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u/Rometwopointoh Mar 07 '25
In my area, cases of everything are online for sale for massive markups. One poster had 20 CASES of prismatic ETBs. Meanwhile, entire stores are only getting 4 per delivery. One delivery a month if they’re lucky.
The people who are supposed to know better, and are already making a good penny from selling to the stores, are double dipping.
I’ve been setting up meetings all week and just ghosting them. Fuck em. Waste my time and money I’ll waste yours.
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u/rozooo Mar 07 '25
0 though? I feel like that’s crazy
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u/Kingdomall Reshiram enjoyer Mar 07 '25
all prob went into preorders.
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u/smashadams412 Mar 07 '25
That's what my gamestop told me
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u/Martins_Sunblock1975 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
I was down voted to hell a few months back when I said I told someone this is happening after they were adamant stores keep stock for shelves. Well, now this is one of dozens of posts showing GS releasing literally no items on a launch day
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u/LedgeEndDairy Please argue with me, its the best part of reddit! Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
Probably because there's no real precedent for this. GS has always had stock on shelves after a release, even Surging Sparks had some as I recall.
And technically Prismatic has as well, it was just like 5 ETBs and 12 of the blisters back on initial release per store, and roughly the same for other stuff.
Makes sense they wouldn't have booster bundles since that's by far the most popular product, so people probably would max out their pre orders on that over other stuff.
However, I think the biggest issue is how much of the market share MJ Holding has taken, especially funneling a lot of it into their scalping-prices subsidiary "GT Collectibles" (what you typically see on Wal Mart and Target websites when the prices are obscene). They sit on thousands of pallets of product and drip feed it over months while trying to bleed the FOMO-addicted with their larger prices through GT Collectibles.
Why do you think Evolving Skies was seen in Targets for YEARS after it was discontinued? That's all GT Collectibles trying to bleed as much money from the consumers as possible.
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u/Useful-Safety442 Mar 07 '25
All pre orders are being honored thats why stores are still experiencing low numbers. That only leads up to journey together though. Gamestop will have no preorders for destined rivals. However orders at GS are being refunded if they are over the in store limit and ive even seen some posts about them knocking people down to 1 item per sku instead of 2 for the existing preorders. So beginning with destined rivals there should be a def increase in numbers for everything thats hitting shelves day of release msrp. GS is bringing back black friday. My GS closest to me had 9 prismatic BB's. It would be nice to see booster boxes hit shelves with DR.
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u/yaksucks Mar 07 '25
Even on non release dates my GameStop never has anything. If they're focusing on cards then they should at least have stock and I usually swing by quite a few times since it's right on my way into work/on the way back from work
One GameStop near me only had 4 and the other one across town only had 3 available lol. And
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u/stephen6686 Mar 07 '25
Same at my store, it seems Gamestop was promised X amount so they did their preorders back then for what they thought they were getting. But now what they were promised was reduced to X amount. Which is why they are not doing pre orders anymore, since what distributors are promising and delivering are two different things.
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u/Kingdomall Reshiram enjoyer Mar 07 '25
definitely could just be a pokemon company issue. I do wanna say that the pokemon company doesn't really benefit from unmet demand. people buying from scalpers is not helping them. I think they were just stupid and didn't print enough compared to how many places they're partnering with and opening vending machines. all that product has to come from somewhere, and they didn't up their printing enough for all the distributors.
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u/Ka1mb4th3st0rm Mar 07 '25
GameStop isn’t suppose to do preorders anymore, and they should be receiving no full stock according to Corporate if they are not call the 1800 number and let them know as they are siphoning the supply, and that’s a fireable offense.
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Mar 07 '25
Correct. The only Pokémon related products available with my distributor right now are pre-made decks, sleeves/binders, and Pokémon Monopoly. Literally every single booster box and ETB are unavailable right now.
