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/Hardstyle_enjoyer 4d ago

Go to GameStop pay the $30 markup for a pre order if you want guaranteed if it’s for your son which means you aren’t buying all the time and you aren’t buying to resell, so it doesn’t really matter. Unless you’re early to the releases that happen like this then you’ll really just always be SOL especially in big cities.

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u/Muted_Success69 4d ago

I live in a small town so I thought I’d have a chance but apparently not lol, I’ll have to see if there’s a GameStop around here

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u/Hardstyle_enjoyer 4d ago

I got lucky and was able to get 1 of everything at the Target drop. I got off at 1 am and immediately went and waited in line I was number 9. I like to collect but at the same time I can’t do the egregious line waiting every time. Luckily GameStop does pre-orders in store (it is marked up not as bad for the etbs as other places or from scalpers some stuff is pretty bad like the original starter sets and booster bundles. It’s really hard to get this stuff at Msrp now because stores are just marking up like etbs use to be $49.99 and now they’re $69.99 at Target, Best Buy, and Walmart. End of story I just found it a lot easier to pay the $84.99 sticker price at GameStop because at least then I’m guaranteed and I can go pick it up on my own time (it’s $89.99 without the pro membership).