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.
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.
Man the last time I went to a card shop the guy running the register kept picking his nose while he was touching my stuff, they act like you’re the weird one when you call them out. They really don’t deserve the business if they’re going to be such slobs
Such a Reddit comment. Why should I have to suffer having to smell BO when I could go to a big box chain store that takes cleanliness more seriously. Fuck local game stores.
It’s store by store. Some stopped for a while and brought it back. Some don’t restock after a drop, some just stopped selling cards entirely. The Walmart near me has some cards that they rarely restock while the one by my mom stopped completely.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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/MountainDawg1998 4d ago
This is so shameful. It’s people like them that ruin collecting for everyone just to make a quick buck.