I keep seeing all this stuff about scalpers ruining regular Pokemon card purchases. Like, people that just want the cards to play the game can’t get them because scalpers are out there clearing out the store shelves, and like literally fist fighting each other as they try to get all the packs for themselves for resale.
And now Game Stop, who buys their cards at wholesale prices are selling Pokemon cards at 3x the MSRP. And local shops are selling theirs at 7x of MSRP.
EVERYONE is trying to screw over the kids that just want to play the game. And I think that really sucks.
It’s probably illegal and I don’t suggest people break the law, but I wouldn’t be angry if a group of people that just wanted to play Pokemon printed their own cards that were clearly marked as fake. Then they could randomly distribute the cards to each other and play Pokemon the way they want to.
Sure, they wouldn’t be able to play in official competitions or anything, but if a group of people wanted to meet up and play each other? Having a mix of real and unreal cards could still let them play the way they want to.
If you’re buying Pokemon cards for the love of the game, I think that’s better than people just collecting them to collect them and resell them later at ridiculously high prices. Starve the scalpers. I don’t even see them as people at this point.
Like, there are people ROBBING stores and individuals for their Pokemon cards. Someone GOT SHOT for their Pokemon cards.
THEY ARE A CARD GAME.
People are beating each other up and killing each other to get game cards so they can resell them to collectors.
I miss the days when kids were just buying cards to play the game. Now it’s adults hoarding unopened packs so they can resell them. Kids have been completely priced out of the equation.
It’s just one more instance where children are being pushed out of something they enjoy by selfish adults. It’s gross.
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