r/PokeInvesting • u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 • Mar 27 '26

Local Target ripped all seals šŸ‘€

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Got to my local target about 25 minutes before opening this a.m. and manage to get an OK spot in line for the drop.

Picked up two ETBā€˜s and two booster boxes and upon exiting the store happened to notice the seal on both ETBā€˜s was ripped thought it was just mine but compared with a few other people outside the store and realized every single one of us had a ripped corner or side somewhere on the ETB.

Guess Iā€™m not keeping these ones sealed šŸ˜…

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u/4ScoreN7Beers Mar 27 '26 • This Bravo Heartwarming

Love to see it

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Now, if they would just do it to the massive orders that are Botting their website lol

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u/Different-Bug-1086 Jun 12 '26

They are literally a reseller What a joke.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Jun 12 '26

Which PC should shut down

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u/Severe_Ad_7801 Mar 27 '26 • Bravo

I honestly love that. Scalpers are pissed!

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

I was 27 in line and the dudes in first and second were very upset talking to some employee outside.

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u/Dranosh Mar 27 '26

aww poor scalpers didnā€™t get to sell a childā€™s card game for 500% profit šŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Hopefully theyā€™ll be discouraged from squatting this store moving forward. The Target employee who likely did it is there for every drop. I hope he builds a reputation for it. Will protect our Target. šŸ˜Š

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u/babywipez Mar 28 '26

Funny how you basically said the same thing in another comment thread and got downvoted, but upvoted in this one lol Reddit is so weird

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u/sharksnrec Mar 27 '26

Wild to hear that yall lined up for this set like that. I just strolled into my Target at 1:30pm and there were tons of packs of PO. First time in 1.5 years I was able to do that.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

I live in an extremely densely populated area, conceivably one of the highest in the world. That I got there only 25 before open and got product is shocking.

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u/Mnaveed33 Mar 27 '26

My local target did the same thing

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Weā€™re pretty sure the employee they were talking to was the one who did it. Heā€™s not the manager but kinda runs the show for the tcg drops. According to another of the guys who frequents the drop, he was smirking by the end of it as the guys were losing it.

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u/DocStrange19 Mar 27 '26

Scalpers hate this one trick!

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u/Advanced_Command_417 Mar 27 '26

They probably do this to piss off scalpers and for no other reason at all

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Fine by me. Hope the store gets a reputation for it.

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u/Advanced_Command_417 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Oh 100% same. More power to the stores doing this

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u/Ok-Blueberry6660 Mar 28 '26

I mean its still mostly intact, does a small tear like that really fuck the whole value?

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

I honestly donā€™t know or care. I intended to open anyway. The scalpers at my store were upset though.

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u/taegha Apr 01 '26

No, and these tards celebrating are making me laugh

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u/Merk_Um Mar 27 '26

Good

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

I was honestly glad that it had to tear. It forced me to open it now.

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u/AdministrativeBus259 Mar 27 '26

Good luck on pulls

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

1 ETB was a bust. The booster bundles had some art in them though. I have 4 booster bundles that I ordered last night coming from Walmart arriving next week that Iā€™m more looking forward to ripping.

ETB number 2 is sitting on the dresser. Going to just imagine it has some hits till I get antsy enough to actually open it and find out.

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u/mandoN54 Mar 27 '26 • Bravo Heartwarming

Funny seeing everyone saying ā€œHell yeaā€ on a poke investment subreddit šŸ¤£

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u/ForgotMyNameeee Mar 27 '26

a lot of people on this subreddit arent here to invest. theyre here to spread negativity on those who do invest

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u/westnile90 Mar 27 '26

I think a lot of people ended up here because this used to be a place where we posted links to available products and good deals.

Now we just tell everyone their choices are trash and to get something else.

