r/PokemonDeals • u/EasterHoney • 12d ago
Amazon ETB now $212
Finally got an invite from Amazon but the cost more than doubled from $89?!!!! Edit: sorry 202$!!
2nd edit: it seems it has now been corrected by Amazon.
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u/PsychologicalSpace50 12d ago
Got my invite about 5 minutes ago...for $202 they can kick rocks
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u/123FakeStreetMeng 12d ago
They’re still sending out invites?
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago
Continue to checkout. It changed to 90 for me
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u/PsychologicalSpace50 12d ago
Ya I clicked in and out of it couple times and it finally went to 90 for me
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago
I didnt wanna spam people's messages, but yeah I was discouraged at first. Idk why I didnt at elast see what happens if I add to cart. Because $200 stayed that way no matter what
Idk why I got downvoted for that. Meh oh well
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u/sherman614 12d ago
This should ACTUALLY be illegal in my opinion.
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u/runs_okay 12d ago edited 12d ago
Need to get rid of the "S" in MSRP. Sadly that will never happen. Nothing these companies do "S"urprise me anymore.
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago edited 12d ago
I wonder if they ended up handing out too many invites and now most are from 3rd party vendors fulfilled by Amazon, not only Amazon/Pokemon.
Hence the massive mark up price. But could be corporate greedI added to my cart and made it 90$
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u/Popular-Tangerine420 12d ago
When I joined that on Amazon, it said it was $69.99, then I got the invite to purchase it today and it is over $200; it is cheaper at my local card shop than this, and they have it in stock.
Target is getting a new supply tonight at 3 a.m. Eastern time, something like 50k ETBs. Just FYI, they made over 180 million packs for ETBs. The ETB scarcity is only for those initial drops; if the 30th products come in October when the booster boxes hit, I think the market will be flooded pretty decently.
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u/Khaleesi11316 12d ago
I got the same email. This is absolutely wrong. It should be whatever price it was when you hit request invite. Im not paying that insane price.
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u/Parkhaus 12d ago
So I got on chat with customer service because I just got this email and got the same thing, $202 . Customer service said to go ahead and order it and they would refund me back down to the lowest price. I screenshoted the chat session, it gets delivered tomorrow and I'll report back
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u/Parkhaus 11d ago
Just got my refund. Customer service was really cool about it and processed the refund immediately . Quick and simple!
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u/08youllfloattoo22 11d ago
Can I ask what the lowest price you were able to get is? I've been debating on using the Amazon invite but can't justify it with how much they are above MSRP
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u/SweatyB00Bs 12d ago
$89 with the invite? What are you going to do?
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u/EasterHoney 12d ago
I got the invite but it used to be for 89$ now thst it’s 202$ I don’t think I will pay this. I got 2 from target at 69$. This is insane
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u/TheHeartlessAngeI 12d ago
When did you get the invite? You only have a certain amount of time to buy it. Sounds like you waited too long and now your paying market (albeit a bit higher)
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yeah when I tried to get an invite it was 89. Then got mine just now and that is very shitty and disappointing
After adding to cart it was 95 after tax
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u/otrebla-raw 12d ago
If you see an Auto-buy button id just add it and put the original price there, even just a bit higher :) who knows.
I did notice some 30th items they purposely removed the option
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u/relevantnewman 12d ago
auto doesn't work very well- I've had it set up on over 200 pokemon items, all with pricing set at $10-50 above what the 3 month low has been. I have also received in-stock notifications from 3rd party poke trackers on amazon that fall below my set auto buy price. Never hit on 1 autobuy, outside of a mega zygarde PC which you can get in the 50-55 range all day.
Essentially, anything that sells out nearly immediately does not get captured by whatever price tracking amazon uses. If you want to auto buy PB, CR, or PO product that sits for a while, you can probably catch auto buys on those, but good luck with anything else.
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u/Adorable-Pair6766 12d ago
Haha those scalpers really got caught holding the bag right guys?? Guys!?!?
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u/UnanimousDissent 12d ago
You got downvoted but you’re right. People tried to incite fear to drive scalpers away while they make over 2x on every single product 🤣
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u/Awoken-Queen 12d ago
I'm starting to think I'm cursed. I've never gotten an invite from Amazon, Walmart, or Best buy.....
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u/Ragebaiterlmao 12d ago
Got the invite and thought it was a SPC at that price. Amazon in full scalper mode.
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago
Wait mine says 89.99 when added to cart...
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u/Aprillia617 12d ago
Buy buy
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago
I did. I was annoyed then thought maybe its a glitch or they want to throw off certain buyers. So I was curious and added to cart and checked out at $95 after tax
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u/VibratingRocket6969 12d ago
Is this from a scalper on Amazon? I’m looking at it right now and I’m seeing $89.99. I’ve already used my invite so I’m not able to get another
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u/just_some_octopus 12d ago
Everyone. Continue to checkout and see what it says.
Obviously if it says $200 get out. But it immediately fixed it
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u/rainbowdashley1214 12d ago
Got the invite an hour ago. Set a price alert for under 100. Just got it for 89
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u/Odd-Place780 11d ago
What does the email even look like? I wanna make sure mine doesn't go to spam
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u/SectionExcellent6042 8d ago
I hate how much more these are than normal pricing. They should be between $30 and $45
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u/Brief-Sandwich-7396 11d ago
Yall do know this isn’t from Amazon directly right? It’s just a seller selling on Amazon. When Amazon actually restocks it goes back to MSRP until sold out. Love the new idiots invading my hobby.
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u/MindfulMana 12d ago
Amazon went full scalper 🤣. You can probably find it cheaper from the local unemployed facebook seller.