Current Events > Man has $3000 sealed copy of Pokemon yellow destroyed by US Customs

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NeonPhoenix
04/07/25 2:51:27 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/465b6d9c.jpg

lol scale of destruction on that thing is hilarious,............but that really sucks tho >_>

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Strider102
04/07/25 2:52:19 PM
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I'd be bitch slapping someone

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DarthEnvoy
04/07/25 2:52:20 PM
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Must have been a Digimon fan.

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ImagineUsngAlts
04/07/25 2:52:23 PM
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Is this real, chat?

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NeonPhoenix
04/07/25 2:53:02 PM
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Blue > Red

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SadButTrue
04/07/25 2:53:20 PM
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F
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__starsnostars
04/07/25 2:53:21 PM
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I'd be furious.

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HylianFox
04/07/25 2:53:45 PM
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Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1

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DodogamaRayBrst
04/07/25 2:53:46 PM
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ehhh.

Opening import packages to check the content is kind of what customs do. I
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Shotgunnova
04/07/25 2:53:50 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ead1744f.jpg

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rexcrk
04/07/25 2:54:04 PM
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Ooof

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WingsOfGood
04/07/25 2:54:23 PM
#12:


Could have been laced with fantanyl
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Nemu
04/07/25 2:54:39 PM
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Wasnt that a few years ago? Either way, pretty bullshit with how advanced scanning has gotten.
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HylianFox
04/07/25 2:55:25 PM
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DodogamaRayBrst posted...
ehhh.

Opening import packages to check the content is kind of what customs do. I

Seriously, it's been this way since 9/11

If you're going through US Customs, you have to expect them to wreck your shit
>_>

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saspa
04/07/25 2:56:07 PM
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__starsnostars posted...
I'd be furious.

Of the millions of frivolous lawsuits taking up the courts time every day, this is one case where I actually hope one can both sue them and also win. It would be like destroying the mona lisa except this is actually important.

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Starks
04/07/25 2:56:48 PM
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If you have graded shit going through customs, I would hope you have insurance.

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Strider102
04/07/25 2:56:52 PM
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Imagine it was this.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9a09a282.jpg

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saspa
04/07/25 2:58:43 PM
#18:


HylianFox posted...
Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1

Lol a dumb comic book over something as amazing as pokemon yellow? You do realize you could get all 3 starters in that game right? And in color to boot, red for charmander, blue for squirtle and green for bulbasour.

That's not even getting into being able to get not 1 but at least 2 mews.

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Nemu
04/07/25 3:00:07 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Imagine it was this.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9a09a282.jpg
God, the whole game grading thing is just a speculatory scam. Cards are bad enough with the 9.8s vs 10s shit, but at least the big names have decades of real experience. The gaming grading shit is too new to be putting out prices like that.
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Evolician
04/07/25 3:00:20 PM
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I would sue tbh

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WingsOfGood
04/07/25 3:01:38 PM
#21:


HylianFox posted...
Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1

What makes actions comics worth anything?
Really think about it
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HylianFox
04/07/25 3:03:07 PM
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This is also why I thank god every day for emulators and ROMs

"buT tHAT's piRAcy!"

Yeah, not when the alternative is paying several grand to some third party.
>_>

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rick_alverado
04/07/25 3:05:24 PM
#23:


HylianFox posted...
Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1

If it was Action Comics #1 there would be a couple more zeroes.
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Hospy
04/07/25 3:06:21 PM
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I'm not sure why you would expect customs to not open stuff.
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Mr_Karate_II
04/07/25 3:06:37 PM
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ImagineUsngAlts posted...
Is this real, chat?


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realnifty1
04/07/25 3:07:06 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1

I want to say that not long ago a set of staples from Action Comics #1, not the book, just the staples, sold for like 10k. But I can't find it via Google, so maybe it was some other old book.
(It was a baggy with staples and few slivers of cover leftover from some restoration.)
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Deej
04/07/25 3:07:41 PM
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Gamers truly are the most oppressed group in society

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WingsOfGood
04/07/25 3:07:43 PM
#28:


HylianFox posted...
This is also why I thank god every day for emulators and ROMs

"buT tHAT's piRAcy!"

