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u/Ger14n5 1d ago
So fucking pathetic.
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u/Unhappy_Counter1278 1d ago
I went to the grocery store today and the machine selling Pokémon packs had everything sold out. These people are fucking losers.
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u/Ger14n5 1d ago
I’m a teacher. I buy Pokémon cards for kids to use as incentives for good behavior and grades. I can’t get anymore for them because the vending machines are all sold out.
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u/Unhappy_Counter1278 1d ago
It sucks because these assholes just want to make easy money off kids.
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u/FishGoesGlubGlub 18h ago
I personally know someone who is doing this and I don’t approve of it at all, and yes I let them know how scummy they are.
I will say that it’s very rarely kids buying them off of them. It’s almost always someone mid 20s to mid 40s which was shocking to hear. Kids are happy to get any cards, disposable income adults want the new stuff to gamble open for pulls.
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u/Jojobabiebear 13h ago
I have a whole bunch that I’d be more than happy to send your way. They’re not “good cards” so to speak, but I might have enough to get you through the end of the year!
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u/Aggressivehippy30 18h ago
There was a video circulating of someone catching an employee from the store it was in buying out the entire machine before the store opened. Card collecting seems like the absolute worst hobby to try and get into, pokemon particularly.
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u/MrShadowHero 14h ago
the hobby isn’t card collecting. it’s gambling. it’s just that your jackpot has cool art (you may not even want to collect) instead of money attached. i’m of the opinion all of these types of card packs and gacha games need to be treated like proper gambling. “collecting” is a cop out of the habits the pokemon company and nintendo are building in these kids.
pokemon company makes kids addicted to gambling. should be on headlines everywhere.
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u/OxygenThief7 11h ago
100% right, and it isn’t just Pokémon. The sports card industry has been creating gamblers for decades now.
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u/Aggressivehippy30 8h ago
Goddam I feel like I just had a revelation, and feel pretty dumb for not seeing how obvious and in your face it kinda is.
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u/GimmeShiny 17h ago
There should be a youngest to oldest rule for the lines at these releases, imo. These weirdos aren’t even buying them for nostalgia.
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u/MountainDawg1998 1d ago
This is so shameful. It’s people like them that ruin collecting for everyone just to make a quick buck.
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u/SuperPotatoThrow 1d ago
This shit right here is exactly why Wal-Mart no longer does Magic The Gathering.
Now I have to go to the local sweaty nerd shop that literally smells like streight ass to grab some boosters if we are doing a draft game. Fuck people like this for ruining it for everyone else.
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u/Bad_Jimbob 1d ago
Regardless of the smell, you should support your local game store. Anything’s better than Walmart
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u/SuperPotatoThrow 23h ago
I agree with supporting local shops and everything, especially considering the shop in my area is the only one that does MTG. but man, when I walk in and it smells like mold, rotting flesh and body odor at the same time (weirdly sweet smell and not in a good way) it kind of makes me avoid the place. I'm pretty sure their building is fucked.
Really sucks because their prices are fair too. Nice people as well.
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u/thistookmethreehours 1d ago
I buy magic cards like every time I go to Walmart, perhaps your local one stopped carrying them.
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u/I-Love-Tatertots 1d ago
Yeah, not sure what they’re talking about… Walmart definitely is still doing MTG lol
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u/Gyuttin 1d ago
Then these local card shops jack up prices, lose their customer base, and end up closing shop while blaming their customers for a lack of support. Some of the most entitled shop owners that lean into the scalping then act like they are owed by the locals for their services
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u/ManicWarpaint 1d ago
But with more demand, card shops aren’t getting as much product distributed to them due to the increased amount of hobbyist being registered as distributors (scummy if you ask me). With the lack of inventory they have no choice but to sell at market price just to make up for it. It’s a lose lose for the customers
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u/LeftOverCrack17 1d ago
The ironic and even more sad thing is Wal Mart is what killed my family comic/card shop growing up as a kid. They built a supercenter in town and my grandparents just couldn't compete with the insane low prices.
Also the split between distribution of DC and marvel really hurt the family business aswell. It was too much having to order twice and pay twice instead of both being shipped together.
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u/EarthtoGeoff 1d ago
No one is buying regular Magic product like this; it’s not in short supply. If your Walmart stopped selling Magic it’s likely due to theft.
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u/FlameShadow0 1d ago
The problem is: Gamefreak, or Nintendo, or whoever makes the cards, they are not doing a goddamn thing about this.
Cards cost nothing to make. They can flood the market with this stuff so it makes no sense to resell it. Then the problem is you get all the “collectors” out here who say this will tank the price of their collection. Who cares? If you love collecting, it shouldn’t matter how much it costs, just the item itself.
