Fake cards or not?

General Question
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Im just getting back into collecting cards. I bought some packs from whatnot for pretty cheap and got them opened and was wondering if some of them are fakes and if others are worth anything. i have more than the ones showed but there just different pokemon. https://imgur.com/a/jaUTmzI this is the link to them

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My advice for getting back into the hobby is to stay as far away from WhatNot as you can. Place is a cesspool!

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i forgot to say this but im not going to throw them away if there fake just take them out of the sleeves and use them for other cards

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i dont have high hopes for the cards in the pictures just curiosity. I also was just trying someone new on there but i think im going to stick with the 2 people i trust on there i got a decent condition japanese articuno from one

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They do not seem legit, sorry :frowning:

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The cards are all fake unfortunately.

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i thought so mostly just wondering if any had value or if i can just throw them in a binder without sleeves

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If you value them, take care of them. As far for others, fakes dont really have a value.

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I would recommend buying from these websites or from your local card store.

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thankyou for letting me know. i know some cards that are not from Nintendo specifically can still have value but i wasnt sure for any of these

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NGL, those fakes, some of them are pretty sick looking. I kinda have wanted to collect certain cool fakes or really hilarious ones from across time. And no not the obvious jokes ones like the “thicc” pokemon. Sorry that you got scammed. I’d suggest avoiding whatnot entirely. The platform enables scammers, and the ratio of scammers to not-scammers is quite high. There are straight up criminals fencing stolen product on there too. So you have to worry about buying stolen goods too even if its real.

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i wasnt expecting these to be worth anything just wanted to make sure but after looking around on the app i found 2 or 3 people that i will buy from again, but for the most part im just going to sit and watch them cause it was fun. someone recommend some websites im going to use if i want to actually add to my collection

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