Has anyone else experienced this? I’m a pretty small ebayer, and it really quite surprised me.
"Hello!
I am a up and coming Pokemon youtuber and would love to do a pack opening for 1 of these! And I would be so so grateful if you could send me one to open for the channel! I will promote your eBay page and your site! Do you think this could work? I aspire to be a big youtuber and create a community! And would love you to be part of it!
[Name]"
They were asking about a box of CP4.
Pfft fuck that guy.
Awaits bashing*
Some next level begging that is.
I just politely declined (and I do mean politely, not the a sarcastic politely), as I thought it was most likely a kid. I asked what their channel is; I hope they respond as I’m curious.
Welcome to the wonderful world of youtube where every kid with a smartphone thinks they’ll be the next 300k+ subscriber channel and they’re entitled to free stuff just because.
I distinctly recall saying, when FCBM videos were becoming a thing, “This is dangerous because it’s both predatory toward younger members of the community and will give the impression that their ability to obtain free cards will be indicative of their popularity. This will spill over from YouTube and get really stupid.”
Pretty sure I talked to @smpratte or something about it. Just makes me really glad I’m not completely invested in that for my sense of community. I wouldn’t last. We’ll field them for our community as they grow up and let them settle into something a little less toxic on the back end. 
Social media provides advertisement and potential growth for the hobby, but the lack of standards and accountability spawn this type of non-sense.
Send him a box of weighed packs.
Lmao wreck his life.
You can’t weigh these though 
They all have an EX in each pack!
True,
but I think they would still get excited when they got some other box for free.
Carefully unseal the packs and replace all cards with Bidoofs from XY5, then reseal them all, repackage the box, and send it off.
Holy crap! In a lecture and almost yelled hahaha
You should send him a contract that specifically outlines the following conditions;
You will supply him 1 of each Japanese box after he has amassed 100k subscribers.
At this point he will forfeit 55% of ANY cash flow he makes via YouTube in exchange for free boxes of no more than 1 box per month.
See how he likes those terms lol
Oh my goodness this had me rolling, A+ trolling
At what point would they stop opening packs?
Buy the PSA 9 illustrator Pikachu for $100,000, send him that one and laugh your way to the post office imagining the face of disappointment and shock he’ll have once he finds out he only got a single card in the mail instead of the booster.
That’ll surely get him!
I really don’t get these FCBM videos, they seem to be full of like 8-12 year old kids sending people who are 20+ a load of holo or ex cards for them to run through them in like 30 seconds or less and for them to then basically say, wow great… Then throw them aside. There is little to no appreciation in the videos unless they throw in an expensive card. Also why is it kids who send them to fully grown adults? Makes sense the other way round to me. Like giving something back to a fan base rather than taking from them? I’ve just woken up and this is a poorly structured reply but I cba to change it now 
Send him a Big Dildo
I’ve been wondering the same. I see a very popular poketuber getting so many free cards by mail, and all the senders get is a video with their username on it. Maybe they will be happy seeing their cards on a video, but if a fan doesn’t send lots of valuable cards like holos, exs etc, the tuber always sounds more or less disappointed. A cheap EX isn’t going to make them very happy either. That sucks really in my opinion but the kids unfortunately can’t see it that way. Some of the tubers seem to have quite a lot of money as you see them opening stuff every day basically. They don’t need those free cards as they won’t get appreciated…