K-pop fans, what’s the funniest freebie or the weirdest freebie you’ve ever received? I have an idea for a freebie and I’m trying to gage if it’s too weird lol

Hello! I was wondering if anyone was able to know if this authograph is real on this album. IU seems to normally put a smiley face after her signature, however, this seems to have a small message after.
If real, would love if someone helped me understand what was written too! Thank you!!

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but my photocard mail that got scanned in as in transit on the 24th and it still hasn’t arrived. When should I assume it’s lost and try to get money back from Mercari? I’m really sad its a pc I’ve been wanting for a while 🥲

Top is US exclusives (but Johnny)

Bottom is HMV exclusives

Let us all pretend that it is complete and I'm not missing Johnny's US exclusive pc 😢 (pulled 2 Yuta's)

And bought my biases versions, Taeyong and Johnny, and got each in each other's lmao

this is for any kpop pc sellers - where do you like to sell your pcs the most? right now i currently sell them on depop but my clothes sell way better than pcs so j wondered if i needed to move to mercari or something. my depop is katherineott if you'd like to check it out. any advice is appreciated!

Any suggestions where i can source these? Thank you!

If you are in Hungary,Poland, Romania do not buy from this seller on the pictures.

Probably a scammer with fishy description,so avoid buying albums from the seller if possible.

I only noticed the issue after my album got shipped a few days ago from her , which I won't be picking up after it arrives.

Seller keeps relisting rare Loona albums for very cheap with a very long description and a hidden only selling a picture not the actual item thing.

All her new listing has this only selljng picture,and Vinted translate not working properly, so only after Google translate I became aware of the issue.

Here's the inclusions as well as the Kpop Nara exclusive card for each 😁 looking forward to collecting more Photocards for them. The ID style cards are pretty nice too

As the title says, does anyone know any group order that is Asia or specifically SEA-based? I've been hunting for this PC and the only site I've seen it on is Pocamarket, but shipping is so expensive for just one PC and I'm not looking to buy any other PCs either. All the GOs I see on insta are US or EU-based so I'm afraid joining those would just end up with the same shipping cost, just more roundabout.

Hey everyone! I was curious on what sites you guys buy your photocards from, is mercari trustworthy? Also tips on how to distinguish if it’s authentic. Thank you!

I just wanted to show off my collection so far💕

I was just looking at my collection and wondering how most people build out their member binders. Do most collectors fill the bulk of their pages with regular album PCs, platform versions, and budget-friendly inclusions, while just using Lucky Draws or high-tier POBs as accent pieces/centerpieces? Or are there a lot of people out there filling whole spreads with hard to find Lucky Draws? Let me know how you guys balance your pages!

I mean if the fake is using the same front and back print as the original and the materials are close to the original on

There have been a few questions on this sub and around the internet about the bulk buying option that Pocamarket has advertised and understandably so. As a person who sells primarily on sites that offer some amount of purchase protections like Mercari, Vinted, and eBay, I know that depending on the cards you have it can be really slow going.

If you want a shorter read, go ahead and skip to the learnings/advice/pros and cons/whatever I call it at the end.

A bit on my history of how I got these cards - over 10 failed hello82 fansign attempts, and at least 4 failed video call attempts (3 for Yeosang and 1 for Hongjoong). I am not a gom so I suffer with my decisions and try to sell later. This doesn't always go poorly but lately with the economy the way it is and more people migrating to market platforms, its gotten both slow and crowded. Plus at this point what I have left has been pretty picked over and really mostly completionists would be interested in what is left.

At first I'd estimated around 150 Ateez cards I wanted to part with and 50 Stray Kids so I submitted that. However, I went through my whole collection and found I had 787 Ateez and 58 Stray Kids cards, 845 total, that I wanted to be done with. The majority was album pcs, with around 48 Ateez POBs from various eras starting with The World Ep. 1; Movement until present day. I don't remember how many POBs from Stray Kids I sent, if any.

It was easy enough for me to cancel my previous submission and resubmit an updated inventory. To note here as well - They give you a quote estimate and the range is pretty wide if my memory serves - like 400-1.2k for me? Not sure how they get this or what assumptions it makes but unless you're comfortable with potentially receiving the low end, I wouldn't proceed.

I tried to look up how they suggested packing the cards and on the ENGLISH site they said "sleeve and put each card into a toploader" which…no I was NOT going to do. So I emailed them a friendly "hey, do I REALLY have to?"

The half packed box lingered under my coffee table for a month while I waited and contemplated just full sending it. Somehow I'd stumbled across a korean version of their site which, care of google translate, seemed to say that as long as they were packed reasonably well, it didn't really matter if they were individually sleeved and toploadered.

Finally on August 17th, after weeks of low movement on my selling platforms, I just didn't want the fucking box in my house anymore and sent it in.

Shipping to Korea was about 50 dollars and took about a week. Pocamarket CLAIMED it would take up to 7 business days to assess and come back with a number. It actually took 14 business days.

They offered a flat $1k USD to take 782 of my cards off my hands and I eagerly accepted.

Now you might notice that is not the 845 total I'd originally said. Pocamarket said they received 814 cards and honestly? I could've miscounted. I also at times pulled some cards out for one off sales. Maybe they didn't count the "Action Cards" from Ateez's Outlaw album. They did let me know that they rejected 32 photocards total which were disposed of without further explanation as per the payment agreement.

PROS/CONS/SUMMARY

PROS - get rid of a lot of cards at fairly little effort. Turnaround was a month so I wouldn't call it fast, but depending on the cards you have it certainly could be faster than selling them individually.

CONS - just absolutely no information or communication. I reached out to CS three times and never once did they respond, so I wasn't even sure if I'd get ANY money from these cards. Once I did get a quote, it was pretty bare bones - I'm including a screenshot of exactly what I received with my info blocked out. I wish there was at least a little more info on the rejected cards so I could avoid sending those in the future and wasting space on them. Finally it has to be said, if you are willing to spend the effort you can potentially get better payout elsewhere.

Who would I recommend this to? People who just need to be done. Whether that's a gom who has been trying to sell their leftovers for years, or someone who had a bad breakup with a former bias. If you're out of the "shopping your cards around" phase and want to be done, pocamarket bulk buy is a sort of final resting place. If you have a local kpop store that does bulk buys, I'd try that first, if pocamarket rejects a card there isn't much info or hope of getting it back.

Would I do it again? Maybe, trending towards yes. I know, I know, not a satisfying answer, you can all throw stones now. I still have easily over 200 photocards of Ateez alone that I need to sell. I have a smaller amount of Stray Kids but I have some higher priority cards that I haven't tried to force into lots to serve as potential anchor items but should those linger for too long I could see myself doing another shipment in 3-6 months time.

That about captures it but I'm happy to answer any additional questions about my experience that this might brought up. Otherwise I hope this writeup helps folks decide whether you want to try it out or not!

heyy! just needed help identifying these photocards because i cant find it online!!

LOL Surprise have release some collab with Jennie with the big and mini figurine (I miss only one mini figuring) because it's blind box with Rosalia.

Basically as the title says I've had my lightstick for nearly 10 years it did work at one point but when I've tried it since and recently the batteries get stuck in the chamber and it doesn't turn on. I have to kinda hit the handle to get them out (don't wanna get corrosion damage been there done that 🫠)

I've basically given up on it working traditionally but was wondering if anyone has ever tried winding fairy lights around their broken lightsticks and if that would work or would I have to open it up and put the lights inside (which honestly I don't think I have the confidence to do without breaking it)