Strike Zone — Local services in Petaluma

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...

I use to shop here until last two times in a row same customer and his two buddies opening Prizm Basketball boxes and with no masks on.Owner just lets the three block whole pack area and open boxes and owner standing there with them no mask just chatting away.I will no longer support local shops and I spend 5k a month every month buy all sports but going to only buy now on E-bay that is it.I waited 20 mins never asked if I needed anything complete joke.Glad I don't drop big money here anymore.Bye Bye So funny here we are year later though I 3would give this shop another chance big mistake waited for 15mins to be helped guy just sat in his chair talkingto another customer so funny guaranteesd will never be back in this shop.Also I owned...

Wish this place sold some of their products for a reasonable price. I was super excited when I found out about this store during a visit, and when I saw the prices for their products, I was reminded of the scalpers that ruin card collecting for everyone. Very sad to see that they have their prices at scalpers value. Also, before I exited the store, I gave them a farewell, and I received not even a “thank you”. Maybe if they were welcoming enough, they would’ve gotten a penny out of me. Anywho, we’d be better off going to Walmart or Target and getting beat by these scalpers, than going to their stores. Save your...