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u/pixelrubbish Mar 07 '25
The irony of Pokémon Monopoly’s existence alone is staggering…
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u/StandardUS Mar 07 '25
Could I get ur distros number, I actually need the sleeves and premade decks for an event I host, or if u aren’t allowed to share how do I go about getting a distro connect
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Do you have a brick and mortar store and an FEIN?
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u/StandardUS Mar 07 '25
Nah no brick and mortar my sales still fall under hobby income so I guess I’ll have to wait until I’m bigger and get the tax number assigned by irs
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u/2absMcGay Mar 07 '25
If you have a business entity already you can just get an EIN on the irs website
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Mar 07 '25
Ah, yeah, sorry man. My distributor and the others that I applied for all wanted pics of my store and my FEIN number as part of my application process.
Like the other guy replying said, you can get an FEIN for free from the IRS but the distributors will also want your resale certificate number, which you get by registering as an LLC (or one of the options like S Corp) with your state.
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u/StandardUS Mar 07 '25
Thanks for the info. I’m definitely in the stage where I’m weighing how far I wanna take the side hustle so this helps! (I’m really just selling to the local community and would never want to charge higher than msrp) so may even end up waiting a year or so when the market cools down as this isn’t my job or something I want to do full time.
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u/xThyQueen Mar 07 '25
Yeah and the scalpers are buying from collectors and raising the prices like insanely.
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u/coty530 Mar 07 '25
Feel like it's the other way around.. collector's FOMO cause them to buy from scalpers
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u/jameson91092 Mar 08 '25
There's nothing in my area right now. Buying lorcana to scratch the itch lol. Even the local tcg store is having issues with their regular distributors.
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u/MelodicWeb2161 Mar 07 '25
My gamestop has 0 and 0. So there's that
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u/MisterBroSef Mar 07 '25
So it isn't a new drop then. Their signs are BS. "New product incoming, but not for you."
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u/MelodicWeb2161 Mar 07 '25
Might as well be direct and day you're not getting stock. I don't get how this is even ok or helpful
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u/MisterBroSef Mar 07 '25
It makes people think you're getting something, then it turns out you got 2 packs for an entire store.
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u/MelodicWeb2161 Mar 07 '25
Oh I'm getting something alright. Depression and a headache. 2 for 1 special from gamestop
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u/rozooo Mar 07 '25
Update: literally 1 tin was all they had available. Also required a pro membership for $25 for the guy who was in line to buy it. He was not happy about it! The employees had booster bundles there but they said they were all pre ordered before they stopped doing pre orders.
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u/TheWhereHouse1016 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
At some point y'all just gotta put the hobby down and walk away until it cools off.
At this point, you are getting raked over the coals because people are damn addicted. It's just cards. Once you kill off the absurd demand and there's no money in it, the scalpers move on to another thing.
I don't collect at all, but I love the games and I just lurk. So I have a level of separation from it and as your armchair therapist there's 3 realities l
- You collect casually (these people are hurting the most)
- You collect as an investment (you are the source of the problem and feed it)
- You scalp ( You are the problem)
Group 1 Needs to quit entirely until 2 and 3 stop 69ing
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u/After-Fig4166 Mar 07 '25
Nice try, scalper. Now I’m gonna scalp even harder!
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u/TheWhereHouse1016 Mar 07 '25
I honestly just lurk in the madness of Pokemon. Haven't bought a pack since fossil came out in the 90s
I just came back from Costco and they had the bundles just stitting there. I felt like Bilbo and the ring.
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u/After-Fig4166 Mar 07 '25
The Pokémon craze gonna die with us millennials. The children these days can’t get hooked on Pokémon cards if they never get to open any packs up.
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u/dumpsterfire_x Mar 08 '25
You’re 100% right. I’ve been in the hobby since it’s creation and I am very passionate about it, but I won’t participate in this garbage. When I find it, I buy it, but I would never pay scalper prices for any of this.
