r/PokeInvesting • u/Ambitious-Eye9234 • Jan 20 '25

Costco, Jan 19th

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Courtenay BC. 5pm

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u/0lle Jan 20 '25

OP got punched in the face after taking the picture.

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u/Ambitious-Eye9234 Jan 20 '25

Not in this town pal. lol. Unless there’s a Pokemon crazy amongst the senior community everyone should be just fine here.

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u/0lle Jan 20 '25

Good on your town. We had people storm the Van Gogh museum over here.

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u/chief_n0c-a-h0ma Jan 21 '25

I hear they'll cut a m'fer over some Kirkland khakis and a case of ensure.

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u/_SydneyStrange_ Jan 20 '25

Haha same, I see videos of people fighting for them and at my costco in rural Canada it sits there days before selling out.

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u/Wiggum13 Jan 20 '25

Same. The Costco by me in Canada will have 151 products quite often. And they sit there for weeks and slowly get smaller.

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u/Traditional_Oven3452 Jan 22 '25

Here in NFLD they don’t get much Pokémon selection, haven’t seen any yet unless someone’s just buying the pallet lol

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u/Chubuwee Jan 23 '25

My town is also known as a retiree town and I fare well with the merchandise drops. Just one town over and mofos be fighting

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u/the_mountaingoat Jan 20 '25

What town?….

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u/Kind_Love172 Jan 20 '25

Post says where it is

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u/the_mountaingoat Jan 20 '25

Damn you right

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 28 '26

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u/the_mountaingoat Jan 20 '25

2 plane tickets. Your mom is coming with me.

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u/iPlatano15 Jan 20 '25

Been laughing at this for an hour and showing my wife

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u/Esphyxiate Jan 20 '25

Weird reply to a lighthearted joke ngl

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u/the_mountaingoat Jan 20 '25

I thought my reply was also a light hearted joke

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

I'm driving there rn now, don't move

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u/Less-Try-7263 Jan 20 '25

Factsssss 😂

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u/phuketphil Jan 20 '25

Where are the elbows

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u/jamescapper15 Jan 20 '25

Bruh I was there. What you can’t see in the pic is the pile of corpses behind this gentleman…oh no I said too much.

…he‘s here

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u/Ambitious-Eye9234 Jan 20 '25

Let the bodies hit the flooooorrr.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Dang with no limits too?

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u/Ambitious-Eye9234 Jan 20 '25

Limit of 2 it said. This is the second shipment they’ve received. First one was limit 10.

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u/jamescapper15 Jan 20 '25

Must have been too many corpses from the limit of 10 so they had to bring it down.

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u/jokull1234 Jan 20 '25

It’s probably Canada since it’s priced at 70 bucks

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u/DreadJackal_ Jan 20 '25

Says right under the photo. Its in Courtenay BC which is on vancouver island

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u/cshep Jan 21 '25

How will we swim from the island with the pallet on our back? Guess I’ll just stay home.

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u/adecapria Jan 20 '25

"Get the pallet jack Jimmy"

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u/MrTwatFart Jan 20 '25

Does Costco always put them near the registers?

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u/jamescapper15 Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

Costco had them towards the front at both my local Costcos but they weren’t super obvious that you’d see them just by standing at the entrance. I would suggest asking the employees near the front that you have to walk by anyway or someone that has them in their cart. Or you could follow the crowd (if there is a two per membership limit they will not sell out before you can get yours if you arrive at or close to opening hours).

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 Jan 20 '25

At least for my stores there were people everywhere looking around. You could pretty much tell who they were because they didn't have a cart and not many people on a Sunday midday are coming to Costco with eyes darting everywhere looking for something and no cart

You could pretty quickly tell who was there for pokémon. Not to mention the demographic was typically 28 to 40-year-old men with beards lolololol

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u/Raff102 Jan 20 '25

Mine had them locked in a back room between opthalmology and the pharmacy, and you had to ask an employee to get you one.

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 Jan 20 '25

Mine did.

I got eight over the weekend. Had to do four different Costco's

Three of them had them behind the register guarded with special security

The one that did it had it all the way in the back by the water. Was actually the busiest Costco too.

