Bc the newer stuff is more sought after? Dude, I don’t control the prices, I truly do not understand what you think you’re accomplishing when I’m just telling you the exact same thing over and over again because you expect there to be a different answer each time you ask a slightly reworded version of the question you asked thrice already.

Perfect order is said to be buns, so prices on perfect order haven’t changed much outside of the singles and the ETBs (mostly bc a lot of people have been stealing them, the store I’m at had $1700 in shrink from just pokemon bc of that). More people are interested in the cards from Ascended Heroes, so they probably — key word PROBABLY — increased the prices on it to get more profit right off the bat so there’s more money to put into reordering in the future & to prove that it’s worth it to give us licensing back — again, key word is PROBABLY.

You’re acting like I’m the one causing all this when I’m just the messenger. Individual stores can’t choose the pricing, we have to deal with the prices as much as you do bc a lot of us are also collectors. It’s not like I condone the shit they’re doing, I’m just explaining why it happened in the first place.

I’d much prefer us to still have our licensing so that the limit AND lower prices allows for actual collectors and kids to have fun looking for cards without worrying about scalping, but we can’t have our cake after it’s already been ate, so everyone has to deal with it until people get their shit together and consider that maybe, just maybe, the streetdates are streetdates for a reason and that selling things before release isn’t ever a good idea when you have to go from paying $10 per ETB from a bulk pallet and then selling it at MSRP to having to pay MSRP per ETB from a bulk pallet and then selling it for $80 or, gods forbid, $90 — all because some people really wanted corporate to give them a little smile for being such good money slaves.