Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[moocow]

I've never seen those actually enforced except for the times when it'd be something that it'd make sense to buy 4 or 5 of in one store visit... Or online, that's automated though and scalpers easily get around it.

The Costco cat litter thing really surprised me. The god damn registers enforce that shit -- even a manager couldn't override it (I've shopped there for years and know most of the staff) and was a bit shocked the stubborn machine stood its ground. She wound up just laughing and telling me to buy three, run it to the car, and come back in for more, and repeat as needed (and they wouldn't hassle me over it), since they knew I wasn't scalping and was just stocking up for a bunch of cats. I guess they do that with everything with limits so there's no ambiguity. I'm sure it helps with scalpers too.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

I was "lucky" enough to be at Traget today and witness a Pokemon card restocking in person. There were five or six guys in their twenties hovered around the shelf and a female employee was sort of holding them back while another male employee was unpacking boxes. I guess they weren't allowed to touch the cards until he was finished. Once he was done, the female employee stepped aside and they all started shoving boxes into their carts or baskets by the armful. Shelf was cleared in literally ten seconds flat. Never seen anything like it. I stood there and watched the whole thing. I'm a gigantic fucking loser and even I was cringing.

I wanted to talk to them and figure out how they knew there was going to be a restock at that specific date and time. Do they just hang out there all day waiting for the boxes come out? I don't get it. Were they scalpers or collectors? So many questions.

During Covid Trading Cards of all types developed a massive Scalping issue that persists to this day. its why despite everyone kind of agreeing that Magic has gone downhilll in design in the past few years WOTC still has record profits..because no matter what set comes out it will almost always sell out.

Especially Universes Beyond (Non magic IPs like Lord of the Rings) shit.

 

[ForgedBlades]

During Covid Trading Cards of all types developed a massive Scalping issue that persists to this day. its why despite everyone kind of agreeing that Magic has gone downhilll in design in the past few years WOTC still has record profits..because no matter what set comes out it will almost always sell out.

Especially Universes Beyond (Non magic IPs like Lord of the Rings) shit.

Yeah, I've been keeping tabs on the sports card market especially the last few years. Shit is fucking insane. I can't wrap my head around it.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Yeah, I've been keeping tabs on the sports card market especially the last few years. Shit is fucking insane. I can't wrap my head around it.

I dunno if it is Tik Tok unboxing shit or if they are chasing the super duper rare collectors edition cards but..its a fucking problem.

 

[Lovely Kin]

During Covid Trading Cards of all types developed a massive Scalping issue that persists to this day. its why despite everyone kind of agreeing that Magic has gone downhilll in design in the past few years WOTC still has record profits..because no matter what set comes out it will almost always sell out.

Especially Universes Beyond (Non magic IPs like Lord of the Rings) shit.

There's something horrifying yet hilarious to me with how these grown men crowd toy sections and cards to scalp them with children, concerned mothers, and staff members watching nervously at the scalpers.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I dunno if it is Tik Tok unboxing shit or if they are chasing the super duper rare collectors edition cards but..its a fucking problem.

Around right before corona happened and all this started one of the first things to get sucked into scalper hell and only get worse in some cases was blind box figure stuff. Foudn that out the hard way watching some blind box figures from the 2000s spike to 60 and then 100 then 600 each over the course of like a week for no reason. it's been made infinitely worse by tiktok much like pokemon stuff did.

EDIT: I was far too lenient witht he timeframe (originally said 5-3 months), Just remembered how quick it shot up on my example and yes I am still mad about it because it's not even something there's any demand for like the current shit being scalped. the "value speculator" people just scooped up some stupid old shit I wanted tied to a video game for no reason and have been squatting on it since. wasn't even a super currently popular one either.

 

[stupid frog]

Were they scalpers or collectors? So many questions.

Probably both.

 

[Negev]

I dunno if it is Tik Tok unboxing shit or if they are chasing the super duper rare collectors edition cards but..its a fucking problem.

I think its a mix of people wanting to copy whatever their favorite gay twitch streamer/youtuber and the people seeing those people and knowing they will be able to scalp them and the twitch/youtubers for LOADS of money. Just look at youtubers buying cards for thousands or even millions of dollars, and then their fans want the same cards and buy tons of them too. As usual streamers are a cancer to all they touch.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I think its a mix of people wanting to copy whatever their favorite gay twitch streamer/youtuber and the people seeing those people and knowing they will be able to scalp them and the twitch/youtubers for LOADS of money. Just look at youtubers buying cards for thousands or even millions of dollars, and then their fans want the same cards and buy tons of them too. As usual streamers are a cancer to all they touch.

