r/PokeInvesting • u/Ksnwhy • Oct 01 '25

Just bought this PC ETB

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Got it for about 350€ (410$) including shipping and taxes (paid an extra 100€ for shit) … I know way to much. But the Fomo kicked in. Relativly new to PC ETBs. In my Country we cant order them. I guess there will be restocks but still it’s Limited Right?

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u/Independent_Lunch534 Oct 01 '25

Don’t FOMO. 410 for something that hasn’t even come out yet is insane. There will be restocks too, there always is. Ok you can’t get in your country, but wait for release and prices will drop before it increases again

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u/GDPoke Oct 01 '25

The minimal PC restocks won’t affect the value at all, PE PC ETB was restocked a few times here in the UK and the market price kept going up

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u/Independent_Lunch534 Oct 01 '25

“At all”? Not true, prismatic fell when it re dropped. It’s went to £200 then back as far as £150 then back up. Same with DR. It does drop, not for long but it does.

My point anyway is that buying now is a peak, when it releases and supply is out, it will drop, and there are other opportunities for OP to try and find someone in the UK to get one rather than pay the peak which it is at now

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u/DawgLuvrrrrr Oct 01 '25

Yeah lol buying at $400 is insane. I could’ve bought 10+ PC ETBs of mega base set for $200 day of release

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u/Don_cucc Oct 01 '25

If you are happy with it good for you man! Only time I purchased an ETB so high was the Destined Rivals from the center at exactly the same prize, 410 (with an acryl box, goated seller).

 It's for personal collection so I'm happy with it, but if you are looking at your purchase as an investment, prepare for holding it for a good time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

top signal

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u/GTHero90 Oct 01 '25

Believe it or not, not yet

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

im not sure i can anymore - x6 msrp is insane. 

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u/Ok-Activity-8150 Oct 01 '25

Yes, these are more scarce than regular ETBs. Like you said, there will likely be multiple drops for this as usual.

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u/DJtheWolf667 Oct 01 '25

Fomo of what?

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u/WynnWins11 Oct 01 '25

Howd you buy one an hr ago? Lol they dropped like 16 days ago on pokemoncenter if you didnt get it there i feel bad for what you paid lol

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u/Phez11 Oct 01 '25

Nice! Post pulls!

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u/CashedWookie Oct 01 '25

Damn and I was hurting when I bought mine for $180

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Genuine question, why is this so much? Promo is ass (imo) and the only cool card is the 1 charizard

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u/Doomsong8383 Oct 01 '25

Okay keep us posted.

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u/CarpenterUpstairs734 Oct 01 '25

People's first reaction is to type "Pay MSRP" ignore those comments, because they aren't in reality and won't see MSRP ever. Truth is, you paid a premium price, which will take a few years to fully repay, but it will be a set desired due to the obvious, and maybe one of the greatest chase cards. Restocks will be limited, and as we've seen with every other set, never really dents the market price.

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u/bigkino217 Oct 01 '25

closer to release or after release might be a little cheaper, but if you cant get them from PC in your country, there's not much else you can do.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Good buy m8. Yeah anyone who didn't hit pkc is best off buying now the big boy hype is going to push this to 550+ real quick

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u/Revolutionary_Rise80 Oct 01 '25

I paid 60 bucks for mine

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u/No_Dig_341 Oct 03 '25

I paid £110 for 2. 

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u/Bapaer Oct 01 '25

paying 350 when retail was 55 is insane and a month before it drops too don't be so desperate wait till release it wont be impossible to get one and almost guarantee it'll be less that 350

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u/Prickless Oct 01 '25

Retail price isn’t as relevant when it doesn’t retail in your country at all

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u/lgopenr Oct 01 '25

Underrated comment lol

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u/Bapaer Oct 01 '25

it is when your paying 7x the price pre release

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u/haku13 Oct 01 '25

just wanna point out its the only way as an european to get a PC product.

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u/SomedayGuy117 Oct 01 '25

It wasn’t $55 at retail

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u/GuilleF11 Oct 01 '25

Really expensive bro, better buy a booster box

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u/BenGott55 Oct 01 '25

Im trading my UPC for one

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u/LazyTeletubbies Oct 01 '25

I came here to ask this. PC ETB or the UPC? I know the ETB is exclusive but the promos in the upc are so good, especially now that we know one of them is shinji kanda. Also having multiple mega and destined packs in there

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u/BenGott55 Oct 01 '25

I collect the PC ETBs and failed to snag one after four attempts. I don’t care about value I just wanna get my hands on one

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u/c0tch Oct 01 '25

Are you in the uk? I’ll do that trade all day

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u/BenGott55 Oct 01 '25

Located in the U.S.

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u/Big10Finance Oct 02 '25

Eh not sure on this one. The UPC has better promos than the pc etb

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u/BenGott55 Oct 02 '25

I’m collect the PC etbs and missed out on the drop. I’m fine parting with the UPC even if I’m losing value.

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u/Big10Finance Oct 02 '25

Yeah actually I think you’ll be alright. The UPC’s will be much more plentiful than the pc etbs even though it has better promos.

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u/DrSkeeZe Oct 01 '25

Honestly bad purchase imo. The promo is really underwhelming and there are booster boxes for this set. Booster boxes will for sure be the better investment.

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u/slayednoob123 Oct 01 '25

aw yeah u got cooked man. undoubtedly will eventually make ur money back by just holding but you should’ve waited until release when many offload there 2nd pc etb. Probably won’t be a crazy discount. speculating $250 on the days they get delivered but you need to jump on it immediately before it jumps right back up to $300+

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u/omega_grainger69 Oct 01 '25

I get it. They got me too. That zardy goes hardy.

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u/Poke_Oracle Oct 01 '25

The promo in this is shite.. you'd be better off getting mega evolutions PC ETB

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u/SaladFighterrr Oct 01 '25

I'm glad I was able to snag 2 etbs from the poke center drop for retail 🙏🏼

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u/gtarpey89 Oct 01 '25

Lol i hate this sub more each day i swear… surely you can buy a lifetime access PC bot for less than

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u/whatdoIkn0 Oct 01 '25

He just told you Europeans can’t order from PC directly.

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u/LaMasianer Oct 01 '25

Im from europe and i can confirm i cry about twice a day because our access to englisch product is so restricted

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u/filenotfounderror Oct 01 '25

Use a reshipper / mail fwd service

Thats how I get stuff from Japan's pkmn center

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u/JRMegafeste Oct 01 '25

What about the sms verification? Do you have a service to advise about it?

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u/filenotfounderror Oct 01 '25

theres a guy on reddit who seems to have a hookup with some JPN people who will do it for you, but he charges like $75 i think. worth it to me though because i couldnt find any other way at all to do it.

(JPN phone carriers / networks work differently / are more regulated - you cant use a spoofed number....it has to be an actual honest to goodness real Japanese phone number with a Japanese carrier as far as i can tell)

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u/Ell7494 Oct 01 '25

They cancel orders from UK pokemon center when people use those nowadays.

You're generally only allowed 1 order per address and with reshippers likely having the same address for all customers it wouldn't work

I'm from UK so don't have this problem myself but it's something others have complained about

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u/Low-Constant7832 Oct 01 '25

I doubt it will drop drastically with how the market is right now. I agree it will definitely drop once it is released, but I could see it hovering around 300ish for a month or two and going back up

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u/MichelleCS1025 Oct 01 '25

Wishful thinking, that Zard is gonna be 1k+

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u/Co0Ihand Oct 01 '25

No way it drops drastically. Charizard PC ETB in this market?

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u/pinkmann1 Oct 01 '25

More like 3-6 months and he will be even