I camped out of my GameStop since 6 AM. I was 3rd in line. Felt really good. I felt like I would AT LEAST get 1 ETB or just 1 product. And since recently GameStop said they will limit purchases. GameStop finally opens and I’m near the register, I see the product and I’m so excited. Then the two people in front of me literally buys the entire stock. I guess my GameStop just didn’t care. And the two people had the gall to turn around and just say “sorry bro” to me, after hours together talking about Pokémon and how I just literally want 1 ETB. They take all ETBS, binder collection, and poster collections. I was literally 3rd in line bro. And the line was huge. And only 2 people got anything. This set has really just taken me away from this Pokémon “hobby” all together. This is just ridiculous. What does Pokémon have to gain seeing their product be resold for over 3x the retail price. Like seriously.
And all my local card shops were selling them at $130. Oh and my local barns $ noble apparently has an employee who buys all their stock of new Pokémon card product and resells them. I know this because another employee told me when I was asking about prismatic. How this is legal is BEYOND ME.
That is the worst story I've heard so far 😡😡 GME was Def supposed to be limiting people and how the 2 people in front of you wouldn't even leave u 1 ETB is disgusting
@@Smokemon07 it’s so crazy bro. After that. I just honestly gave up. Got some Burger King and just dabbed up at the house chilling. I’m not buying anything over retail.
@@Smokemon07 I can't even imagine. I've opened around 60 packs for retail prices and gotten 0 SIRs, 2 ace specs, 2 masterball holos, 5 pokeball holos and around ~8 regular EX cards. I would in a deep depression if I paid 3x retail 🤣
I went to my GameStop here in Scranton Pa. Stores opened at 10. People were standing outside from 6 am. I was waiting and the manager came out and said that there is only 11 available of each product. I was 14 in line. So I ran to a mall with another GameStop in it half a mile away and got lucky. Got there just as the mall doors were being unlocked. I was 3rd in line at that store which opened at 11. They only had 6 ETBs, 2 binder boxes 5-3 pack hanger and 10 poster boxes. They were allowing people to buy 1 of each product. So I got an ETB, 3 pack hanger and a poster box!
I went to gamestop, there was a huge line outside. Everyone was really civil and friendly, but unfortunately they barely had anything in stock and sold out immediately.
@Smokemon07 Nah, no Prismatic. There was one singular Twilight Masquerade ETB everyone was ignoring and those tend to be the same as MSRP online, so I went and got that as a consolation prize since I love collecting the boxes and didn't have that one yet.
One of the card stores near me had the prismatic poster collection for $40. I got a booster box of stellar crown instead for $130. Some okay pulls and it was my first booster box 🫡
They know the state of the set and still provide barely any stock to retail stores. They could stock those shelves for plenty of people but would rather let the market run the prices through the roof
tbh I think its the best idea... English market is too crazy rn and the Japanese prices seem much more "steady". And if your just collecting and not looking for like maximum return or value than it makes a lot of sense... good luck with the bundle 👍
@Smokemon07 practically $140, if I knew prior to waiting for the store to open and being the first in line I wouldn't have gotten it. I'm not doing that again
Went to a game stop at 9:50am they open up at 10, I was probably number 20 on the line lol. only 6 ppl came out with stuff, us 14 + ppl went home empty handed, lol
@MetroCollectablesandvlogs dude everyone's been saying same thing 😡 the first 2 people at every gamestop bought everything or the gamestop only had enough stock for the first 2 people
Waited yesterday and today for like 5 hours and not one single item, went to my lgs and 1 etb was 155 sticker collection 50 binder going for 85 shit is a mad house out there.
