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Worst Money Ever Spent

Yeah. So, and the way you open Pokémon cards, it's really funny. Like, you have to be really delicate with it. So like, it, like, if there's a little— the card's only worth a lot of money if it's— you have to send it into PSA, like they grade the card. And if it's graded a 10, That's when it's worth a lot. It's very difficult to pull a 10. Everything has to be perfect. No dust, no creases, no— the edges can't be smushed even a little bit. The printing has to be perfect. No fading, no discoloration. Everything has to be absolutely perfect. So even if you pull the Charizard, you have to go through steps to make sure it's that one. But it's really funny because even just the box that it sits in, it sits in a cardboard box, like the shittiest cardboard box. Yeah, like, like what you get your Chick-fil-A burger in. Yeah, right, like that type of cardboard. And even that box, if you just resell the box alone, is going for $2,000.

November 21, 20256:56David
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Jason6:50
Right.
David6:51
Which, which I don't even understand why, why the box costs that much.
Jason6:54
Yeah, I don't either.
David6:56
Yeah. So, and the way you open Pokémon cards, it's really funny. Like, you have to be really delicate with it. So like, it, like, if there's a little— the card's only worth a lot of money if it's— you have to send it into PSA, like they grade the card. And if it's graded a 10, That's when it's worth a lot. It's very difficult to pull a 10. Everything has to be perfect. No dust, no creases, no— th…
Jason7:46
Wow.
David7:46
So there are like bits you can kind of un-Frankenstein the box and sell bits and pieces of it.
Jason7:52
And then you were, you were ready to buy another box.