Massive TCG Order Cancellations
Did your Pokemon 30th Celebration order survive the sweep? Real collectors are getting caught in the crossfire of this massive anti-bot crackdown.
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Your Pokémon 30th Celebration order might already be canceled. This week, the Pokémon Center wiped out transactions for the upcoming TCG expansion.
Retailers are fighting an aggressive war against scalper bots targeting high-demand nostalgia merchandise. This highly anticipated set reprints legendary chase cards, like the original base set Charizard.
Pokémon Center previously blocked scalpers by canceling over 42,000 Phantasmal Flames items last September. To slow down resellers, the company even restricted some priciest anniversary boxes.
Access to Japanese citizens. Pokémon Center canceled thousands of orders in a messy anti-bot sweep that caught ordinary manual shoppers as collateral damage.
