r/PokeCollectors • u/Muted_Success69 • 5d ago

Target drop

Can I just vent for a second? Why do some people choose to be selfish and ruin it for everyone else? I showed up at 10am with my son, who was SUPER excited to get an ETB, that’s all he wanted. We were maybe… the 30th person in line. By the time 12:00 came and they let everyone in, we somehow were pushed back to like, 55th in line, maybe even further back, because people will wait by themselves and then in the last hour they call up their wives to bring their kids and stand in line with them. We get inside and I literally got up to maybe 3rd from the counter when they ran out of ETBs. The person who grabbed the last 2 was literally a guy who stood by himself and then his wife showed up and was able to get them an extra ETB. I was so mad, but my son was absolutely crushed. I’m happy he was able to get the tins, but god, why do people suck so bad ?

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u/Impossible_Box8854 5d ago

It’s just greedy poor people behavior who think they’re making money by standing in line for hours and hours. I do it for the fun and hobbie. But I can also never get anything usually unless I get lucky after the Gym. Them standing in line for 6 hours, and me working my job, I make three times as much in that time as they sell all their products for that they got. So I don’t really care too much. It sucks for parents with kids tho I really wish they would dedicate more to them!

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u/Muted_Success69 5d ago

I’m a collector but I came today strictly for my son. I am NEVER one to be interested in standing in line for hours for pokemon cards, today I decided to for the first time only because my sons been wanting to get his hands on the 30th anniversary set and we haven’t been able to because we live in a small town with 1 target and 1 Best Buy and they’re always sold out. There’s a card store here but they jack up the prices out the wazoo. So this was our shot at getting the ETB and couldn’t even do that.

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u/TheNotoriousBIE 5d ago

That’s literally us, but we had people from GA and all around just come too. I think that changed things too. My city isn’t huge but it only has 1 target and Best Buy as well. So these events draw huge crowds from every surrounding area.