Credit Card Chargebacks and Pokémon Cards
Poke Vault, one of YouTube's more popular Pokemon content creators, published a video discussing how they were recently scammed by Cody, a customer. Cody purchased thousands of dollars of Pokemon…
Pokémon collectors are proud to threaten people with violence
I was scrolling through a Pokémon collectors group on Facebook yesterday. It's a private group dedicated to Pokémon collectors who live in Maryland. A thread caught my eye because it…
Checking out the Rattle Pokemon defense fund
Best Vintage Cards, LLC and entrepreneur Sean Bassik are suing Canadian YouTuber Rattle Pokemon (government name Michael Barristo) in Maricopa County, Arizona. The lawsuit (CV2024-000498) is for Defamation, False Light,…
Rattle Pokemon is making the world safe for dishonest buyers
A real First Edition Pokémon Gym Challenge Booster Box. (Photo: eBay)
There's a person on the Internet who goes by the name of Rattle Pokémon. He's carved out a niche for himself as the Pokémon fraud investigator. Rattle Pokémon is a…
Woman ‘accidentally’ sells expensive Pokémon cards at a yard sale
A Massachusetts woman held a yard sale last month. Included in the items sold were three factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes belonging to her father. Unbeknownst to her, the…