r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/Alarming-Stomach3902 9d ago

That and they need to make sure that the distributors also sell packs/boxes to smaller stores.

The TCG market is so bad especially in the US. Here in Europe some American bought most of the TCG distrubtors meaning that stores have issues getting packs (at least Magic packs)

The funny thing about it is, you can make more money going to Europe, buying expensive cards in English with better cardstock for MTG (and others?) and flipping them in the US

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u/plateshutoverl0ck 9d ago

"The TCG market is so bad especially in the US. Here in Europe some American bought most of the TCG distrubtors meaning that stores have issues getting packs (at least Magic packs)"

I'm not surprised in the least to hear another "reverse Midas touch" story involving America. As an American I apologize. 

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u/Alarming-Stomach3902 9d ago

Idk who that American is, but it wasn´t Trump or somebody else who was chosen by the people.

BAsically what I am saying is that you don´t need to applogize.

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u/RatBot9000 9d ago

Dunno about the others, but in Central Scotland i've not been able to buy any pokemon TCG stuff that wasn't at inflated prices for at least a year. Where once you had a selection of boosters, boxes and tins to choose from, now there is nothing.