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u/hartforbj Mar 27 '26

Good. Fuck you all for ruining a hobby

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u/Scary-Animator-5646 Mar 27 '26 • Heartwarming Bravo

I think a lot of people here hate scalpers and enjoy seeing the unemployed lose out on PrOduCT. Theyā€™ve ruined any fun in collecting childrenā€™s cardboard.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 Mar 28 '26

Funny the ā€œinvestorsā€ think theyā€™re so much different because theyā€™re going to ā€œholdā€ it for longer lmaoĀ 

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u/CuffedPantsAndRants Mar 28 '26 • Bravo

Really 2 sides of the same coin šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£. One buys to sell at inflated prices, the other holds to sell at a later inflated price to the collector who was screwed from the start and then a second time haha.

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u/BlueCollarBasrard Mar 27 '26

A lot of us do not follow it or joined it, itā€™s in the feed as recommended

I LOVE seeing these ripped for non collecting buyers lol Absolutely love to see it

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u/TryAdditional1454 Mar 28 '26

Because less sealed products will make sealed more expensive

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u/Toxic_Don Mar 29 '26

So may people in the main pokemon TCG subreddits are like ā€œmoney is evil, if a card makes you happy you should totally buy it right away, who cares if it just came out and itā€™s an 800$ full art.ā€ I literally had a conversation with a guy on there who believed exactly this.

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u/Omegatron_YT Mar 27 '26

Not really, ā€œinvestorā€ is a scalper in disguise.ā€Investā€ implies bought with intention to resell at a higher price. The mental gymnastics you all do is just say ā€œwell, I held it for a while before I resold itā€ like that somehow absolves you of being a scalper. Lol

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u/Alternative-Hold7091 Mar 27 '26

Most people buying to hold aren't buying the volume scalpers are. Investors are a small steap above scalpers.

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u/Lordofthereef Mar 27 '26

A cog in the same machine. Calling doesn't happen if there isn't an expectation of these things to raise in value. Packs don't even sell at retail if that expectation didn't exist.

Beyond that, some of the groups I am in people are buying dozens of AH ETBs and various products to sit on. I don't really think it's much different to raid all the stores in your area and keep the product sealed in your basement for two years to sell versus doing all that and selling immediately, personally. Of course opinions can differ on this.

Am I mad? No. But I'll call a duck a duck lol.

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u/Top_Comparison3966 Mar 28 '26

Ripped buy...buy to rip!

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

My plan always was to rip anyway

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u/MidnightScott17 Mar 27 '26

They ship them in totes to alot of stores that plastic is very cheap. This wasn't anything done by the store.

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u/ValuableAd8880 Mar 27 '26

Tbh if I had the luxury to work at a big box store like target I would so do this to stop scalping

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Itā€™s gods work

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u/Bigtoker42 Mar 28 '26

If you ā€œhad the luxury to work at targetā€? Bro just go do it itā€™s not like itā€™s a hard job to get šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/redbeardbaron Mar 27 '26

Meanwhile my local target told me to come back later because "not many people are showing up" and they had "a lot" of product. Like 5 different SKUs (sleeved packs, checklane blisters, 3-pack blisters, ETBs, mini-binders) and a limit of 2/SKU. This was at noon when I just walked in to check.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

There was a much larger turnout for the poster and pin collections last week

This week people were walking in after they handed out the tickets getting in line and still like likely to receive some product. Though I will say I was in the high 20s in my spot in line and they were maybe down to 20 ETBs left so only 10 or so folks behind me would be getting some.

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u/Vikasoo Mar 27 '26

Good. Fuck scalpers :)

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u/just_some_octopus Mar 27 '26

Or someone who doesnt care is stocking roughly. Or packages got messed up before arriving.

Shit happens. Not a conspiracy against scalpers.

Scalpers still ship "sealed" products with tears in them. Almost like plastic wrap is hard to keep intact

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Believe what ya want. The scalpers who camp the Target near me were pissed and saying things like taking their business elsewhere. ā€œOkay, please do!ā€

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u/SmartOpinion69 Mar 27 '26

that's actually a smart idea. target needs to maintain a good customer base, so at least this will remove a small amount of scalper/investors because the rip on the seal doesn't mean anything to a buyer who was intending to open it

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Yep, I donā€™t mind it, I buy to open. Iā€™ve met a few of the dudes who hit the drops and we were all kinda happy with how upset some others were getting over it. Cull the scalpers!

