Pokémon Scalpers are a Cancer

There is literally no faith left in this hobby. The sheer number of people flipping Pokémon products for profit is beyond pathetic. Collecting should be about passion, not about who can buy up stock the fastest just to resell it at an absurd markup. I refuse to support paying over MSRP just because someone thinks they “deserve” extra profit for simply getting there first. That’s not how a collector’s hobby should work.

I do appreciate Pokémon Center’s attempts to combat scalping, but today proves that their system still isn’t working. It just overloads, and only those with insider knowledge or bots end up getting the products before the rest of us even have a chance.

What an absolute joke this hobby has become.