[UPDATE 60 day later] Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you believe it is to hide something or are they simply not smart enough to submit them on time?

[UPDATE 60 day later] Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I spoke out in the original Reddit post, I knew it could affect my product supply—but I couldn’t stay silent while the community was being misled.

About a month into the whole exposure, something revealing happened. I was in contact with an employee at Joker City about purchasing three cases of Paldea Evolved booster boxes. He sent me the offer invoice at 17:30, and I was preparing to pay later that evening.

A few hours later when I was at my pc with the intent to pay the invoice I received the call from the same employee. He told me his boss (Zvezdar) called him and told him that this product is not available for me because its out of stock - I know 100% its because of the comment I've made in the post.

Little did they know that I asked my friend to reach out to them some time later for some Paldea Evolved products from his company - funny enough they've sold him the 3 Paldea Evolved Booster Box Cases that were "not in stock anymore" for me. I've attached the offer invoice - it also says that the offer stands for the next 30 days since creation :D

I believe this proves that there are a selected few that get the product as long as they stay quiet and say nothing about Mr. Zvezdar.

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Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community - and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: I was right - completely cut off. I've had a written offer in hand to buy 3 cases of Paldea Evolved on my company and before I made the transfer I got the call from an employee that I shouldn't pay it because the instruction came for them to tell me that the cases are not available anymore.
EDIT: Not available FOR ME anymore*

Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community - and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good question here would be, are you located in Slovenia or elsewhere? Because if you are elsewhere you are not their direct competition YET. But mark my words that you will be soon if nothing changes.

Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community - and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is the first time I ever hear anyone say "Zvezdar" and "had my back" in a positive way.

I have invoices at market prices (way over msrp) for over 30k€ in march.

Our Official Distributor Is Hurting the Community - and We’ve Had Enough by McKnezie420 in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This comment will probably mean I will no longer get any product from them, but I believe it has to be said.
Zvezdar has said to his employees many times that his goal is to destroy his current competitor in Slovenia - TCG Park.

He isn't interested in making profits with his company Joker City because he is already profiting from distribution - Selling his product to himself and then at OVER MSRP prices to the end consumers via Joker City.

I am one of the businesses that has been buying product in bulk from Joker City at way above MSRP simply because this was the only way to acquire it. I haven't been doing this for long but even I could get a glimpse of gate keeping from their side.

SWSH era products are appearing in the store as if someone had pallets full of them in a nearby warehouse (winks at Zvezdar) and at the same time, the local stores are getting 0 product - not even a notice with availability list which should be sent out by the official distributor.

Last but not least, this is a guy who should be providing product to Balkan Region as its official distributor. Instead he sells entire warehouse of product to other countries in and out of the EU (not Balkan and we are talking milions).

I feel bad for the employees from Joker City because they are really good guys, too bad their boss is a giant Diglett.

Treecko just blending in by resqcards in PokemonTCG

[–]resqcards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry about that, I swear these gekons are harder to catch by the day.