It's absolutely heart breaking. I went to target today with my daughter to get her some black Friday pokemon deals. Since she's sick I wanted her to feel better and she loves opening pokemon. We went to target . To Have a little father daughter time and surprise her. But I was surprised,shocked, and heart broken when their was no more deals . My daughter was so let down . We had to pay full price. And get alot less packs to open. And this is the same day the deal started. It's almost like what's the point to even care about pokemon when the stores should be the ones to regulate how many customers are aloud to buy in a single purchase. That would give everyone a chance to enjoy. I believe the stores have alot to do with this problem. They just care about selling out and making fast money . No more customer satisfaction.
I Woke up early. Went to my local store. When I got to the Display someone was loading up all of them. They’re only like 18 to begin with. The guy wasn’t mean and let me choose the ones that I wanted. I grabbed one of each to compare. But ended up just buying two as I remember which sets I wanted. i’m pretty sure that guy bought all the box besides The two that I bought and the one that the kid and his dad bought. they were all gone within like 10 minutes the store opening. I think there should’ve been a limit on how many could buy.
Saw a mf leaving my local target with 20 of them on the 23rd (they were not on sale yet) I turned around and went home edit: 2:55 I just looked at my fb page and the first 3 pokemon listings are the etbs selling for $50 lmao the photos literally all have 5 plus etbs
There is 14 day period for Target's match pricing, you should buy them at full price then come the 24th just come to the store and ask for price match refund. You snooze you lose
Mine too. Got to my target and people were waiting outside. People i've seen there before buying to scalp. All were looking for the pokemon cards. My Target got none
Yeah man I sometimes take it too personally when the shelves are cleared of Pokemon stock. But that doesn't stop me from continuing the search to the next Walmart or Costco. I may be a just a glutton for punishment.
pretty cool, just got back in to collecting again last week learning all the sets after about 20 years of not collecting... and everything is just gone. can't get any deals because they are all gone. went to 4 different wallmarts in a 30 mile radius. all gone target and bestbuy cleared as well... i don't understand. maybe i wont try this lol.
Yeah this type of stuff stresses me out, I wanted to get back in a little after playing with Pokemon Pocket. But this is just not for me if I can’t even buy the new set easily, then I’m most likely just sticking with pulling virtual packs instead
the best thing you can do is never pay retail but the problem is they can just hold them for 5 years and theyre worth even more so wtf do you do. Its bs there arent limits on black friday.
Went to the local target days before today and found a couple ETB’s already out. Unfortunately no lost origin or brilliant stars…. (Somewhat believe someone came and cleared them out at regular price just cause) but the couple I did find I knew wouldn’t be there if I didn’t take matters into my own hands. I talked to an employee and he recommended that I hide the couple I had and so I did just that. I walked in today not having to rush or get into a confrontation with a scalper and was able to buy them without issue. But it definitely feels bad for those of us who don’t have the money to just dropped stacks at a moments notice to clear out into inventories and leave nothing for the rest of us. But like said in the video that’s why we can pre order and be ahead of the curve on new sets coming soon. Hopefully they will get some more ETB’s for the sale week and more of us can take advantage.
The only thing I don’t agree with is people who bought ETBs earlier this week and then tried to price match today for the discounted price. I also dislike how Target’s stock isn’t consistent across all locations. However, Target did release ETBs on their website, and if you had previously signed up for restock notifications and acted quickly when the email came through, you were likely able to snag some-if not all four. I can’t stand scalpers, but unless you can post proof of scalping, blaming them every time you miss out on a product feels like unnecessary crying. The demand is just very high right now. not everyone who bought before you did is scalping. Good luck all and take it easy...2025 will have ALOT of pokemon products. hopefully everyone can get to participate in some black friday fun though!
on a discord im on i heard people getting 40+ and it was wuite a few people getting 20+. Now most of em really aint scalpers and more invest long term but its still bs when theyre getting more than they should
@@kaijutraps yah im sure there are better deals right now for scalpers than these ETBs…especially in store. Scalping these probably net them single digit profits? Lol. But agree…i saw a family leaving empty handed today cause our target didn’t get any at all..hopefully more deals for folks to just walk in and grab for some holiday fun
@@mech0p yah thats true. Surprisingly, pokemon center has done the best so far lol. Restricting orders by household addresses..more online stores should do that..
