Poll of the Day > Target to Halt Sales of Trading Cards after Fight in Wisconsin Store...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/target-halts-all-sports-trading-card-sales-at-stores-after-fight-breaks-out/ar-BB1gGf8T

Do you agree with this? (Poll Question)

there have been fights over things at stores thousands of times... why change the policy now?
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

there have been fights over things at stores thousands of times... why change the policy now?

"bad things have happened in the past, so why should we try to prevent them in the future"

cant believe i sold my first edition charizard in 1999 for 80 dollars.

You can just buy packs online at regular retail price

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

there have been fights over things at stores thousands of times... why change the policy now?

Because the run on Pokemon cards is so bad right now that people are camping out for days waiting for restocks, then getting into violent fights with each other. The Pokemon Company themselves are distributing cards by lotto system now, that's how bad the shortage is. The demand has never been higher, and supply has never been lower. And the big retailers don't want to deal with a product that volatile that will cause one of their stores to be shot up.

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I used to collect baseball cards long ago but I gave them away so I hope there were some good cards in the bunch worth something.

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papercup posted...

Because the run on Pokemon cards is so bad right now that people are camping out for days waiting for restocks, then getting into violent fights with each other. The Pokemon Company themselves are distributing cards by lotto system now, that's how bad the shortage is. The demand has never been higher, and supply has never been lower.

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papercup posted...

Because the run on Pokemon cards is so bad right now that people are camping out for days waiting for restocks, then getting into violent fights with each other. The Pokemon Company themselves are distributing cards by lotto system now, that's how bad the shortage is. The demand has never been higher, and supply has never been lower. And the big retailers don't want to deal with a product that volatile that will cause one of their stores to be shot up.

Things weren't even this bad during the pokemon craze

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Thank god people can still apparently buy MtG cards, as demonstrated in that tweet.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Mostly because a lot of people stuck at home during the pandemic with nothing better to do realized there was money to be made selling Pokemon cards (specifically the ones that came with happy meals at one point in the past year, though obviously it's expanded to be more general), which exploded into a crazy scalping scene.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Becuase it's an investment with a quick turn around. If you can snatch up a booster box for $120, go home and sell it online for $650 within minutes of putting the listing up, why wouldn't you? And the supply chain disruptions coupled with people with nothing to do figuring "well I can make money on Pokemon cards" and this was only fueled by streamers and youtubers like Logan Paul, Arin Hanson and aDrive doing the same thing.

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Some people are even placing bets on livestreams of what cards will be in the packs and some popular streamers are selling the fucking NFTs of their pack opening videos for hundreds of dollars

the very fabric of reality is unraveling

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Pokemon has always had latent popularity, but I would say that Logan Paul's booster box video put the hype on to the next level.

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can logan paul (or jake Paul, we dont need both of them and theyre literally the exact same person) get hit by a bus already

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Yup. Not like the packets that get sold there aren't weighted already.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

can logan paul (or jake Paul, we dont need both of them and theyre literally the exact same person) get hit by a bus already

Eh, Jake is a pretty bad copy of Logan. I always feel like he is clout chasing after his brother and does not stand on his own.

But eh, at least they are getting people interested in boxing again. Gosh knows, no one has cared about the sport since UFC entered the picture. Although, they may as well call it the YouTuber Fight League now

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adjl posted...

Mostly because a lot of people stuck at home during the pandemic with nothing better to do realized there was money to be made selling Pokemon cards (specifically the ones that came with happy meals at one point in the past year, though obviously it's expanded to be more general), which exploded into a crazy scalping scene.

What about the ones that come in boxes of cereal? I was at my mom's house the other day and she had a box of Cocoa Puffs that had a three card booster pack in it (I didn't even know they still did cereal box prizes!). I took the cards and assumed they weren't worth much, but if the Pokemon card market is booming rn, I wanna make some $$$.

JigsawTDC posted...

What about the ones that come in boxes of cereal? I was at my mom's house the other day and she had a box of Cocoa Puffs that had a three card booster pack in it (I didn't even know they still did cereal box prizes!). I took the cards and assumed they weren't worth much, but if the Pokemon card market is booming rn, I wanna make some $$$.

That, I don't know. I just know that happy meals were sold out across the country because people were literally scalping them for the cards inside.

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Peak civilization is over. When the bombs and ammo runs out we'll settle disputes with card battles.

NeoSioType posted...

Peak civilization is over. When the bombs and ammo runs out we'll settle disputes with card battles.

And we'll gamble with our souls

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The best answer is if you're willing to fight over cards at a Target that may have a higher than cost resale value, it's time to get a job, perhaps one in underground fight rings, since then you'll at least be paid for fighting idiotically.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

can logan paul (or jake Paul, we dont need both of them and theyre literally the exact same person) get hit by a bus already

theyd die but their bodies would break into pieces and make a bunch of small versions

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I see someone's getting their Black Friday violence early this year.

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adjl posted...

Mostly because a lot of people stuck at home during the pandemic with nothing better to do realized there was money to be made selling Pokemon cards (specifically the ones that came with happy meals at one point in the past year, though obviously it's expanded to be more general), which exploded into a crazy scalping scene.

I guess that makes sense in a way... I forgot that people actually do PLAY the Pokemon trading card game.

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I'm going to laugh when people try to cash out the MtG market, and just fall face first into the hell that is the secondary market.

Sure. Their stores so they may sell (or not sell) their inventory however they choose, as far as I'm concerned.

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Anyway, this is why little kids can't have nice things. Asshole scalpers were probably involved. Pathetic.

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teddy241 posted...

cant believe i sold my first edition charizard in 1999 for 80 dollars.

I gave mine to a kid in 2nd grade so he wouldnt call me a baby anymore >_>

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PK_Spam posted...

I gave mine to a kid in 2nd grade so he wouldnt call me a baby anymore >_>

baby.

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