Scalpers, hoarders, and unscrupulous individuals are selling people their Pokemon branded trash. No that is not a joke. And people are buying it. People are buying trash simply because it’s Prismatic Evolutions flavored.
People have lost their minds
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That is the level of insanity the Pokemon hobby has now reached.
If you’re somebody who is paying for trash please reevaluate why you are engaged in the Pokemon hobby because this is not a wise use of your time and resources. You’d be much better off simply buying a booster pack or if you’re new a premade deck.
The hype for Prismatic Evolutions has gotten completely out of hand and I don’t see the hype going down anytime soon thanks to the somewhat poor pull rates for the set. The prices for some of these cards is going to be insane and that is going to draw in ever more scalpers and hoarders… which will raise the prices of Prismatic Evolutions products while also reducing supply.
We’re in a new Pokemania that is only getting worse. Personally I think there may be some relationship between bitcoins recent price gains and bitcoin bros hiding their money in alternative assets like Pokémon. That’s just speculation but it’s interesting to think about.
The Pokemon hobby can’t take much more of this insanity. People are going to quit the hobby because they can never find product and scalpers are out there demanding a fortune.