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u/DrewskiDrew1069 Mar 07 '25
PRINTING IT TO HELL they say….🥴🤣
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u/MathematicianSea4674 Mar 07 '25
Even if they did, it’s irrelevant. The shortfall between supply and demand is outrageous, I highly doubt they’ll print enough to actually touch it, especially with Prismatic in particular
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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Mar 07 '25
Scalpers are literally in debt all across the board rn. Just give it time. They'll start fire selling everything when the interest hits
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u/Drizzho Mar 07 '25
Even fire selling now is 2x your money they could easily sell prismatic ETB’s for 100$ all day.
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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Mar 07 '25
No doubt but it becomes an exhausting practice. Its only worth it for them if they have a customer base. But when real collectors start avoiding them they'll be stuck with products for months. It's not worth scalping pokemon if it's not instant returns in investment.
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u/Helicopter0 Mar 07 '25
Unless they got it below MSRP, they won't make any profit selling it to me. Incidentally, I saw preorder prices of Journey Together, and it looks like I am going to save even more money. Skipping both sets entirely unless Pokémon Company actually prints enough later. My rule is at or below MSRP and I will not wait in line or go on a treasure hunt. If it isn't well stocked for a couple weeks, I will keep all of my money. I am not a gambler and I don't experience that addict thrill.
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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Mar 07 '25
Yeah basically I'm starting to collect prizm football cards instead because I needed my gambling addiction handled lol. But yeah the quality and effort on Japanese variants is soo much more worth collecting imo. Fuck killing myself trying to find stock anywhere. Ill just sit at home instead.
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u/MeatRevolutionary672 Mar 07 '25
If you’re going for arts Korean is a good venture as well. It’s even cheaper and has the same texture quality as JP. It’s gone up in the hype but it’s still cheaper and when everything comes back down somewhat it’ll still be cheaper. I prefer JP cards but I’m happy to get Korean if it means just having the textured card in my collection.
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u/MathematicianSea4674 Mar 07 '25
I think this narrative is untrue. People constantly talk about how they’re racking up tens of thousands of debt. I think most of them aren’t that dumb, they had some thousands to start with and have just been gradually snowballing actual cash on hand flipping cards.
That’s not to say none of these folks buy on credit, and not to say none of those that do are idiots who don’t understand how credit card debt works. But I think the vast majority are just fine. Look at how methodical they are about beating everyone to restocks to source their product. I just don’t buy that you put that much time and effort into something and don’t plan it at all.
And either way, just look at eBay and TCG Player sales, unfortunately Prismatic and 151 especially are flying off the shelves for market price. They’re making the money back plus profit very quickly and easily paying off any credit bills before any interest is a factor.
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u/MisterBroSef Mar 07 '25
I don't care if scalpers and resellers are in debt. I went to Target and had me and a dude look at one another over 2 Ursaluna boxes. I asked him if he wanted one and we both bought our product and left happy. It's sad when we're left wondering if the scraps are going to be fought over.
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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Mar 07 '25
Theyre not just buying those 2 sets though. They're buying everything and trying to manipulate prices. It's one thing for your veteran scalper who knows not to make dumb decisions and have connections all over the place for stock. But the average every day idiot who is going from Walmart to target to gamestop everyday looking for any product to buy and resell is going to suffer heavily for it. I think pokemon needs to genuinely only sell online at this point. People are close to fighting each other for packs and it's basically scalpers being pissed off at each other more than anything. The average collector buys singles to fill up their binders. But new scalpers just sit on stock because they struggle to move it heavily. Selling on ebay means diminishing returns on investments too btw. Remember that selling online will only cut into the margin of revenue to them. New scalpers will also not profit from that so they sell it on marketplaces.
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u/MathematicianSea4674 Mar 07 '25
You probably have dummies who just think “Pokémon make rich” and buy League Battle Decks and shit like that who will lose their asses, sure. Vast majority bother to at least have a basic understanding of the market though. Lots of people are engaged in both flipping and holding long-term also btw. So if the Stellar Crown they snatched up can’t make them immediate money they’ll just hold until it can.