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u/ihearttwin 18h ago
On the Pokémon TCG sub, apparently the card printing machines are literally running at full capacity. Idk if I believe it but that’s the statement on the sub
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u/CptMisterNibbles 1d ago
And they don’t even reap the profit of the high priced second hand market. There is clearly demand and they could just make more money by printing more. It’s like the one time literal corporate capitalist greed could improve a situation and just… doesn’t.
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u/MyNameIsZealous 1d ago
If I'm elected Emperor of Earth I will limit one per customer.
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u/Nachodam 1d ago
You have my vote
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u/forwhenimdrunk 1d ago
Can’t the cashier just tell a person with multiple Pokémon things at checkout they only get one, and the rest go in a bin to be returned? I don’t understand how hoarding like this happens unless the store is allowing it to happen. Sure they say 1 per customer at the aisle but if they’re letting them pay for ten at the checkout aisle, they’re not really doing shit but putting on appearances. Just tell them they only get to pay for 1 at checkout.
That’s how all the stores did it in my town when dipshits were hoarding toilet paper and cheese during Covid. That’s how all our grocery stores are handling eggs right now. You can wrestle around on the floor with other idiots and fill your whole cart with all the toilet paper you like, but when you get to the checkout counter, they’re just gonna tell you you can buy 1 package.
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u/Ill_Athlete_7979 1d ago
Yeah, but they don’t care as long as they’re getting sold and making money.
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u/increment1 1d ago
If I was emperor I'd set no limit and everyone could take what they wanted.
I'd then execute everyone who was greedy and took too many.
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u/Lemmy_Axe_U_Sumphin 1d ago
The oddly sexual moaning is fucking weird.
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u/IWorkForDickJones 1d ago
You think that is weird. Try quietly minding your own business with these dudes in the gaming store screaming about how their Charazard or some shit is too OP.
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u/ironskillet2 1d ago
Jesus if I ran a game store I would keep these behind the counter, and only sell them one at a time.
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u/Kid_Named_Trey 1d ago
One of these idiots has definitely called me gay on Reddit. I just know it.
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u/Timelymanner 1d ago
Doubt it, they probably don’t care about Pokémon. Theses are resellers and scalpers. They are going to immediately put these cards up on their amazon/eBay store front for twice the price.
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u/Kid_Named_Trey 1d ago
Yah, that’s the exact type of person who would call a stranger on the internet a slur.
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u/surroundedbywolves 1d ago
They’re being dickheads but this should be on the retailers too. They know what’s up and should be limiting the purchases to at least make them do multiple trips in and out of the store to buy more than one.
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u/thaxmann 23h ago
I saw a video a few months ago of a Costco that prefilled carts with one box each. As people entered they handed them a cart and kept them moving into the store.
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u/no4scinjewboi 1d ago
The little kids standing towards the back kinda breaks my heart. I don’t think any of those boys got anything
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u/Crunchy_Grunchy 20h ago
It's so damn frustrating. My nephew would love to own something from Prismatic Evolution and neither his parents or myself can find a single booster pack anywhere locally. The stores that have gotten restocks have told me they sell out as soon as they come in. I imagine it's because of reseller turds.
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u/mustyfiber90 1d ago
Dorks
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u/jg_92_F1 1d ago
God I love that movie
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u/SUP3RGR33N 1d ago
It's a timeless classic imo. It's the one Christmas movie I watch every season as it's just so much fun.
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u/CthulhuWaitsSleeping 1d ago
Look I like Pokemon a lot too but this has got to be the most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
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u/Timelymanner 1d ago
They are resellers and scalpers. They are grabbing the newest releases to sell online.
Kinda like how a musician has a concert, and all the tickets are sold out in the first five minutes. Then tickets show up on auction sites for twice the price.
These guys will hit every store in the area and hoard every pack they can get their hands on.
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u/nicevansdude 1d ago
These people suck. Stop buying anything Pokémon online because you’re giving your money to douchebags
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u/TheJessKiddin 1d ago
The youngest person there is the only one asking if the guy on the floor is ok. What a bunch of fucking dorks
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u/usedtothesmell 1d ago
For relief, remember this great video.
A lady pays for first in line, plans to buy out the store, told she can only have 1 iPhone
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u/Pork_Chompk 1d ago
Imagine having to deal with these fucking nerds every time you have to restock at your job at Target.
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u/TopDeckHero420 1d ago
It's time for retailers to just stop selling this shit.
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u/Pups_the_Jew 1d ago
It is in the best interest of manufacturers and retailers to create artificial scarcity; including allowing resellers to further inflate the market. They understand the psychology of certain consumers. These videos are gold for them.
