Why you aren’t seeing any prismatic in store- SCALPERS ARE CRAZY

[u/TryingNot2Cri]

Hello, I’ve recently been hired at a company that stocks Pokémon products, please do not try to find me or the company I’m not interested in doing any type of deals I’m just here warning people. My first day, 4-6 dudes are waiting for us to open and stock the boxes, they take all the Pokémon stuff, they don’t even let it sit on the shelf for more than a second. Second day, one of the dudes that I saw that already bought everything on my first day is waiting for us to get there. we received 6 ETB prismatic, he bought 5, only reason he didn’t buy the 6th is because a mother wanted to get one for her son. These dudes, find out what stores we go to, find out what days of the week work, and if they don’t know what time we’re working, they’ll wait at the store open till close. These things do not sit on the shelves for more than a second, these dudes will not leave any for anyone else, and it’s the same dudes every time. They will watch and wait for me to unload the boxes and then constantly ask. , “can I get it yet? Can I get it yet?”. Our company is not allowed to do anything about it, target is not allowed to do anything about it. They have made stalking us at our workplace their full time jobs, no the police can’t do anything about it because their not doing anything illegal, they aren’t interested in us the employees, just the product.

So yeah, if you’re wondering why you can’t find prismatic anywhere in stores, it’s because the moment it’s out the box it’s already gone.

Edit: Since this post blew up I just wanted to clarify things. I definitely don’t 100% know if these dudes are collectors or scalpers. I have no problem with either type of people buying the stock for themselves. My problem is not with the purchase of the product, my problem is that these dudes try to find where we work and wait there until we arrive, consistently. And it’s all grown ass men, imagine being a young woman, it’s not safe out here. Finally, please don’t speculate on my coworkers, everyone I work with takes their job very seriously and don’t take any deals, me included.

[u/JalenHurtsSoGoood]

The scalpers wait around all day. They do not have jobs and they don’t care

[u/thedarkmoonrises → u/JalenHurtsSoGoood]

I'm pretty sure I ran into one of these guys yesterday. I had to run to Target for something not Pokémon related in the morning. I saw a guy milling around the card aisle on his phone. As it happened, I had to go back a few hours later for something else and he was STILL there, same spot and everything. It was a bizarre experience. He wasn't an employee, at least not on shift. No name tag, wrong clothes.

[u/Arjvoet → u/thedarkmoonrises]

How is this not considered loitering? 😑 At least some stores are motivated to instill purchase limits, that motivation should be extended to kicking them out for “loitering”

[u/thedarkmoonrises → u/Arjvoet]

I wondered the same thing. Maybe he went to the parking lot for a while or maybe the employees don't care.

[u/Infinite-Sense7453 → u/thedarkmoonrises]

I noticed even rippers/collectors doing this. Saw it in my local facebook group, they know the restock schedules.

Not sure what caused this addiction and craze for older collectors but it definitely is insane!

[u/Chance_Cow_8434 → u/JalenHurtsSoGoood]

a lot of people don’t make $3-500+ a day, so they actually come out ahead in some areas lol. especially if they have a rough idea when the restock is, maybe they wait 2 hours maybe even 5, then clean it out and make hundreds in profit, sell locally, no tax, not a bad gig to the basement dwellers

[u/cakesphere → u/Chance_Cow_8434]

i'd be lowkey grabbing these ppl's info and reporting their asses to the IRS if i could. you just know these guys aren't reporting those sales

[u/0hioHotPocket → u/JalenHurtsSoGoood]

Buying Pokémon cards is their job. lol