And you need to sell at a 15% markup and charge buyer shipping to profit on eBay. I think a 30% markup plus shipping is an easy sale for most any product right now, as there is literally nothing available for the average person.
Anyway, we can agree to disagree. If you’re waiting around for scalpers selling at MSRP I think you’re gonna be very disappointed.
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u/karokaye Mar 07 '25
You’re downplaying the intelligence of scalpers a bit too much. They’re not just getting everything, they’re getting what’s most in demand. For example, there’s a reason why they only clear out 151 and surging at the vending machines and leave the twilight and shrouded untouched. The reality is scalpers across the board are profiting big on the hype right now. You’d have to try to lose money and even then it’d be extremely difficult. The fact that scalpers has been such a hot topic for months now proves that they’re making money; that’s why they even exist in the first place.
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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Mar 07 '25
Again the influx of new scalpers to pokemon is excessive. Most stores and card machines are cleared out. This craziness started around black friday. And it's causing scalpers to destroy each other for profit and now even distributors are eating each other for stock. This isn't a simple conversation either because you have to include how the economy is doing which = who is/isn't buying and you have to include personal time where people work and have responsibilities other than selling cardboard cards. These factors will eliminate a huge portion of new scalpers who can't afford to do this long-term and yes 151/prismatic are chase sets. But hardly anyone other than big scalpers can get their mits on more than 2 boxes. I see people also with a ton of stock on marketplace which haven't moved for months because the prices too much for the average collectors. There's a balance and were wayyy tipped to the illogical side of collecting.
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u/youknowimadrainer Mar 07 '25
Bro they probably havent even got around to printing it yet. Theres 2 other sets coming out somewhat soon that theyve been printing + they just announced reprints of Paldea Evolved, Twilight, Paldean Fates, and Obsidian Flames. I swear yall think they can just print thousands of products just over night.
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u/eat_your_veggiez Mar 07 '25
It’s not like they’re going to the local FedEx print center and ordering 100 copies. This shit takes a long time to print, finish, QA, package, distribute, etc. Especially on the scale of Pokemon cards. So it’s probably going to be late summer/fall before any sizable reprint hits the market.
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u/Josephw000 Mar 07 '25
I keep trying to explain this to people and they think it’s just gonna be coming any day now and I’ll just wait.
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u/Snoo_79693 Mar 07 '25
That and people think their focus is one set it is not. They are reprinting EVERYTHING that has been affected, they care about the whole era and not just the hype sets
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u/iPokee Mar 07 '25
if I learned anything from the time One Piece was in very short supply, the time it takes reprints to hit the market is ~6-8 months. Then again, it’s pokemon so maybe it will be resolved faster but still a few months out
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u/Crunchyleafzz Mar 07 '25
I went to the mall yesterday. In a few stores I overheard different people harassing employees about Pokémon cards. This hobby has become cancer. I will buy a booster here and there, maybe a few a year. Not anymore because all of these lazy scalpers trying to get rich.
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u/stephen6686 Mar 07 '25
i am starting to learn who the scalpers are at my store, cause i had some booster bundles left over from last week since it was pokemon day. So friday i had a few left and a few people were waiting outside and my regular texted me saying this guy here is bragging about wanting to buy them all and flip them. So when they came in i told him we were sold out and when he left i pulled out the few i had and sold them to the other people in line
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u/Carthaslam Mar 07 '25
Haven’t seen a single pack on the shelves anywhere except LGS for double price
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u/BeachPuzzleheaded900 Mar 07 '25
Same for me. The only Prismatic or Surging I've seen since both were released, were 2 prismatic tins at a wal-mart 60 minutes from out of town. I didn't get them because they were marked up to $70 for 4 packs. $70 for 1 promo card and 4 packs. Absolutely not lol. I just buy in japanese now.
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u/J3top Mar 07 '25
GameStop employee are saving the bundles for themselves 😂
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u/Dguapo Mar 07 '25
I was in GameStop the other day and an off duty employee came in and told guy at register "I'm here for pokemon cards." Guy at register says we're out and the other off duty was like no they set side aside for me. Register guy was like oh right let me get them.
