Hello, Just looking to discuss the current listing on ebay of a base set box 1st edition
The title is : Pokémon 1st Edition English base set Booster Box Sealed - Mint Condition!!!
Only caught this last night and is currently at 5.5k
The seller says uk bidders only, and seems to have no history on ebay to do with pokemon cards
Is this legit? Would you stay away from it?
Can you post a link?
Go for it;)
Interesting, as the person who bought the last one in auction for $54,200 was a young “youtube personality” from the UK… After running the barcode numbers from that initial auction, and the one on this box… It seems that it is the same box
ISBN 1 - 57530 - 785 - 5 or am i trippin?
You’re trippin 
ISBNs/barcodes are not unique to each box
I almost woke up the neighbors from laughing after I read that. X D
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the first edition boxes only had the green wing charizard on the side? He’s displaying a blue wing charizard in the pictures. Also looks like a change of background in the pictures, seems a little suspicious to me. I did a Google search image and found the picture of this box was on pintrest.
Not sure of the box he has is legitimate or not but I would say these pictures maybe are not of the original box the seller has for sale.
Definitely mismatching photos which is weird. Unlimited blue wing zard with wizard logo wrapping. Lol
lmaooo my detective days over before they began
Looks weird. First pic of a 1st ed box. The other pics are of a unlimited box. But the title says 1st ed english…
message him and ask, tell him about the pics not matching etc if the listing ends…then there is your answer ha ;p
How is this even being debated right now??? It’s obviously yet another 1st Ed. Base Set Box attempted scam. That first picture of the booster box has been passed around so much that even someone with a legit booster box who uses that picture is going to have suspicion! LOL And then take a look at the second and third picture - all those country codes on the bottom and WotC-Wrapping on a 1st Ed. Base Booster Box? Yeah, something just doesn’t add up there. STAY AWAY!
Wasn’t this seller involved in previous fraudulent 1st ed. box listings? I feel like I’ve seen the name appear before in the same context with the offsite email address?
A legitimate seller will use their own photos. Stay away.
Someone expecting to sell a $50,000+ box is going to take better photos. This is just some idiot attempting to scam, and a horrible scam at that! Seller is probably a clueless 14-15 year old that has an ebay account thinking they’ll pull a fast one
I’ve sent this seller a message yesterday, when there was only the first pictured posted, requesting for more pictures of all the sides and a background history… Until now, just silence.
Anyone selling such an item and only accepting a small pool of bidders it would be a weird choice. On top of that the mismatching photos are a big give away for any serious bidder.
Obviously the winning bid will have a disappointment
Thanks for the discussion all solid points
I saw this yesterday on ebay, seemed fishy
Someone should ask the guy to write a note on the paper and include in the shot to show it is legit photo. Very easy.