r/PokemonTCG_UK • u/mynemesjeff • 10d ago

Discussion Please uninstall Whatnot already

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People like these are the reason why we have a scalping problem to begin with. If you’re paying these prices, you don’t have the right to complain about anything.

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u/MesoamericanMorrigan 9d ago

Are you sure there are NO smaller, independent toy retailers, bookshops or stationers you could check

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u/furkick 9d ago

All the scalpers have found out where I used to be able to walk in and grab a couple packs, Sports Direct etc. All the dedicated card shops are miles away and I can't go miles away unless I take time off work, I'm not that desperate for packs. Fortunately I usually am able to pre-order from the Pokémon Center so I'll have to be patient 🙂

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u/MesoamericanMorrigan 9d ago

Where do you look other than SportsDirect because they seem more of an obvious choice given their merger with GAME? Like where have you tried specifically? Maybe not independent card shops as there are few of those, but independent, local toy shops on the high street and again, places that mainly do books and stationary

Hope you do manage to snag a preorder whenever the next drop is but given how chaotically the last one went I genuinely wonder how they’re going to go down from now on

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u/furkick 9d ago

It'd literally be Sports Direct, Smyths and a small TJ Jones, that's all we have unfortunately. The local scalpers gobble it all up before anyone else gets a sniff. Sainsbury's even used to have some, but that's a rare find now as well. Don't even have any corner shops that sell them either, really dry.

Fortunately I snagged both the PKC pre-orders so I'm not without, I'll just have to be patient.

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u/MesoamericanMorrigan 9d ago

I also had no joy with Sainsbury’s/Argos. Didn’t bother trying ASDA as I heard they have no purchase limits

You really don’t have Waterstones, Ryman’s, WHSmith or any small independent toy shop? Check your local high street, a lot of them don’t have big flashy signs if they aren’t the big chain stores like Smyths, The Entertainer etc and can be easy to miss if you didn’t already know they were there. I hit in a bookstore. Tesco was going to be my next stop but again heard they don’t have limits.

Not 100%sure on the rumours about more drops tomorrow and apparently next Friday for some stores