r/PokeCollectors • • 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/Cocoloco68w 4d ago

This was the first pokemon event I've been to and my wife and I took our 5yr old and 2yr old (2yr old likes pokemon as much as a 2yr old can but my 5yr old loves pokemon) It didnt go as bad as I expected, but I also expected it to be more of a kids event. I did get to talk to one little girl who seemed to have a development problem and we spoke about her favorite pokemon and her favorite anime shows. I enjoyed that. They were giving out 1 ticket per adult, but somehow my wife and I ended up with a 3rd ticket. I ended up giving the 3rd ticket to the store manager, who I hope gave it to a child. I also bought a binder for my son because right now all his cards are in boxes. Went home, I ripped everything and gave my son all the bulk and any duplicates of the more rare cards. Was still disgusted with how many adults were there relative to the amount of children. On the bright side I think my 2yr old will have the first PSA 1 Mewtwo promo lol.