The Pack Report is published by Rip Station. We say so on every page so you can weigh what we write accordingly. Figures are quoted from the sources linked, with the date we read them. Terms change; check the operator before you rely on a number.

Last read October 14, 2026.

Beezie is a tokenized collectibles platform on Flow and Base with Brink's custody and categories well beyond cards; Rip Station is graded Pokemon on Sui. The buyback designs are the interesting contrast.

Where Beezie is ahead

  • Brink's. Multiple vaults, RFID-sealed items, free storage and insurance, documented in its GitBook. Rip Station does not name a custodian.
  • Headline rate. SWAP at up to about 90 percent of value, though a 6 percent fee comes off the swap amount, so the net is in the mid-80s.
  • Valuation sources named. eBay, Pricecharting and others. Rip Station says 'public comps' without naming them.
  • Breadth. Sports, One Piece, sealed boxes, sneakers, Labubu, luxury.

Where Rip Station is ahead

  • Time to decide. Seven days against fifteen minutes. Beezie's window is the shortest of any platform we compared.
  • EV in writing. Per-machine expected value and odds by value band, timestamped. Beezie shows odds per Claw 'based on fully stocked inventory,' which is not the live pool.
  • Published shipping terms. A flat $5 handling fee plus carrier rate; Beezie sends you to a FedEx zone calculator.
  • Payments without an on-ramp. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay at checkout.

Call it

Beezie for a Brink's-backed vault across many categories if you can decide inside fifteen minutes. Rip Station for Pokemon slabs with a week to think and the numbers published up front. Neither offers a verifiable-randomness mechanism. Rip Station publishes this site.

Side by side

Rip StationBeezie
OperatorByzantine Port Technologies Inc. (Panama), subsidiary of Byzantion Inc. (Delaware); Panama City address published 3Beezie; CEO Andrea Miele, CPO Pratik Kadam; $4M round led by Psalion, July 2026; earlier backers include Techstars and the Dapper Labs CEO 30
BlockchainSui; on-chain object per vaulted card and for balances 1Flow and Base, with Solana announced for 2026; token is a digital twin of the vaulted item 29
What is in the packsGraded Pokemon only 4Pokemon, One Piece, sports, video games, sealed boxes, sneakers, Labubu, luxury 31
FormatsRandom packs, marketplace, 24-hour auctions 4'The Claw' random pulls, marketplace, raffles, Points Vault 24
Pack prices$25, $50, $60, $100, $150, $200, $250, $500 machines 2$30 Wildcard, $50 Silver, $250 Gold on the homepage; $30 to $500 per press 31
GradersPSA, BGS, CGC 4PSA, BGS, CGC or authenticated items 29
CustodyThird-party professional vault and grading facilities; custodian not named; insured subject to policy limits; Rip Station is a custodial agent, not an insurer 1Brink's vaults, multiple facilities, RFID-sealed; storage and insurance free 26
Instant buyback83% of current estimated market value (90% on the Max Buyback pack); optional 1'SWAP' at up to about 90% of value, minus a 6% fee on the swap amount 25
Buyback window7 days after each rip 115 minutes 24
Net EV (EV x buyback, as % of price)87% to 91% on its own estimates ($25: 109% EV x 83% = 91%; $50: 105% x 83% = 87%; $100 to $500: 88% to 89%); 96% on the Max Buyback pack (107% x 90%) 51$50 Silver: 110% average value x 85% SWAP = 93%, about 88% after the 6% SWAP fee; $250 Gold: 105% x 90% = 95%, about 89% after the fee 55
Who sets the valueRip Station's estimated market value from public comps, timestamped 2Recent sales from eBay, Pricecharting and other sources 24
Marketplace feeNot published for marketplace; auctions carry a 3% buyer premium 4Platform fee plus creator fee; percentages not published 28
ShippingWorldwide except sanctioned jurisdictions; carrier rate plus $5 per card; a single US card averages about $11; optional insurance at 1% of declared value; same-business-day dispatch 1FedEx from New York (ZIP 11413); rate by zone via FedEx calculator; international available; up to 30 items per redemption; optional insurance; pay by balance, card, Apple or Google Pay 27
PaymentsCredit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, USDC balance; email sign-in without a wallet 1Balance, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay on redemption; pack payment methods not published 27
Identity checksVeriff once before first shipment 1Required for vaulting your own items 28
Odds and EV publishedOdds by value band and EV published per machine from live vault composition, with a timestamp; also in llms.txt and a public API 2'View Odds' button per Claw, based on fully stocked inventory; inventory updates after each restock 25
Verifiable randomnessNo commit-reveal or VRF claimed 4None published 25
AppWeb only 1not published 31
Regions and age18+ or age of majority; sanctioned jurisdictions excluded 1not published 31
Trust signalsNo Trustpilot profile found; shutdown terms published (30 days to claim cards, no payout fund) 1No Trustpilot profile found; operating since at least 2025 29
Scale (self-reported)not published 4$170M+ GMV since launch, 30,000+ active users since January 2026 (company figures) 30

How we compared

We read each platform's own pages first (FAQ, docs, terms, help centre) on the date above and quoted what they say. Where a site could not be read without a browser, or published nothing, we fell back to dated third-party reviews and marked them. Percentages are not interchangeable across rows: a buyback quoted against "insured value" set by the platform, against "fair market value" from an undisclosed method, and against a timestamped estimate from public comps are three different promises. Every cell carries a numbered source. If a platform changes a term, the number here is wrong until we re-read it; check the operator before relying on it.

See the full twelve-platform comparison.

Sources

All read on October 14, 2026. Items marked (affiliate) are third-party review sites that earn commissions from the platforms they review; we use them only where a primary page was unreadable, and say so.

  1. 3. Rip Station About
  2. 1. Rip Station FAQ
  3. 4. Rip Station llms.txt
  4. 2. Rip Station EV page
  5. 51. Rip Station public machines API
  6. 30. Macau Business, Jul 27 2026
  7. 29. Decrypt, May 12 2026
  8. 31. Beezie.com
  9. 24. Beezie docs, The Claw
  10. 26. Beezie docs, Storage and Insurance
  11. 25. Beezie docs, Claw FAQ
  12. 55. Beezie Claw pages (Silver, Gold TCG)
  13. 28. Beezie docs, General FAQ
  14. 27. Beezie docs, Redeeming

Frequently asked questions

Which has the higher buyback, Rip Station or Beezie?

Rip Station: 83% of current estimated market value (90% on the Max Buyback pack); optional. Beezie: 'SWAP' at up to about 90% of value, minus a 6% fee on the swap amount. The basis and window differ; see the table.

Which one ships internationally?

Rip Station: Worldwide except sanctioned jurisdictions; carrier rate plus $5 per card; a single US card averages about $11; optional insurance at 1% of declared value; same-business-day dispatch. Beezie: FedEx from New York (ZIP 11413); rate by zone via FedEx calculator; international available; up to 30 items per redemption; optional insurance; pay by balance, card, Apple or Google Pay

Which one lets you verify the draw?

Rip Station: No commit-reveal or VRF claimed. Beezie: None published