For local bargains, also monitor Vinted and LeBonCoin but always verify authenticity
Price is one of the biggest differences between Korean vs Japanese Pokmon cards
If you have the city's blessing, you may put that permanent on top of its owner's library instead
I have bought 3 jewelers loupes and a black light flash light for starters to examine cards from here on out (they have not come in yet) This reminds me, I had read that counterfiets [can/do?] react different under UV light, hence buying the black light, I do have a black light I was able to shine on charizard last night, and it looks EXACTLY the same color as any other holo I compared it to, front and back
However, they affect everyone , since everyone now shares in that small, but not insignificant possibility of cracking one, a kind of excitement we already know full well from mythic rares