Conte's Card Castle

Brian Barrett

I never leave reviews online.. ever. But i really felt compelled for this one. Dude charges wayyyyy above market value for pokemon cards.. for example, $20 tins starting at $35. But the worst is the shining fates. He is selling those as packs for $25 a piece, 5x market value. I could spend double what he charges anywhere else and get an ETB that includes 10 packs, or pay 5 bucks a pack on TCGPlayer. Also, i know little kids go in there to buy pokemon cards.. he is pretty much ripping off little kids intentionally and probably doesn't expect anyone going in there to see that he is absolutely robbing people with his prices. Edit: in a reply to my review the owner said his prices reflect the market.. but every time I've gone in there the prices were unchanged and i cross-checked them with TCGPlayer. That's all you have to do to see that CCC's prices are insanely inflated ABOVE market value.

Mike Thomas

As you can see in the responses, owner is full of himself and is always attempting to get over on customers. Have been here 2-3 times and each time when I asked about prices, his prices were very high and he just talked about how many he has sold in the last week. The last time I went there, I actually found a card and box that were priced well, but when I said I would take both, he said he made a mistake and quoted me a price 30% higher that his original ask. He also argued with me about a set (that I collect) and he was clearly very wrong. Owner stated that the T206 Christy Mathewson had a dark glove and a white glove. After I told him it is the hat color that is different, he told me I was wrong and had no clue what I was talking about. The only possible way I can see this guy making money and staying in business, are if his claims that he rips off his “usuals” are true. This is something you will hear him bragging about any time you ask for prices. Would give 0 stars and avoid if you don’t like getting ripped off.

Lemon Pepper Lew

I usually don’t go out of my way to write reviews but this store definitely requires one. The owner of this store is taking advantage of naive Pokémon collectors. Immediately upon entering the store he pointed out that he had really “big” singles in his case saying they ranged from $200-$800. I am an avid collector so that instantly perked my interest. The cards in his case were predominantly from recent sets such as Celebrations and Shining Fates. There are no $200-$800 cards in those sets. You can easily google and see that the best card from those sets which is the shiny charizard vmax typically sells from $100-$120 on average. I also noted he had pikachu’s birthday card from Celebrations in the case which is a $5-$10 card and he wanted $30 for it. Additionally to make matters worse, he is actively selling shining fates packs for a whopping $25 per pack!!! He even bragged that he was making it easy on kids to buy packs because he was selling them in singles instead of making them buy an ETB that he was selling for a measly $200. What a rip off! Do not waste your time or money at this store. There are plenty of reputable Pokémon sellers both online and in the area that will sell you products at their market value. Response to the owners comment: You are actively lying about your prices. You verbatim looked at me and told me the card was $30. When asked about the celebrations ETB you said $200. Stop lying about your disingenuous price gouging.

Commando Tony Chopper

Bro was selling a empty etb for 50 bucks. If you want costumers lower your prices conte. And please, don’t fight this review and reply back and be snappy. just fix your prices. literally just search websites like TCGplayer and chose a reasonable price.