Did I sell fake pokemon cards by accident?

[Bobbis2000]

Hi,
I hope it is ok to ask this question here.
I recently sold some pokemon cards of my son's on Ebay to help raise money to buy him an xbox one.
Unfortunately, I received an email from the buyer saying that they believe some of the cards are fake.
They sent some pics of the cards they think are fake. Sorry about the quality, but they are attached

The buyer states: "the back's are off-color, off-centered and not as sharply detailed. See how the sparkles aren't sparkles? The Raichu Prime is authentic. It will be used as the control group on the left. Fake holo cards have copied sparkles to make them look like the real deal, but they're glossier and the sparkles stay in the same place from every angle instead of showing up in different places at different angles like actual cards, because fake cards don't have the copyright on the type of board that Pokémon/Nintendo has. Also it's a dead giveaway that the card's fake if the card has sparkles but... Isn't actually shiny, like most of these Legend cards."

I wanted to see if anyone here can tell if they're fake and I should think about refunding.
Thanks.

 

[donavannj]

Hi,
I hope it is ok to ask this question here.
I recently sold some pokemon cards of my son's on Ebay to help raise money to buy him an xbox one.
Unfortunately, I received an email from the buyer saying that they believe some of the cards are fake.
They sent some pics of the cards they think are fake. Sorry about the quality, but they are attached

The buyer states: "the back's are off-color, off-centered and not as sharply detailed. See how the sparkles aren't sparkles? The Raichu Prime is authentic. It will be used as the control group on the left. Fake holo cards have copied sparkles to make them look like the real deal, but they're glossier and the sparkles stay in the same place from every angle instead of showing up in different places at different angles like actual cards, because fake cards don't have the copyright on the type of board that Pokémon/Nintendo has. Also it's a dead giveaway that the card's fake if the card has sparkles but... Isn't actually shiny, like most of these Legend cards."

I wanted to see if anyone here can tell if they're fake and I should think about refunding.
Thanks.

Kinda hard to tell with the crappy picture quality, but I can tell you that there are 5 likely fakes in that first picture based off of the card back alone. There's a spot on the back of the cards that is a sure tell whether it's fake, but you gotta know what to look for in the first place.

Personally, I'd like to see video and far higher quality pictures of the cards to confirm for sure, though.

 

[Bobbis2000]

Thank you for your confirmation. I have given the buyer a refund.