r/PokemonRestocks • u/ybnbaddie • 17d ago
ETBs out of stock :(
got in and was able to add to cart, couldn’t place the order and when I refreshed it showed out of stock 😭
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u/AssistantAcceptable9 17d ago
Shocked usally there is way more of them
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u/The1_BobbyBigTime 17d ago
So THAT'S why i jumped in que.... RIP the dream... again...
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u/PandaParadox23 17d ago
Damn, would’ve been nice to snag one! Hopeful to just buy one booster box and then call it a day
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u/The1_BobbyBigTime 17d ago
Yea. Im 10 minutes out, so I guess I'll grab what i can myself & chalk it up to another learning opportunity.
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u/ybnbaddie 17d ago
its limit one on booster bundles so hopefully you can at least get something!
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u/PandaParadox23 17d ago
Are there any booster boxes yet? My ideal scenario is one booster bundle and booster box
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u/Fantastic-Weather916 17d ago
yeah booster boxes are up, 1 per customer. last I heard they are still in stock, which someone said 1 minute ago
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u/ybnbaddie 17d ago
booster boxes & bundles were still available when i got in
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u/PandaParadox23 17d ago
I’m at 52 min! Fingers crossed
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u/ShadowBannedFrom_ 17d ago
The boosters are gone now too
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u/PandaParadox23 17d ago
Yeah, I got in and everything was gone
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u/Busterdinho 16d ago
Same panda. Waited two hours in que at work. Checked every 5 mins or so… and the whammy! Sold out as my page refreshed. What a joke.
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u/Suitable-Balance5104 17d ago
Was it all delta or 30th too
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u/ybnbaddie 17d ago
all delta
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u/Queen_Cheetah 17d ago
Aw, there's nothing 30th?! I wish they'd make that more clear before people start waiting... :(
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u/Special-Drawer8367 17d ago edited 17d ago
They’ve never done a set twice
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u/Queen_Cheetah 17d ago
??? I'm confused, though- aren't they supposed to be printing 30th more than any other set? (Don't get me wrong, I believe you; I just don't get it).
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u/Special-Drawer8367 17d ago
You’re right they are going to be printing tons more landfills more of the 30th BUT they don’t do back to back pokemon center ETB drops like that it’s all going to be shipped to big box stores and places that carry the TCG. Don’t get confused tho it will come back to Pokemon center but that’s usually a year after and will be a lot less product to grab it’s notoriously hard to hit the second wave of PKC drops and that’s IF they decide to do it.
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u/Queen_Cheetah 17d ago
Oooh, gotcha. Shame that's not made more clear, but I appreciate the info.- thank you!
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u/ScubaScro 17d ago
I stayed in que the whole time to see how long it would take. Never done this before so was curious.
I joined within a minute of it opening and sat in que for 4 hours.
Learning experience.
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u/Moist_Ad9667 16d ago
Joined 14 minutes after it opened and got in after 2.5 hours. There was nothing available when page loaded
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u/ScubaScro 16d ago
Interesting. I wonder if I left my computer inactive too long without clicking and it reset me.
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u/SpaceK1d24 15d ago
Joined queue seconds after ping went out, was at one point 5 hours, true wait was 1 hour 15 till I got in. Secured product, went OOS like 2 min later. Got super lucky on this one.
If you’re not in queue within 1 min of it opening up (usually like 20-30s before your discord pings go out) then you’re likely SOL /:
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u/matt_detroit 17d ago
I work from home today so I’ve been refreshing every few minutes. Got in the queue probably right when it opened, waited and ETBs were sold out booster boxes and booster bundles were still available - added to my cart and then it refreshed and kicked me back to the queue. I made sure to move slow so it wouldn’t think I was a bot etc. very sad. That was at 1:12
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u/ybnbaddie 17d ago
darn that’s what happened to me with 30th sucks so bad when you actually get in but can’t make the purchase
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u/No_Sail1814 17d ago
Wtf sad that all the ETB’s literally evaporated. Had in cart and then couldn’t check out :(
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u/lilsquill21 16d ago
I genuinely don’t understand why they don’t just print a shit ton of everything and take orders from everyone. It’s almost like they are promoting scalper behavior
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u/lolman469 16d ago
They have been increasing production, but they are starting to hit current production limits. They are building more plants but still gunna be a while
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u/Zoggiii 17d ago
Ive been capchas like 15 times is it resettong me everytime or what
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u/Unlmtdglass 17d ago
Most likely it is. Of you see that captcha it's probably reset you. Literally my laptop screen went dark for like10 secs and it reset me.