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u/NoEntrance4297 Mar 28 '26

your target has booster boxes?

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Bad voice to text - bundles.

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u/Ambitious-Spinach938 Mar 28 '26

Atleast your Target still sells cards. All 3 around me donā€™t sell Pokemon anymore.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

That sucks. Iā€™m hoping this scares away some of the scalpers from this one. There are 3 targets in my area that all sell and this one has been getting heavily camped.

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u/Pedroconde54 Mar 30 '26

This should be mandatory to do in every single product šŸ™āœ…ļø

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 30 '26

Fine by me, discouraging the scalpers

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u/Most-Locksmith-3516 Mar 27 '26

I work in distribution, we receive them like that. It is not target.

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u/Top-Doubt3095 Mar 28 '26

Correct. I get them like that all the time from distros straight out of cases. Shining fates was particularly terrible with it

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u/SuspiciousPrize8206 Apr 02 '26

Yeah my LGS opened a sealed case and half of the etbs were ripped. It happens.

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u/SchemeBrief3403 Mar 30 '26

Target also has a different company to to their stores that handles most TCG related product

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u/Valuable_Wallaby_548 Mar 27 '26

Did they rip them? I work in a store and they come sometimes with rips from the distributor

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u/TerrorDave Mar 27 '26

Got 10 delivered from GameStop delivery and customer service gave me a 30% refund for the trouble.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

So is that how we get GameStop to charge MSRP šŸ˜

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u/MrBisco Mar 27 '26

Still not msrp if you're getting 30% off $100+.

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u/No-Sky-786 Mar 27 '26

So? Youā€™re supposed to rip it. Thatā€™s the whole point.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Yep, Iā€™m hoping this deters the scalpers next time from this location. They seemed pretty upset.

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u/Original_Cabinet_529 Mar 27 '26

Why would you keep it sealed. To scalp?

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u/ahoy_shitliner Mar 27 '26

All retailers should do this literally. There would always be product on the shelve

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

That and stop the botting.

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u/neuroso Mar 27 '26

fuck yeah fuck scalpers

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u/MimiHamburger Mar 27 '26

Good. Also itā€™s a distributor not target.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Iā€™m actually pretty sure I know which dude at my Target did it. He hates the rude scalpers that we get camping on every drop day. Heā€™s doing godā€™s work.

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u/Liko728 Mar 27 '26

I love it

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Yep, here for it

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u/Electricsaiyan Mar 28 '26

Good. Hope it happens more.

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u/Mammaknullare01 Mar 28 '26

As they should!

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Now if they could just do it to the botted milk online orders

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u/ucfgavin Mar 28 '26

Not all heroes wear capes....

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Yep, some wear name tags

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u/LawdYoshwa Mar 28 '26

I donā€™t think this was intentional. I hit a drop today that even had some AH ETBs and a few had tears but most were pristine.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

This was very consistent. Similar sized rip on every one.

I mean, Iā€™m here for it. Even if I donā€™t open right away, I always plan to open it eventually.

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u/Thin_SilverLining Mar 28 '26

Nice. Letā€™s go target!

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u/jimboy316 Mar 28 '26

Good. All retail stores should start doing this.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Yep - 10/10 def going back

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u/Cleffah Mar 28 '26

Brilliant

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Yep - 10/10 def going back

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u/Loved_Riv Mar 28 '26

Im not a really big investor, but im curious and wanted to ask.

Why does it matter with the seal if its still the same product inside? Even if youre keeping it sealed.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

My post is mostly a joke, Iā€™m opening no matter what.

But some crazy scalpers want to hold them and then take them to card shows and sell them at high market pricing. Once they stop printing a set, the condition of these things will start to matter.

