Game Grid - Logan — Attraction in Logan

This is a horrible game store. They told me they are selling pokemon celebrations ultra premium collection, a $125 box, for $300. They cited online sales for reason for the price and an attempt to stop "scalpers." I asked and they said the get from distributors so they are getting it at a price to make profit selling msrp. Other than the price hike they stated no other efforts to stop scalpers such as purchase limits, so it seems to me they are ok with scalpers as long as they pay their marked up price.

TL:DR this store is "combatting" scalpers by becoming scalpers themselves, and shows a blatant disregard for their customers.

Go to toad and tricycle on main street it's a smaller shop that could really use the people and they care about their customers.

Reply: please don't be fooled by the reply. In my opinion it's dishonest people trying to justify bad behavior. The distributors sell at a price so a shop can make money at msrp. Second hand market for collectibles is always inflated because they pay msrp prices. For a shop supplied by distributors to sell at anywhere near the mark up of the second hand market is again in my opinion entirely corrupt and to say they do it for their customers and not to pad their wallet is in my view completely disingenuous. There is no justification I will accept as to why a dealer is selling at such extreme prices other than greed. They then have the audacity to act as though they are doing you a favor by not charging an extra $60 after the $175 mark up. There are other ways of combatting scalpers, such as creating a preorder list, purchase limits, and to an extreme degree unsealing the product taking away the ability for scalpers to resell like shops do in japan, instead they chose to increase their profits at the expense of the customer. I was also told they don't do pre-orders arguing delayed shipments, if this were the case they could just deliver the products late and people would understand. I am now beginning to suspect they do this so they can see what the market price is before selling to gouge as much out of you as they possibly can. They claim that these prices discourage flippers and it probably does because they are selling at scalper prices. They have become functionally indistinguishable from the scalpers themselves.

The misdirection in the reply implying I'm the one looking to screw someone over looking to buy at a 1/3 of the price is disgusting to me. Many stores still sell at msrp including other game grids that I have called. There is a certain respect between store and consumer. Let me put forward another situation. Distributors only sell to stores this happens so stores can get fair prices and help manufacturers guarantee a consistent price across many stores. These actions break that trust it would be the same if I found a way to buy from distributors and cut them out as well. Their actions are not fair to the customer or the manufacturer as it could lead to backlash for them.

Not to mention that the content in the reply directly contradicts what I was told in person at the store. Again this is my opinion and my own deductions make your own choice, however if you shop here I believe you are...

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