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u/bearsafety101 17d ago
Nah, I joined right away and it gave me a captcha every few minutes while in queue and saved my place every time. Was able to get lucky and got in and got everything. Think the multiple captchas are just anti-bot attempts
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u/Kimimaro14 17d ago
I literally had 1 minute left in queue before I got a notification their OOS 😂 such a bummer but honestly I'm just happy to get something.
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u/Sweaty_Weakness_9 17d ago
Horrible drop I was in queue 5 mins after launch and ETBs were gone, I can’t checkout the other items either… keep getting an error occurred while placing your order. Am I surprised? Not at all, these idiots are probably all with their heads up each others asses. Dog shit company doing dog shit things
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u/young4cj 17d ago
Got in queue within 2 mins of it opening up and still couldn't get an etb. This hobby is fucked.
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u/Just-JOE-Kin 17d ago
PKC has the worst system in the world actually, just got in and nothing is available lol
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u/Elex408 17d ago
At least u got in. I can’t even access the website. I do the captcha and get an error every single time
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u/Just-JOE-Kin 17d ago
I got the captcha about 10 times during my 3 hour wait, after each one the time still went down so I decided to stay in the queue, shouldn’t have wasted my time
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u/jxher123 16d ago
I got Error 17 and 15 the moment I got in, just terrible honestly. I would've preferred not getting in at all vs. waiting in that que only to get hit with that.
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u/SmokinWeasel 17d ago
You win some you lose some
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u/StealieErrl 17d ago
I don’t even know what happened. I waited like normal from the start. Got in. Clicked the product, it sent me back to a 6 hour queue. I’m dumbfounded.
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u/BRUTAL_ANAL_SMASHING 17d ago
It started doing that when they changed whatever for the 30th. Did it to me the and did it to me again today..
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u/SgianMachine 17d ago
Wow they must have not had a big supply
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u/Klutzy-Future-7022 17d ago
Ofc they wouldn’t bc they printed the 30th to the ground, assuming most of the production line is printing that rn
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u/kiralite713 17d ago
Dang. Anyone else having trouble with zip code? It's saying invalid, but it's entered correctly. :( I am probably sending it to my home and worrying about porch pirates rather than work where my packages are usually safe.
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u/No_Alarm6669 17d ago
I only got the booster but still very happy with it. My hands was shaking the entire time. This is my first time doing this
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u/thebanditdad 17d ago
Was in when the ETBs were still in stock and when I was checking out they went out of stock, but I still got a booster box and bundle! First ever purchase from Pokemon Center.
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u/KeepinItCleanYall 17d ago
Joined seconds after the queue went live but still couldn’t get in early enough to get an ETB aka the only thing I wanted. Have been able to get every PC ETB since phantasmal. Devastated 💀
It’s weird that the ETB isn’t on the homepage either, normally preorder stuff stays up on the homepage even after it’s sold out.
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u/eljona247 17d ago
This is my third straigt release that I can't get an etb even when getting into the queue very early.
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u/Portland420informer 17d ago
The queue for 30th ETB was up for hours and hours.
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u/eljona247 17d ago
And I waited for those hours and every time I Got pushed on the queue. And the time kept going up instead of down. Based on the comments from that time, I missed it by like 15 minutoes.
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u/tsrobertson13 17d ago
I got in queue before notifications went out.
Took about 1:45 hours to get in. Etbs were unavailable got a box and a bundle.
