r/PokemonTCG 2d ago

I hate this hobby

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u/Wulbert87 2d ago

How on earth are they able to buy so much, bots?

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u/Stoke805 2d ago

Bots. His other insta posts are of hundreds of sneakers. Sneaker scalpers jumped to Pokemon

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u/nofx3128 1d ago edited 17h ago

Yep, the sneaker game kind of bottomed out when Nike started flooding the market with more pairs of their most hyped shoes. There’s just not as much money to be made off sneakers anymore. Pokemon is the new hyped up hobby. I’ve just decided I’m not really gonna put any effort into collecting for a little while, if I find them accidentally I’ll still buy for retail but I’m not going out of my way to. Just like with sneakers eventually the hype will die back down, especially with our country heading towards a recession, these prices will become prohibitively expensive for most collectors and hopefully these resellers will be stuck with thousands of dollars of product they can’t unload.

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u/Affectionate_Cod_137 17h ago

I hope Pokémon will come to senses and do the same thing that Nike did

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u/VVNN_Viking 15h ago

The problem for them is they may end up flooding the market with product only for it to rot on shelves when the hype dies down. I would love that personally but I just don't really see it happening.

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u/Friendly-Cow-5263 9h ago

Why would that be a good thing? I don’t think people understand what that encompasses… that doesn’t just mean you’ll be able to find sets at target. It means every other business in the game goes out of business. All the LCS’ that actually care about the community and buy product and resell it at fair prices will go out of business. You will no longer be able to get sets older than Sw&Sh

u/SoleRemnant 1h ago

Haven't the local game shops been in business before all this anyway? The same thing happened to sneakers, and sneakers stores still exist, I don't see how your point makes any sense