That's how lego prices as a whole shot up to the point you have people charging 800+ dollars for a single bionicle part. I watched that shit happen live with the fucking depowered nuva masks fromt he bohrok kal packs when "lego expert influencers" started treating them as rare promo items or misprints, which they weren't at all.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

I was "lucky" enough to be at Traget today and witness a Pokemon card restocking in person. There were five or six guys in their twenties hovered around the shelf and a female employee was sort of holding them back while another male employee was unpacking boxes. I guess they weren't allowed to touch the cards until he was finished. Once he was done, the female employee stepped aside and they all started shoving boxes into their carts or baskets by the armful. Shelf was cleared in literally ten seconds flat. Never seen anything like it. I stood there and watched the whole thing. I'm a gigantic fucking loser and even I was cringing.

I wanted to talk to them and figure out how they knew there was going to be a restock at that specific date and time. Do they just hang out there all day waiting for the boxes come out? I don't get it. Were they scalpers or collectors? So many questions.

sounds like scalpers to me, which I wouldn't call consumers, just a, probably much worse, link in the chain from seller to consumer

 

[SuzukaKobayashi]

Scalpers ruin anything they touch, be it from a toy for kids to a niche thing that because of low demand less is made so they just buy in bulks all of them and then sell at a ridiculous price. This happens with popular things too, you got the opportunist retard buying the same plushie a million times to fuck with the stock and now no one can buy even one. They make CONSOOMING harder but for things that people would actually want to use/have and not just mindlessly buying, it's kinda like the other side of the coin in a way, they consume but in a more pitiful way because they're greedy to another level, at least the funko pop idiots keep them and actually want them, regardless of how distasteful they are.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Scalpers ruin anything they touch, be it from a toy for kids to a niche thing that because of low demand less is made so they just buy in bulks all of them and then sell at a ridiculous price. This happens with popular things too, you got the opportunist retard buying the same plushie a million times to fuck with the stock and now no one can buy even one. They make CONSOOMING harder but for things that people would actually want to use/have and not just mindlessly buying, it's kinda like the other side of the coin in a way, they consume but in a more pitiful way because they're greedy to another level, at least the funko pop idiots keep them and actually want them, regardless of how distasteful they are.

I already brought up earlier how scalpers are basically the endgame/ultimate consoomer, especially in their current state the last several years.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Were they scalpers or collectors?

When it comes to TCGs there is no difference between the two. There are so many worthless trash cards they're buying the packs to find the one card that's either worth money or good competitively at which point it is removed and either sold as an individual lot for a massive markup or added to their deck and then all the other 100+ cards are bundled up and either shoved in a giant Tupperware tote and forgotten about, thrown away, or sold as a bulk lot for a massive markup.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

I already brought up earlier how scalpers are basically the endgame/ultimate consoomer, especially in their current state the last several years.

And I've already explained how that's wrong because owning something to sell means you inherently don't consume it

A bar owner is not an alcoholic because he owns lots of booze

 

[The Lawgiver]

And I've already explained how that's wrong because owning something to sell means you inherently don't consume it

A bar owner is not an alcoholic because he owns lots of booze

He is if he's guzzling it and attempting to price gouge stock at the same time. It's how you end up with feedback loops that produce 2000 dollar lego men. drunks pretending to be bartenders and "trick" other drunks to fuel their own booze addiction.

I watched a guy fucking make scalper ebay listings for shit before he even bought it a week back, It's only further solidified my view of em. They're junkies high off their own supply... if their supply was from someone that made it and they bought to resell it... which druggies already do so uh.... well shit.

 

[Skylavijas]

It is seriously bizarre that something as basic as card games are getting commodified to a point that many people see them as nothing else, but as a physical stock investment.

 

[The Lawgiver]

It is seriously bizarre that something as basic as card games are getting commodified to a point that many people see them as nothing else, but as a physical stock investment.

it's only the english versions too, unless that changed. Last I checked the JP pokemon cards are still dirt cheap. Then again last time I checked was like a year or so back, but this is still true for vidya.

 

[XL xQgg?QcQCaTYDMjqoDnYpG]

It is seriously bizarre that something as basic as card games are getting commodified to a point that many people see them as nothing else, but as a physical stock investment.

If you believe that the behavior of treating unusual objects as speculative trading vehicles is somehow caused by a regress of culture and "commodification", then may I introduce you to the tulip mania of the 1630s during the Dutch Golden Age?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

At least cardstock and plastic have a much longer shelf life than tulip bulbs do

 

[Lovely Kin]

It is seriously bizarre that something as basic as card games are getting commodified to a point that many people see them as nothing else, but as a physical stock investment.

I also feel bad for the workers who have to deal with these man children as well. They apparently one of the worst customers to deal with, and have actual tantrums.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

He is if he's guzzling it and attempting to price gouge stock at the same time.

And again, the conclusion is the same
>It's not consumption
>It is if he's ALSO consuming

Yes, X thing isn't Y, but it IS if it's X and also Y
But X thing itself still isn't Y
If you have to add "But what about cases where it's also Y!" then you admit it's not Y inherently