We've seen plenty of big-money Pokémon card unboxings on YouTube of late, but one of the most recent has turned out to be something of a disaster.
Members of the Dumb Money YouTube channel – which focuses on explaining how people can turn modest investments into piles of cash – kicked off a charity live-stream in which they planned to open an unopened box of first-edition cards worth a cool $375,000.
However, it quickly became apparent that the cards had actually be re-sealed; some of them weren't first-edition cards, while the box had clearly been tampered with to make it appear like it was unopened.
Thankfully, the team have managed to secure a second box and will be opening that live on YouTube later today. Phew!
[source gonintendo.com]
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I think you need your head checking if you spend $375,000 on cards
Not sure if they've convinced people buying Pokemon cards is a good investment....
Well, username checks out I suppose...
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...Oooooooooooooof bruh
This is so random
I'm sold, I'm now taking my pension money and investing it into Pokémon cards.
@popey1980 At least it wasn't on Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards...
@popey1980 It was done for charity; the cards are being auctioned off and the money raised donated to a good cause.
@Damo will the cards raise more than money spent?
Should be added to the article that they were fully reimbursed for the dodgy box.
@popey1980 Key words here are “Charity” and “Investment”
There’s a reason they’re the price they are after-all.
If you are interested, opening starts at 35:40.
Oh jeez. Had to watch out of morbid curiosity. I guess the seller was banking on the buyer never opening...
Dude this has me questioning some of my sealed games, lol.
I'm not watching, I've got better things to do like organise my socks alphabetically... but I do hope they name and shame the people they obtained those cards from.
@LavaTwilight how’s the sock organising going? Sounds fascinating...
I feel like it was yesterday when I could go to the nearest store and buy one of those boxes of 1st gen cards, open it, throw the box away, keep the good cards and trade the rest. Now look at this guys, how they handle one of them as if it is an ancient relic.
54:15 video. ad revenue cringe
@Damo,
Still seems a dumb idea to me.
I got two base set booster boxes (not 1st edition) for £80 back in the day. 😯
@popey1980 if you are fortunate enough to have the kind of wealth to be able to do that then I don’t see what the problem is. It might seem a lot of money to you and I but to very rich person, it’s like dropping £37.50 on something
@popey1980 The guy with the shiny head needs his head checking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSAdtVpt38
I'm glad I never ran into this problem. Granted, the oldest cards I bought on ebay were Japanese Team Rocket packs and it was years ago when they were a lot cheaper (I don't really collect anymore). I bought the Japanese ones because you used to get a holo in every pack so there was no point in weighing them.
Anyways, yeah, I'm sure this was heartbreaking. Especially since it was for charity.
I hope they can track down whoever tampered with the box.
If I bought cards for $375 000 I would definitely never open the box.
@SwitchedOn_Games I'm upto Q, thanks.
People really watch these?
@HotGoomba i mean, i bought most of a complete collectionback when they were worthless. I'd say it's a good investment
I got the world's smallest violin right here for folks who think u can get something this rare from a guy recommended by Logan Paul.
Man the amount of people here mad that they're spending THEIR money on things that they want is so sad lmao, and it's so clear the don't understand at all why they're priced the way they are
I love pokemon cards but OMGI don't have this many I have about 100 maybe.
Why was watching opening a box so exciting? Especially knowing the ending...
Possibly a hoax/publicity stunt? Sounds like they got publicity, but not sure if it's the good kind.
Anyone who talks positively about spending money on crypto..... their life is a giant scam.
So how do we know the box wasnt swapped between when they bought it and when they opened it live?
@BraniclesUK sounds like you don't know ***** about crypto lol
Was waiting for something for something go "horribly wrong."
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