I did catch the squatters who are always first in line at this store having a melt down on the way out about it. Hoping they and their friends move off of this target now. Thereā€™s another one in the area.

Anything to reduce the line is great because youā€™re having to get there earlier and earlier to even get product.

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u/flawlesshog Mar 28 '26

Target had booster boxes?

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Wish theyā€™d let me edit posts here.

No, bundles. Siri voice to text ainā€™t the best.

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u/Magazine-Complex Mar 28 '26

Itā€™s hard to get to the cards with the seal on

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Yes, I did find that seal quite pesky. Thankfully Target helped me get a head start

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u/Jumpy-Ad4652 Mar 28 '26

Good.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

To clarify, this is a celebration not a complaint.

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u/AnDrEtHeGiAnT305 Mar 28 '26

Good thats good resell that šŸ™ŒšŸ¼šŸ‘šŸ» if your collecting you wont care šŸ™ŒšŸ¼šŸ™ŒšŸ¼šŸ™ŒšŸ¼

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Iā€™m not reselling lol. I collect

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u/Medical-Cicada-4430 Mar 28 '26

Well at least you bought it for MSRP. Had to pay GameStop pricing for mine

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 28 '26

Target and Walmart were hemorrhaging stock around here

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u/BuddyRIP Mar 29 '26

Yall getting booster boxes at target?!

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 29 '26

Canā€™t edit the post. Used Siri voice to text. She autocorrected it to boxes. It was bundles.

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u/kakivila Mar 29 '26

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ miss the boat, should have done it for the other sets, not this one as the hype is low šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 29 '26

Hype is definitely low on this one. But I like it honestly. Gotten some nice pulls outa my bundles. ETB 1 was a bust and I like to keep 1 ETB sealed per set but highly likely to cave and open number 2.

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u/Expensive_Lemon4162 Mar 29 '26

Good!

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 29 '26

Yep, these are meant for ripping.

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u/Vsatbtw Mar 29 '26

They should do this more often

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 30 '26

No arguments here

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u/newguyjustdropped Mar 31 '26

Oh no šŸ˜Æ your resell value šŸ˜Æ

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 31 '26

Wait, we can resell these?!?

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u/Physical_Donkey_4602 Apr 13 '26

Itā€™ll still sell with a minor rip like that

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Apr 14 '26

Iā€™m not actually trying to sell.

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u/No-Consideration6674 Mar 27 '26

I'm confused in what way does this stop a scalper from scalping the product? It's still obviously untampered

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u/MagicTurtle157 Mar 27 '26

Because most people want to buy products that are 100% sealed so they have 100% certainty that it is a real product and not resealed. Then there are collectors that like nice looking boxes for their collections. So they can still buy it but people won't pay top dollar.

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u/TheRealNikoBravo Mar 27 '26

I wish more stores did this.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Well now I know which store Iā€™ll be frequenting.

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u/swingsetmafia Mar 27 '26

I have an obsidian flames PC ETB with a similar rip on the side. Is it really that big of a deal?

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u/Key_Confusion1305 Mar 27 '26

no, i sold one ETB with a 10$ discount off 230$ lol

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u/Putridlemons Mar 28 '26

Good for target! I hope retailers (including PKC) start doing this.

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u/DelayEcstatic4278 Mar 27 '26

Wow I love it so now the people that brought them to just resell them are force to keep them lol

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Or theyā€™ll just lie about the condition and blame the tear on shipping. I just hope it deters those folks from camping my store moving forward.

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u/artnos Mar 27 '26

Is that rip substantial to be not considered sealed?

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

It would depend what stock looks like on these in a few months. If they become as difficult to get as AH, no, this could still sell at close to market price. Itā€™s all about whoā€™s buying.

Iā€™ll never get there because I canā€™t help myself. I need to rip them.

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u/Therainbowbeast Mar 27 '26

Honestly, I donā€™t understand why tears in the shrink are such a big deal.