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u/AdHom 1d ago
Obviously that's true and I agree. Artificial scarcity is even desirable to some extent (not like this of course) when it comes to collectibles; tons of people love the feeling of owning something rare.
It does seem though that the last 5 years has seen a drastic increase in participation in a lot of hobbies that historically rely on this and it's gotten to far out of balance. Supply chains of all kinds have been struggling so I'm not entirely sure it's even completely an artificial kind of scarcity anymore.
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u/cucaracha69 1d ago
It's not rare, it's all mass produced plastic junk. If people wanted something rare they would learn how to do pottery or carpentry and create something truly rare.
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u/lavahot 1d ago
What the fuck is going on with pokemon card lately?
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u/SmashElite16 1d ago
Ever since Logan Paul got popular in 2020 for buying pokemon cards, suddenly lots of people think they can be "successful" if they can rip that one pack that will get them that "golden ticket".
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u/AlexxorX 1d ago
I mean you're sort of right? All these latest posts are usually covering the scalpers going after the 151 sets that got a restock with special boxes ala blooming waters because they can sell it for like 3 or 4x on ebay easily. I'm sure some of them do open the packs trying to get a Charizard or a god pack, but most do probably just sell the boxes for easy cash. Same goes for any prismatic evolutions product, like the boxes theyre buying in the video also, if you look at the ebay accounts selling them 9 times out of 10 it's a sneaker/hypebeast/supreme seller.
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u/Timelymanner 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s been popular before Logan Paul. Rare cards have going for a lot over the last 20 years.
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u/SwollenGoat68 1d ago
Something about people wearing pajamas outside their home that grinds my gears.
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u/cajunfid 1d ago
This is giving big beanie babies energy.
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u/Timelymanner 1d ago
It’s the exact same thing. Resellers getting into a niche market hoping to get rich quick.
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u/Yogsothoz 19h ago
This just strikes me as America in a nutshell. There is a rule, no one enforces it and the rulebreakers use the results to scalp poor people.
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u/igotzquestions 1d ago
Honestly, fuck all these people. Pathetic. They are the TicketMaster of the human race.
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u/mercyflush90 22h ago
These idiots are the reason my 10 year old hasn't been able to buy pokemon cards to play with.
It's ridiculous that grown men are making it to where my 10 year old can't buy a pack of cards with the occasional 5 dollars he gets.
I don't care if you collect cards or sell them as an adult, but dang leave some for the kids who just like to play with them as well.
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u/powerlesshero111 1d ago
I baffles me why people think this is a profitable business model. The amount of people who would pay extra for better cards is minimal.
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u/Fawkestrot92 19h ago
I believe they mostly sell them unopened for a markup. I don’t think it would be profitable to spend all that hoping to get your money back on individual cards
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u/albertcn 20h ago
Ohhh the Pokémon bubble bust is going to be epic. Remember the Bennie babies one?
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u/hyper_plane 16h ago
Priorities of Americans while their country is turning into a fascist oligarchy.
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u/HoboMeatballs 1d ago
These scalpers are scum. I say they need to start putting this shit in a glass case like video games and limit them
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u/hermann_da_german 1d ago
As long as people buy from scalpers, they are going to keep doing this shit. The moment people stop.huying stuff at inflated prices these people will go away. Ans that goes foe everything, concert tickets, consoles, you name it.
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u/SystemLordMoot 1d ago
What a bunch of sad fucks.
My kid likes pokemon cards, and people like this make it difficult to get any for him at shops like these.
I stopped even trying after I found a local gaming store that keeps them stocked behind the counter.
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u/RandoFollower 1d ago
Scalpers are the worst. I’m so glad that GW has found a way around them at least
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u/The_Brofucius 12h ago
The weird thing. You're just flooding the market. There going to be Tens of Thousands of Multiple cards, and it not like kids will collect the ones they want without having to pay an adult an exorbitant amount of money to do so.
Some people do not know Supply vs Demand.
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u/AlliedR2 1d ago
If you want them to abide by your rules of a certain number per customer then you hand them out as the next person in line comes up. Otherwise its clear you dont give anything but lip service to rule breakers.
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u/CheckMeoowwt 1d ago
Lmao this is so embarrassing, wtf. I haven't bought cards in 2 months now because of this shit
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u/KhaoticKorndog 12h ago
I must be living under a rock, but why are people losing their minds over these?
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u/allaboutwanderlust 1d ago
When did pokemon become this popular again
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u/gravityVT 1d ago
Some of the newest sets have extremely rare cards, one specific card is worth around $1500. I’ve been out of the hobby for a few years so I’m just speculating but last time it got this popular was for this same Pokémon from another set
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u/Twelve2375 1d ago
Does anyone actually want this card (like to play with or for their collection or cause they like the look of it) or does everyone just want it because it has a price tag? Is that all it is inflating the value on that Umbreon?
