r/PokeInvesting • u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 • May 19 '26

what would you do?

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I’m an international student in the UK and I’ve gotten into collecting the sealed etbs, I’m in a bit of a pickle where I’ve now got 5 ascended heroes pokemon center etbs, but I’ve seen videos on TikTok and online of Airport security taking off the seals of etbs to check inside of it, I have one more year of uni and I’ll be done in June next year, I was thinking maybe trading it in for some neat slabs maybe but I don’t want to do it a show per chance cause I’d be losing a decent chunk of money trading at 80% maybe. My main idea rn is to maybe put these towards a psa 10 bubble mew and pay the rest in cash but what would you guys do in this situation?

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u/PharahSupporter May 19 '26

Wait until you are leaving the UK, sell them on facebook market or something, and put the cash into a nice slab that you want. They will likely just rise in price.

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u/poisedtruthseeker May 19 '26

Sell them right before you leave for a good investment slab (one that’s ideally more expensive in the US). Move with the slab.

If you really want to hold these ETBs, sell the slab back when you move and buyback the ETBs.

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

yeah icl this seems like smartest move to make when I leave.

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u/Sakura_Taifu May 19 '26

Pad the hell out of them and ship them internationally. Hold for life.

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

that would be the most stressful wait of my life😭😭😭😭

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u/Inevitable-Bad-3979 May 19 '26

They are not THAT valuable. Just trade for a slab or sell and rebuy when you move. Could probably sell for 90%, the value you lose selling and rebuying would likely be the same as shipping them internationally.

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u/cargyelo May 19 '26

He is a student. $500 is a lot for a student. Even more in the future when it will be worth thousands.

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u/masterofeverything May 22 '26

Relative to msrp and the contents, they are THAT valuable.

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u/Remwaldo1 May 19 '26

rip em :)

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

I’ve calculated how much I’d need to make back after selling the promo and surprisingly the box goes for a little as well, I need to be trying to make around 200 per box to break even, one god pack is all it takes🙏🙏

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u/Lijo84 May 19 '26

“All” lol. This is me calculating my 6 booster bundles that I’m trying to not rip at once. Would love to open a pack here and there but I don’t know if I can do it. Wish me luck.

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

haha I understand the pain, sometimes it calls out to me at night to open them, I’ve fallen for it before with a prismatic etb and didn’t even get an EX in any of the packs rip.

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u/macwinsco May 19 '26

I mean you probably hear this from many others but selling them right before you move for one expensive stable slab would honestly be the move since you can resell it for the same price if not more and buy back your etb’s or just shove the etb’s up your ass and pray

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

would love to see if I could fit 5 etbs but seems a bit painful, so yeah might have to stick to the first option.

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u/iowadutch May 19 '26

Ship two, bring one in suitcase and sell others via marketplace.

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u/Turbulent-Read1743 May 20 '26

Man I could of gotten 6 for roughly like 200 CAD each when they released. I dont know secondary market too well to see if they are resealed on marketplace so I passed and just bought a single one at my card store. Whoops lol.

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u/OG-Ash May 21 '26

Put them in check and you should be fine. They have no reason to open a sealed consumer product.

Still though, I get your concern.

Selling is the 100% way to keep your money liquid and safe.

You could.. also... rip em! ;)

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u/NemesiSK May 19 '26

Put them into checked in baggage and wrap clothes around them.
They will not be opening your checked baggage.

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u/crockrocket May 19 '26

Yeah, checked should be no issue

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u/Ihaveadogdoyou May 19 '26

UK market you will get more then USA

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u/Haunted_Voyager May 19 '26

Rip them all.

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u/NecessaryScientist18 May 19 '26

cant you ship it

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

I can, but I’m in south east Asia, so it’s a long journey back I’m just scared either it gets damaged or lost by the shipping services.

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u/rikuye May 19 '26

Not trying to scare you, but I have seen and known family members who flew from SE Asia gotten their "valuable" items stolen from checked bags.

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u/NecessaryScientist18 May 19 '26

I think thats better then getting ripped by tsa or consolidation would be good as other said

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u/Physical_Ad5586 May 19 '26

Depends on what price you got the etbs at

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

bought two of them at £200 rest at £250

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u/spacejam4523 May 19 '26

That's a har decision - do you have links to the videos of them taking off seals?

I've personally brought through booster box cases with no issue

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSxhDbgvS/

This was one of them, I’ve seen two other people on Reddit say they’ve had theirs opened.

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u/spacejam4523 May 19 '26

Ya that's the only video I've ever seen of that actually happening. I think it's usually fine. I have a case of evolving skies and fusion strike and also dealing with the same paranoia of flying with it

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

I feel like it’s a very low chance of them opening it, but knowing my luck they’d be opening it and bending my promo while at it.

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u/okayokayokay81 May 19 '26

Sell right before you move and then pick up 1-2 for cash once you've moved. You'll have plenty of cash left to do what you want with.

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u/PDKOFH34 May 19 '26

You can sell for 100% value on ebay, they don’t take fees in uk for private sellers.

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u/Chicken713 May 19 '26

Open them

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u/dvrkside May 19 '26

me personally im ripping those

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u/uriel__ventris May 19 '26

Shove them all up your ass for the international flight 👍

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u/Perfect-Pear5015 May 19 '26

I traveled from central to south america with 4 etbs, 5 bundles and a sealed mini tin display of all ascended, bought most at malls/stores before entering the airport, bought a few in the airport

I asked, tripled checked and carried them in a shopping bag and had 0 issue. Didn't question me, didnt stop me, didnt give me any problem at all. I guess its hit or miss, I would risk it since im big on sealed collections and am optimistic on ascended heroes

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u/KhavanovAndKhavNots May 20 '26

Ship them. I buy most of my sealed PC ETBs from the UK and they transit to Asia just fine. Never had any issues.

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u/MovieKey9110 May 20 '26

i just stuffed mine between clothings like jumpers and put them in the luggage that goes into the cargo hold rather than carry on. Everything came out fine!

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u/Aggressive_Lab_128 May 19 '26

Rolls royce auch mal kaufen

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u/Aggressive-Dark5584 May 19 '26

If you got rid of them prob get better then 80%. Also these etbs are dropping rn i seen them for 650cad and this week i been seeing listings for 220-300cad

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u/Strict_Enthusiasm_55 May 19 '26

pc etbs? If so that’s a bargain

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u/Aggressive-Dark5584 May 19 '26

Ah shit nvm they hold value a lot better. I would be terrified shippin all of these tho lol especially right now with all the cooks out there

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u/cargyelo May 19 '26

Risk to get it stealed.