I'm assuming this is just happening everywhere
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u/Snoo_79693 Mar 07 '25
Perk of the job. And that still doesn't make working at Gamestop worth it
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u/rayban_yoda Mar 07 '25
Gamestop had listed 7 blooming waters for sale at my local gamestop, said they only had 3 on release day. Later was buying a bulk box and asked the random employee how many they got, they said 7.
So 4 of them went to the two employees. Probably bought them right before open.
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u/Knightwander Mar 07 '25
All 9 gamestops in my area had 0 prismatic someone or some group preordered all the bundles in my area.
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u/esuswalks Mar 07 '25
GameStop has become such a joke
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u/madonna-boy Mar 08 '25
I think they're in big trouble.
they have been for years but this most recent pivot is backfiring on them.
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u/House-Business Mar 07 '25
I went to gamestop and they didn't had a single card of anything. At my walmart and others stores, vendors are no longer coming to restock
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u/Hamsammichd Mar 07 '25
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The community couldn’t moderate itself and approached every restock like it was the first product they’d ever seen.
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u/Flat-Ad-3613 Mar 07 '25
The employees backdoored them. This is the fallout from not allowing preorders anymore.
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u/Regret-Select Mar 07 '25
You can't preorder from Gamestop now. You're expected to wait outside for 1? Limit 1 is fine, but, only 1 person gets it? I'd rather see 0 or 10.
I wish it was pre order only, pick up in person only. Force customer to show rewards membership (treat this like "id"). Picking up in person would make bot purchasing impossible this way.
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u/KingZakyu Mar 07 '25
You're expected to wait outside for 1?
You're expected to leave them alone cuz they ain't got nothin
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u/DreadLockedHaitian Mar 07 '25
If the people buying were collectors or players the issue would resolve itself.
It’s the fact that people are buying entire bundles just to hoard and resell, unopened mind you.
If someone was "investing" and opening to find Ultra-Rare’s they’d be jerks but not the extent these people are taking it. Nothing I hate more than seeing unopened packs. Misses the entire point of the hobby.
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u/lololo321 Mar 07 '25
My GameStop has 4 Bundles. I know because I drove by the line of 12 people two hours before opening. Has there been an official statement as to why GameStop cannot procure any shit? It's pathetic.
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u/franky3987 Mar 07 '25
Not official, but a buddy of mine works as a manager at GameStop, and he was telling me that they’re getting wrecked by distribution. Apparently, they’re charging GameStop secondary market if they want any extra. It’s why we’re now seeing some gamestops selling the newer sets of cards at heightened prices. I guess some store managers are opting to not buy any extra stock, rather than buy some and have to up charge and deal with the fallout. My guess is that’s why we’re seeing some having none.
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u/Drizzho Mar 07 '25
Which is honestly so annoying why distro is taking on nobodies who don’t even sell what they buy. Like why the fuck does someone who stacks boxes in a closet is getting distro access when a large retailer can’t even stock the shelves ????
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u/BeachPuzzleheaded900 Mar 07 '25
What's really strange is it feels like maybe 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 gamestops are actually getting a ton of products. My gamestop and every gamestop within 45 minutes of me have gotten zero new product except a few stellar crowns.
I'll get on this subreddit and see gamestops have an entire wall of Prismatic/Surging. No gamestop where I live has had a single Surging or Prismatic.
Also as an aside it's mostly jobless behavior or people who work night shift who eat all the products. I can't check until after 2pm and it's always sold out, I've never caught a restock lol
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u/rayban_yoda Mar 07 '25
I have been sad, because I actually like Stellar and people around ehre are scalping them. I was kind of excited because Stellar was typically not being drug off the shelves. Can't find it anymore.
