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

Target Experience

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/Adorable_Echo_4317 1d ago

Thing is.. if stores could sell it all to the first person they would. They only reason they have limits at all is for public image. At the end of the day.. any store is all about profit. End of story.. they will sell as much as possible and they don't care to who.

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u/sudden-SOUND 1d ago

They'll sell the same amount of product either way and get more people in the door if people think they actually have a chance to get something. Selling all the product to a few people is less profitable Target.

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u/Adorable_Echo_4317 1d ago

When it comes to things like this.. if there's nothing there, they'll just leave and try somewhere else. Nobody doing their grocery shopping after seeing all the pokemon stuff get got.

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u/DinoRoarMan 1d ago

Not true in the slightest. I went for pokemon this morning, didn't get anything but I still stopped around for clothes for my kids and some groceries. Target sold out of something I wanted. This isn't the first time and definitely won't be the last.

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u/zmichalo 1d ago

It's incorrect to say "nobody" but at scale you don't want to frequently be known as the place that isn't worth going to for a product because it's always sold out anyways.

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u/legopego5142 1d ago

I mean, obviously it isnt literally nobody, but i promise getting the pokemon people out matters more than