Description: Hi! PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY: First things first. I DO NOT OFFER DISCOUNTS ON MY BUY IT NOW LISTINGS. EVER. My prices are fair or I wouldn't have been in business for more than 35 years nor would I have perfect feedback on Ebay since 2000. So, please do not ask for a lower price. You either want it or you don't. Thanks for paying attention. This is the ONLY time I will ever do this. And maybe the only time anyone on Ebay ever does this. This is a Buy It Now listing for THREE VENUSAUR ART LONG CRIMP POKEMON BASE SET FACTORY SEALED BOOSTER PACKS THAT ALL WEIGH VERY HEAVY! ALL THREE OF THEM. I tried to find three with roughly the same weights and this is as close as I got. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS, ALL WEIGH MORE THAN 21.50 GRAMS! If this trio isn't the Holy Grail of Base Pokemon packs, it's darn close. Now to be technically accurate about this, we should probably subtract from each pack's weight about .20 grams since these are all long crimp packs. The long crimp does not add a lot of weight, but it does add something. It would not be a good idea to cut part of the crimp off to make a regular, short crimp, now would it? As some of you may know, I am leaving at least 90% of all my Pokemon in my warehouse to my children, and since I cannot break that promise, THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I WILL DO THIS. On December 30, 2020, I sold an ALL HEAVY TRIO OF CHARIZARD ART base packs for $5,688. I am selling this for $4,988 because--as you know--Venusaur or Blastoise art just does not have quite the same demand as Charizard art. I may try to put together in the future an all heavy large crimp BLASTOISE trio, but no promises. At least 90% of ALL my Pokemon I am willing to my children are short crimp, so my supplies are limited. Now here is the deal. THIS IS A BUY IT NOW LISTING. IT IS NOT A BUY IT NOW OR BEST OFFER LISTING. That means the following: NO DISCOUNT. Not a penny. Not a nickel. Not a dime. Not a dollar. The price IS the price and the price is fair--but only if you want it. If you're a collector, this would be awesome to add to your collection. If you plan to open these, you have a 99.9% chance of getting a holo in every pack! The only things I give 100% guarantees to are 1) We are all going to die (what a bummer!) and 2) The sun sets in the west. That's it. If you open all three packs, you have a close to a 20% chance of getting either a Charizard, a Blastoise or a Venusaur since there are 16 holos in the Base set. If you decide not to open these, you will have a solid investment for the future since I AM CONVINCED THAT PRICES FOR BASE, JUNGLE, FOSSIL AND TEAM ROCKET--WHETHER ENGLISH, JAPANESE, FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH, CHINESE, PORTUGUESE, AND DUTCH--ARE STILL LOW! That's my strong belief. My mantra--born of 40 years experience--has always been when you think the price is high on something, it's really low and when you think the price is low, it's really high. EVERY TIME IN MY LIFE I HAVE VIOLATED THIS RULE AND BOUGHT A SO-CALLED "BARGAIN," I HAVE REGRETTED IT. Business schools all over the world tell their students to "buy low and sell high." Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong almost 100% of the time. What they should teach is "buy high and sell higher." I could give you 1000 examples that prove my point, but it would bore me as much as it would bore you. Anyway, the price is $4,988. More than fair and if I were 10 or 15 years younger, I would buy it myself!! The rules: 1) No discount. None. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Zero. If you want it. the price is $4,988. If you don't want it, you would be overpaying by $4,988. 2) Payment is due within four days of purchase.) 3) Please add $84.00 for insured shipping and signature required services if you live in the continental U.S. Paypal preferred, but other forms of payment are fine, too. I also ship worldwide through Ebay's Global Shipping Program. Check Ebay for details. 4) If you have a question, please ask. This is NOT my hobby. This how I try to make a living. (Our four cats like to eat, too.) I have pictured the trio of packs together in ascending order by weight, left to right. 5) I am proud of my feedback on Ebay, encompassing more than 7,000 separate buy and sell transactions over the past 22 years. 6) The most important rule of all--DON'T FORGET RULE NUMBER ONE. 7) Please check my other Buy It Now listings and my auction items as well. My auctions always start at 88 cents with no reserve. 8) If you are looking for a couple of good TV series, you might want to try: "The Killing" (IMDB-TV) but only the first two years and "The Night Of" (a seven-episode Netflix offering). Both are worth your time--and time is all we have! And here are some underrated movies you should see: "Kill Me Later," "Another Earth," "I Origin," "The Silent Partner" (with Elliott Gould, no less), "Time After Time", "Secretary" (with the terrific Maggie Gyllenhall), "About Time," (which I have seen seven times in six years) and "Starman," with Jeff Bridges brilliantly playing the hardest role in the history of movies and not even winning the Academy of Award for Best Actor! Thanks for reading this far. You have now read more in the last four minutes than Agent Orange has in his adult life. (Not kidding.) Stay safe. Mask up indoors. Thanks. Jerry
Price: 4988 USD
Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-08-10T17:40:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 84 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Set: Base Set
Character: Charizard
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Material: Card Stock
Features: Booster
Vintage: Yes
Year Manufactured: 1999
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Number of Cards: 33
Configuration: Pack
Language: English
Movie: Pokemon
TV Show: Pokémon
Genre: Fantasy
Age Level: 4+
Number of Packs: 3
Game: Pokémon TCG