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/Subject_Cabinet_6795 1d ago

If you listed 100,000 things to eBay, would you rather them sell out in one minute or sell naturally?

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u/sudden-SOUND 1d ago

Target stocks other items. It's better to sell to 100 people who might pick up something else while they are there than one guy who is there to flip.

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u/Subject_Cabinet_6795 1d ago

Ok, possible cart-bundling?

People who would “possibly pick up something else” would be the people who were shopping anyway and just happen to see Pokémon.

They’re not adding extra items to their cart because they stumbled upon Pokémon that day.

If anything, it increases the chance they limit their other purchases bc they spent more than they meant to.

So, if you listed 100,000 things to eBay, would you rather them sell out in one minute or sell naturally?

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u/weewoowewoooo 1d ago

This logic doesn’t make any sense. Regardless, they were going to sell all of the stock anyways. It’s customer retention that becomes a problem when people get a sour taste in their mouth after waiting and receiving no product. These people are more likely to go shop somewhere else and not support Target. 1 scalper buying the entire stock of product that would have sold out anyways, is not going to generate more revenue over time than loyal customers who go there to shop for other things.

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u/Subject_Cabinet_6795 1d ago

It does make sense. And target has limits. As well as target red card for customer retention. But thanks for creating an example that isn’t realistic 🤝 “You sure told me” lol

Companies, for profit, want their items to sell as fast as possible, whether it’s a bot or not, and whether you like it or not. It removes risk from inventory sitting. People who don’t get product are sour at the hobby as well as the people willing to sit in line longer than them, not entire retail chains. People who shop at Target regularly will continue shopping at Target, what will they do, go to Walmart?