I wasn’t able to edit the previous post, so here’s an update post before I go back to lurking. (If anyone who knows me irl is reading this, go away I’m embarassed)
TLDR:
On Christmas, we played White Elephant with my fiance’s family. A cousin won a box of Prismatic Eeveelutions. Everyone was super excited for him and he wanted to open the box right away. He mentioned that he didn’t have any sleeves and I offered to trade him sleeves in exchange for a pack, thinking it would likely be bulk cards. My favorite Pokemon is Leafeon and I only collect cute cards (mostly grass type). He said ok! It was my first pack opening ever and I opened a god pack. Wow! I quickly realized there was some miscommunication, because he put all the cards in his binder after I sleeved them. I felt sad, because of the excitement, then disappointment, of thinking it was mine and the regret of wishing we could have shared the cards with everyone. My fiancé later clarified with him that there was a miscommunication – the trade was for opening the pack, not for keeping the pack.
CLARIFICATIONS:
1) This isn’t AI/fake – I’m an artist and I hate AI. Not sure why anyone would fake being this unlucky.
2) I am simply just an emotional girl!!! If you opened a god pack for your first pack ON CHRISTMAS, but it wasn’t yours to keep, you’d be sad too.
3) I’m fully aware that it’s not a fair trade in terms of monetary value. Some sleeves in exchange for what would statistically be some cute bulk eevee cards is a silly, fun trade agreed to between family members, not strangers doing a Facebook marketplace deal. If he said “nah that’s dumb”, I’d obviously give him the sleeves anyways.
4) I had sleeves on me, because we had all brought our binders to show each other on Christmas. I started collecting after a trip to Japan/Korea, where it’s super easy and cheap to buy the singles you like, so you don’t need to gamble (hence why I had never opened a pack). I sleeve everything, including cute bulk cards, so I took the sleeves off of the bulk cards to give him.
UPDATES:
1) This cousin is not a mean, evil person. We confirmed that it was a simple miscommunication that led to some expectations vs. reality feelings of disappointment on my part. I don’t believe there were any bad intentions from anyone involved.
2) I told my fiancé how sad I was feeling, so he reached out to the cousin on my behalf. The cousin felt very genuinely bad about the miscommunication, as we are family, and generously offered for me to have the cards to keep.
3) I messaged the cousin personally, thanking him for empathizing with me. I’m honestly happy to have him and his girlfriend to share the excitement of collecting cards with, as my fiancé does not collect and had to watch me go through this emotional rollercoaster over shiny cardboard.
4) I would not feel right taking the god pack for a silly trade, and clarified that I just felt shitty about this situation being my first pack experience. He was just as excited as me about the cards, after all!
Anyways, that’s the story of my first and last pack!!! I will stick to buying cute singles and beautiful illustration cards. Enjoy your holidays!
by WinniePoo88