Culture news When he was going to sell his childhood Pokémon cards for $24, he realized at the last moment that he could earn $3,250
A Pokémon card fan almost made a monumental mistake before being saved at the last minute by the community’s expertise.
For a handful of dollars
Pay close attention to your trading cards before you get rid of them, they can earn you a lot more than you think. TikTok user leighceezy almost learned this lesson the hard way, before being saved by a handful of caring fans.
A few days ago on TikTok, leighceezy shared a video in which he went to a trading card store to part with some of his old cards. He briefly shows his cards and reveals that he got 24 dollars in exchange. A fairly small amount, but nevertheless expected when parting with community cards. However, a few spectators eventually realized that he had parted with a real rarity: a Mentali Gold Star Series 5 edition card which could only be obtained during Pokémon Organized Play events, originally held between 2003 and 2010.
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Saved by the community
This card, which is one of the last Japanese promotional cards to have been translated into English, is therefore worth much more than the amount received by leighceezy. And it was then that spectators reacted by explaining his error to him in the comments section. Without news for several hours, these fans finally learned that Leighceezy had returned to the store to retrieve his card.
While fans felt that the store had tried to rip him off, the videographer made a point of saying that he didn’t blame them and that he thought it was more of a mistake. he was able to recover his card without difficulty and will now be able to resell it for several thousand dollars compared to the unfortunate dollar he had initially received. On Ebay for example, the price of this Mentali Gold Star Series 5 varies and goes up to 3250 dollars. All’s well that ends well, therefore, even if the outcome of this brief misadventure could have been much more damaging.
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