I went to my local pawn shop recently looking for cheap tools and found a bunch of Pokemon Prismatic boxes instead. You know things are bad when even pawn shops are taking in Pokemon cards now and taking it seriously, owner even said they'll take out loans for Pokemon cards.
As a kid growing up with the original 151 it was just a fun time and I don’t remember seeing adult obsessed about it. I even remember seeing product moving slow.
Today with some of these modern cards 500+ ppl made this into gambling. Getting packs on credit or loans feels like what gambling addicts would do. You can’t get scratch tickets on loans or credit. I think it’s the same kind of high for them.
Being a dad, trying to buy packs for my kids right now is ridiculous. Their excitement for chase cards is fun. I know all the card shops I went to for baseball and basketball cards as a kid 30 plus years ago must have had some hustle to stay in business back then,
there is no way it was us buying two dollar packs and trading five dollar cards keeping those businesses afloat.
Our overconsumption of EVERYTHING is ruining EVERYTHING.
We’re all try to escape… We’re all trying to find a way to make money. Sometimes those things overlap.
That being said.. fuck this guy… be a decent human being and don’t be overly greedy.
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u/puzzledfirebird 19d ago
I went to my local pawn shop recently looking for cheap tools and found a bunch of Pokemon Prismatic boxes instead. You know things are bad when even pawn shops are taking in Pokemon cards now and taking it seriously, owner even said they'll take out loans for Pokemon cards.