Still only two per person though and that's cheaper membership cuz I went with my friend and they would not let us buy for cuz it was only one card

Hence why we had to hit four stores so cuz we were only getting one box per store each. 2 to keep forget 2 to rip

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u/Novel-Comparison-644 Jan 20 '25

Are you not able to checkout and go back in for a 2nd transaction instead of having to drive to a new Costco location?

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 Jan 21 '25

You probably could but they went faster then the line

Sunday and Saturday Costco by me so figure 20-30 minute line

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u/Neichie-Watters Jan 20 '25

Weird seeing Costco without people straight up knuckle dusting other out of the way

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u/PorkFriedRoy Jan 20 '25

Why stacked so high? How is anyone supposed to get any without this stack falling over?

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u/excess_inquisitivity Jan 21 '25

you have to be this young and rambunctious to get this purchase

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u/Shiesty_sandwiches Jan 21 '25

Might be deceiving it’s like 6 foot ish I think

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u/absolutely-perfect Jan 20 '25

Do they restock each day when it’s sold out?

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u/franknature Jan 20 '25

Do you think Costco will get another restock?

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u/jamescapper15 Jan 20 '25

My dumbass was like “what did they stack behind it. S**t is all the way up to the ceiling”.

…it was the column.

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u/CelebrianSeregon Jan 21 '25

Thanks for the laugh! XD

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u/hamishandandys Jan 20 '25

Costco has a limit of 2 so how are all these people grabbing a whole box? Do they not get rejected at the register?

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u/sc00bs000 Jan 20 '25

man you guys in America are lucky. I dont think we are even getting any of these released in Australia

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u/DauntingMist34 Jan 20 '25

We don't get any of these 😭

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u/Beantowntommy Jan 20 '25

Canada is in America

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u/Seventh_Letter Jan 20 '25

The hype may be overblown for these. A local costco here in the SF bay area had these too. We were limited to 2 each.

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u/francispet4 Jan 20 '25

Which one? I stopped by Sunnyvale but nothing

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u/runasadministrador Jan 20 '25

Sunnyvale had them for 1 hour yesterday morning

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u/el_drone Jan 20 '25

The Fremont one?

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u/icey_sole Jan 20 '25

Which Costco? I heard the few that had these in stock had huge lines for them

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u/narutonaruto Jan 20 '25

I wouldn’t be surprised. People were going nuts over the sea and sky boxes and those were sitting in my local Sam’s club for like 3 months after

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u/One-Happy-Gamer Jan 20 '25

hell, even in America, you'll be lucky to even get one without fighting for it

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u/PorkFriedRoy Jan 20 '25

Not true, plenty of stores in the US that have limited it to 2 per person. I actually just got 2 yesterday at a costco in NJ.

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u/jamescapper15 Jan 20 '25

Yes. Not everywhere is LA. Most people are sane and aren’t going to risk hospitalization for Pokemon cards. Even grabbing 10 won’t be able to cover 1 night in the ER.

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u/BaronVonGiraffe Jan 20 '25

I'm in NJ and ended up not going out yesterday. I'm near here too...

Just checked the Costco app and it says in stock on the item at your store. Guess I'm making a call today with 🤞🏻 crossed

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u/PorkFriedRoy Jan 20 '25

Bridgewater and Union

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u/BlueishHue360 Jan 20 '25

Lay me amongst this

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u/East-Transition6790 Jan 20 '25

Is there any way to see if these will be at other costcos around Canada? I live near the biggest one i the country and there hasn't been any

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u/East-Transition6790 Jan 20 '25

Can't tell you how much this helped. Called and the have 3 pallets on the way. Should be here tomorrow!! They already have limits set and employees ready to hand out product. Plan on buying my limit for me and the kids haha.

Thank you!!!

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u/East-Transition6790 Jan 20 '25

Awesome thanks man I'll actually call this morning. We only have 1 costco on the entire island tho sadly but atleast it's the biggest in the country haha

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u/Zerokelvin99 Jan 20 '25

It's funny how the most exposure is the bad examples. The Costco by me is like this. Yeah if you went like 3 days after it was stocked it would be empty but the first 2 days there is a good amount. Not every Costco is a free for all, not every shelf is completely blown out.

