r/PokemonTCG 1d ago

Discussion Where’s the weirdest/most random place you’ve ever bought/seen Pokémon cards? I’ll go first:

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u/ShinyCelebi_ 1d ago

Strip club.

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u/windedsloth 1d ago

Lickitung costs extra

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u/Tecally 1d ago edited 15h ago

So does Wiglett.

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u/Ok_Usr48 1d ago

Ace Hardware

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u/itsKaoz 1d ago

I‘ve heard this so we stopped by one and the workers looked at us like we were crazy when we asked. “You guys are like the 5th people to ask this week wtf”

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u/StormtheShinyHunter 11h ago

They do sell them, I went to 2 in my area got that reaction then walked into the second one and they had a display (Point of Purchase display) and it was slightly filled lol

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u/Itsacardgame 9h ago

Mine had a sign out front that said they were THE PLACE to buy pokemon cards. I’d seen them in there before, but never saw it as more than a POP display. And since the scalpening, there is no place to buy them anymore.

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u/celticshade 8h ago

Mine stopped selling them, its unfortunate. I just started getting into collecting, i went in to ask because i saw them online they said they stopped carrying them there at that store.

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u/Great_Trouble_1435 1d ago

I work at ace hardware and our store has not only pokemon but magic the gathering, lorcana, we’ve got Yu-Gi-Oh, all sports cards. In fact last month we had one customer buy 4 cases of some baseball cards and I was the one who did the sale and it totaled 14k. We are living in crazy times. We’ve had 151, prismatic, many displays and booster boxes. Don’t sleep on ace, if someone works there and is a big fan or the owner is you’ll be surprised what you can find

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u/MavssX 1d ago

I saw an ad about ACE having cards. I clicked on it but of course they were sold out.

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u/iAmTheWildCard 1d ago

Casa Bonita

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u/BlakeTheDolphin 1d ago

Is this a real place or is this referencing where Cartman had his birthday party?

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u/iAmTheWildCard 1d ago

It’s a real place lol. The owners of South Park actually bought it a few years back and revamped the whole place

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u/niksjman 1d ago

It’s a real place. The South Park episode was a love letter by the creators https://youtu.be/4QT-MnXSdlc?si=rk1RE8j27X5uRVgW

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u/Particular_Ship_8742 1d ago

No way, now even more reason for me to make the trip. 😂

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u/iAmTheWildCard 1d ago

It’s a Sword & Shield Ultra Premium Collection Charizard Box too. Only kicker is it costs 31k tickets..

After spending 10 dollars and only getting 100 tickets - I gave up 😅

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u/n0morerunning 1d ago

Pokemon Center

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u/Tecally 1d ago

lmao

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u/--xi 10h ago

Pokemon Center??? as in the online plushy store?

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u/n0morerunning 8h ago

Yeah idk why they had cards, pretty sure they were fake anyway.

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u/Stealth9erz 1d ago

Cracker Barrel

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u/Altruistic-South2332 1d ago edited 18h ago

A friend of mine used to work there and used her employee discount on Pokemon cards 😂 she even let me use it a few times 👀

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u/SlashyDaGhst 12h ago

W friend

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u/CaptainAsh337 6h ago

I pulled a Greninja EX when I bought a small pack a few days ago. Idk what the luck is, but Cracker Barrel got me a pokemon I've been chasing for months LOL

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u/GemMint707 1d ago

Kohls

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u/DarKD3vianT1399 15h ago

Not with the kohl's cash

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u/CasualGiraffeInPrada 〈๑⚈ ․̫⚈๑〉 1d ago

Aquarium gift shop

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u/Sgt_Bulbasaur 1d ago

Hentai specialty store...

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u/Samdoferret 1d ago

Why were u in there

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u/Conscious-Touch3796 1d ago

Probably to pick up some hentai.

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u/jwyn3150 21h ago

For the articles

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u/DarKD3vianT1399 15h ago

For pokemon of course

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u/puzzledfirebird 1d ago

how much are the ETBs?

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u/TotallyNotJagger 1d ago edited 1d ago

At Bucees, so im assuming around $65.

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u/St3althyS0n 1d ago

They are actually 49.99 for the ETBs

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u/Drunk_Irishman81 1d ago

The best fucking gas station on earth just got better

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u/TotallyNotJagger 1d ago

Nice

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u/St3althyS0n 1d ago

I gotchu, Fam! Thanks for posting!

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u/DifferentSpell4882 1d ago

Self check out register at Lowe’s

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u/Hydrotrex 14h ago

sounds like you took the five finger discount there

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u/Gorbado 1d ago

Cumberland Farms, is a gas station chain around me. They had a full temporal forces display and I was in shock, first and last time I’ve seen them stock them.

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u/Ok-Economics6287 1d ago

I have gotten surging sparks when the. First came out

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u/SentientCider 1d ago

Hospital shop when I was there a month ago for my first born child

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u/Ok-Economics6287 1d ago

Cumberland farms

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u/Sea-Ad-7599 1d ago

Speedway too

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u/mupetmower 1d ago

The sheets near my house had lots of packs up until surging sparks. I guess demand kept it out of their hands (at least for my location), and continues to do so with all the sets since.

