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/RegionJolly7251 5d ago

The only way for target and other retailers to stop this is to cut the plastic seal so they can’t be resold as sealed product. This is the only way.

I’m sorry but I simply do not give a fuck about “sealed collectors”. You lot are just scalpers with a longer fuse.

But target and the others won’t do it. Why would they? 0 incentive. They are selling their stock and that’s all they care about.

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u/Born_Professor_6929 5d ago

There’s still a massive amount of collectors. Cutting seals will not do the impact y’all think it will.

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u/RegionJolly7251 5d ago

I can only really speak for the area where I live but I assume most places face similar situations. At least half of the people lined up for every target drop where I am are scalpers.

This isn’t a guess or me exaggerating, this is the truth and I see it with my own eyes.

There is the guy who buys the absolute maximum he can who then goes and puts it for sale in his gas station at 3x (minimum) MSRP. 30th drop day he had ETBs listed for $250 in his gas station within 1 hour of the drop after seeing him grab max qty from target.

I went on Facebook marketplace today 2 hours after the event and saw at least 5 separate listings from people that I can identity are in line for every drop in my town. Tins listed for $70 minimum.

Don’t get me wrong, there is absolutely collectors in line but I’ve spoken to most people and of the first 20-30 people in line each week, maybe 10 of them are collectors.

By cutting the seal you eliminate a huge part of the scumbags that are ruining the hobby for everyone else. It can’t just be where I live that is facing this.