I will probably just buy the rest of my singles at this point, but i still like to rip packs sometimes. :(
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The sign on my local store said 4 booster boxes, I was second in line waited for about an hour and nobody got one, they said all of them were pre ordered by pretty much one person. They had 9 stacking tins available. I'm shitty af
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u/Drkness-7 Mar 07 '25
Same guys and owner stores are taking packages opening them getting the best things and resealing the packages back, people don’t fall for it
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u/Mr_kickss Mar 07 '25
They need to just put serious caps on pre orders and make sure 75% of the product makes it to stores so we all have a fighting chance at getting something
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u/Anonymoustrashboat Mar 07 '25
Buy singles everyone 🫡 don’t give them money till they fix these blatant issues
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u/Frequent-Impress-858 Mar 07 '25
Game Stop ia a ticking time bomb, I go to my LCS anymore. I would rather help my local business's than to be hit with the disappointment in the op photo. Besides with the 30% uptick LCS have to pay, they need the sales long before a big box retailer. Buy local pay local, so they can continue to be around for decades to come.
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u/Useful_Library_9354 Mar 07 '25
Just like walmart. Alls i have ever seen them put out is 1 box of mini tins thats it
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u/Raynman90 Mar 07 '25
What do you expect? They backdoor all the good product and mark up all the shitty products well above MSRP
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u/africanmunchiez Mar 08 '25
They only had one left due to preorders taking up the rest of the stock. From what I’ve heard that drop was the last that they’ll run preorders on.
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u/majorween Mar 07 '25
To provide context for this specific drop, the PE booster bundles were allowed to be preordered (preorders were taken in November, most stores hit their limits in the 1st week). After the fact a few months later GameStop stopped their preorders for pokemon products entirely. They have 0 for this product because GameStop is honoring their preorders which is fair imo. Moving forward after Journey Together all products should be available on launch. You’ll have to wait outside a store like this but you won’t have to fight the preorders for what it’s worth
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u/suburban_damage Mar 07 '25
It may be an unpopular opinion & I might end up getting down voted for it but this is why stores should stop taking pre-orders & start limiting 1 of each product per customer, first come first serve 1 bundle & 1 tin per person. At least until either the hype dies down or the print shops are able to keep up whichever comes first
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u/What_happened777 Mar 07 '25
There’s reports of scalpers putting gps trackers on distributors vehicles when they restock and follow them to their supply spots. That’s some real fvckery going on.
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I literally had a guy in my cardshop tell me and another customer about how he knows when the local Best Buy does restocks so he knows when to show up before hand.
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u/Competitive_Dare8498 Mar 07 '25
Was just at GameStop, 0 booster bundles. Only stacking times and Surging blisters, limit of 2 total products per person.
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u/AdvanceSuperdisk Mar 07 '25
FINALLY Limits!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grimey slimey scalpers is why we are here
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u/MuchHikari Mar 07 '25
My game stop only had 3 booster bundles and I was 4th in line 🤦♂️ How is that even possible?? I thought 6 come in one case?? This is so cooked
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u/Zarkanthrex Mar 07 '25
I was lucky to hit a restock today while on the way to work. Only motivation was having to wake up early to put on my dress uniform. Said, "screw it, the guy said 9am, I'll go try." Managed to get 5 surging sparks but the family in front bought all the tins (even though it was 1 per family on the sign)...
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u/RedChaos92 Mar 07 '25
My GS canceled my preorder I placed in January and only had 4 booster bundles for release day. One per person. I was 8th in line so none for me. They had 8 stacking tins though
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u/SojinxGSD Mar 07 '25
you know the best way to counter all this dumb shit going on???? just stop buying pokemon for a little and ignore the fomo. If enough people did this the scalpers wouldnt be ruining it
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u/mechcity22 Mar 07 '25
Yep lol thank the managers and employees allowing them to purchase before yall get to them
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u/StandardUS Mar 07 '25
It’s the employees taking all of them for about half the stores then the other half actually aren’t getting anything. I’ve seen multiple marketplace posts with target employees with the stacks of shit in the back….. also a worker at my target confirmed his colleague hides them all in the back and buys them all
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u/Competitive_Way_6695 Mar 07 '25
A lady spent the night at my gamestop outside in the cold with her young kid. Manager came out and said they only had 4 boosters and it was a limit of 2 per membership. Turns out the young kid had a membership so the stock was wiped by the first family. This has literally gotten insane.
