Do you ever think about just how expensive the Pokemon hobby is?
4 hanger packs from the grocery store are $20 for example…
Do you realize just how much stuff $20 used to buy? A LOT. Let’s put it into Snickers. Snickers used to go on sale at Target for 25 cents each for a normal sized bar. So 4 hanger packs is equivalent to 80 Snickers bars back in the day. 80 lol
$20 meant something then and now here we are spending $20 on a handful of boosters. Inflation sucks. That’s just a fact.
But that’s really just the beginning of the cash grab that is Pokemon. ETBs are priced at $50 a piece. Premium Collection boxes are over $100. $100 for shiny cardboard and accessories. It’s kind of insane. The profit margins on trading cards has to be unnecessarily massive.
And it ends up being so easy to spend hundreds of dollars trying to get a chase card. I have no idea why we’re all chill with The Pokemon Company taking all of our money for what is basically a kids gambling product. But that’s just how it is I guess.
Lower your costs, buy singles people! Keep your booster pack gambling within limits to keep that wallet from emptying!