>Felt nostalgic
>Wanted to get pokemon cards because why not
>Saw new card set coming soon
>Some shit with Scarlet/Violet and its based on pokemon from Black/White
>Already not available for $60 on official pokemon site....
>Went on Amazon to preorder
>Already fucking $130 each(?!)
>Reviews in past claim sellers are either opening and resealing or don't get the card boxes at all and get 'cancelled'
>Nearby Walmart, Target, and even Costco REFUSED to put them on sale, asked staff and they said 'don't even bother if you're new, trust us"

>I thought "what the fuck??"
>Did some research on why
>Then I saw DOZENS of videos of these scalper retarded niggerfuck manchildren ruining the entire TCG market, especially for Pokemon
>One big example; https://youtu.be/kSj5GPab6JU?si=q1UoDU1kJoWFbdMK&t=916

Damn I would have expected hardcore fanboys to do that, but fuckin CT scanning and picking fist fights over them? Jesus christ now THIS is a recession indicator.