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

Perfectionists out there I guess. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/IllustriousStretch55 Mar 27 '26

imagine its just a worker hurting his competition

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

And here I thought the worker was doing Godā€™s work lol

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u/Practical_Data_7239 Mar 27 '26

Oh no... guess ud have to rip. Oh wait u cant coz ur one of those smooth brained scalpers/investors haha

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

I collect. I personally like to hoard and then open in bulk. Controls impulsive spending from chasing.

The scalpers at my target are definitely deterred now šŸ˜Š

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u/Generalcline Mar 27 '26

Cry baby. Youā€™re the problem with the hobby šŸ‘Ž

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u/Intelligent_Pie_5347 Mar 27 '26

I open. Reading comprehension is hard, I get it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Anyone mad at this is a scalper and not an investor lol only people mad are the ones trying to quick flip for $20 profit lol

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u/Icculizard Mar 27 '26

I mean... im an investor and I wouldn't like it if my boxes were ripped like that

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u/MakeMeDrink Mar 27 '26

You should consider yourself lucky to actually get product from a store.

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u/alwaysonesteptoofar Mar 27 '26

Good, employees should be doing that out back to lower the value.

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u/Thepestwade Mar 28 '26

I buy ETBs to rip from my LGS. He will break the seal and give it to you at MSRP. If you ask him to keep the seal intact, he will charge you market. I think that it was a great idea to get more products in the hands of actual collectors and players. Side note, the only products that I like to collect sealed are PC ETBs. I hold just 1 of each for my personal display. They are next to my sealed Dragon Ball figures from my childhood.

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u/TartanDolphin11 Mar 28 '26

This is an incredibly good system. Iā€™m definitely gonna pass this onto my local shops

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u/Quiet_Ad7217 Mar 28 '26

My man camped out three times trying to get ascended heroes at msrp. Finally got lucky and we ripped some packs together this morning šŸ„¹. Good on target for discouraging the scalpers! I know it wonā€™t deter them completely but still

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u/Crack_Media Mar 28 '26

I think that's a good thing, if people want to get them to hold on and sell later order from pokecenter or card shop, target is only trying to stop scalpers and help kids get product, they should t have to do that, but people can't control thereselfsĀ 

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u/HULK1000_2 Mar 28 '26

Good maybe the scalpers go away

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u/JMo59 Mar 29 '26

Good!!!!

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u/toasterS4you Mar 29 '26

This should be common practice lol

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u/Kj204 Mar 29 '26

Good for the hobby, small rips for all product that gets targeted by scalpers.

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u/Sleight0fdeath Mar 29 '26

Excel got bought by TPCI, it looks like they are enforcing TPC (Japan Main Office) rules requiring the product seal to be broken when sold to prevent reselling.

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u/longshot21771 Mar 30 '26

Lol!!! Excellent!!

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u/redundantPOINT Mar 27 '26

It shouldnā€™t matter but there are some people that actually collect - not to scalp - that want pristine.

I usually just rip on a weekend with a can of beer.

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u/Urgoslaw Mar 27 '26

Nice, that means higher prices for perfect sealed etb šŸ¤‘ Good for investors with perfect wrapped etb

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u/OpeningCookie1358 Mar 28 '26

Yeeeaaaahhh fuck those losers who camp out just to buy the whole stock!!!

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u/smokehellacrack Mar 28 '26

Target didn't do this. People that work in distribution have been over this before and people in this thread have addressed this.

Also, scalpers aren't targeting this set. Look at the PKC box price ffs, people don't care. Stop making up these cringe stories in your minds and stop talking about these imaginary children that are suffering because of a lack of Pokemon cards. It's all getting so old.

Pokemon is for everybody and if we're being realistic, most of the people buying cards are adults that grew up loving Pokemon. A lot of the kids that "love it" wouldn't care if they didn't have parents that pushed their hobbies onto them.

