Jason Paige Faces Orlando Trade Claims Over $150 Gengar
Jason Paige was accused in Orlando after a card-show video showed two children saying they traded a rare Gengar for a signed card tied to jason paige. The clip quickly turned a private table trade into a public dispute over whether the deal was fair or misleading.
In the Instagram video posted by Boostersandbangers, one boy described the card as “It’s a graded signed card, but it’s not real,” then asked a vendor, “Is that good or bad?” The vendor answered, “You traded the Gengar I gave you to Jason Paige?” before adding, “You guys just traded Jason Paige for a fake card.”
Orlando trade details
The trade at the center of the clip involved a rare Gengar valued at $150, according to the vendor in the video. The children later said they had traded it for a signed card from Paige, and one of them said, “Yeah, he said that it would be a better deal on our side.” Boostersandbangers called Paige a “con artist,” and the accusation spread because the buyers were young collectors at a public show, not adults working a private deal.
Paige said the card the children brought was a Japanese Heavily Played Gengar with an approximate eBay market value of around $75, not the $150 figure discussed by the competing vendor. He said the trade produced a one-of-one AGS full name JP autographed and inscribed, graded 10 AGS custom card, and added that his published full autograph and inscription base price has been $125 for the past 3 years at all events in the US.
Paige’s response
“Regarding the concerns that have been raised. We take any suggestion of unfairness to anyone, especially involving young collectors very seriously, so I’d like to clarify what actually occurred,” Paige said. He said the trade “was conducted openly and with the intent to provide value to my fans,” and argued that the item was not a fake card but “clearly a ‘custom card’ with an AGS Trademark on the back.”
Paige also said AGS charges $16 for grading plus shipping and handling and $22, and that the card’s value was $5, giving him a cost basis of $170. He said all relevant information about both items was explained clearly at the time while they looked up eBay’s latest sales, and that the kids and their father said they were comfortable and happy with the transaction.
After the trade, Paige said he gave them free JP gold trainer cards, took free pictures with them, and noted that all other guests at CollectACon charge $20+ for selfies. He also said the children later came back and traded the same AGS card for another of his full autographed Pokémon cards valued at approximately $250, which leaves the dispute centered less on the object itself than on whether the first exchange was understood the same way by everyone in the room.
For anyone watching the clip, the practical split is simple: the video frames a misleading exchange, while Paige says the children walked away with a card they understood and later traded again. The next argument will hinge on which version of the Orlando table deal people believe — a $150 Gengar swap gone wrong, or a disclosed custom-card trade with value on both sides.
