One store has had enough of aggressive Pokemon card resellers creating an unpleasant, frustrating and even dangerous environment and experience for staff and fans alike.

The owners of Retro Emporium of Kent, Wash., have decided not to stock the highly anticipated upcoming Pokemon card release, Scarlet & Violet: Prismatic Evolutions, out later this week.

In a post on their Instagram account, the collectibles and nostalgia store announced that "for our personal safety as well as the safety/security of the store," they will not be selling any cards or box sets from the upcoming release, which is scheduled to drop Friday (Jan. 17) in the U.S.

"We struggled with this decision, but at the end of the day, we will NOT sacrifice our safety for... cardboard," the post is captioned.

"The overly aggressive (and entitled) behavior coming from collectors/resellers has reached a whole new level, so, we're OUT on this one. Sorry to those who are not part of the problem... We have tried to be fair and keep everything accessible, but we just can't this time," the caption continues.

See the post, which has nearly 300 likes, below:

Prismatic Evolutions is a colorful, Eevee-focused card series and the U.S. version of the Japanese Terastral Festival set.

Pre-sales for the card series quickly sold out largely thanks to scalpers/resellers late last year. The Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box, which is listed for $49.99 at GameStop, is currently going for up to $200 on eBay.

It's expected that this Friday's release will be very popular and likely draw crowds clamoring to get their hands on the latest cards at retailers such as Target, Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy and more.

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The growing frenzy surrounding the Pokemon card collecting community has unfortunately resulted in a spike in Pokemon card-related crimes and scandals over the past few years.

In 2021, Target briefly stopped selling Pokemon cards following a violent altercation between a shopper and a group of thieves in a parking lot.

In September 2024, thieves in Osaka swiped over $70,000 worth of Pokemon cards from a shop in Japan. Two months later, in December, $315,000 worth of Pokemon cards were stolen from a U.K.-based card grading company in what has been described as "a calculated and targeted attack."

Just a few weeks ago, in early January 2025, a comic book store owner in Santa Barbara, Calif., found his shop had been broken into and burglarized, with over $10,000 worth of Pokemon cards stolen.

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