@HxHades it's like 20$ in profit and people were going crazy like everyone was saying let everyone get 1 and then it comes out and they just swarmed I was gonna take a tempest too but I looked back and was like nah you go ahead bro im not gonna act like these people I just wanted some for me and my little brother to open
Everyone was going for these and I was the only one picking up Tyranitar V & Empoleon V tins.. even picked up a bunch of D21 balls.. I’ll take evo skies and cosmic at retail all day..
I was so lucky to get 4, there were 2 scalpers on line before me. One guy punched the display because he got their second & yelled at the guy before him about how he ran. Sad i got no lost origin, but i got 2 stars, 1 temptest & 1 astral. Insane.
Luckily the Target I went to limited one per person but you could re enter the line and get more one by one. The guy in front through a temper tantrum he was going to clean them out.
Just left my local target and they hadn’t even been touched. I grabbed 2 LO boxes. Honestly with all these videos made me think if I wasn’t there at opening I would miss out. I was told they were stocked twice a day by the local Pokémon vendor. Also the display was near electronics and wasn’t near the regular Pokémon displays. And for my area arnt listed online.
@@FatBellyCollects No. I never said that. If you remove that Lugia Alt art from Silver Tempest, you basically have a set just below Battle Styles. Not even the trainer gallery in ST can save it from itself. I'm sorry you're going to be sitting on 12 ETB's for the foreseeable future.
@@FatBellyCollects Getting any Pokemon packs at retail for 2.50 is a solid deal, sure. I agree with that. If you're going to crack them all open to try to hit the Lugia, it seems silly. You can just buy it outright and not gamble.
I’m not sure but I think my local target doesn’t even supply Pokémon cards l went to see the cards section it was mostly Yugio cards and a few sport booster box and that’s it lol. My target sucks I think my target didn’t even have these etb boxes for sale guess I’ll just buy Pokemon cards online from now.
Most of the people that grabbed all the ETB's for Target's Black Friday sale were not scalpers at all. They were the investment bros. They're not buying them and flipping. Those ETB's are now in bins in their basement for the next 10 years because it's a part of their "investment portfolio" - gross, I know. These same investment bros are the reason that Prismatic Evolutions pre-sales sold out basically everywhere. They grabbed the majority of allocated stock of the stores that put them up. An average collector doesn't need 30 ETB's, but these guys do. I know it's easy to crap on scalpers but they're only a small fraction of the problems in the Pokemon collecting space.
Is there a law, that prevents shops to make a limit on amount people can purchase? Its the same story , over and over and always has been ... or America just dont give a shit 😅
I loved collecting pokemon cards for the hobby and did so for 15 years. The hobby is ruined and its all about making money off the cards now. Another childhood hobby ruined by fucking adults. Sad
I really don't see the problem. You don't NEED Pokemon cards and if you want them that bad, you'll pay what they cost (black friday deal, scalper resell, or otherwise). Also, 2 other things 1. You need to act quick if you want the best deals. Someone got in before you - you were to too slow. And 2. Buy something else. You only want the black friday deal because it's cheap, not because you want the product. So in a way, you're just as bad as the person you're criticizing. There is literally millions of other pokemon products you can buy and probably get a deal on also. And lastly a tip - purchase online. I mean, isn't that obvious? I honestly don't remember the last time I walked into the store to purchase something on the shelf. Do they have click & collect in the US/Canada?
Thinking about starting a scalpers announcer yt channel. Ima go to these sales with a few cameras and people so we can get all the angles. And a few mics and commentate as if it was a live football game. Anyone interested? Lol
Not just scalpers. I bought plenty of the etbs @$20 and I'm ripping them. Everyone is a scalper to the people who missed out on a deal 😂 I'm sure a lot of scalpers did get their breast hands on these but actual real collectors got a good share as well. Also, the rant with the dude rethinking about getting back in to the hobby, I hope he and others get discouraged. Less people for me to compete with 😂
Cut the crap about scalpers, it was announced and everyone hd the chance to get them. I got 15 silver tempest etbs, I even posted it on my IG after o did and they were in stock for a while. Everyone is a scalper these days. Why do people hate on others when they use their own money to buy pokemon products? Also who cares what they do with it after? You and everyone else had the chance to get them also. Stop hating, people like cheap stuff, people like money also. What world are you living in man? SMH
@PokeRetroFan ARE YOU DUMB LIKE DUDE if you had a kid or nephew and your trying to get them one for their bday or their grades are good, it seems like you DGAF at all GTFO because honestly you dont give 2 shiits if you had a kid what a retard have no common sense for the community
It's absolutely heart breaking.
