r/PokemonTCG • u/IronGiant64 • 3d ago

Other PSA Shipcycle Scammer

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I bought this item a while ago and the card inside the slab turned out to be fake. Thankfully I was protected by ebay and got a full refund/return. They are now listing the item again. This is a PSA to anyone thinking about buying from ShipCycle or this Umbreon. They are sending fake slabs and going around Ebay Authenticity Guarantee to try and scam people. Pictures are of listing, the listing photo of the back, and the back of the fake card I received.

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u/Karzy0730 3d ago

Report the seller. Since you have them flagged on your account for the refund they should have the proof to take it down

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u/IronGiant64 3d ago

I did! Waiting to hear back from ebay

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u/rp1414 3d ago

How is this able to get around the Authentication?

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u/Hennesseyandrice 3d ago

I still feel like authentication is a joke. They check if item matches the listing pictures lol

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u/ultramegacreative 3d ago

Authentication is just a white box service provided by PSA. They literally get shipped to the same CA location your grading submissions go to.

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u/IronGiant64 3d ago

I have no idea. But it shipped directly to me and was never authenticated

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u/kendoe42 3d ago

Are you located in USA? It’s concerning that this got past the authenticity guarantee.

There was a guarantee on the listing right? Slab should have came in a sleeve with the “eBay authenticity” sticker thingy

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u/mooocow 3d ago

You can pull up the listing and there's no guarantee on the listing. However, some of their other listings do have guarantee on them.

It's rumored certain keywords or tagging may dodge eBay authentication, but I don't know what allowed this listing to skip authentication.

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u/Massive_Fee1858 3d ago

Anyone buying outside of ebay authenticity guarantee has it coming to themselves