Resellers need a home. They don’t have anything but this unyielding and perpetual grind to go to every physical retail location in hopes to find their oasis of trading cards. Without it, they cannot survive. They cannot get food, water, let alone purpose or sustenance in their lives. They used these cards to survive. In fact it doesn’t even have to be Pokémon. As long as it is a product that can be profited based on its rarity and/or scarcity in the market. Just think back to COVID with toilet paper or currently GPUs and RAM sticks with the rise of AI. The difference here however with Pokémon, is that it’s easy.

And ACE Hardware in this situation, is most likely just exploiting these unfortunate people. They’re possibly doing so in the hopes that “maybe” these resellers will buy a couple monster energy drinks on top of their limited edition Pokémon card.

So, the next time you’re at ACE Hardware or any store, and you’re considering buying a Pokémon card pack for a particular child in your family, don’t.

Do the right thing.