I went to target today with my daughter to get her some black Friday pokemon deals.
Since she's sick I wanted her to feel better and she loves opening pokemon.
We went to target .
To Have a little father daughter time and surprise her.
But I was surprised,shocked, and heart broken when their was no more deals . My daughter was so let down . We had to pay full price. And get alot less packs to open.
And this is the same day the deal started.
It's almost like what's the point to even care about pokemon when the stores should be the ones to regulate how many customers are aloud to buy in a single purchase. That would give everyone a chance to enjoy. I believe the stores have alot to do with this problem.
They just care about selling out and making fast money . No more customer satisfaction.
This is why limits are important.
Yes!
They'll just make more accounts and buy them online :(
Theyll bring their grandma to buy 4 these people are hypnotized
I Woke up early. Went to my local store. When I got to the Display someone was loading up all of them. They’re only like 18 to begin with. The guy wasn’t mean and let me choose the ones that I wanted. I grabbed one of each to compare. But ended up just buying two as I remember which sets I wanted. i’m pretty sure that guy bought all the box besides The two that I bought and the one that the kid and his dad bought. they were all gone within like 10 minutes the store opening. I think there should’ve been a limit on how many could buy.
Saw a mf leaving my local target with 20 of them on the 23rd (they were not on sale yet) I turned around and went home
edit: 2:55 I just looked at my fb page and the first 3 pokemon listings are the etbs selling for $50 lmao the photos literally all have 5 plus etbs
There is 14 day period for Target's match pricing, you should buy them at full price then come the 24th just come to the store and ask for price match refund. You snooze you lose
@@Irujime0529 that's i what did.
My local target in Bloomington limits the amount of card product you can buy per customer.
My local marketplace is flodded with resale pokemon.... I hate people.
Mine too. Got to my target and people were waiting outside. People i've seen there before buying to scalp. All were looking for the pokemon cards. My Target got none
Dude i was going to work and I saw a line in the morning around 6am on my target lol bunch of grown men 😂
Who's going to tell these people that they might as well have just done a day's work? More money, less stress.
Yeah man I sometimes take it too personally when the shelves are cleared of Pokemon stock. But that doesn't stop me from continuing the search to the next Walmart or Costco. I may be a just a glutton for punishment.
Except this was at target.
pretty cool, just got back in to collecting again last week learning all the sets after about 20 years of not collecting... and everything is just gone. can't get any deals because they are all gone. went to 4 different wallmarts in a 30 mile radius. all gone target and bestbuy cleared as well... i don't understand. maybe i wont try this lol.
Yeah this type of stuff stresses me out, I wanted to get back in a little after playing with Pokemon Pocket. But this is just not for me if I can’t even buy the new set easily, then I’m most likely just sticking with pulling virtual packs instead
I dont have a target where i live. Also everything is sold out where i live. 😊
Sucks!
Guys buy the Walmart 20$ boxes. Pulled three SIRs from 2 boxes. 3.33 per pack for modern is not a bad deal
What 20 dollar boxes are you referring to
@ tyranitar ex
I opened 12 of those boxes and got trash. Sold the other 8 boxes for $35 each lol
@@IcYy1xtsareena, tyranitar ex boxes
Paradox rift, twilight mascarade plus a couple more packs
I bought it but got junk cards not good for me lol
the best thing you can do is never pay retail but the problem is they can just hold them for 5 years and theyre worth even more so wtf do you do. Its bs there arent limits on black friday.
The trick was that target is doing a holiday price match. Everyone on discord started buying at $40 to price match $20
all 5 targets near me didnt even get the etb to sell😭
Went to the local target days before today and found a couple ETB’s already out. Unfortunately no lost origin or brilliant stars…. (Somewhat believe someone came and cleared them out at regular price just cause) but the couple I did find I knew wouldn’t be there if I didn’t take matters into my own hands. I talked to an employee and he recommended that I hide the couple I had and so I did just that. I walked in today not having to rush or get into a confrontation with a scalper and was able to buy them without issue. But it definitely feels bad for those of us who don’t have the money to just dropped stacks at a moments notice to clear out into inventories and leave nothing for the rest of us. But like said in the video that’s why we can pre order and be ahead of the curve on new sets coming soon. Hopefully they will get some more ETB’s for the sale week and more of us can take advantage.