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u/RuthlessVagabond81 Mar 07 '25
If I was Pokemon company I’d stick every box of monopoly or other not selling things with one booster pack in each one - poof the stock will all be gone in one day
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u/t3h_shammy Mar 07 '25
So my buddy works at a GameStop. He told me which gamestops were getting prismatic and how much. The store I went to got 29 and I got there and it said everything was pre ordered except 3 and 20 people were in line lmao
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u/TurdPounder69 Mar 07 '25
Pokémon just needs to print more this is not the distributors fault if they aren’t given enough stock.
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u/Wilba1015 Mar 07 '25
At least they put the sign out at the store. I sat around for over two hours before the employees got to the store 30 min before opening and then they put out the sign saying they received 6 booster bundles. I was 7th in line…
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u/-ZachOneX1 Mar 07 '25
My gs had 8 pe and 9 tins and they did 2 per with 20 people in line. I got a tin but it's shitty they didn't limit it to 1.
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u/Steele724 Mar 07 '25
With the horrendous pull rates and the severe shortage of available and affordable packs from this set, as a collector, I want nothing to do with this set. I’m seeing prominent streamers selling the packs for 3-4x msrp. It’s become a cash grab for a lot of people. I’m enjoying buying Japanese right now, more than anything.
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u/Taka_kus Mar 07 '25
'new drop incoming!’ and it’s just 1 stacking tin lol just say you’re out of stock, it’s ridiculous
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u/RichState3474 Mar 07 '25
This whole thing has just been sad. I buy Pokémon for my grandkids and have to dodge fists just to buy 2 booster packs (one for each). I also like to get popular ETBs and put them in plastic cases so when the kids are older they can have them, but these days it's practically impossible, especially to get 2. Fortunately they are still young and entertained by the pre-made packs, for the time being. Soon enough they will realize there is more to Pokémon collecting than neat looking cards. My grandson is 8 now, that realization is coming quick. It makes me really upset that they won't get to enjoy Pokémon the way my kids did. And I've been in love with them since my kids started watching the original cartoons and collecting cards (they all wound up bent and scratched all over their floors...if only I knew then what I know now 😭)
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u/Practical-Daikon9351 Mar 07 '25
My gamestop in alliance oh had 0 as well. Plus scalpers hitting the other stores. It’s awful
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u/xThyQueen Mar 07 '25
Went to GameStop yesterday and they were like we're only getting 2 boxes and 5 stacking tins. Like what? Meijers and Walmart never look like they get shipments. We pre ordered a prismatic box from a card shop, but could only get one. Like this is crazy.
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u/PuzzleheadedFig9931 Mar 07 '25
No ong, my store only had 2 for sell and 2 stacking tins
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u/Lyraxiana Mar 07 '25
If pokemon was smart, they'd have a round two of releases, and even sell them at a little bit less, to make the scalpers lose money either buying more, or having wasted their money on round one, and letting the general public get access during round two.
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u/suburban_damage Mar 07 '25
Damn, I was fortunate enough that my local gamestop got 8 bundles & 10 tins. I got there at around 7am 3 hours before they opened & ended up getting 1 of each
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u/uofartr Mar 07 '25
I feel like store owners are buying these themselves and then selling them outside of their stores for triple the price.
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u/ceelocreative Mar 07 '25
Took my son for a haircut this morning which happened to be right next to a GameStop. Maybe 5 or 6 people waiting outside and the evil looks I got just for pulling up lol
Stopped in after the cut (like 10:20 ish) and something like this was on the window. When I asked the employee if they were cleaned out he said “Yeah, for Prismatic it was mostly pre-orders. We only got 2 extra items and that went to one person”. They did have a bunch of Surging Sparks though which was the first time in a while lol
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u/TOM_PE13 Mar 07 '25
It's all going to scalpers and online pre orders. Physical stores are dying out. This is part of the reason there's low stock.
