Dear Pokémon scalpers:
I’m tired of watching my boys walk into the Pokémon aisle excited, only to find this shit. Empty shelves. Every. Single. Time.
These are fucking trading cards. They’re supposed to be something kids can open, collect, trade with their friends, and get excited about.
Instead, grown-ass adults camp restocks, clean out entire displays, and throw everything online for three times the price because apparently squeezing a few dollars out of children’s cardboard is a business model now.
And yes, I know Pokémon is for adults too. I grew up with it. That’s exactly why this pisses me off. Somewhere along the way, collecting turned into hoarding inventory and treating every pack like a scratch-off ticket.
I’ve gotten to the point where I tell my boys to quit looking. Don’t get excited when a new set comes out. Don’t ask to stop and check the card aisle. Forget about it.
Let the fucking brand die before I pay some scalper a premium for something that should have been sitting on this shelf for a kid to buy.
Look at the picture. A kid standing in front of an entire Pokémon section with virtually nothing to buy.
Congratulations, scalpers.
You didn’t beat another collector to the cards.
You beat a kid to them.
Hope the $17 you make on Facebook Marketplace was worth it.