Nice to see scalpers are still an issue like they were when I stopped collecting 3-4 years ago
The only thing I don’t agree with is people who bought ETBs earlier this week and then tried to price match today for the discounted price. I also dislike how Target’s stock isn’t consistent across all locations. However, Target did release ETBs on their website, and if you had previously signed up for restock notifications and acted quickly when the email came through, you were likely able to snag some-if not all four. I can’t stand scalpers, but unless you can post proof of scalping, blaming them every time you miss out on a product feels like unnecessary crying. The demand is just very high right now. not everyone who bought before you did is scalping. Good luck all and take it easy...2025 will have ALOT of pokemon products. hopefully everyone can get to participate in some black friday fun though!
Yea honestly when I went there wasn't even enough to scalp some people got 3 I got 2 astral cuz its all that was left but it was like 1 single display
on a discord im on i heard people getting 40+ and it was wuite a few people getting 20+. Now most of em really aint scalpers and more invest long term but its still bs when theyre getting more than they should
@@kaijutraps yah im sure there are better deals right now for scalpers than these ETBs…especially in store. Scalping these probably net them single digit profits? Lol. But agree…i saw a family leaving empty handed today cause our target didn’t get any at all..hopefully more deals for folks to just walk in and grab for some holiday fun
@@mech0p yah thats true. Surprisingly, pokemon center has done the best so far lol. Restricting orders by household addresses..more online stores should do that..
@HxHades it's like 20$ in profit and people were going crazy like everyone was saying let everyone get 1 and then it comes out and they just swarmed I was gonna take a tempest too but I looked back and was like nah you go ahead bro im not gonna act like these people I just wanted some for me and my little brother to open
This is why the only product I mainly deal with is whatever I pre-order or order on first week of release. Beyond that it gets too damn hectic.
Everyone was going for these and I was the only one picking up Tyranitar V & Empoleon V tins.. even picked up a bunch of D21 balls.. I’ll take evo skies and cosmic at retail all day..
I only got 54 LO ETBs...I wish it was 108
Target & Walmart need to limit sales like they did before.
I bought one of each only but a whole rack is just 100% greediness.
Target usually limits around this time
I was so lucky to get 4, there were 2 scalpers on line before me. One guy punched the display because he got their second & yelled at the guy before him about how he ran. Sad i got no lost origin, but i got 2 stars, 1 temptest & 1 astral. Insane.
Luckily the Target I went to limited one per person but you could re enter the line and get more one by one. The guy in front through a temper tantrum he was going to clean them out.
Me here in Italy foaming from my mouth also....damn it your deals are crazy,goodness me...that's incredible
Just left my local target and they hadn’t even been touched. I grabbed 2 LO boxes. Honestly with all these videos made me think if I wasn’t there at opening I would miss out. I was told they were stocked twice a day by the local Pokémon vendor. Also the display was near electronics and wasn’t near the regular Pokémon displays. And for my area arnt listed online.
Meanwhile in Europe: Pokemon Black Friday deals? I dunno what the fuck you’re on about there’s no such thing.
They dropped online for everyone if people were paying attention this morning
Only on target app
Let these victims cry because they slept in
Didn't sleep in, didn't get jack. Thanks scalpers!
@@glitches911 you're welcome! No one cares about your victim mentality. Cry somewhere else
Dang I was looking on the app throughout the day waiting for this. Must have been really early as I looked around 7:45 and then every hour or so.
This sucks, I was luckily able to get two Silver Tempest ETBs online
Are they going to be restocked again?
Sadly I Only Got 12 Silver Tempest ETBs
An absolute dud set with literally one chase card.
@chiefchimp2789 and guess you pulled that 1 chase card last night
@@FatBellyCollects No. I never said that. If you remove that Lugia Alt art from Silver Tempest, you basically have a set just below Battle Styles. Not even the trainer gallery in ST can save it from itself. I'm sorry you're going to be sitting on 12 ETB's for the foreseeable future.
@chiefchimp2789 I totally disagree, getting silver tempest packs for 2.5 is a solid deal
@@FatBellyCollects Getting any Pokemon packs at retail for 2.50 is a solid deal, sure. I agree with that. If you're going to crack them all open to try to hit the Lugia, it seems silly. You can just buy it outright and not gamble.