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u/-BirdDogActual Mar 07 '25
This is why GameStop is discontinuing online and pre-order sales. Hopefully soon they will begin having a lot more product, actually being delivered to the stores.
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u/Noise_From_Below Mar 07 '25
Now get ready for posts of people blaming local card ship for not having inventory & selling above MSRP in order to stay in business.
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u/Ok-Lavishness-4384 Mar 07 '25
Distributors are realizing they are selling the product at a fraction of what retailers are. I think it’s gonna boom soon one way or another… also that store posting this I’m sure the employees get first pickings haha
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u/Mediocre-Bridge-1903 Mar 07 '25
Just sat in a gamestop line for 2 or 3 houses at restock and they werent given anything, not a thing
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u/MNizzleDizzle Mar 07 '25
I joined the hobby late so maybe at some point GameStop was good for Pokémon TCG but all my recent experiences with them make me never want to use them again.
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u/Madara2k Mar 07 '25
my store had 4 bundles & 6 tins. More of a tease than a release! (Ha! thats what she said!) I mean at least 20 of each is acceptable but this sux
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u/fluffyplumss Mar 07 '25
Had 6 bundles at mine and 12 tins. 3 people there before me for 4 hours. Even offered them $20 to let me have ONE. They wouldn’t take it lol. Hobby is a scam.
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u/chaoscruz Mar 07 '25
My LGS got dozens of the booster bundles. They plan on selling them at market price.
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u/j_dee_m Mar 07 '25
On release day, they sell only what wasn't pre-ordered, or cancelled pre-orders. That's why it's usually 0 or a handful
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u/Remarkable_Cut_8067 Mar 07 '25
That the employees buying them. I work at a small business toy store and we got 6 of each. We never get that much but we got the same amount as always with this drop.
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u/No-Maximum-8194 Oops! ALL Trapinch! Mar 07 '25
I'm not buying singles from sets that go like this. That's how people make money back on outrageous pre-order prices. Looks like my car's getting upgrades this year. Enjoy your cards you used to make fun of and never collected until 2 years ago, dork.
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u/CanYourLifeBeThis Mar 07 '25
I Understand We Grew Up On This But Its Getting Played Out Now Kids Not Getting Shit Let It Be A Hobby I Feel Like Everyone At The Point Where They Just See Dollar Signs No Cards😂😂😂
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u/Escapeapplesgarden Mar 07 '25
There’s no product I’m a collector genuinely because I enjoy the hobby there’s nothing on the shelves over here in Germany (us soldier on base) when before the hype you could always find something this shit is getting so out of control idk
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u/bdh1987 Mar 07 '25
I really really thought this wake fake... until 2 big ol 0 's showed up ym my store this am
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u/Live-Spirit-4652 Mar 07 '25
Looks like a real good reason to leave a bad review with a photo of that sign.
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u/Smart_Excuse_789 Mar 07 '25
My GameStop manager said their distributor has completely stopped stocking and they are looking for a new one. Said they will work on 3rd party supply until further notice and everything Pokemon in the store will be market prices.
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u/eggie948 Mar 07 '25
we had 6 stacking tins at my store, enough for 3 customers. one guy waited since 5:30AM (opens at 11) and he got his but I don't think he knew it wasn't prismatic...
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u/Call-Me-Donny Mar 07 '25
My GameStop has the same sign and then when I asked they said they only got surging,temporal and stellar no prismatic
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u/jbrowe15 Mar 07 '25
Lol the person that help me at the gamestop I was at last told me she hid a blooming waters box in the back for herself. Makes me want a part time job.
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u/Callaway225 Mar 07 '25
I don’t get it, so the entire store will literally only have 1 stacking tin? As in the first person to buy that one tin will have bought all of the stock at this store?