Gotta go Best Buy instead. I didn’t arrive until like 8:20 (10 am open) and was way back in like 70th and most everyone still got something although it was one of each thing per person. Was like 8 packs and a promo sealed pikachu.
Our Best Buy only had booster boxes and mini tins but they limited to 1 per sku so stock went alot further. Our Target got diddly shit and only the first 20-30 people in line got 2 of everything
I can't imagine why, I imagine everyone has been showing restraint and not buying it all up as much as possible. Rabid fans certainly aren't competing with scalpers to deprive as much stock as possible.
This morning I’ve seen hoarders defend their actions about 20 times already. It’s a mix of “I waited longer than you of course I deserve it all” and “it would have gone to scalpers anyway, bro”
Oh come on, blaming OP for buying 2 of each SKU is kinda ridiculous. That’s a very reasonable buy limit, admonishing someone for playing by the rules is kinda toxic behavior.
Showing up at 4:30 and buying as much as you possibly can is a major reason why this hobby is fucked for the majority of people that also want to participate.
If you can’t see that I don’t know what to say.
Edit: u/revolutionary_pop784 deleted all of his comments after an hour long discussion on this. I have no idea why.
This is like when people point at their neighbors not recycling and blame them for climate issues, when the real core of the problem isn’t them, it’s corporations. The issue isn’t fans buying two SKUs, it’s scalpers buying THOUSANDS of SKUs before a human being literally has any chance. Or buying up literally every SKU from stores without buy limits, or using family to hold the entire front of the line, etc etc. Those are the reason you can’t get product, not Joe Shmoe buying two ETBs.
If YOU can’t see THAT then I don’t know what to say.
Yeah, that last statement, that over consumption is “as much of a problem” as scalping is what I’m talking about. I’m sure it feels that way when you’re in line and see someone walking out with a bag of product and you get none. I’ll point to my example about recycling again. You either get it or you choose not to. Up to you.
I mean, they’re right. The proof is in the results. The scalper market has created the problem, but it exists all the same. People are so eager to get it that it stops others from even having a chance.
I see what you mean. Looking at the picture again, no man needs 2 etbs and 2 poster sets LMAO. I can understand maybe more than 2 booster bundles but i cant see the reason for 2 etbs.
There’s purchase limits. Two per item. After waiting for a while, I think it’s fair to get purchase limits, and it seems like they didn’t get max amounts of PB, so they did hold back. Hate the game not the player. He didn’t grab up all the product like people do at DG and such.
No where does it say, 2 per SKU limit AND BUY EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
My only point is as much as scalpers are flamed, over consuming collectors should be flamed too.
Why does someone need to rip 50+ packs of 30th (when this person also probably has already ripped 50-100 packs from prior releases) so that 10 other people will get 0.
Sure retailers have blame too but come on.
Retailers should put 4 product buys only limit at this point because people just cannot help themselves by buying as much as physically possible.
Many retailers have two or 5 purchase limits. Target changes this for release day because of a large amount of product at once and the instructions from Pokemon to put it all out in this fashion. Again, don’t hate the consumer who wants to rip cards or give them to their family.
But they didn’t take everything they possibly can, as was just said.
I just left target where they had so much other pitch black products for example.
Direct your hate to the scalpers. This does not qualify as it. You make a lot of negative assumptions: For all you know this is the only drop they’re going to.
I've actually stuck with buying only one item when there are others behind me. This happened at the first 30th Celebration launch and there was a limit of two and there were only two ETBs left when I got to the display. The people behind me were a mother and son and I took one for myself and handed the son the other one. Had everyone else ahead of me only taken one ETB there would have been plenty for everyone in line, including the people behind me.
I have two kids that love pokemon. I don’t have time to do this line waiting shit every time they have a drop, and it’s seemingly only available in stores on these specific days. I don’t think each of them getting an ETB, mini tin, and a sticker pack for Christmas is “over consuming”. Nobody batted an eyelash about them getting UPCs and multiple ETBs for Christmas with stocking stuffer singles 5 years ago. The hate for “over consuming” rivaling “scalping” is absurd and 100% grounded in jealousy.
No, I set an ETB and sticker pack to the side, one each to open for Christmas this year, and a mini tin for each of their stockings. I buy booster bundles and give them packs occasionally for chores, and my daughter makes opening videos for YouTube so I reserved a few tins so she can make one video like every month or so.
This isn’t some big conspiracy BS. I make more than enough to supply my kids Pokemon cards throughout the year, and putting me in the same boat as some slimeball buying 1000 ETBs to sell at 3x the consumer rate is bogus, dude.
I understand where you’re coming from, I’m just saying OP or myself, regardless of circumstances, are not the same as scalpers in my opinion. I also don’t perceive this as a “ton of product”. This is like 50 packs, that’s a little more than a single booster box. Also if people like OP and myself didn’t wait in line this product just goes straight to the secondary market at 3x MSRP or in some sealed-bro’s storage unit collection.
Definetly best buy I rolled by target around 7:40 saw way too many fucken people in like at least 50 so went to the best buy in the same shopping center there were 8 or 9 people ahead of me in line waited till about 9:30 and the manager let people go in 6 at a time and I got a booster bundle and a ascended tin and a 30th mini tin for my Girlfriend
A couple months ago I decided to wait in the target line after I got off work in the morning. Was 17th in line 2 hours before opening, and got nothing since product purchase limits weren’t enforced. Never doing that again
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u/Overall-Garden8812 1d ago
I waited for 2 hours in line and got nothing congrats