I bought 3 today… 2 tempest 1 brilliant stars… no lost origin unfortunately
I’m not sure but I think my local target doesn’t even supply Pokémon cards l went to see the cards section it was mostly Yugio cards and a few sport booster box and that’s it lol. My target sucks I think my target didn’t even have these etb boxes for sale guess I’ll just buy Pokemon cards online from now.
Most of the people that grabbed all the ETB's for Target's Black Friday sale were not scalpers at all. They were the investment bros. They're not buying them and flipping. Those ETB's are now in bins in their basement for the next 10 years because it's a part of their "investment portfolio" - gross, I know. These same investment bros are the reason that Prismatic Evolutions pre-sales sold out basically everywhere. They grabbed the majority of allocated stock of the stores that put them up. An average collector doesn't need 30 ETB's, but these guys do. I know it's easy to crap on scalpers but they're only a small fraction of the problems in the Pokemon collecting space.
Yup I was able to some of 3 sets
Is there a law, that prevents shops to make a limit on amount people can purchase? Its the same story , over and over and always has been ... or America just dont give a shit 😅
Eventually will die down again and pick back up in 2026 30th anniversary...
saying craigslist in 2024 is crazyy☠️😂
Early bird gets the worm
What's wrong with trying to hustle?
Scalpers? I mean it’s collectors trying to clear out what they can. I see y’all acting like you’re not looking for them in store
I loved collecting pokemon cards for the hobby and did so for 15 years. The hobby is ruined and its all about making money off the cards now. Another childhood hobby ruined by fucking adults. Sad
The profit margins aren’t even that good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
$15 v strikers tins with evo skies at Walmart.
I went eat today 2 hours early from the 21st to get them and I let a guy go ahead of me. He got half and I got the other half l o l
Team Rocket strikes again
adults scalping pokemon cards for kids lolol the world we live in right now is pathetic
I really don't see the problem. You don't NEED Pokemon cards and if you want them that bad, you'll pay what they cost (black friday deal, scalper resell, or otherwise). Also, 2 other things 1. You need to act quick if you want the best deals. Someone got in before you - you were to too slow. And 2. Buy something else. You only want the black friday deal because it's cheap, not because you want the product. So in a way, you're just as bad as the person you're criticizing. There is literally millions of other pokemon products you can buy and probably get a deal on also.
And lastly a tip - purchase online. I mean, isn't that obvious? I honestly don't remember the last time I walked into the store to purchase something on the shelf. Do they have click & collect in the US/Canada?
Stop buying it on secondary market
Scalpers lol aren’t we all scalpers collectors scalper same thing we all want to buy low sell high
New sub here! Love the content love the channel! Happy Ripsgiving all!
Thinking about starting a scalpers announcer yt channel. Ima go to these sales with a few cameras and people so we can get all the angles. And a few mics and commentate as if it was a live football game. Anyone interested? Lol
I hope the Pokemon cards become worthless, this is disgusting all for money.
People are greedy
I did not see anything
Scalpers keep Pokémon going is the hot take your missing it’s not a popular opinion
To many just for the money like go get another hobby and another job smh over killing real collectors
All you youtubers bragging make more scaplers
Not just scalpers. I bought plenty of the etbs @$20 and I'm ripping them. Everyone is a scalper to the people who missed out on a deal 😂 I'm sure a lot of scalpers did get their breast hands on these but actual real collectors got a good share as well.
Also, the rant with the dude rethinking about getting back in to the hobby, I hope he and others get discouraged. Less people for me to compete with 😂
Cut the crap about scalpers, it was announced and everyone hd the chance to get them. I got 15 silver tempest etbs, I even posted it on my IG after o did and they were in stock for a while. Everyone is a scalper these days. Why do people hate on others when they use their own money to buy pokemon products? Also who cares what they do with it after? You and everyone else had the chance to get them also. Stop hating, people like cheap stuff, people like money also. What world are you living in man? SMH
Get out of here my guy. Did you really need 15 silver tempest? You are trash. Not everyone lives on the internet.
@PokeRetroFan ARE YOU DUMB LIKE DUDE if you had a kid or nephew and your trying to get them one for their bday or their grades are good, it seems like you
DGAF at all GTFO because honestly you dont give 2 shiits if you had a kid what a retard have no common sense for the community
I was lucky enough to get a Lost Origin ETB I was waiting on a restock then saw it go up and quickly bought it
Not people fault store should put a limit like bro the whole lot make no senses