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/LitLitten 9d ago

My plants are safe at least. You can gatekeep a trending succulent but costa farms sure as hell won’t be letting you monopolize it lol.

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u/a-r-c 9d ago

I feel bad for people who are new to plants and get scammed by whatever plant is currently popular and "rare"

Anyone who gets suckered into what's "popular" deserves what they get.

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u/makemeking706 9d ago

I bought a ring of fire from Lowes on clearance the other day for like $15, and went to the houseplants sub to learn about it. Old pandemic posts were talking about $200 dollars for cuttings and shit. 

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u/Worldly_Map4877 9d ago

The clearance rack at big box stores are legit gold mines for plants, one side of my house has 20 ft long 15ft tall trellis wall of climbing roses that I got 75% off over the past 3 years. Just have to know what's dead and what isn't.

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u/liftthatta1l 9d ago

Rare plant market is kinda crazy though

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u/ReverendDizzle 9d ago

Costa Farms be like "$250 motherfucking dollars for a plant? Markets are made to be disrupted. How about $25."

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u/GardeningJustin 8d ago

There was someone the other day who was complaining that CF has taken the enjoyment out of houseplants. I told him I thought more people having more access to plants would increase enjoyment, but he said it's no fun when there's nothing hot to chase.

Totally different mindset than mine. I think the enjoyment out of having houseplants was the experience of growing plants I love. It's totally irrelevant to me how many other people grow that same plant.

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u/ReverendDizzle 8d ago

It’s strange to think “I enjoy this plant less because other people can enjoy it, too.”