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I just sold $3000 in fake PSA 10 slabs I made to some zoomer idiot who probably wasn’t even born when Black/White came out. All base/jungle/fossil foils. Legitimate cards, but far away from what would get a 10 grade. I’d estimate maybe $200 in cards had I sold them outright. And just for full transparency, let’s say $200 or so in time + materials for the cases and labels.
I wish I could follow up on this experiment rather than only getting to see phase 1. Phase 1 of course, was seeing if I could sell them at a premium. A discerning buyer would inspect the cards first, but this guy, being a zoomer with no critical thinking skills, barely even looked at the cards and instead just verified that each one was marked as a PSA 10. What I’m most interested in, is can a person who has no idea they are fakes sell them off to another person? If called out on a flaw of the card, they will defer to PSA making the call, as they will entire guilt and concern free otherwise. I’d love to know how many times a person can upsell these cards before hitting the diehard collector wall who can’t be fooled.
Ah well, I cleaned up a nice chunk of change so it all worked out for me in the end