Collectors press big retailers to stop scalper bots buying up Pokémon cards
Collectors are calling on major retailers to do more against scalpers using automated bots to snap up Pokémon card stock, saying the practice is damaging the hobby for genuine buyers, according to MSN. The complaints include accounts from collectors such as a Melbourne father.
Bot-driven sellouts are why so much product never reaches shelves at retail price and ends up on secondary listings at a markup instead. Pressure like this is what pushes chains toward raffles and purchase limits, but talk from retailers is cheap. Watch whether any actually change how drops work.
Our read, from the people who buy and sell these cards. Opinion, not financial advice.
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MSN Pokemon card collectors tell retail giants to do more against ‘plague’ of bots ‘killing the hobby’ Published Oct 9, 2026Figures are as reported by the source; we haven't verified the sale ourselves.