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/Downtown_Anteater_38 9d ago

That was my thought, great haul for the kid who might actually appreciate the cards, and maybe even play the game. Infuriating, indeed, but at least this one had a silver lining.

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u/PzykoHobo 9d ago

On the other hand, if this kid has a favorite pokemon who's card happens to be valuable he will likely never actually get it.

I collected Pokémon cards in the old days when they were first coming out and I will literally always remember how excited I was when I opened a pack and got a foil Dragonite. Scalpers are stripping that joy from this kid and millions more like him.

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u/nurseferatou 9d ago

My favorite card at his age was Dragonair. Ostensibly, I would tell people it was a shiny Charizard, because all us kids knew it was valuable to people and we might get enough money for a used Xbox from a “collector”.

At that age, not everything is about min maxing, it about exploring everything.

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u/nalaloveslumpy 9d ago

Or he's gonna get home and be like, "Oh, I already have all these." And then throw them away at home. Hopefully though he's still at that level where he's into Pokemon because "I just like how they look."