Customers rushing a Walmart store looking for Pokémon cards is the latest example of trading-card fever gkay@businessinsider.com (Grace Kay)
Customers rushed a Walmart store s shelves on Friday after Pokémon cards were restocked.
Earlier in the month, Target stopped selling them after a man pulled a gun in the parking lot.
The value of Pokémon cards has skyrocketed since the pandemic started. One rare card sold for $360,000.
Customers rushed into a Walmart store on Friday morning, clearing out shelves full of Pokémon cards.
The customers gathered outside a Walmart store in Erie, Pennsylvania. When it opened they raced down the aisles after the Pokémon cards had just been restocked by employees, the Instagram user who took the video @tgc grassi told Insider.
Chaos At A Walmart As People Rush To Buy Pokémon Cards
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The continued shortage of Pok
émon cards, fuelled by the pandemic, Twitch streamers, and scalpers, led to a chaotic situation at a Walmart in Pennsylvania. The moment the store opened, folks began to run to the section of the store where trading cards are sold, leading to chaos and one sad sight.
In a video captured by Instagram user tcg grassi and shared by Twitter user bigcards30, around a dozen or more people can be seen rushing through the entrance of a Walmart the moment the doors were unlocked at 7 am. They were there to buy up the newly stocked Pok
Pokemon cards are really hot right now on the reseller market. In fact, alongside the PS5, Pokemon cards are the premier item scalpers are chasing. Not only does this mean normal customers and Pokemon fans can t buy Pokemon cards, but scalpers are showing up to stores and literally fighting each [.]