Wednesday, 03 May 2023 14:30

Tokyo Shop Stops Pokemon Card Scalpers in a Unique Way

Written by Jack Jaegar
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With Pokemon cards in Japan selling out or being resold for an extreme profit, one store is taking a stand.

Scalpers have been, and always will be, a big problem in any sort of niche market - and the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) is no different. Newly released and rare Pokemon cards often get snatched by people who are not actually going to play the game, so that they can sell them for a profit to the people who have been denied the chance to buy them in the first place. To combat this, one shop in Tokyo's otaku neighborhood of Akihabara is fighting back in a unique way.

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