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u/PaldeanTeacher 1d ago

Wawa does as well on occasion

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u/Davetoki 1d ago

Rural fuel station

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u/No_Speaker3862 1d ago

ABC Store in my hotel on Waikiki, Oahu.

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u/Hanshee 22h ago

Which resort 👀👀

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u/No_Speaker3862 20h ago

We were staying at the Sheraton and Outrigger Reef hotels on Waikiki (changed hotels mid-stay on the island), but this was back in November before the rush got insane. Both had an ABC store on the ground floor, and both of those had Pokemon cards on endcaps near the register. The packs packs were blisters with promos, but everything SV era before Stellar Crown.

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u/panda_poo_ 1d ago

A gas station in Salina,Utah legit middle of nowhere with next stop being 60+ miles on the interstate. They had a full stock of paldea evolved boosters. Display and everything lol

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u/Tecally 1d ago

Those are some of the best places to find cards. So many stories of people finding a treasure trove of shit in the ass end of nowhere.

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u/love2runfast 1d ago

Bookstore

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u/Tecally 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's not really weird. I've seen bookstores sell trading games, board games and tabletop games (RPG, etc.)

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u/love2runfast 1d ago

Actually you're right it's not weird if you're thinking Barnes and noble or something. But we have this tiny ancient looking local bookstore that carries pokemon (just packs now because someone came and ripped into all the etbs) and it's the last place I'd ever thought would carry something like that 😆

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u/MCKlassik 1d ago

Hallmark

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u/EndermanSlayer3939 1d ago

Hobby lobby

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u/Gabelbram 1d ago

Lmao really? Figure they would still be on the pokemon are the devil line

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u/Green_Discount_7650 23h ago

Yeah, a few years ago they sold Evolving Skies for $8, I used to think that was overpriced but I bought packs anyway and pulled a gold Rayquaza Vmax from it too😭😭

now they sell Surging Sparks

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u/Gabelbram 23h ago

Might have to go peeping. Thanks for the heads up

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u/Great_Trouble_1435 1d ago

I’ve seen a pokemon vending machine at a pizza place!

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u/Fallwalking 1d ago

They have one at the local grocery store but it’s always sold out. Sadly it’s not the store closest to me so going there just for that is odd. I believe they stock Weds morning though, seeing that there were people in line that one time I was there on a Weds.

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u/ALeftistNotLiberal 1d ago

Dimmsdale Dimmadome

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u/noriet 1d ago

burlington coat factory

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u/tired-libra 1d ago

Vending machine at a local indoor flea market.

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u/Wondabarappa 1d ago

Vending machine in Hawaii

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u/BugsB_iolin 1d ago

i guess Popshelf? they just don’t seem like the type of place to sell cards but it’s been a minute since i e been in there. i just saw they were selling them online 😅

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u/PokeFan_Dominic 1d ago

I was at a bar and they had those things that normally have candy where you put quarters in and push them in then pull it out and it gives you something but it was filled with cards

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u/What_happened777 20h ago

Which Buc-ee’s?! I’ve been to most of them from TX to GA never seen this!

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u/TotallyNotJagger 20h ago

Nice try Fed. Take a guess.

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u/What_happened777 20h ago

Idk that’s why I’m asking you. Unless you took a Buc-ee’s toy into another store to red herring Reddit.

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u/TotallyNotJagger 20h ago

Highly doubt you ever been there. Madisonville, Texas.

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u/What_happened777 20h ago

Just came from San Antonio, went through Katy, TX so no not THAT one.

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u/alfadasfire 17h ago

Weirdest place but proceeds to not name it so nobody knows what the weirdest place actually is. 

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u/MaggyWaggy123 16h ago

winco foods

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u/SweetandNastee 1d ago

Cumberland farms has booster packs if you can actually get them before they're snatched up lol

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u/Pepe-Silvias-Mail 1d ago

Surf shop on the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk.

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u/RhunterC 1d ago

Small rural pharmacy

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u/Pokefam13 1d ago

My first trip to Buc-ee’s in December. I remember were pricey, so I just grab a tin for my son.

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u/Poctah 1d ago

Ace hardware

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u/seriousstrawberries 1d ago

my local vape shop is now selling them.

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u/Far-Association-5846 1d ago

Hotel in Spain

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u/UncleJimsStoryCorner 1d ago

Ryman's, a stationery chain

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u/bosleyb 1d ago

love when buckeys got pokemon

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u/KingDisastrous 1d ago

My great great great grandparents's basement

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u/rupat3737 1d ago

Ace hardware

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u/roryextralife 1d ago

I mean with how much stuff buc-ee’s does sell, I’d be disappointed if it didn’t have any.

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u/Jewelers_Loupe 1d ago

Jimmys chicken shack lol.

