late to the party, but… Excellent/Near Mint means you most definitely want to steer away from this listing as it will not be in the condition you’re expecting them to arrive. The seller knows enough to have sold it differently if it was Near Mint/Mint.
Near Mint, Mint and Excellent/Near Mint in the same listing is also a big red flag.
Charizard already has edge wear on the front, some scratches and some odd gray scratch, if the front is already bad, you can only imagine how used the back will look like.
A lot of the cards look like they’re not completely flat as the binder pages are expressing that, the edges look to be pushing to the plastic.
Some cards are also sticking outside of the binder slot, that even tells you more about how the seller/owner handles the cards.
Why are the rare/holos in the binder if he says they were always kept in hard cases?
Most of the time I give sellers the benefit of the doubt as they assume near mint must mean anything that’s not perfect, but I try to steer clear of those sellers.
To be honest, I wouldn’t return the set if the cards are really Excellent at worst, yes, the listing is partly misleading, but in my opinion there’s enough information available for the buyer to work out what it really is. You should be perfectly fine to resell it as Excellent/Near Mint if that is really what it is and that way you should make most of the money back if you decide to do so.
Yeah, I am not totally blaming you, it has around 5 different descriptions throughout. Might be because I have seen so many of these over the years that I just know the full collections that are listed as NM/MINT or even EX/NM, the best cards are usually in the lowest condition possible. Otherwise, they would probably sell the cards separately. If you are just looking for full collections, these are just fine, but as for grading or NM sets, these are almost always full of back whitening, scratching on the holo and even dents from the storage.
Plenty for all!!!
Actually, EX-NM can only mean 6s or 6s to 7s. There’s no defining any of that as 8s.
Sorry about that :/. That’s my mistake. I usually leave good feedback if the seller accepts a return gracefully, or if they solve any issues with the item. I guess I should stop doing that and just not leave any feedback if there is a problem.
UPDATE:
Wow. Just got the package in the mail and I’m amazed at how damaged the box was. It looked like USPS beat it with a baseball bat before throwing it in the back of the truck. The cards were packaged well, however, so it seems like no damage was done, amazingly. HOWEVER, when I opened the binder and sorted out the loose cards that had come out of their sleeves, I realized that the was no Charizard to be found…I searched everywhere and I still can’t find it. It must have fallen out of the box or something. Anyways, I’m pretty disappointed with this loss and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on what to do. I have pics of the box as well if anyone would like to see.
Not sure how the most valuable card in the lot just falls out. Hopefully you took some photos of the package before you opened it, would be interested to see it. Sounds a little sketchy to me though for just the Charizard to be missing.
The Charizard fell out of the box? or it wasnt included? Was there a hole in the box, in the proper place that the Charizard could fall out of?
I saw no holes in the box, so I really have no idea what happened. Seller seemed like a nice guy so I’m really surprised about this. I sent him a message explaining the situation.
Here are the pictures of the box: imgur.com/a/GMloH
I wouldn’t mention to him the condition of the box since according to you it had no affect on the contents. It’ll just add fuel to his side.
It’s safe to say if the Charizard wasn’t there when you opened the box, it wasn’t there when he packed the box.
Simply tell him the Charizard wasn’t included and you want to return it. Have him authorize the return through eBay and a label will be supplied.
Again. Forget the box. It’s of no importance.
i agree with Gary most likely he just took the Charizard out lol.
the box is there to absorb the damage and keep the contents safe.
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He sent me a message saying that the charizard and blastoise were in seperate toploaders. However there was only 1 toploader there when I opened the package. So definitely something sketchy going on.
Yeah, couple points here. The Charizard couldn’t have fallen out of that box. Don’t mention the box to the seller if you hadn’t already, it has no bearing in this case.
I assume the cards were shipped in a binder likely with little to no padding. The crushing that occured to the box was likely the sellers fault for not packaging the binder properly as contents in the box should not be loose. Which, by the looks of it, they were.