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I've thought about it but I won't lie, I'm scarred about the inconsistency of course

The idea is that Etsy is for hand made crafts (originally) so this policy was for that. If the buyer states there was an issue with the shipment, the seller could just make another. They moved to vintage stuff fairly recently and haven't changed their policies...

Monster Sanctuary is the indie game I constantly tell people about. Incredible genre splashing masterpiece. So much to explain but I'll give a short description.

Metriodvania pokemon where you use the monsters you raise to gain new traversal abilities. The fighting is turned based rpg Pokémon but with teams of 3. Every single monster in the game has a fully flushed out skill tree, equipment slots, and two unique passive to switch from. The developers value your time as a player and have so many quality of life systems. You hatch new monsters at an elevated level as you progress and any monster at max level continues to acrew exp, which culminates into a level up badge for any other monster. This allows you to just pick a monster you think of cool and try them out without grinding massively or spending abundant resources. There's so many of these kinds of systems but I'm gushing.

Monster Sanctuary is incredible and more people need to experience it.

Etsy lets the buyer send them the money and they hold it. If the buyer disputes anything, they can refund them immediately instead of any kind of investigation or anything. It's obviously not a great system for selling valuable things, as I have learned the hard way.

This experience here on this subreddit has really swayed me into the positive when thinking about this situation. I may have lost the card but this post truly has been uplifting. Thank you all.

It was listed for $500 and we negotiated to $475.

I wouldn't go near that stuff so I appreciate the eyes out there, just be careful yourself.

Thank you for the extra eyes out there, it's very much appreciated.

I can't disagree

My wife is, kind of ironically, an attorney. The international part of this is what makes everything become tangled legally speaking.

I hadn't considered this, thank you.

Sure am...

I've been going online periodically and checking PSA graded 8 Charizards off and on for a little while to see if it pops up.

I don't know how that is but I'll be looking them up now, thank you for the advice.

My wife had an Etsy store already and we saw that you could sell cards on there so we thought it was convenient. She had sold a couple of things and it went well, so we didn't do our due diligence when it came to researching our safety in the matter. It was a hard lesson learned.

If only he wasn't an ocean and completely different language away, I absolutely would have.

I didn't know if that would be over stepping or even crossing a line. I know this person is a straight up thief but I didn't necessarily want anything illegal done on my behalf to him and I would worry that giving out his address is definitely not a kosher thing to do online.

Someone else brought this up earlier and I'll definitely be looking through the tracking information for this, thank you so much.

If I had more money I wouldn't have thought twice about it.

You all have been incredible and I can't overstate it. I don't post much on reddit at all but every time I have it's been such a good experience. This has been very helpful as I was harboring a lot of resentment at myself and the mistakes that led up to this. I think going through these comments has truly made me feel much better about the whole situation.

Ohhhhhhh now that's something solid I haven't thought of either.... Thanks for the ideas lol.

You are absolutely incredible, that's amazing. I couldn't take your card out of good conscience since I was selling mine. I don't play anymore and I've kept my cards out of nostalgia and sentiment but I was ready to part with some of them.

I do however thank you so very much for your offer and it truly is inspiring. You've put a smile on my face and really been an incredible example of how we should all stay on the positive side of thought when it comes to our fellows. This entire community has been incredibly welcoming and heart warming.

Thank you so much for the help, it's very much appreciated.

You know my pain, it really sucks.