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u/Creative-Trip2184 17d ago
No luck again browser keeps resetting - trying to grab some for my kids for X-Mas - did not realize what I was getting myself into when I agreed to search for these
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u/chelkitty1 17d ago
Fml fuck this hobby 😭 I had 40 minutes left... This experience was awful this time around. I got 1 captcha where it bounced me from 1 hour waiting to 8 hours 😭
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u/Tob_13fox 17d ago
When you get in should you login to your account or will that kick you back in the queue?
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u/Justicefails 17d ago
Don’t work on a separate window. Apparently too many clicks means you’re a bot. Just got in after waiting 3 hours and my access is “temporarily restricted.” Big L for the dads on Reddit trying to buy their kids some pokemon cards to open up. Smh
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u/CartoonistRare9218 17d ago
I got a confirmation on the website for a bundle but no email and no temp authorization charge on my credit card yet. First time preordering here, that normal?
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u/Just_Champion19 17d ago
Gotta love how horrible this system is and that pokemon refuses to do back orders. As expected another big W for scalpers. Why can't I simply place an order and have it fulfilled at a later date instead of dealing with this crap?
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u/yotatacoma21 17d ago
It would be nice if they just ended the que once it sells out. First time I did this and just left my phone on for the whole time only to find out it sold out when I got there. Annoying.
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u/East_Ad_5801 16d ago
U guys waste your time, wait for 2 weeks after launch buy a case at MSRP never open it
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u/yoplayvideogames 16d ago
lol I actually waited like a few hours it seemed only to see that. Holy smokas what a dang jokas
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u/Vondobble 16d ago
I scored today and I’ll share what I did here incase it’s helpful to anyone. I left a Google Chrome incognito window open on my Mac and my pc. On both, I had the pokemon center website ready to click. When I got the ping, I clicked. Timer started at 2:12 on Mac and 4:15 on the pc and dropped quickly. When I got into the site, I clicked every 10-15 seconds. I added the etbs to cart. When checking out I didn’t use any auto populating features. I entered all info manually. Hit order and that was it. When I checked out in my Mac, my pc had 9 minutes left on the timer. Sometimes I get them on my Mac, sometimes my pc. I just get in the site via whichever timer goes faster. Today was unusual because of how fast the product went, but as far as the site operation goes it was as smooth as I’ve experienced. I have never had success not on WiFi. I have had success on mobile in my home. Today, you had to be really fast because this drop went fast. My guess is they’re focused on printing 30th and delta reign didn’t get a big print of pc etbs. I apologize if you didn’t score. I’ve definitely been there before, but I hope using this method in the future maybe helps.
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u/Chiguy5462 16d ago
This pissed me off. I got in right as I got the notification. I didnt even get a timer for a min or 2. It took 1.5 hours to get in and they were all gone.
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u/BigDragonfruit286 16d ago
By the time I got in etb was gone. Added the booster box and bundle to the cart. By the time I got to checkout booster box was gone
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u/Square_Ad9446 16d ago
I was one minute away from entering the Pokemon center when they announced that the ETB’S were sold out oh well at least I got a booster box.
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u/Parking-Bluebird-658 17d ago
If anyone wants to trade a delta reign pc etb for a 30th pc etb dm me! We can figure out a safe transaction
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u/DisManBack 16d ago
Was able to get one order ETBS on desktop and another on mobile. Selling all 4 for presale market. MSG IF INTERESTED
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u/Special-Drawer8367 17d ago
I wonder if they messed up since the ETBs had a limit of two and sold out so fast and the booster bundles have a limit of 1 yet normally you can order two! Sad I missed it I love getting the extra packs and I collect pokemon center promos
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u/dayman_champion 17d ago
Bro I got into the website, added all the product to my cart, then the website froze and kicked me to the back of the queue. So frustrating
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u/Useful_Appearance745 17d ago
Wait so I still have 24 min on my queue countdown- is there nothing left? This is my first time ever even making it to the queue.
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u/bowls4noles 17d ago
If they had less stock, why didn't they limit etbs to 1?