This is just awful to hear. Sorry @thurco . I hope the outcome is the best possible one at the end of this whole ordeal. These things are such headaches.
Cheers!
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A mix of ungraded and graded cards but yeah just cards no other sealed/misc items
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I recently learned this too. It’s definitely a change in policy from even a couple of years ago.
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Update: Didn’t see it coming, I really didn’t, but one of the parcels got a refund today! It was only the smallest one, £125 worth of singles for my super charger break set, but still! Gives me hope the bigger ones might get refunded too 
I was given the option of a paypal refund or tenso credit, and if I chose tenso credit they gave me an extra £20 on top of what I paid overall. So in a weird way… profit?
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Hi guys
I did a search and didn’t see anyone talking about this (or did I miss it?)
What do we do with the phone number verification thing on pokemon center japan?
I’m having a hard time accepting that this is it, the Pokemon Center Japan era is over 
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- Cut hair, remove tattoos/piercings
- Purchase plane ticket, learn Japanese, find full-time job
- Apply for visa
- Find housing, set up bank account/phone number
- Pay dual taxes on entry level income
- Go drinking with your coworkers even if you don’t like alcohol because that’s the only way anyone will ever open up to you, and when they see you at work the next day pretend like they didn’t admit to cheating on their wife
- Miss Greek food everyday
Or pay the ebay markup
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LOL you got me hard with this one.
However, I’m sure there will be a solution
Just like in the past we couldn’t buy anything from Japan at all and today there are services like buyee.
Regarding phone verification, there are US companies that offer the service (shipping from the US ) so it’s not impossible, someone just needs to think of a way to profit from it (:
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Maybe, Japanese phone numbers aren’t easy to get as a consequence of phone scams in the past. Realistically, getting a friend to middleman for you is your best bet.
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Anyone buy from Card rush before? Can you do so through buyee?
Edit: Nevermind, there’s a Buyee pop up 
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I never expected this card to actually show upon eBay. Am I missing something? Would not expect a 5 day no minimum straight auction for this rarity, seems pretty ballsy (or just straight profit so who cares?)
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Gotta agree that is kinda suspicious for such a valuable card.. makes you question how this person with 92 feedback obtained such an expensive card.
I hope the winner doesn’t have it shipped to the US and get surprised by a 145% tariff…
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Here is a link to the card for anyone interested:
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is it a real tho 
One up for auction on Goldin. Guess we’ll get some data points soon
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9 cert These coming out of binders or the wood work
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Seems like the seller removed the eBay listing. Interesting.
I’m curious how much the one at goldin will go for.
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So does every purchase from China to the US get hit with the new high tariff ?
