What you are buying
What is BlockRips?
BlockRips is a shop for real, professionally graded trading cards (“slabs”), sold in packs. Every
pack has a fixed price in US dollars, shown before you pay, and every pack holds one real graded card. When you
open it, the card goes into your vault and is yours.
Is BlockRips gambling?
No. Buying a pack is a purchase of a physical product:
- You always get a real card. Every pack holds one graded card. No pack is empty.
- You pay a fixed price for the pack. Nothing is staked, there is no pot, and nothing is paid
out because of how a pack turns out.
- You see what can come out before you buy: the chance of each tier, the value range of each
tier, and every card in the pack’s pool.
- What happens next is your choice. Keep the card, have it shipped to you, trade it, or sell it
back to our vault partner at the offer shown.
Like any pack of trading cards, some cards are worth more than the pack and many are worth less. That is why the
odds and value ranges come first. Spend only what you can afford to spend on entertainment.
How is this different from a loot box in a video game?
A loot box gives you a digital item that exists only inside a game. A BlockRips pack gives you a real graded card
that sits in a real vault, can be shipped to your door, and is also represented on the Solana blockchain
(Terms, section 2).
What do I see before I buy?
- the pack’s price in US dollars, and for a card payment the card fee and the total, before you pay
(Terms, section 6);
- the four tiers (Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary), the chance of each, and the value range of each: tap the pack
in the middle of the lobby, or open Pack Odds from the menu;
- What’s Inside: every card in the pack’s pool.
Pack odds
These are the same odds the site shows on each pack, read from the same pack catalogue.
How is my card picked?
By a verifiable random draw made when your purchase goes through, at the odds published on the pack. Nobody, us
included, knows which card a pack holds before that (Terms, section 2). The opening
animation only shows you the card the draw already gave you.
Is there a BlockRips currency?
No. Prices are in US dollars and your balance is held in USDC, a US-dollar stablecoin
(Terms, section 4). Where we offer Pack Credits, they are money you add by card that can
only be spent on packs; they cannot be withdrawn or sent (Terms, section 5a).
Your card
What can I do with my card?
- Keep it in your vault.
- Ship it home. Choose Redeem in your vault and our partner ships the graded card to you.
Shipping is shown before you confirm; a phone number and email are needed for the label; customs duties and
import taxes are yours. A redeemed card’s on-chain record is destroyed when you confirm
(Terms, section 7).
- Trade it card for card with another player, where trading is available.
- Sell it back (below).
How does selling back work?
Buyback is run by our vault partner, not by us. Our partner’s stated standing offer is at least 85% of a
card’s fair market value, on its own assessment, and the price you see is its own quote, passed to you
unchanged. You can accept it or keep the card. Buyback is open for 72 hours after the pack is opened; quotes move
with the market, and there are times our partner will not quote on a card. We do not set the level or guarantee a
floor under it (Terms, section 7).
Turbo Mode and low stock
Turbo Mode is a switch. With it on, a common card you pull is sold back straight away at our
partner’s quote and the USDC goes to your balance; rarer cards are kept as normal.
When a pack is low on stock, our partner sells it only with Turbo. On the website a common card
pulled from such a pack is then sold back automatically at the time of the rip, at the same rate, without asking
first; rarer cards are always kept (Terms, section 7). When the site knows a pack is low
on stock, its Turbo switch shows on and says why.
Can I get my money out?
Yes. USDC from cards you sell back, and USDC you added, can be withdrawn to a Solana wallet, or in some countries
to a bank through our payment partner Coinflow after Coinflow checks your identity. Pack Credits cannot be
withdrawn (Terms, section 8).
Are purchases refundable?
An opened pack is not returnable, unless the law where you live says otherwise. If you paid by card and we could
not deliver your pack, our team refunds it in full, including the card fee
(Return Policy).
Who and where
Who can use BlockRips?
Adults only: you must be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live if that is higher, and using
BlockRips must be lawful where you live. We may ask you to confirm your date of birth before you buy, bank
withdrawals include our payment partner’s identity check, and we close accounts we find belong to minors
(Terms, section 1).
Can I take a break?
Where it is offered, Settings > Take a break pauses your account for 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, 6 months or for
good. While a break runs you cannot open packs, open gifted packs, add funds or pay by card; you can still withdraw,
sell cards back and ship cards home. A break starts at once and cannot be ended early. You can also delete your
account in Settings, or email support@blockrips.com to close it.
Where is BlockRips available?
You may not use BlockRips where it is unlawful or while under sanctions (Terms,
section 10). Paying by card is available only with cards issued in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, France, Finland, Spain and Poland (Terms, section 6), and bank withdrawals only to
the countries listed in Terms, section 8.
Who runs BlockRips?
MITHRIL CONSULTANCY FZ LLC, Shed No. 20, Al Hulaila Industrial Free Zone (unit S20W721), RAKEZ, Ras Al Khaimah,
United Arab Emirates (Terms, section 1). Cards are sourced, vaulted, bought back and
shipped through our partners Slabz and Collector Crypt (Terms, section 14).
BlockRips is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any trading card publisher, sports league or
grading company. Card names and pictures identify the real graded cards we sell.
Questions: Support or support@blockrips.com.
These answers summarise our Terms of Service; if anything here and the
Terms differ, the Terms apply.
