A South Carolina man was arrested after leaving his 6-year-old daughter behind in a line for a Pokemon Trading Card Game product release at a local retailer, leaving her with a pillow and a blanket while he went home. An hour after the man left his daughter alone in the Pokemon launch line, police were called in by other line goers to investigate the situation.
Throughout the decade, Pokemon TCG product launches have been targeted by scalpers looking to buy up as many packs as possible and sell them at marked-up values on third-party storefronts. This has left customers looking to just buy Pokemon card packs for themselves out of luck. In response, some retailers have taken drastic measures to fight back against scalping, with stores such as Target unsealing Pokemon TCG Elite Trainer Box kits as a way to tank the resale value and make them unattractive to scalpers.
Following numerous instances of scammers successfully stealing thousands of dollars of Pokemon cards, the FBI announces it's investigating.
While Pokemon TCG card launches still attract customers in droves, one man took a drastic measure that saw police get involved. According to reports from Charleston television stations...
