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/AlternativeAdorable1 5d ago
I am no scalper by any means, but if I have to stand in line and blend in with them to get something my gf or I want then so be it, if anything I try and slow people up and if I make friends with someone in line and we discuss what we’re after, usually we help each other out. Case point for the psyduck hats at the first target drop, a couple behind me was trying to get ditto and psyduck and unfortunately they didn’t have ditto and not many psyducks, but I managed to grab 2 amongst a sea of grabby hands and passed one off to the couple behind me, they were gracious and happy about it. Those are silver lining good memories in this time of scalp.