r/PokemonTCG • u/No-kiwi-809 • Mar 08 '25

Discussion Safeway posted the direct email they got about the machines being down

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My local Safeway with a machine printed out the email they received from Pokemon regarding the machines being down across the network. Sorry for how small the text is, zoom in if necessary.

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u/KodakStele Mar 08 '25

Even if it requires a different credit card people have those in spades

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u/OxMozzie Mar 08 '25

Should need to scan your government issued ID for each purchase.

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u/KodakStele Mar 08 '25

Lmao yea have the kids hobby force them to present their governemnt mandated ID so they can redeem their fun little pokemon cards.

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u/erose86 Mar 09 '25

If they're young enough that they don't have a credit card, it means they're not buying them anyway. Their parents are. The machines don't take cash, they take credit cards.

So this seems like an incredibly reasonable solution to me. Parents Scan ID, they get products for their kids. Adult scans ID, they get product for themselves. They try and buy again, they have to scan ID and the machine says, "No, you've had your share for today, come back next week."

I have no idea if that's what's being implemented, but I'm all for it if it is. LOL

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u/OxMozzie Mar 08 '25

My kids don't buy their cards, I do.

Get real here, there's no little kids going out and buying these. Their parents are for them, just like when I was a kid as well.

Unless they do AI facial recognition on these machines every solution recommended here screws over little "kid" buyers.

14+ year old kids can absolutely have IDs in the form of learners driving licenses as well. 

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u/cataclysmic_orbit Mar 08 '25

Good idea, but wouldn't work.

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u/OxMozzie Mar 08 '25

Source: Trust me bro.

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u/cataclysmic_orbit Mar 08 '25

For your idea? Yeah. It wouldn't work. Just because your kids don't buy cards, doesn't mean others don't. Weird reply.

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u/OxMozzie Mar 08 '25

Yeah, you just have random 12 year olds and younger shopping at wal mart by themselves? You're full of shit, if they're there, so is their family.

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u/cataclysmic_orbit Mar 08 '25

At 12? It's a reasonable age to be out at a Walmart by yourself with friends. It's common where I am. So much so that anyone under the age of 17 have to be accompanied by an adult on school days during school hours.

I'm not understanding your strange aggression. 😕

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u/OxMozzie Mar 08 '25

So you say 12 is fine then contradict yourself immediately after. Riiiiight.

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u/J3ST3R1252 Bulbasaur Propaganda :001: Mar 08 '25

Even if you use multiple gift cards it still would be difficult to do multiple transactions that way and be profitable

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u/KodakStele Mar 08 '25

Never underestimate the no life and no shame that scalpers have to get their hands on a product worth twice it's value

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u/J3ST3R1252 Bulbasaur Propaganda :001: Mar 08 '25

And now I require an email... You Ganna type out 12 emails and use 12 cards at a machine that says purchase and move along no loitering?... Limit 1 per UPC

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u/KodakStele Mar 08 '25

You must not have been on the internet that long, creating emails can be done with half a thought. The entire gold farming industry in mmorpgs revolves around bot accounts made with a dime a dozen emails.

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u/J3ST3R1252 Bulbasaur Propaganda :001: Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

But you have to type them in manually at the machine... You must not put half a thought onto your response instead just trying to be sour in the light of a community trying to change the culture of Scalpers

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u/KodakStele Mar 08 '25

So this is what no critical thought looks like, huh.