Yooo! Always on point! I got blooming waters in ny this morning. 2 per person though so they controlled the animals and there wasn’t even a rush, I arrived an hour after opening and there was a lot more
@ oh and another thing you’re looking up the blooming waters at costcos incorrectly, before when you’d search blooming waters it would come up but it doesn’t anymore. What you want to do is click on where it says warehouse and type in the number 1739873, it’ll come up and click find store. You’ll then see the locations that have them instock. Don’t you live in NJ? There’s a place in NJ that has them rightnow. The place I got them still has them aswell
Ok I've been to many places and I have seen much. Been to five GameStops all had different orders from 5 etbs to 20 i luckily got from a pre order i actually frogot about pretty happy about that. Target had 30 prismatic etbs, that was a lot but they didn't have a limit so one guy bought all of them of course. Walmart, Bestbuy, and Macy's actually had nothing no restock. Funny thing is dollar general was a happy surprise they had one prismatic etb late in the afternoon i couldn't believe my eyes of course i had to get it Kohls has pokemon cards but pricey and had no prismatic They had stellar crown etbs and stellar crown blisters but are pricey. Five below had temporal forces packs. And finally dollar tree had only one surging sparks pack left. That was my day!
Was the 3rd person in line at GameStop. Employee lied and said they had better allocations than Walmart. As soon as we were all lined up they informed us that they only had 3 etbs. Luckily the two ppl in front of me got one each so I got one etb for retail sealed. Lgs charged me 99 for one and they ripped the seal but I wanted one to rip anyways so avg. price for 75 an etb not too bad what y’all think? Thanks love yall 😂❤
I managed to get early enough for a gamestop preorder for a poster set, sitcker set, and binder set (bought the etb at best buy but they canceled my order). Went over to my local store. I was there about an hour early. Was about 6th in line of maybe 30 total so not too bad. Everyone was polite. Store kind of irritated me though cause they had the idea to let everyone in line go one at a time and could get one of each product, then they could go back in line so everyone got some. I got mine, went back in line, and even before they finished the people who hadn't gotten in, they were selling people 2 etbs. I get back in and then they start to question who hasn't gotten one instead of selling me a second one. They eventually did sell it to me, but it was annoying.
I camped out of my GameStop since 6 AM. I was 3rd in line. Felt really good. I felt like I would AT LEAST get 1 ETB or just 1 product. And since recently GameStop said they will limit purchases.
GameStop finally opens and I’m near the register, I see the product and I’m so excited. Then the two people in front of me literally buys the entire stock. I guess my GameStop just didn’t care.
And the two people had the gall to turn around and just say “sorry bro” to me, after hours together talking about Pokémon and how I just literally want 1 ETB. They take all ETBS, binder collection, and poster collections.
I was literally 3rd in line bro. And the line was huge. And only 2 people got anything.
This set has really just taken me away from this Pokémon “hobby” all together. This is just ridiculous.
What does Pokémon have to gain seeing their product be resold for over 3x the retail price. Like seriously.
And all my local card shops were selling them at $130.
Oh and my local barns $ noble apparently has an employee who buys all their stock of new Pokémon card product and resells them. I know this because another employee told me when I was asking about prismatic.
How this is legal is BEYOND ME.
That is the worst story I've heard so far 😡😡 GME was Def supposed to be limiting people and how the 2 people in front of you wouldn't even leave u 1 ETB is disgusting
@@Smokemon07 it’s so crazy bro. After that. I just honestly gave up. Got some Burger King and just dabbed up at the house chilling.
I’m not buying anything over retail.
🤢🤢🤢
@ki11aqueen5 idk if dabbing up can even ease that pain lol... I'm more upset with those people in front of u than the gme but it was all bad 🤢
Alright before watching the video let me guess... Nothing available, nothing available, nothing available, nothing available.
😂 not a bad guess
@@Smokemon07 The absolute state of the hobby. 🤣🤣
@TheRealBoomslice well we could spend 3x retail 🤣😭
@@Smokemon07 I can't even imagine. I've opened around 60 packs for retail prices and gotten 0 SIRs, 2 ace specs, 2 masterball holos, 5 pokeball holos and around ~8 regular EX cards. I would in a deep depression if I paid 3x retail 🤣
@TheRealBoomslice as would I lol... think tcg player just released the pull rates... not looking good
My gamestop had 6 poster collections, and that is it. So the first 3 people in line got 2 each and the other 26 of us were Fd.
