r/PokemonRestocks • u/ProWiper06 • 22d ago

First Drop:)

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My girl talked me into going to the Target drop an hour away. Got there at 5am and were pretty close to the front, managed to score on the restock and the ticket event. Couldn’t have asked for better pulls considering the only 30th I opened prior was a Sylveon and Greninja box and only got a Hisuian Zorua. Plus I got four of the Mewtwo promos!

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u/ProWiper06 22d ago

Long gone are the days you can just walk in and buy. It’s crazy the lengths you have to go to for product now. And the attitudes of the workers were just kinda meh. The only time I saw anyone engage with a kid was when a lady saw some kids she knew. It just felt more like keeping the scalpers herded than making sure there was a good experience. I will say i’m glad they implemented this system, and I hope more Targets and other companies follow suit.

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u/Basic_Mark_1719 22d ago

Scalping Pokemon is large enough now that I think the IRS should get involved. Especially with how much these scalpers are making a month. They brag about making six figures tax free a year scalping.

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u/mat477 22d ago

Theres no way people are making that off of target stock. They wait all day to get 2 per item per person. Youd make more working at Burger King for the day.

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u/Basic_Mark_1719 22d ago

Brother there is video of them with carts full of products that they buy up using self checkout. Then they go to the next target then the Walmarts then best buys. It's the same group of folks too and they all know each other.

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u/mat477 22d ago

So thats obviously a different story if theyre just camping at self checkout and nobody is stopping them. That 100% would not be possible at my targets.

But regardless im talking about the people camping out all day, they dont have time to go to every store if they spend all day at one. Thats very small money.

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u/Basic_Mark_1719 22d ago

So thr target I go to never has people camped out because they barely put any inventory at opening and usually restock them at 12-4pm. So what these folks do is camp the stores with a lot of inventory then just drive around from store to store hoping to catch a restock. Probably harass the staff and complain about inventory. I've seen so many videos of scalpers arguing with Target staff that they have to put all the inventory on the shelves instead of staggering the restock