Yeah, not when the alternative is paying several grand to some third party.
>_>

Don't think a normal yellow cart is going for a grand

This was a graded sealed copy
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eaglei3
04/07/25 3:20:06 PM
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saspa posted...
Lol a dumb comic book over something as amazing as pokemon yellow? You do realize you could get all 3 starters in that game right? And in color to boot, red for charmander, blue for squirtle and green for bulbasour.

That's not even getting into being able to get not 1 but at least 2 mews.

You would not have been doing any of that with a sealed version of Pokmon yellow either.
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WingsOfGood
04/07/25 3:20:31 PM
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Bitter even
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HashtagSEP
04/07/25 3:22:50 PM
#33:


HylianFox posted...
This is also why I thank god every day for emulators and ROMs

"buT tHAT's piRAcy!"

Yeah, not when the alternative is paying several grand to some third party.
>_>

...A normal copy is like $40. This was sealed and grade.

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McmadnessV3
04/07/25 3:22:56 PM
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On one hand that sucks, on the other hand this sealed game crap is why people who just want to play the damn game has to deal with these absurd prices.

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Tyranthraxus
04/07/25 3:25:01 PM
#35:


HylianFox posted...
This is also why I thank god every day for emulators and ROMs

"buT tHAT's piRAcy!"

Yeah, not when the alternative is paying several grand to some third party.
>_>
If you just want to play the game you do not need a $3000 sticker sealed copy.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/916bce1c.jpg

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2001mark
04/07/25 3:25:59 PM
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omg stop... real life isn't The Grand Budapest Hotel where guards are skipping over the Henkls chocolate.

Many daylight crimes lately are ppl dressed in bright construction gear, because a trusting layer to be left alone.
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CE_gonna_CE
04/07/25 3:26:39 PM
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Thanks Obama

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LonelyStoner
04/07/25 3:28:56 PM
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The amount of rage I would be feeling

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Foppe
04/07/25 3:33:01 PM
#39:


HylianFox posted...
This is also why I thank god every day for emulators and ROMs

"buT tHAT's piRAcy!"

Yeah, not when the alternative is paying several grand to some third party.
>_>
...if you are going to play the game, why the hell would you buy a sealed highgraded copy?
You don't buy a cow if you want to eat a hamburger.

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Goldice
04/07/25 3:37:07 PM
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I get the anger but this is kind of on the person who did this. Ofc customs opened it up

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DrizztLink
04/07/25 3:39:09 PM
#42:


HylianFox posted...
Retro gaming prices are fucking absurd

This is Pokemon Yellow, not Action Comics #1
Correct, which is why it's worth &3,000 and not, like, literal millions.

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Turbam
04/07/25 3:40:02 PM
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That really fucking sucks.

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rick_alverado
04/07/25 3:40:36 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Correct, which is why it's worth &3,000 and not, like, literal millions.

I think you can get lower grade copies for merely hundreds of thousands.
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HashtagSEP
04/07/25 3:40:58 PM
#45:


McmadnessV3 posted...
on the other hand this sealed game crap is why people who just want to play the damn game has to deal with these absurd prices.

Is it, though? If you just want to play the game, you don't need to buy a sealed copy. Like, in this case, that sealed copy was $3000, sure, but if you just want to play the game... $40 on ebay.

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buddhamonster
04/07/25 3:41:08 PM
#46:


Goldice posted...
I get the anger but this is kind of on the person who did this. Ofc customs opened it up

This. Yea, it sucks, but like 99.9% of the job is literally opening shit up and making sure there isnt something hidden inside


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chris1001_the_sequel
04/07/25 3:47:06 PM
#47:


Foppe posted...
...if you are going to play the game, why the hell would you buy a sealed highgraded copy?
You don't buy a cow if you want to eat a hamburger.

The whole culture is ridiculous

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0e1a52c4.jpg

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Trumpo
04/07/25 3:48:26 PM
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Plot twist, it's a repro.

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Strider102
04/07/25 3:53:16 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/590f7162.jpg

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pokedude900
04/07/25 3:55:03 PM
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This sucks and I'd certainly be pissed if it happened to me. But at the same time, what is the fucking point of having a sealed and graded game? What even are the criteria when you can't actually open the box to look at the damn thing, let alone play it or read the instruction manual? Graded cards make perfect sense since you can still look at them. But all you can see here is the box.

BTW, Yellow has a battery in it. That means that thing will eventually corrode anyway.

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