no, this is patrick

No middleman retailer is ethical, regardless of business. They only exist to jack up market prices and nothing else.

>>59607275
I'm getting wii u flashbacks.

I see we are being spammed by The Sharty tonight.
Great...

>>59607381
I guess their 764 buddies ran out of child pornography to share with them.

>>59607275
I hate the act of scalping because it's a symptom of hyper capitalism, nobody can't enjoy shit anymore, everything must be minmaxed for profit and profit alone

But, I feel zero sympathy for collectors, let alone pokémon ones, scalpers exist because those manchildren have no self respect

opening packs is just a way for gamblers to gamble without feeling like they have an actual gambling addiction, they also call it a "hobby" to cover it all up

it's especially bad then they pay extra to buy packs from scalpers

>>59607292
Probably because it's slopped from a Wii U picture. Imagine an ETB actually being that size. You could probably fit 4 in each box.

>>59607275
I think scalping is subhuman behaviour, but at the same time the whole practice would just die if people had a little self-respect. It's just hard to feel compassion for people who are this carefree with money

>>59607479
This, the artificial injection of FOMO into pretty much everything over the last 15 years means that the normal rules of supply and demand have gone out the window. Now, every release of anything remotely limited is more abhorrent and more feral than Black Friday. Neither side of the scalper problem would exist if at least one side felt the tiniest hint of shame.

>>59607735
>whole practice would just die if people had a little self-respect
Or if TPC actual gave a fuck? They've known about how bad scalping has gotten for years now and hasn't done anything to put measures in place. Just goys being goys. The most effort I've seen is fucking target putting them behind the counter and even that's far and few between, and maybe one clip of a target employee taking off the plastic. Something that every retailer should do desu

>>59607275
This is by far the worst set to scalp for because of how easy the pull rates are + how cheap the singles already are. The only feasible profit strategy would be selling them in 3-4 years time for an extra $20 an ETB, and at that point just get a real job nigger.

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>>59607275
TPC printed so much 30th anni boxes that scalpers trying to buy it shat themselves and were left with sore anuses and crippling debts.

>>59607735
Secondary markets of hobby stuff live and die on people's interests. The funny thing is that gatekeeping people from enjoying shit ultimately leads to them being less interested, which leads to death of the market.
We saw it hundreds of times - Tulips, Beanie Babies, motherfucking Labubus.

I'm just quietly laughing at scalpers and other speculative investors because they are too retarded to see their own errors and how they are repeating the same bullshit over and over again. They are too retarded to have money.

https://x.com/HyakutakeTouka/status/2101329141819732086

>>59607972
every time a scalper suffers, a true fan gets the pull they want

>>59607916
Scalpers are in shambles right now because TPC is starting to print more and more cards to combat scalping and meet apparent demand. Scalpers are noticing the increase in product and how the flood of it is driving down the value of their scalped cards and thus causing them to financially suffer, which is a lawful good action by TPC. Fuck scalpers, they all deserve to be hanged from trees by their own disemboweled intestines.

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>>59607972
Delicious tears

>>59608221
>Scalpers mad because they're losing money because TPC has finally put a stop to their shit
>Hire a ton of lawyers to try and win a case
>Get laughed out of court
>Go broke from court fees
>Have to sell off all their shit at below MSRP just to not starve to death and wind up homeless
>Some can't even manage that and end up stabbed to death by a homeless crackhead
>The world instantly starts becoming a better place

>>59607275
30th Celebration is the WiiU of PTCG products...kek that scalper

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>>59607275
The people who pay thousands for this crap are the same soi manchildren who want to throw you in jail for not taking the vax and letting them trans your kids. Exploiting them is based

>>59608229
>trying to sue the 2nd largest IP on the planet
Scalpers aren't very bright

I'm surprised TPCi isn't as litigious and ninja heavy like their parent company Nintendo

Desu they should keep overprinting and keep the pull rates for at least a 2-3 more years until all of the scalpers and investors are gone from the hobby.

>>59608221
>secondary distributors
>fair market value
Hehehe hahaha

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>>59608221
My favorite one.

>W-what I am going to tell my wife??? :<<<<<

>>59607735
It doesn't matter if the general public has self respect. You have dipshit streamers and tiktokers buying up stock to rip on stream.

>>59608334
>What I am going to tell my wife?
"How much for the divorce settlement?"

>>59607275
It's not ethical, but it definitely is ethnical
In the sense that it is indicative of a certain ethnicity

>>59608334
>I've been loyal to this brand for 8 months
Ooo an ultra rare Pokemon 30th Anniversary lifelong fan. Should sell himself on the secondary distribution market to make his money back.

>>59608334
these fucking guys
whatever happened to having a fucking job

>>59608334
>>59608221
Sounds fake, what channel/group is this?

>>59607275
There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism

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>>59608221
>>59608334
>I've been nothing but local to this brand for over 8 months
These have to be fake

>>59607275
"people" who do this should be tortured

>>59608334
for over 8 months AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAAAAAAAA

>>59608285
what's the 1st largest ip?

>>59608552
Yidsney

>>59608561
Disney is a corporation, all their IP's are treated as individual enterprises (because they bought most of them). Pokémon is bigger than any one Disney property.

>Three scalping images in entire thread
>All are fake
anons...

151 was printed all over time and space yet their sealed products remained expensive years later.

30th anniversary will be the same 5+ years from now. Scalpers haven't cancelled their UPC preorders and other incoming 30th anniversary products.

Allocation seems to be only high in America and Japan, the rest of the world still can't get product so it doesn't matter

Back in the day booster boxes costed $75-$85, that's like 30+ booster packs

This craze needs to end so prices will normalize once again

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>>59608334
>pokemon's greed

>>59607972
No Refunds

>economy is complete shit
>Surprised when people hedge their investments in funny animal cards because it outperforms every other financial asset and alternative asset
Yeah I don't care. Let them scalp

>>59608221
>fair market value instead of underpriced MSRP
this is the line that genuinely made me laugh
these people really do live in their own world holy shit

>>59607287
>No middleman retailer is ethical
It is when all of them are BLEEDING money right now.

scalping and hustle culture are for niggers and kikes

>>59610331
the more i see posts like these the more i'm glad i don't have a moral compass

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