According to a photo posted on Twitter/X from an undisclosed Target location, the retail giant is apparently telling customers it will no longer sell to “resellers.” This is the text on the sign: Target no longer sells to resellers. This ensures all guests have a fair opportunity to purchase products and helps us remain competitive. …
I was perusing Twitter yesterday when the algorithm fed me a tweet from a Pokémon idiot to the retail big-box store Target. It contained a photo taken at a Target customer service desk showing an associate buying two Pokémon Elite Trainer Boxes (ETBs). The Pokémon idiot, POV rips, told Target that the employee who bought …
The following tweet appeared in my Twitter feed yesterday: Pokémon has a gambling problem. Where there’s gambling, there are people drawn to it because they’re people with an addiction. Too many people use opening packs as a way of getting the dopamine fix they crave. They’ll literally pay thousands of dollars to pull a card …
I was listening to YouTube videos yesterday while straightening up the garage. A video appeared in my feed from Poke Office, a channel focused on collecting, investing, vending, and other business topics related to Pokémon. In the video, the host discussed obtaining a wholesale card distributor to supply sealed Pokémon products, which can then be …
I was scrolling through a Pokémon collectors group on Facebook yesterday. It’s a private group dedicated to Pokémon collectors who live in Maryland. A thread caught my eye because it involves Hagerstown, the city in Maryland where I live. It begins with this: The person who posted this angry screed was hurt because the person …
There’s a person on the Internet who goes by the name of Rattle Pokémon. He’s carved out a niche for himself as the Pokémon fraud investigator. Rattle Pokémon is a cross between Rorschach and Barney Fife, only with a French-Canadian accent. Almost every video he posts on YouTube deals with someone he deems to be …
A Massachusetts woman held a yard sale last month. Included in the items sold were three factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes belonging to her father. Unbeknownst to her, the Pokémon boxes were worth a lot of money. TCGPlayer currently lists similar factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes for around $14,000 a box. According to …
I stopped by my local Target this afternoon to pick up a few things. First, I noticed the trading card area looked like it was fully stocked. Since Target made a big deal about not selling Pokémon and baseball, basketball, and football cards because of the inherent danger selling such products created, I wondered what …
A representative for Target confirmed on Twitter that the retailer will stop selling most sports and Pokémon cards beginning May 14. To ensure the safety of guests and team members, effective May 14th, MLB, NFL, NBA and Pokemon Trading Cards will no longer be sold in stores until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience. …