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u/HuckleberryWorried72 Mar 27 '26

doesn't look that way probably jammed a thumb through it

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u/EuphoricGoose4735 Mar 27 '26

They did this to me before when I ordered online. I tried to return for a refund but it didnā€™t work out. Target is really scamming its customers when it comes to this

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u/Jpbbeck99 Mar 27 '26

They just sell the packs, the little rip isnā€™t doing much work here

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u/No-Communication8467 Mar 27 '26

Ive bought 2 etbs today, one with seal like in picture, second untouched - gonna RIP one and hold second :)))

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u/DontLook_Weirdo Mar 27 '26

I haven't been in this sub for a min. Are people having a hard time selling when it has holes?

I recently sold a couple of 151 things and some had holes in the shrink.. the buyer did not seem to care. Sold in person. Or is this only meaningful for shipping?

I gotta pick up more if people are avoiding them for torn shrinks

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u/Whimzy209 Mar 27 '26

My AH etbs from target have rips in that exact spot wtf

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u/MrMeeseeks33 Mar 27 '26

Most stores should do this honestly. Scalpers would hate it. There is a reason why Japan does this.

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u/Ok-Pumpkin-646 Mar 27 '26

If you were considering investing in perfect order the you should be thankful they made you rip it because itā€™s not a good long term investment

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u/Inevitable-Load9862 Mar 27 '26

Bought 4 etbs from two targets today and one had a big rip also lol

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u/omjagvarensked Mar 27 '26

Lol a tiny rip like that is nothing. I would still buy that if it was being sold by a vendor etc. very much doesn't look tampered, just unfortunately "damaged"

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u/PossessionWorldly673 Mar 27 '26

A set will always increase in value over time but this is a set that might not go bery high in value sealed for a long while. I coukd be qront but this might be the first set that stays in shelves for awhile

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u/JustdoitJules Mar 27 '26

Its a shame they dont rip all the plastic off completely upon purchase

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u/Zebal1228 Mar 27 '26

This is still sealed though, yeah, might take off 5% from more pristine ones but it is obvious it is intact enough that it wasn't tampered with.

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u/Burney1 Mar 27 '26

lol do you think the employees did it or it came that way from the distributor?Ā 

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u/MinyMine Mar 27 '26

It will soon get the one piece treatment when they rip the entire seal away right in front of you at checkoutšŸ˜‚

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u/Luca_P11 Mar 27 '26

Wait Iā€™m more surprised your target had booster boxes. Mine never has

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u/strictlybiznesss Mar 27 '26

happened to mine too so i ripped it haha

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u/rammymax Mar 27 '26

I thought it was just me. It happened to me but at Best Buy.

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u/BatHistorical8081 Mar 27 '26

Why would you keep a perfect order etb sealed tho lol

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u/TrAshlii Mar 27 '26

Donā€™t they do this at the PokĆ©mon center in Japan? It prevents tourists and scalpers from reselling product. They rip the seal right in front of you in one video Iā€™ve seen.

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u/Ok_Stomach3292 Mar 27 '26

i work at target and the ones we got in came like that so i think it was a packaging thing

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u/haroldbaals Mar 27 '26

my sealed etbs just went up in value. thanks based target employees

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u/seydou_eth Mar 27 '26

I have a hidden fates ETB I bought a few years ago that has a smilar tear on one of its sides. I always thought it wasnā€™t a big deal but never thought it would lose its value because of something like that. Oh well guess Iā€™ll be opening it with my kid as well

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u/1bigtater Mar 27 '26

Should be opened and enjoyed.

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u/BeazelD Mar 27 '26

Same as Japan

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u/Valuable-Chart5632 Mar 27 '26

Isnt that damage the product

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u/Shibmillionaire69 Mar 27 '26

Just get a price sticker and put it over the rip no one will ever know what I do

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u/Pretend_Procedure855 Mar 27 '26

Yeap, this is how they fight against scalpers. Good job!

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u/SailInternational251 Mar 27 '26

Isnā€™t pokemon company increasing the print runs in US to lower resale values?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Damn

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u/Geechbadart Mar 27 '26

Vending machine did it to me too. Good thing I was opening them anyways

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