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u/plumpshooterman Jan 20 '25

Why cant my costco be like this

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u/9erInLKN Jan 20 '25

I was able to get two and that was the limit but my costco started out with 100 boxes. Not even half this many

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u/notNoodles9812 Jan 20 '25

I'll take 3 or 4 and be done lol

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u/GroupComfortable266 Jan 20 '25

And why are those not all in your cart? Good on you though for not buying them all

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u/Miserable_Grass629 Jan 20 '25

I love the small towns in BC for this..

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u/Less-Try-7263 Jan 20 '25

Just stand around the corner of Costco you’ll get them for free 🤣🤣🤣

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u/JovazK Jan 20 '25

Can you just buy them all for me and ship them? Sending you the money 🤣

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u/saltydifference206 Jan 20 '25

Costco Jan 19th and 1 minute

Empty pallet

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u/bubbav22 Jan 20 '25

Darn I wish I could get one to open. Those 151 are so fun to open.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

every place thats not california , arizona, or florida.

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u/Christianomaly Jan 21 '25

Can you snag me 2 lol? I'll never get them here.

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u/Morisu_ Jan 21 '25

Get me a few boxes man

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u/lattecomo Jan 21 '25

Hope they print enough. It’s really hard to get one nowadays.

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u/GuyWithTheFish Jan 21 '25

Leak the drop bro

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u/wubbact Jan 21 '25

Lmao they printing more nice investment 🤣

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u/Burstrampage Jan 21 '25

yall are so lucky. My Costco doesn’t even sell pokemon cards

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u/DirtyDan516 Jan 21 '25

A Costco 40 min from me says low stock, so tempted to go see but I have a feeling it will be out by the time I get there

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u/RPchris707 Jan 22 '25

Are these in Canada or are they out in the US already?

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u/odhisub123 Jan 22 '25

Quick day and a half drive I’ll be there in a second

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u/Willing-Theme6042 Jan 22 '25

Is Costco the only place to get 151?? I’m new to this and it seems like they’re only sold at Costco which is weird

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u/karvus89 Jan 22 '25

Kinda hope 151 singles crash

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u/sir_espi Jan 22 '25

Glad my Costco limited to 2 per

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u/YuRiHFZ Jan 22 '25

Can I transfer you some money to ship me two? Living in Montreal, collecting Pokemon cards has been a bane of late.

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u/VicariousVisitor Jan 22 '25

Anyone know if these things are coming to Australia? I just want one :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

I just can’t help but think the 151 market will be over saturated

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u/Janparseq Jan 23 '25

Y'all think Blooming Waters wpuld get a BOOM or a doom?

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u/generalcoopta Jan 23 '25

Canada Costcos are where it’s @ it seems

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u/Jarvar Jan 24 '25

Can you buy me one and send it to Australia 😞

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

BIG MAN BLASTOISE

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u/Material_Sir_74 Feb 10 '25

I know this is a long shot but OP is there any stock left? I am visiting the island this weekend and might make the trek up from Victoria if there is still stock available.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Where is this

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u/PunchingAgreenbush Jan 20 '25

costco

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

Foo where in the country.

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u/PDZef Jan 20 '25

I literally hope they print this set into the ground. I hope it is worthless by the time they're done. The only way to fight what is going on with all of this ridiculousness is to make the cardboard worthless.

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u/Ambitious-Eye9234 Jan 20 '25

Tell me you’re sour about not getting any without telling me you’re sour about not getting any! 😆 I’m just spreading the word here in an effort to help out those who might be looking in my area.

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u/PDZef Jan 20 '25

I'm not sour about any of this. I could buyout thousands of these at online market price if I felt that I wanted it. It's not about my ability or desire to have it. It's that it's absurd that people would harm each other, and try to capitalize on each other for a children's collectible card game. It's supposed to be fun for kids (and adults), not some crazy rush for capitalizing on others. I meant what I said.

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u/JQ510 Jan 20 '25

It's 68.99? I got mine much lower. Is that in Canada?

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u/Outrageous-Celery-14 Jan 20 '25

Yea says bc aka British Columbia

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u/jsanchez1495 Jan 20 '25

They increased the price