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u/HighestPriestessCuba 1d ago
Probably when nostalgic millennials got “adult money”
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u/FixPsychological2787 1d ago
This is disgusting. Pokemon really did something to the brain chemistry of millennial children growing up that has left them damaged to this day. Maybe it was those banned episodes with Pikachu using thunderbolt, but this is gross and no one over the age of 10 years old should be putting this much time, energy or money into buy cards with pokemon printed on them. Pathetic and embarrassing.
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u/Colour_Theory 1d ago
These people in the first video aren't Pokémon fans though.. they're the same people that resold trainers etc but moved onto Pokémon once that market crashed
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u/Dizzazzter 1d ago
You do know the same kind of shit happened with Cabbage Patch Kids? Also there is only one banned episode where Pikachu used thunderbolt that involved being stuck with a Porygon in a digital world, making the screen flash red and blue. It was never shown in United States. The 4kids version also darkened the screen to decrease the strobe intensity when Pikachu used lightning attacks.
Don't blame shitty people behavior because of the franchise. Blame shitty people for being shitty people.
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u/riptide032302 1d ago
These people should be sat down and have explained to them exactly what’s never going to happen for them in life by acting like this
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u/lonelychapo27 1d ago
the fact that the kid was the only one that asked if he was okay when he fell speaks volumes
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u/Simple_Anteater_5825 1d ago edited 10h ago
Wait, everything I read says we're all doomed and one step from new Hoovervilles
Who is the scalpers customer base? The 1%?
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u/-SomethingSomeoneJR 1d ago
I’m glad that these scalpers are starting to get robbed outside the stores in broad daylight.
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u/Gutterman2010 20h ago
For the life of me I just don't get TCG collecting. Like cool, you got a a neat looking piece of cardboard. Congrats. Other hobbies can be more interesting, like rare out of print D&D modules and books, or miniatures where you personally put effort and artistic focus into making them your own. But, as China has proven, you can replicate pokemon cards pretty closely with a nice laser printer and some cardstock...
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u/Shawntran2002 13h ago
I'm sad that my childhood activity is now just scalpers. They really do ruin the fun for everyone.
Grown ass men acting like this. in public. worse than the kids who fought over Charizard
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u/BugsB_iolin 12h ago
usually the register won’t let customer buy past the limit anyways no? and all the cards are held behind customer service or somewhere similar. at the store i work at, before we open, we give the folks waiting in line outside a ticket based off our inventory and what they want to buy. you don’t get a ticket, you don’t get cards. folks are generally pretty respectful about that as it really is first come first serve. and we explain to them that our registers literally will not allow us to scan items over the quantity limit either.
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u/drillmaster125 12h ago
I went to Best Buy two weeks ago to pick up an online order when it opened and I was the only one there not for Pokémon cards. I was the last on line and the employee at the register asked if I wanted the last box and I shrugged and said “Why not?” By the time I left the store, a guy paid me basically double for what I bought for the cards, meaning I got my online purchase basically for free.
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u/mellamoreddit 8h ago
I mean, it's not difficult. Put it behind a counter. Allow one per person and be done with these shenanigans.
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u/DisfiguredHobo 1d ago
How am I struggling just to eat, but these assholes have enough money to buy tons of meaningless, plastic shit?
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u/TheRealSectimus 12h ago
Those poor kids at the end, surrounded by grown men and they didn't even get one.
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u/nameisfame 1d ago
This is what happens when people can’t upcharge a 2 bed condo in a new development but still want money for nothing
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u/EMAW2008 1d ago
I might need this explained to me. They buy them and then resell them for a profit?
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u/PapasauruaRex 1d ago
They all wear similar clothing lol.
I guess its easy to spot these douches in the wild.
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u/tragicallyohio 23h ago
This is wild. My son and I went into our Meijer this morning and there were about 40-50 packs of the new set just sitting there. He bought 5 packs.
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u/SnapFuJudgement 22h ago
I just don’t get the hype. Is it for personal use or are these people trying to luck out with the one card in a pack to re-sell?
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u/supervegeta101 19h ago
I don't understand this. I get holding on to unopened packs for long time and selling to someone looking the "Black Lotus" for pokemon, or at least that release, I don't get the short-term gain. Is this happening consistently? Like ps5 for the first year?
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u/jefferios 13h ago
My friends in their 30s have been casually playing and collecting cards since we were kids. They are so sad how the community has been destroyed by these greedy clowns.
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u/Lil-Bit-813 1d ago
I work at a store that sells pokemon, we keep our stock behind the counter with limitations.