Strike Zone

"Best card shop in Northbay. John and Peter are very welcoming and honest. I've been going to the shop for over 2 years now. They always have the latest sets, a great selection of sport cards, pokemon, magic, one piece, and much more."

"Good store good people. Only negative I have is bad parking"

"They Always have Pokémon cards in stock, new and old, to buy, singles and packs. English and / or Japanese. Friendly employees as well"

"Great selection, but the staff here is really what makes it shine. Honest and helpful. Always a pleasure to visit."

"I'm disappointed to be leaving this review as I really appreciated having a card store like this to go to when I want to buy some cards, with what seems like a nice guy owner. Unfortunately he's demonstrated two clear accounts of dishonesty that I can't overlook. First, I took him some PSA/CGC-rated Pokemon cards that I was interested in trading. He started "researching" on eBay to price them out and told me that several of the cards I wanted to trade were going for $13 on eBay. I thought that was odd, since I regularly buy graded Pokemon cards on eBay and have been for years. I have over 500 PSA/CGC/BGS-graded Pokemon cards in my collection. I've almost never seen any graded holo Pokemon card go for less than $25, regardless of the grade. But I thought perhaps I overlooked something and agreed to his offer of 70% of the eBay valuation of the cards in exchange for a box of baseball cards. That's where the second piece of dishonesty came in. I asked him why eBay sellers are able to sell the same jumbo packs for $100 less per box and he told me it's because they don't include a silver pack. The problem is this isn't at all true. Not only do the eBay sellers include a silver pack, but the standalone value of a silver pack isn't $100 anyway. I get this guy wants to make money, but dishonesty isn't the way to do it. My personal message to the owner: I'm sorry you interpreted my trusting nature for stupidity. Even if your customers don't realize they were misled or lied to at the moment of the transaction, they can and often do realize it later. I spend several thousand dollars a month on all sorts of collectibles, especially cards. Had you not lost my trust, I would have easily continued to be a loyal customer. I hope the extra $100-$200 you pocketed with your misleading words & demeanor is worth losing me as a customer. If you want to charge $450/box for an identical item that goes on eBay for $350 you're welcome and justified to do so, but don't tell your customer "it's because they don't include the silver pack." It's not true. Lying about eBay market prices for PSA-graded Pokemon cards also doesn't serve you. Goodbye, Strike Zone, and hello, eBay!"