[0:00]What up, Jason Page? You got me. That Gengar is the Gengar I gave the kids and yes, it is damaged. But you are misrepresenting what that Gengar is and what the actual value of it is.
[0:10]So, the Gengar that you guys saw in Jason Page's response video, that is the Gengar that I gave the kids. No, he did not damage it. No, he did not alter it in any way.
[0:17]Now, you might be thinking to yourself, that's a horrible thing to do. Why would you do that? You scam those kids. And I'm here to explain what the Gengar is and why the value of what Jason Page has given it is kind of wrong.
[0:28]Now, I know not everybody's going to understand this, and that's okay. I'm going to explain this in the best way I can, and I'll explain it in the same way that I explained it to the father when I gave the kids this card.
[0:38]This Gengar is so damaged that, believe it or not, it would grade at a PSA 1. Actually, you probably do believe that. Now, here's the funny thing about a PSA 1.
[0:46]A PSA 1 of this card is actually valued at about $300 right now. And there is many different sales to prove that that is an accurate assumption of this card.
[0:57]I purchased this Gengar from another vendor knowing that it was damaged and knowing that there's people that come up to me that want to collect damaged cards or buy damaged cards so they can send it to PSA and get a PSA 1.
[1:10]I think my valuation of this card at $150 is very fair because at the time, in May, you could buy this card from me for $150, send it off to PSA for $30, and then it would become a $300 card.
[1:23]To me, that felt very fair. That is how I got to the market value of $150. But, I understand you might not all agree with that, and that's okay. I get it.
[1:33]This is not for everybody. You might not be a damaged collector, but just because you're not doesn't mean there isn't damaged collectors. That's why I had that card.
[1:42]Now, let's talk about the kid and let's talk about why he got that Gengar. I have all the raw video evidence of this.
[1:50]These kids came up to my table multiple times throughout the day. They were trading to me, they were talking to me, they were having a good time. Now, when the little brother came to my table and was trying to trade me this card, I offered him a couple different options at anywhere from 90 to 100% trade.
[2:02]And he didn't really like those options. And then he saw the Gengar. That Gengar was never meant to be traded to him. It was never my intention for a kid to love that Gengar.
[2:10]I bought it with the intention of selling it to a damaged collector, not trading it to a child. But he asked how much the Gengar was. I told him that it is $150.
[2:18]His face lit up, and I thought about it. I was like, you know what? It seems like he really wants this Gengar. Um, what what did I say? Anything for 30 bucks for this?
[2:27]Yeah. How much is this Gengar? That is 150. They try to ask for something like, yeah, I know you don't. You know what?
[2:50]I got the Gengar for a really good deal. I mean, do you want to just trade these two for the Gengar? Yeah. Okay. How much do you say that one's the price is right? It's $150. $150. Yeah.
[3:03]But I made the decision that moment that I was just going to give him the Gengar for his cards. And in the unedited clip, I said, whatever, I'm going to lose a little bit of money, but it is what it is.
[3:11]You can make more money, but he likes it, so here we are. And in that clip, I explained to the father what this card is, why it is priced there, my logic behind it.
[3:20]So this is damaged enough to be a PSA 1. Okay. PSA 1s are sought after. Like, way more than a PSA 2, 3, or 4.
[3:28]Yeah. I wasn't scamming anybody. I didn't say, hey kid, you want this card for your cards? Give me your really good condition cards and I'll give you this messed up card. None of that happened.
[3:37]I wasn't trying to pull one over on the kid at all. But he really wanted the card, so I gave him the card. And then I explained the card to the dad. And I explained to them that a vendor might try to cook them on the card.
[3:48]And I wasn't explaining it to try to be like, oh, my card's more valuable. I was explaining it as thoroughly as I can. I explained that it was going to be a PSA 1. I explained that it was damaged. And the kid loved the card.
[4:00]But okay, I'll be on your side for a second. Let's say that I'm completely wrong. Let's say that I'm completely off basis on this. Let's say that my $150 valuation of this card is not accurate.
[4:10]We're going to just go off TCG Player. TCG Player, you cannot see pictures of the cards. You don't know what you are going to get. I've ordered many cards on TCG Player, and I'm not knocking TCG Player, it's just sometimes it gets a little sketchy.
[4:23]Ordering a damaged card from TCG Player, it could be a card that they damaged themselves. Now, you may be thinking, wait, that doesn't make any sense.
