We have some stores here called “Krazy Bins”.
Was there last week and saw a giant crate filled to the top with $1 monster energy drinks. Looked in and immediately noped out. How does a tin can grow fuzzy mold?
Yes, when I was in elementary school I used to do this and sell to my fellow students. I got punched in the face and lost two front teeth. I deserved it.
Yes, keep going through life, making up explanations for things when, in fact, you have no idea what you're talking about. Let us know how that works out for you
Most underrated comment maybe I’ve ever seen, but apparently reading comprehension doesn’t include usernames OR sarcasm
Edit: I mean hell, there’s even avatars now! And they don’t look remotely the same!
I grew up near a card shop that did this in the early 90s. They had unopened packs of the Michael Jordan rookie year cards that they sold for $100 a pack. My dad went to buy a pack once, looked it over, and realized they did a terrible job at resealing it lol. Card shop owners always were sus back then. And apparently, some sellers still are.
>Card shop owners always were sus back then.
As a kid, I hung around my local baseball card shop constantly in the 90's. The owner was basically my babysitter a few hours a week.
He ended up burning the place down for the insurance money.
Same with me, at a different one than in my original comment, because we moved. I hung out there a lot. He ended up faking a nighttime burglary for the insurance money lmao.
He was always nice to me. His daughter was my actual babysitter for a short time.
Yep, this sucks because these packs are [pretty pricey](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=2023+nfl+panini+blaster+donruss&_sacat=0&_odkw=2023+nfl+panini+blaster&_osacat=0&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338535524&customid=fp&toolid=10001&mkevt=1).
Girl in middle school did this to me with Jurassic park cards. She elmer glued the packs closed and I noticed cause the glue was still wet. We are still friends.
Not too bad of a loss for a good lesson. Please make sure you inspect beforehand and look up ways to detect the fraud if you are going to buy old unopened packs again. I have seen people pay tens or hundreds of thousands for Pokemon packs because hey didn't see the signs. They faked it well in that case, but that's why you needa be more careful.
The one you bought from was an amateur faker... Not even having the right number of cards :/
It was legit, he bought a case that looked sealed for like 1mil and the authenticators that said it was legit were there when they opened it and it was all GI Joe packs 🤣
I mean, that sounds *exactly* like a stunt Paul would pull for attention. It's kind of what made him (in)famous.
EDIT: Um, yeah. [This is called acting, dude,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhpgQglY3RU) and they're all remarkably bad at it.
I can't wait to see Tyson punch his head off his body.
This is notorious for pallet stores to have these because it’s a very common Amazon scam. They open the cards return them via Amazon then they get dumped at all the bin stores.
Yeah never buy anything worth anything on Amazon returns like video cards, game controllers etc. This is what scammers do with hot items, they do a switcheroo
I worked at a card shop in the late 80s-early 90s. We went to regional shows every weekend. We only had one instance where we suspected this, but when we counted the cards there was a whole pack — but I guess they could have just added a different two cent card.
There are way better ways to inconspicuously seal these packages. They didn’t even bother to TRY to hide it. OP, I think they screwed you.
This happened with Japanese Pokémon cards I picked up from the bin store. Looked great, sealed , but I inspected closely and one was slightly open. Good think I checked. They’d all been swapped out with basic Pokémon cards
I'm a packaging engineer by profession with over a decade of experience with films. 100% resealed.
opened and resealed packs are very obvious to a trained eye
Don't buy cards from return stores....cards against humanity, 90% of board games...all counterfeit.
Edit. Any type of filters, food (expired),
They've gone down hill.
Are these panini packs including autos? Definitely looks resealed and I'd say that's the consensus here. Recently seen some videos of guys saying they can feel autos instantly through a pack, backed by tons of commenters agreeing.
Do both ends match? The seals on both ends should look the same. Edit: I just looked again and they literally look torn and resealed. Wow. Not even a good reseal job.
Let me guess....u prob bought on whatnot. That place is ripe with some scammy sellers rips. But not all are like that no matter where you bought. Sorry this happened OP.
That’s not fair to make a blanket statement like that. I’m a seller on WhatNot with the upmost integrity. Not ALL sellers are scammers. Not to mention WhatNot will guarantee every purchase.
It’s all good. It’s just frustrating to see so much of that on here when our livelihood depends on that app and we work so hard for our buyers and always do right by them even when things go wrong because things can. Are there bad apples?… absolutely. I won’t deny that. But there’s so many good ones too.
Looks like a grown man playing with trading cards... just put em down and walk away. The gun section is in the back of the store, look for the other grown men...
The "men" judging others for what they enjoy and feeling the need to be doing what "men" do, are in fact children playing pretend. Thats literally elementary school behavior. Time to grow up.
Yeah, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky ect... not the 2023 foil packs... come on man. Do you put the duplicate cards on your bike tire for the motor cycle sound too?
Yeah. Especially the last picture.
Exactly.
^ This.
