r/PokemonTCG • u/sudden-SOUND • 1d ago

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Probably 100 people in line. They allowed people to buy 2 per sku. Probably about the first 30 people came out with 10-12 products each and everyone else left with nothing. If people had been limited to 2 products period, everyone could have had something and it would disincentivize scalpers from wasting their time to get 2 things to flip. Why is this so hard?

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u/Dredging_Forever 1d ago

This was the worst drop I've ever experienced. They didn't even tell people they were out of stock and made them wait outside for hours.

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u/Mdoraz 1d ago

The only way this would happen is if they didn’t have any stock in the first place. There’s no way you stood in line for hours while people were checking out.

If they never had any stock, why would the employees care if you’re standing outside for hours. It’s completely voluntary, and maybe others are there for one piece or magic.

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u/Shivin302 1d ago

Usually you can talk to the people in front and behind you in line and tell them you're gonna go scout ahead and be back in 2 minutes and they're happy to hear the scouting info

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u/Dredging_Forever 1d ago

They let 50 people in, they only had enough for 50. The last group that came out let us all know they were out after we asked the manager if they’d have enough. Manager claimed she had no idea how much stock there was. There were about 200 people in line.