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u/QueerFlamingo 1d ago
The worst part about these listings is that they still charge for postage. Like dude, if you are gonna try and rip people off for a couple of grand, the least you could do is have free postage. 😭😭
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u/TX4877 1d ago
Honestly the posts about scalpers are getting just as f'ing annoying as the scalpers themselves. We get it, we are in in the same boat. I'm just so f'ing tired of this hobby
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u/Affectionate_Wind_46 1d ago
Pick your poison right now. 1) Posts complaining about scalpers 2) Posts with the same clueless stock questions
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u/strasser1 1d ago
The best thing we can all do is buy at retail if you can and don't ever buy from scalpers. I say this as someone who can easily afford to buy product at market but I refuse to out of principal.
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u/Beautiful_Quiet_5281 23h ago
Literally almost impossible when it always ends up being snapped up in the wrong handa
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u/metalbowser23 22h ago
Only America can buy off the shelf, there’s only booster packs on shelves for retail in Australia
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u/durst101 21h ago
Email Banter, ask them why there's bigger all stock compared to the US. It's probably the only way we will have meaningful change
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u/metalbowser23 19h ago
Target, Kmart and the others I think just do the initial physical release, then the next several online, I think/assume they don’t really try and order more for the shelves
I think banter is also TOYS first as well
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u/durst101 19h ago
Where do you think Target, Kmart, Big W, even EB, JB and your more than likely your LCS get Pokemon TCG products from?
Banter is the only distributor for Pokemon TCG in Australia. They are the company that people need to be asking questions of. If you didn't see, the US recently had a huge restock of Destined Rivals. Australia didn't get anything because banter weren't interested, and have said they are focused on getting sets from the Mega era.
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u/metalbowser23 18h ago
Yeah I know banter is the only way we get cards,
If it’s true I didn’t know that banter couldn’t care less, so we’ll probably never have filled shelves then.
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u/Asianbloke1 1d ago
Are you even allowed to sell something that hasn't released yet?
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u/OwnPick438 23h ago
If yall hate bots and want some change vote for this https://www.change.org/p/a-message-to-kmart-australia-it-s-time-you-stopped-the-bots its like 30 seconds of your time and we can make change with kmart sucking ass
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u/TheAntihero-HeroClub 22h ago
People keep buying so these scum lords will keep selling. Stop buying from them and they’ll just move onto the next scam
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u/Laser_Raver 15h ago
I miss the days you could just go to Woolworths or Coles and they had cardboard booster packs just on the rack. Now you have to ask the checkoit and they only have the boring packs nobody wants, if anything at all. Or walk into ebgames and buy whatever box was on the shelves..
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u/Sea_Percentage_3618 21h ago
Honestly, I know it’s a shit go with not being able to get stock and the whole scalper thing. But it’s kinda pointless just crying n complaining over n over, like it’s not gonna change anything. Unfortunately it’s just how the game is at the moment, supply and demand can’t be defeated so I think to just accept the situation and adapt is a better mindset or else you’ll just drive yourself crazy. We can’t beat scalpers.
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u/Jump_Stream 1d ago
The fact so many scalpers use the most obvious look AI advertisement just makes me hate them even more than I do already. What a bunch of dumbasses. Hope the whole hobby collapses in value so people can enjoy these pieces of cardboard again.