@@NickHuber 6 😮🤣😭 terrible
I went to my GameStop here in Scranton Pa. Stores opened at 10. People were standing outside from 6 am. I was waiting and the manager came out and said that there is only 11 available of each product. I was 14 in line. So I ran to a mall with another GameStop in it half a mile away and got lucky. Got there just as the mall doors were being unlocked. I was 3rd in line at that store which opened at 11. They only had 6 ETBs, 2 binder boxes 5-3 pack hanger and 10 poster boxes. They were allowing people to buy 1 of each product. So I got an ETB, 3 pack hanger and a poster box!
@@RSRIPZZZ 🤣 you had the right idea 💪 did u rip any?
@ I ripped the binder box. Didn’t get anything good.
13:03 my Costco didn’t get any Blooming Waters nor did the Costco 30 minutes away 😭
none of my local retail stores had product. I think its also cuz of the regional weather delays of shipping.
Best price I found was 85 a etb 60 for binder and 30 for poster and stickers limit 1 of each item but 3 of the stickers
@@justinalexander4166 terrible 😢 where was that?
i was able to get a regular etb at retail in store, i preorderd 2 pokemon center etbs, 3 binders, 2 suprise boxes, and 10 booster bundles.
I went to gamestop, there was a huge line outside. Everyone was really civil and friendly, but unfortunately they barely had anything in stock and sold out immediately.
@DNAnimatical your like the 10th person to say that 😔 idk why but all the gamestops had very limited stock.. were you able to get anything??
@Smokemon07 Nah, no Prismatic.
There was one singular Twilight Masquerade ETB everyone was ignoring and those tend to be the same as MSRP online, so I went and got that as a consolation prize since I love collecting the boxes and didn't have that one yet.
"Lets see where the market is at right now"
Its rekt, absolutely rekt
@@DanielGooner-0 🤣💯
One of the card stores near me had the prismatic poster collection for $40. I got a booster box of stellar crown instead for $130. Some okay pulls and it was my first booster box 🫡
Nice, that's prob the right choice... new set seems to have horrible pull rates 😢
Depending on what state Costco is limiting 2 per person.
@warriorsdynastypart275 exactly... doesn't seem to be too strictly enforced
Actually the Pokemon Grand adventure box is is almost $7 over MSRP its original price according to Pokemon is 18.99
@@Naruto_uzumaki120 😪😭
They know the state of the set and still provide barely any stock to retail stores. They could stock those shelves for plenty of people but would rather let the market run the prices through the roof
Considering getting some Japanese cards! Went ahead and snagged one of the booster bundles from walmart.
tbh I think its the best idea... English market is too crazy rn and the Japanese prices seem much more "steady". And if your just collecting and not looking for like maximum return or value than it makes a lot of sense... good luck with the bundle 👍
LGS decent pull of my etb trainer Sir , master ball slowking, 2 pokeball pokemon, and a regular leafeaon ex rare
MASTER BALL is Solid 💪 how much lgs charge?
@Smokemon07 practically $140, if I knew prior to waiting for the store to open and being the first in line I wouldn't have gotten it. I'm not doing that again
My Costco is getting blooming waters January 30th with a limit of 2 per account
@@ArmandoGarcia-gz9og how'd u find out 🤔😳 good Luck
@ I just called and asked them
Went to a game stop at 9:50am they open up at 10, I was probably number 20 on the line lol. only 6 ppl came out with stuff, us 14 + ppl went home empty handed, lol
@MetroCollectablesandvlogs dude everyone's been saying same thing 😡 the first 2 people at every gamestop bought everything or the gamestop only had enough stock for the first 2 people
@@Smokemon07 yup, and im sure the workers keep shit for themselves in the back. Sad times we live in.
Waited yesterday and today for like 5 hours and not one single item, went to my lgs and 1 etb was 155 sticker collection 50 binder going for 85 shit is a mad house out there.
@nastyfied7188 that's wild, even for LCS 155 sounds stupid 😭
@ damn near threw up
@nastyfied7188 🤣🤣
Yooo! Always on point! I got blooming waters in ny this morning. 2 per person though so they controlled the animals and there wasn’t even a rush, I arrived an hour after opening and there was a lot more
Where in ny
That is very cool 😎 congrats
U rip one?
