Looks like this seller also has a Charmeleon for 55,555 JPY: jp.mercari.com/item/m50109667549.
It’s a shame about the binder ding (I’m assuming) on that Charizard. It looks to be in great shape otherwise.
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That’s the Cyndaquil @augustdifirenze listed above but with an inflated price. That seller is someone referred to as a “dropshipper” - they take other people’s listings and try to sell them for a higher price, profiting on the difference between the original price and the inflated price.
The original Cyndaquil listing is 44,444 JPY for example, which is ~$393, whereas this eBay listing is $562 - $169 higher.
Lol, that’s a pretty genius way of trying to make some cash. I guess it wouldn’t work if the item was sold by the original person but then you could always just refund money.
The dropshipper actually has it listed twice. Once for an even higher price and this second “sale.”
Well hot darn, the ebay guy even stole the mercari listing pictures. Which I guess makes sense since he doesn’t own the card.
Another mint looking Pichu for ¥132,000: order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1179830547&soldOut=1&keyword=pokemon%20card
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You’ve opened my eyes. I’m seeing so many obviously fraudulent listings for Japanese singles where they obviously don’t have the card and are trying to “arbitrage.” I assume it’s against ebay TOS to sell something that isn’t in your possession.
I think this actually happened to me with a torchic gold star unlimited card. I hit the buy it now, and a few days later got a message saying the card “magically sold” right before I bought it. He originally didn’t want to refund my money but wanted me to buy a different card. I told him no and got my money back.
Just watched this slip from my hands 
I would assume a member here spotted it to!
I am definitely happy to see more pop up though! Hoping for an easy buy it now one day 
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It was I! This was the first one for this Totodile art that I won out of 3 I didn’t get to in time in the past 2 years. But it does seem like more and more are showing up lately. I haven’t seen any more info in descriptions about where they come from though. Hoping somebody selling one will have more info on them.
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Congrats on the pick up! I think that the increase in sales just comes from an increase in awareness. Idk about any japanese communities but it could’ve leaked into the mainstream collecting sphere there and people started sifting through their bulk. That or some nutcase just dumped them, but i think one of us wouldve spotted it aha
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I assume this is drop shipper/flipper.
Stumbled across this return video where the submitter got back a PSA 5 unlimited Charizard
(unrelated but if you’re gonna film your little returns this is the way to do it. Don’t awkwardly cover the grade with your thumb for 20 seconds)
Edited to actually include the link ffs
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;If you were meaning to, you forgot to link the video 
Omfg yes I did mean to😫 Thanks. Here it is:
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Super pleased and shocked to have found these in Mandarake Nagoya today!
It sure isn’t the snap Magikarp that popped in an Bookoff some 10 km away, but still something I did not expect to find at a reasonable price in a shop!
Only other one I ever saw was in a Hobby station in Tokyo, but the Cyndaquil was priced at 80 000 yens…
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A Pikachu is up for auction: page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f1034580688.
This seller has sold a lot of really interesting Pokémon items in the past including a couple of other unlimited E1 cards. I don’t know if they meant to start it off at 20,000 JPY as they listed a Pichu a few days ago starting at 200,000 JPY: page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g1032453447.
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jp.mercari.com/item/m43549312953
Nice lot of 6!
Priced too high for me (600,000) but if anyone is buying the lot and hates bulbasaur 
lmk
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After seeing shizzles recent post I had to take a look through 2kish unsorted played bulk bought months ago, lo n behold a fire lizard staring back:
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Oh nice! I’ve noticed the Charmanders on JP Mercari kind of dried up. I’m still looking for them for my Charmander collection.
Hi guys 
I just bought Unlimited Bulbasaur. Pop report is saying that it’s pop 2 but I never saw other PSA10 of this card.
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