Target has stated on Twitter that they are restarting sales of Pokemon cards with "a limit of 2 items per guest per day":
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[June 2] Target is restarting sales of Pokemon cards, "Pokémon Cards can be sold 7 days per week and will have a limit of 2 items per guest per day"
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I'll find somewhere that doesn't subscribe to the "only seven days in a calendar week" hivemind, thanks.
From what I hear card prices are on the decline. Let's hope the mania starts to fade and people can actually get their hands on packs without being mobbed.
If the Beatles could love 8 days a week Target really has no excuse
Seems like a reasonable solution to the scalper problem
Okay, I'm completely in the dark here. Can someone please explain to me what the FUCK happened to make Target stop selling them in the first place?
Where there like stampedes to get them or something???
Where there like stampedes to get them or something???
Pretty much. Fights and other violent skirmishes broke out over people trying to get cards.
Team Rocket trying to scalp Pokemon cards and caused a scene.
See this is why I always preferred Yu-Gi-Oh...
The real Pot of Greed were the Pokemon cards we sold along the way.
Those started getting gobbled up too. Just not as intense since there's no Charizard in Yu GI Oh. :P
Less stampedes and more threats of violence, actual deliberate violence, and general harassment.
I think the incident that triggered this happened at my Target. There was a four vs one altercation in the parking lot over Pokémon cards. I was leaving another store when they all went into lockdown.
I remember the last time I saw people get into a fistfight over Pokemon cards.
It was 3rd grade, FFS...
I will note it does say "select". Target's actually been selling Pokémon cards as normal in-store purchases for at least a week, it's just been a small selection of low-demand SKUs (like Battle Academy starter kit) with no promotion. It could just be that, but now "official".
I hope so anyway. This shit ain't worth it.
I hope so anyway. This shit ain't worth it.
...Is it wrong for me to imagine that they all must smell horrible? Like, I can almost taste the Axe Body Spray through my screen...
I kinda hate these "two per customer" things because it offloads the judgement and enforcement onto the store staff.
Scalpers are never above bringing their entire family in, trying to queue up several times in the hopes that they get a different staff member, or just wheedling the person to "just sell me six this time, my kids wanted to come get some, but they had to finish their homework."
Scalpers are never above bringing their entire family in, trying to queue up several times in the hopes that they get a different staff member, or just wheedling the person to "just sell me six this time, my kids wanted to come get some, but they had to finish their homework."
They have vendors that put them out, not the store. Another problem was with vendors getting harassed and threatened. It's ridiculous. I haven't shopped at a Wal-Mart in forever, but I'm interested in the Hidden Fates ETB. I don't even know where the cards are at my store. I haven't seen them in the front for a long time now. I've seen people say electronics and others say toys.
Yep, Ghosts from the Past has been damn near impossible to find, and I've seen two large boxes of the Ancient Guardians blisters get eaten up within a few days
As someone who used to work in a grocery store I absolutely agree. What really kills me is when you stand your ground, customer complains demands a manager and the manager tells you to just sell them, making you look like the person in the wrong.
Retail sucks lol
God I'm already having trouble getting razors from Walmart because they're behind locked glass with no one to be found.
People have already been finding them back at some Target's and they are just out in the open like always.
More like hypebeasts invaded once they realized they could make some money off it
It's also worth noting the people in that twitter video were mostly storming over sports cards, not Pokemon. The Pokemon stuff is the last stuff to be grabbed in the video, right before it stops you can still see a bunch of Pokemon products on the shelves
This is a mistake and I feel bad for the employees cause for every normal transaction there'll be another one with some asshole trying to buy 25 packs and causing problems, etc.
And/or this. Fucking pathetic and ridiculous smdh.
And/or this. Fucking pathetic and ridiculous smdh.
During the big hype last year, you would see elite trainer boxs that were usually $50 being resold for $200+
It's not, the hype is starting to die down. Places have been selling Battle Styles products at a discount, Target flooded the market with like 26,000 Shining Fates ETBs like two weeks ago and they're becoming easier to find at other places.
It might pick back up once the 25th anniversary set releases though.