@@Smokemon07 not yet, I’ll make a video and post it. I’m just a baby UA-camr at the moment lol nothing compared to you but when I rip it I’ll post it
@ oh and another thing you’re looking up the blooming waters at costcos incorrectly, before when you’d search blooming waters it would come up but it doesn’t anymore. What you want to do is click on where it says warehouse and type in the number 1739873, it’ll come up and click find store. You’ll then see the locations that have them instock. Don’t you live in NJ? There’s a place in NJ that has them rightnow. The place I got them still has them aswell
i picked up the charmander ETB at gamestop for 50 and i only pulled a dragonite ex.. should've left it sealed 😭
@@WhiskE308 😆😪 think we 100% in the keep it sealed market rn
@Smokemon07 if I end up buying anymore in this market it's definitely staying sealed 😂
Some say cards will be back on shelves
@@MarshalltheMarshtompOfficial 🤣 one day......
Yo smokemon I tried emailing you but it said email not found so idk what to do rn.
discord.gg/NcaAVBrN
If you don't have Discord the correct email should be in my YT bio
@ hey smokemon Solver Uzi the one who just gave you his address is me
@Hollowmon17 got u
Ok I've been to many places and I have seen much.
Been to five GameStops all had different orders from 5 etbs to 20 i luckily got from a pre order i actually frogot about pretty happy about that.
Target had 30 prismatic etbs, that was a lot but they didn't have a limit so one guy bought all of them of course.
Walmart, Bestbuy, and Macy's actually had nothing no restock.
Funny thing is dollar general was a happy surprise they had one prismatic etb late in the afternoon i couldn't believe my eyes of course i had to get it
Kohls has pokemon cards but pricey and had no prismatic They had stellar crown etbs and stellar crown blisters but are pricey.
Five below had temporal forces packs.
And finally dollar tree had only one surging sparks pack left. That was my day!
@@palebeast4638 🤣🤣 awesome info , thanks for sharing... would never had thought dollar general would have the new set on release day
I work at Best Buy and still didnt get anything 😅
Was the 3rd person in line at GameStop. Employee lied and said they had better allocations than Walmart. As soon as we were all lined up they informed us that they only had 3 etbs. Luckily the two ppl in front of me got one each so I got one etb for retail sealed. Lgs charged me 99 for one and they ripped the seal but I wanted one to rip anyways so avg. price for 75 an etb not too bad what y’all think?
Thanks love yall 😂❤
@@johndavismendezFishingNgaming how'd they only have 3 etbs 🤣😭 $75 average is awesome... how'd the pulls go?
hell nah, 100 for a ripped box screw that
@@MohammedAbdullah-ir9gn exactly. That's some BS! It's my collectible. Should be able to keep it sealed
Awesome thanks
@@SaiyanSlayin always appreciate u watching
37 pack of pris and only 1 master ball 1 full art and 1 sir and the sir was crispin😢😢😢
Smokemon = Number 1 🥇
@@craigybaby22 Craig = Number 1
I managed to get early enough for a gamestop preorder for a poster set, sitcker set, and binder set (bought the etb at best buy but they canceled my order). Went over to my local store. I was there about an hour early. Was about 6th in line of maybe 30 total so not too bad. Everyone was polite. Store kind of irritated me though cause they had the idea to let everyone in line go one at a time and could get one of each product, then they could go back in line so everyone got some. I got mine, went back in line, and even before they finished the people who hadn't gotten in, they were selling people 2 etbs. I get back in and then they start to question who hasn't gotten one instead of selling me a second one. They eventually did sell it to me, but it was annoying.
cmon don’t be selfish let everyone get their hands on it you got your product
😂 Def not the worst ... sounds like a pretty successful day... did u rip any?
@@Smokemon07yea I ripped. Got a couple master balls, but my biggest was the ceruledge SIR, and the gold walking wave.
The pulls are terrible.
@@CMTcountry any luck up there???
@ Canadians still be fighting lol. Inventory is scarce here.