With all the bad luck everyone seems to be having lately on eBay(me included) wanted to share a good story!
I needed to buy a base set Japanese Charizard for my binder set, all the US based sellers were selling it for $15+ more than this seller, and those looked in very poor/heavy played condition.
Since I wanted a binder condition one, I was looking for cards listed in light played/excellent to NM condition and decided to go with this Japanese seller.
Seller uploaded very good photos of the card, also deliberately posted pictures of the card at an angle which is key to see if there’s any scratches!
They also used individual numbers in the description to tell the cards from each other, since they were selling multiples copies of the card in different conditions. I recently had a huge nightmare where a big US card store did a bait and switch on me, so the fact that this seller goes the extra mile to prevent accidental switching of the cards was great!
After purchasing the card I received a message from the seller informing me they will be mailing from Japan so It would take longer than usual. They also asked why I chose to buy from them instead of another eBay seller.
7 days go by and the card shows up, regular mail. That was quick! (They do have a tracking option but it’s $6 more, and for a low dollar card didn’t wanna splurge for it. Regular mail was free.)
Literally on the same day that I placed this order I also ordered another card from a US seller only two states away from me and that took 6 more days than this one from Japan! (that one was shipped USPS first class with tracking)
As soon as I opened the envelope I see all this! seller threw in an extra card, little poster, Pikachu origami and pack art!
…yeah yeah yeah all of this is only worth a few cents, but still really cool!
Best of all the card was in AMAZING condition. Like I was expecting a “binder” condition light played one but this thing looks so good, not a single scratch on the entire card/holo!
No hesitation calling it near mint, and this seller considers that to be excellent!
(Hard to tell from the pic but the card was penny sleeved, post it note type pull tab, toploader and placed in the baggie that the pack art is in)
After all the heartbreak I’ve had with crappy eBay sellers these past few months I was SO HAPPY to get this little miracle.
Little plug for the seller’s store: www.ebay.com/sch/hiromiyo/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=