[4:30]PSA will not grade a card one if you damage it yourself. But if there was recent damage into the card, generated by you, not naturally occurring damage, they know and they will send back your card as altered.
[4:43]They will not grade it at a PSA 1. PSA 1s are not easy to get. Let's play Devil's advocate here. Let's say it is an $80 card.
[4:49]I'm with you. It's an $80 card. The card was damaged, or 70. We'll call it a $70 card. His total market value on his cards were $77. That I was very transparent about.
[4:59]I was transparent about that with the dad, I was transparent about that in the video. You guys can look the comps up on those cards if you want. I could take these. Let's say I did trade the kid in a one to one trade.
[5:07]So I traded the kid at 100% then. That seems fair. That seems valid. So if I traded the kid at a one to one, and then he brought that card over to Jason Page, and then Jason Page said, hey, what have you got there?
[5:16]You want to trade your card for my card? And the kid said, yes. We've seen in other videos that his signature is not that valuable. That he makes up his own prices.
[5:24]Now, you could also argue to me that I made up my own prices, but my prices, there is comps for PSA 1. If I kept this Gengar after this show, I would have sent it to PSA to get graded.
[5:34]And I will put my money where my mouth is. If Jason Page wants to sell me back that card at $150, I'll buy it from him, and I will go send it off to be graded. But anyways, the kids walked over to Jason Page's table.
[5:42]Jason Page traded his card for the Gengar card, and then they came to me. They told me about the trade. I didn't think it was fair. Regardless if the market was $50, $80, or $150, the trade for this Gengar to Jason Page's cards was still not an equal trade, no matter which way you want to paint it.
[5:59]How much are you asking for that Jason Page auto? It's like 30 as well. Right on the money. So I will say, I spoke to the dad. I told him everything that's going on in the internet, all the drama with all this stuff and everything.
[6:09]And I told him that the community wants to give these kids some Gengar, because a lot of you guys have reached out to me to give Gengars away, and I think it's super awesome. And he said, that's awesome. That's amazing. I love to hear it. The kids are going to be stoked.
[6:19]There is a mission to get your kids more Gengar. Oh, man, yeah. Yeah, I mean, that's something that you'd be all about for sure, because I think, uh, he does miss that card.
[6:30]Yeah, he he was in the wheel and deal mode and, uh, I know, I know. Well, you know, he was the the place was, you know, just so vibrant, full of, uh, action and he wanted to, uh, you know, partake in the, uh, the deal and going on and I think he probably got in a little bit over his skis on that one, you know.
[6:46]He was like, wait a minute. I got caught up in it and, uh, but, you know, they had fun. We laughed and everybody had a great time. I also asked him about his experience with Jason Page and he said, the kids had a great time.
[6:58]Their first interaction was awesome. Jason was super nice to them, and it was good. But after finding out that the signature didn't really hold any intrinsic value, that's when they weren't that pleased with it.
[7:10]So the kids did end up going back to Jason's table. Jason was not there when they went back to his table, and they traded back out of the Robo grading card. I don't really 100% know if they asked for the Gengar back, but they said they didn't want this card anymore.
[7:22]And so instead of getting that card, Jason Page's team gave him a different card that was signed by Jason Page, and then I didn't end up seeing them for the rest of the show. They didn't leave the show feeling that they got scammed by myself or even Jason Page, which is a good thing.
[7:34]The bottom line is this, I know not everybody's going to agree with me, and that's totally okay. There are two sides to every single story. But my side is, and I still stand on it, that I do believe the value of that Gengar was $150.
[7:46]And once again, I will buy that card back from Jason Page at $150. I will get it graded myself. I grade PSA 1 cards. I send these cards off to go to PSA.
[7:55]This card is damaged. This card is damaged. Look at the back. This card's damaged. I send these cards off all the time because I am a damaged collector, not exclusively, but I do collect damaged cards, and I think PSA 1s are cool.
[8:08]Because there's love in these cards. There's a story behind these cards. Why is it this damaged? And I think that's really awesome. So if Jason Page doesn't want the card, I'll happily buy it back for $150.
[8:21]But I'll tell you what I won't do. I will not pay $150 for a Jason Page signature. I think that is exponentially overvalued. This Gengar, I don't believe it is overvalued.
[8:34]If we want to call it $80, that's fine. I'll buy it back for 80 bucks. But I will not be paying $150 for a Jason Page signature on a card that is not authorized by the Pokémon company. Thank you.