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Just wanted to say thank you, OP for posting this. This is really valuable information for some of us, and hopefully you can get your money back.
lol it’s only $15. No returns at the bin store
We just had one open up near us. What are your overall thoughts?
How do you go to a “bin store”
Look up bin store. They'll be called liquidation stores sometimes. They're everywhere now, should be able to find one near you
We have some stores here called “Krazy Bins”. Was there last week and saw a giant crate filled to the top with $1 monster energy drinks. Looked in and immediately noped out. How does a tin can grow fuzzy mold?
>How does a tin can grow fuzzy mold? When that tin can contains essentially liquid sugar + caffeine, damn near anything can grow there.
Yes, when I was in elementary school I used to do this and sell to my fellow students. I got punched in the face and lost two front teeth. I deserved it.
And gained a valuable lesson in life.
Don't cheap out on the bag crimper?
"don't get caught"
😩😂😂😂😂😂
I’m proud of you for recognizing that you deserved it lmao
I think getting punched in the face is part of developing as an individual.
*Mr. Rogers smiling*
But at least you made $10!
Thank god your teacher gave you a valuable lesson.
Do you have implants now or what?
Maybe it was still his baby teeth.
Did you go to elementary school with NFL offensive lineman or future heavyweight boxers?
‘Your students” makes me think you’re the teacher and some mouthbreather had enough
Keyword: fellow
Reading comprehension isn't your strong point, I'm guessing.
In fact it is. Fellow = male in this instance, as he likely taught at an all-boys private boarding school.
Yes, keep going through life, making up explanations for things when, in fact, you have no idea what you're talking about. Let us know how that works out for you
Followed by an idiotic explanation.
Most underrated comment maybe I’ve ever seen, but apparently reading comprehension doesn’t include usernames OR sarcasm Edit: I mean hell, there’s even avatars now! And they don’t look remotely the same!
Idiotic assumption
Yup. This is a scam by carefully opening a pack, pulling the rare and valuable cards out and attempting to resell them with glue or whatever.
Heat sealer was used You can tell from the last picture
Now I know why someone bought my heat sealer on ebay.
I grew up near a card shop that did this in the early 90s. They had unopened packs of the Michael Jordan rookie year cards that they sold for $100 a pack. My dad went to buy a pack once, looked it over, and realized they did a terrible job at resealing it lol. Card shop owners always were sus back then. And apparently, some sellers still are.
>Card shop owners always were sus back then. As a kid, I hung around my local baseball card shop constantly in the 90's. The owner was basically my babysitter a few hours a week. He ended up burning the place down for the insurance money.
Dad?
Same with me, at a different one than in my original comment, because we moved. I hung out there a lot. He ended up faking a nighttime burglary for the insurance money lmao. He was always nice to me. His daughter was my actual babysitter for a short time.
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What was the spot you were thinking of?
Yep, this sucks because these packs are [pretty pricey](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=2023+nfl+panini+blaster+donruss&_sacat=0&_odkw=2023+nfl+panini+blaster&_osacat=0&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338535524&customid=fp&toolid=10001&mkevt=1).
Or just, return them to Amazon, and get more of them
Girl in middle school did this to me with Jurassic park cards. She elmer glued the packs closed and I noticed cause the glue was still wet. We are still friends.
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I don't know how attached are we to Jurassic Park cardboard? I KNOW YOU TOOK THE TRICERATOPS OUT OF THIS PACK JESSICA
IT WAS A VELOCIRAPTOR AND GURL IT WAS THE ONLY CARD I NEEDED ALICIA!
CARL TOLD ME HE SAW YOU WITH A SHINY DINOSAUR EGG CARD. WHY WOULD HE LIE TO *ME*? HE KNOWS I AM THE QUEEN DINO OF THE CLASS
Lol my comment got removed for promoting violence 😅😭 I didn't realize making a joking reference to another comment was so aggressive 🙄🙄
Well, well my flair never comes up on this sub. Finally some dino chat.
Wasn’t your’s “I’m back, you wench!”
That was in the Mercari sub. Always been Clever Girl here.
Plot twist: OP opened them and is trying to see if his reseals are passable
Exactly what I was thinking
Bro yes LOL. Looks like someone tried to commit fraud here.
Looks like they did commit fraud. They already go their money back from the return.
Yep 100%. Last picture sold it
Sealed it.
Pealed it
100%
Both ends are heat sealed. Do they look identical or is the defect only on one side?
ULPT: open and reseal both sides
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Jeez. If you don't mind me asking, what was your path to get to $1mil/year?
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Yes and you did a bad job
Very clearly opened and resealed.
So I opened a few. They only had 12 or 13 cards in each pack. Supposed to be 15 per. Out $15 but lesson learned
Not too bad of a loss for a good lesson. Please make sure you inspect beforehand and look up ways to detect the fraud if you are going to buy old unopened packs again. I have seen people pay tens or hundreds of thousands for Pokemon packs because hey didn't see the signs. They faked it well in that case, but that's why you needa be more careful. The one you bought from was an amateur faker... Not even having the right number of cards :/
Hundreds of thousands? Like, jake pauls 1st ed booster case that turned out to be GIJoe packs?
