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Stores in Japan ask customers to prove they’re real Pokémon fans when buying cards to stop scalpers
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Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2021 - Tweet
Japanese stores create clever anti-scalper policies for Pokémon cards, Gundam model kits
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Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2021
Making sure they end up in the hands of Pokémon Trainers and mobile suit fans, not resellers.
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Pokémon Center superstores won’t sell new Pokémon cards in-store, but will it stop scalpers?
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Casey Baseel
May 17, 2021
Countermeasures may or may not keep Eevee Heroes out of the hands of villainous resellers.
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