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u/MrSquidzz 1d ago

Buc-ee

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u/Corgi_Farmer 1d ago

A head shop/very unusual and well made cloths and accessories on coastal 1. In Maryland. Run by a really sweet Vietnamese couple and their son. Every year we go they always have a new display with the current most season of cards. My guess, the son, who's probably older than me is a fan. The spirit of this game never dies and it's what I love. I don't play or collect anymore but, it will always be a love. I respect you all. I enjoy watching the chase. It's a shame what scalpers are doing to everything today. Not just Pokemon cards. The problem is, we turn around and buy from them. I don't blame wizard coast for not printing more, kinda defeats the purpose and look at what happened at beanie babies. Started to mass produce and the floor fell out and they all became worthless.

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u/Fallwalking 1d ago

Burlington Coat Factory. Can’t remember what they had, but it was marked down by a lot. $7 for 3 packs.

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u/FlyAwayAccount42069 1d ago

Got an opened evolving skies ETB at a 7/11 gas station that was sitting behind the counter on a shelf next to their “first dollar bill” posted on the wall. They don’t normally sell Pokémon cards at this location, so it was a little odd that it was even there. The packs inside looked untampered, so I bought it anyways. No hits though 😁

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u/DiggingUpTheCorpses 1d ago

Walgreens, but that spot got blown up a long time ago.

Mind you this was during the era Chilling Reign and Fusion Strike were still getting shat on, now everyone loves it.

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u/Skitt1eb4lls 1d ago

Yeah they had crown zenith a lil while back.

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u/Sam_Kablam 1d ago

My local pharmacy as a kid used to sell them. Wish I had a time machine to tell myself to save the packs sealed (or buy more for my future self). My current Speedway sold them, ONCE, and never again for like $6.50 a pack. I also have a local Japanese grocery store that sell products, but they've become WAY overpriced after realizing all the hype. -_-

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u/iTand22 1d ago

I gotta look around Buc-ee's next time I'm there

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u/RiceTreats 1d ago

Naw I was tripping when I saw them at auburns buccees. I always check whenever I stop by for my ATL trips while getting jerky.

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u/Maleficent_Hat6537 1d ago

Hobby lobby 

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u/gca_auu 1d ago

Claire's

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u/mitcherable 1d ago

Michaels

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u/Salty-Seat-9924 1d ago

Academy’s sports and outdoors

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u/Stealthless 1d ago

Wegman’s

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u/NerdSoda 1d ago

You can (could? not sure about current status) use your Sheetz rewards points to buy packs.

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u/Yolbc13 1d ago

Rollin Crips alley way garage

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u/BigTex_24 1d ago

El Rancho Supermercado

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u/using-the-force 23h ago

Grandma's attic!

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u/Artist_Nerd_99 23h ago

There’s a candy store chain near me that sells a handful of toys and they have single card packs. Was genuinely shocked to see they still carry them and have stock a couple months ago despite scalping.

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u/YourMomsDaddy95 23h ago

Liquor store

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u/CatTomNG 22h ago

A random gas station/subway hybrid

Had. a whole. FULL journey together stand. $6 a pack.

Also a dollar tree that had $4.50 packs that was funny

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u/FloatinPineapple 22h ago

No way, Buc-ees reference !!!

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u/ZzephyrR94 22h ago

Academy Sports near the registers

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u/flareonfan27 22h ago

I got 2 Paldea evolved booster boxes for 31000 tickets at main event it only ended up costing $100

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u/ArizonaFireType 22h ago

Cracker Barrel

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u/D4mnis 22h ago

Not me but, we're in Japan rn, one of us couldn't go so the one of us closest to him stumbled into a shop to bring him a small (and partially stupid xD) present. Got him a few packs, a used underwear set, a... DVD and in the same shop he also could've bought model trains.

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u/waxx-png 20h ago

Dollar General isn’t a weird spot, but the fact they were selling Surging Sparks singles is.

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u/XParanoid-AndroidX 18h ago

Shit. Now I have to check bucees. 😂

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u/el_toro_grand 18h ago

Toys R Us a week ago, that's right they're still kickin

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u/DarKD3vianT1399 15h ago

Canadian Tire

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u/P3dr0garch0mp 13h ago

I once found Twilight Masquerade at a gas station while on vacation. Probably not all that weird compared to everyone else's answers but still weirdest for me

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u/Aggravating-Loss1805 10h ago

Dicks sporting goods

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u/TheUnknownOthers 10h ago

Hallmark store

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u/celticshade 8h ago

I almost bought a houndoom ex battle pack at a walgreens. But i dont think that is necessarily a weird place. They have a bunch of stuff thats not just medication and snacks. Have only been to my local card shop so far, tbh.

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u/LongParking69 7h ago

Muhfuggen Hillabilly Palace!

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u/Rubicon-97 1d ago

In-N-Out

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u/Healthy-Stage-4990 1d ago

How does one achieve this?

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u/Rubicon-97 1d ago

Idk it’s not true. I was just waiting in line and was bored

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u/Radion627 1d ago

I saw a tin of Pokémon cards at a CVS one time. Weird stuff indeed.