The issue that most of us had wasn’t so much on the point of limited supplies,the fact is that target, who was the only retailer in the United States with an exclusive release of the reprints, blatantly lied in their advertisement. The ad said you can only purchase online, with drive up or pick up in store being the only options. (Pandemic, cares about community and employees, limited space in electronics departments, and ideally just not looking well to have something specific that could form a “line”) This is not a heard it from someone else, I could not purchase online, called the store, had the manager walk to the electronics department and grab me one of the last packs to be on hold, I think pointing out the complete lie of the ad helped. The ad said a release time. That too was not the case. There was a limit of two. I really thought target had put real thought in to this release. No lines, no obsessive buying to ridiculously over charge on eBay. So, what really happened was, they stocked items in store. There wasn’t a limit to really be withheld although I didn’t seem to find anyone selling more than ten packs on eBay. All of the people who set alarms, and abided by the ads “rules” ended with hundreds of people not able to get the item. If target would have said anything else besides the very specific ad, with certainty some of those people would have received a pack, or the limited two. It was by one a clock in the afternoon eastern time that one pack of cards on eBay was at a startling $512.00 being bid on by 77 bidders. I’ve sold items on eBay before, and yes they have fees, but I paid exactly $6.35 for one pack. So clearly $500 being paid for one single pack is absurd, and that’s an understatement. Throughout the day more packs became available, some around $30-40, which is still one heck of a profit, there were still packs being bid on into triple digits. Some sellers had/have pictures in their car with packs, more than two, that apparently, only went to purchase with the sole intent of making a profit. While, I’m sure some readers here will say “why complain, when I did get a pack”? It’s simply because I lucked out. I was already seeing the comments of not being able to obtain on website. So right away when I called I had that information to argue, so to say, the point of the false advertisement. It’s really disappointing to me how the whole thing was done. Why only target was giving the exclusive release I’ll never know, I think Nintendo chose the wrong way to release the cards through one retailer, and target definitely was a big failure on their end of releasing. Hopefully, there will be a restock, and those people who only wanted a pack for themselves, will get the opportunity to do so without paying a weeks check for it.
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Re: The Price Of Animal Crossing's Sanrio amiibo Cards Are Already Skyrocketing On eBay
The issue that most of us had wasn’t so much on the point of limited supplies,the fact is that target, who was the only retailer in the United States with an exclusive release of the reprints, blatantly lied in their advertisement. The ad said you can only purchase online, with drive up or pick up in store being the only options. (Pandemic, cares about community and employees, limited space in electronics departments, and ideally just not looking well to have something specific that could form a “line”) This is not a heard it from someone else, I could not purchase online, called the store, had the manager walk to the electronics department and grab me one of the last packs to be on hold, I think pointing out the complete lie of the ad helped. The ad said a release time. That too was not the case. There was a limit of two. I really thought target had put real thought in to this release. No lines, no obsessive buying to ridiculously over charge on eBay. So, what really happened was, they stocked items in store. There wasn’t a limit to really be withheld although I didn’t seem to find anyone selling more than ten packs on eBay. All of the people who set alarms, and abided by the ads “rules” ended with hundreds of people not able to get the item. If target would have said anything else besides the very specific ad, with certainty some of those people would have received a pack, or the limited two. It was by one a clock in the afternoon eastern time that one pack of cards on eBay was at a startling $512.00 being bid on by 77 bidders. I’ve sold items on eBay before, and yes they have fees, but I paid exactly $6.35 for one pack. So clearly $500 being paid for one single pack is absurd, and that’s an understatement. Throughout the day more packs became available, some around $30-40, which is still one heck of a profit, there were still packs being bid on into triple digits. Some sellers had/have pictures in their car with packs, more than two, that apparently, only went to purchase with the sole intent of making a profit. While, I’m sure some readers here will say “why complain, when I did get a pack”? It’s simply because I lucked out. I was already seeing the comments of not being able to obtain on website. So right away when I called I had that information to argue, so to say, the point of the false advertisement. It’s really disappointing to me how the whole thing was done. Why only target was giving the exclusive release I’ll never know, I think Nintendo chose the wrong way to release the cards through one retailer, and target definitely was a big failure on their end of releasing. Hopefully, there will be a restock, and those people who only wanted a pack for themselves, will get the opportunity to do so without paying a weeks check for it.