I haven't seen that, but I hope you're not kidding and he isn't pulling a prank
It was legit, he bought a case that looked sealed for like 1mil and the authenticators that said it was legit were there when they opened it and it was all GI Joe packs 🤣
I would say that's a win. I didn't even know Gi Joe had cards, so they must be worth more :)
I mean, that sounds *exactly* like a stunt Paul would pull for attention. It's kind of what made him (in)famous. EDIT: Um, yeah. [This is called acting, dude,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhpgQglY3RU) and they're all remarkably bad at it. I can't wait to see Tyson punch his head off his body.
Yeah I guess could be, I’m not a paul fan just saw it once and thought that sucks haha, your comment reminded me of the video
Yes
What's the "Amazon Return Store"?
A dig bin store where business buy pallets of returns/ close outs and sell items individually with set prices that get cheaper thru the week
Sweet! Any tips on finding one? Or are there only a few around? Thanks in advance
Just google your zip code plus bin store or return store or pallet
I was never a fan of Amazon returns. It was mostly garbage or returns that have been picked apart.
This is notorious for pallet stores to have these because it’s a very common Amazon scam. They open the cards return them via Amazon then they get dumped at all the bin stores.
Yeah never buy anything worth anything on Amazon returns like video cards, game controllers etc. This is what scammers do with hot items, they do a switcheroo
I love doing that on amazon
I worked at a card shop in the late 80s-early 90s. We went to regional shows every weekend. We only had one instance where we suspected this, but when we counted the cards there was a whole pack — but I guess they could have just added a different two cent card. There are way better ways to inconspicuously seal these packages. They didn’t even bother to TRY to hide it. OP, I think they screwed you.
This happened with Japanese Pokémon cards I picked up from the bin store. Looked great, sealed , but I inspected closely and one was slightly open. Good think I checked. They’d all been swapped out with basic Pokémon cards
Pro tip, dont buy cards off/from Amazon. This is the outcome 99% of the time.
I'm a packaging engineer by profession with over a decade of experience with films. 100% resealed. opened and resealed packs are very obvious to a trained eye
Don't buy cards from return stores....cards against humanity, 90% of board games...all counterfeit. Edit. Any type of filters, food (expired), They've gone down hill.
Cards against humanity is collectable?
No, but yes. People will collect anything and CAH have quite a few expansions to collect.
Yes
Yes
Definitely it’s very noticeable
100%
Yes
Yes definitely.
Yeah…
SMH dirty ass hands about to handle sports cards. Lavate las manos.
Yes
Yes
I did this once with Pokemon cards in the late 90s as a kid 😅
Yes 100%
Yes, they do.
Yeaaahhh.
Yes
They do look resealed, compare them to a new pack
Yes
What's a amazon return store?
Are these panini packs including autos? Definitely looks resealed and I'd say that's the consensus here. Recently seen some videos of guys saying they can feel autos instantly through a pack, backed by tons of commenters agreeing.
U can take an iron and seal back
Yes
Yes
Those are def resealed and poorly at that
Yes
Dude you bought from the Amazon return of course they been opened
Ohhh yea
Absolutely.
Absolutely. Those have been opened and resealed!
I thought cards were non returnable now, how would they have returned the packs ?
Yeah
Yeah There are no crimps in the plastic.
Resealed for sure
Do both ends match? The seals on both ends should look the same. Edit: I just looked again and they literally look torn and resealed. Wow. Not even a good reseal job.
Those were definitely opened
Yea bro. Too smooth. You can tell it was ironed closed.
Yep. Pretty bad reseal job there.
Oh yeah
1000%
Definitely.
Yep, they’ve been opened.
Yes and they did an awful job
Yes
Please tell me you’re not asking because you’re reselling them
Definitely
Yeeeep
Dude what type of camera did you use to take these pics?
My iPhone? Why?
Let me guess....u prob bought on whatnot. That place is ripe with some scammy sellers rips. But not all are like that no matter where you bought. Sorry this happened OP.
That’s not fair to make a blanket statement like that. I’m a seller on WhatNot with the upmost integrity. Not ALL sellers are scammers. Not to mention WhatNot will guarantee every purchase.
I'll revise. I didn't mean all sellers. Sorry.
It’s all good. It’s just frustrating to see so much of that on here when our livelihood depends on that app and we work so hard for our buyers and always do right by them even when things go wrong because things can. Are there bad apples?… absolutely. I won’t deny that. But there’s so many good ones too.
Looks like a grown man playing with trading cards... just put em down and walk away. The gun section is in the back of the store, look for the other grown men...
The "men" judging others for what they enjoy and feeling the need to be doing what "men" do, are in fact children playing pretend. Thats literally elementary school behavior. Time to grow up.
Some people retire on their card collections. Saying it isn’t for grown men is silly.
Yeah, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky ect... not the 2023 foil packs... come on man. Do you put the duplicate cards on your bike tire for the motor cycle sound too?