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Nearly $7,000 of merchandise gone in just a few minutes.
Surveillance video captures a suspect breaking into an Arizona card shop and making off with thousands of dollars in rare Pokémon cards and collectibles.
Investigators say the burglary caused heavy damage to the store, with nearly $7,000 in merchandise stolen, and the suspect hasn’t been identified.
Store owners across the country have been warning about a rise in targeted Pokémon card thefts as the collectibles market keeps exploding in value.
April saw a record amount of ONE PIECE cards through the grading room, captained by the collectability of Monkey D. Luffy.
It was enough to power ONE PIECE ahead of all sports categories for the month.
In TCGs like Pokémon, "trading" means swapping cards with others at shows, shops, or online based on their real-world market values (from sites like TCGPlayer).
Yes, it's extremely common to add cash ("cash on top") to even out unequal trades so both sides feel fair without needing perfect 1:1 matches. It's how the hobby actually works in practice.
AMP founder @AnjneyMidha thinks GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is onto something with his eBay bid.
He says that eBay's 10K filing showed it spent $2.4B on marketing to acquire a million users, or $2,400/ user, in FY2025.
"I don't think he's buying eBay because he thinks he's smarter than eBay's product team. I think he's buying eBay because he can see $2 billion of fat that Wall Street has been pricing as fixed costs. So he goes, 'Let me cut that, and the interest on the debt just pays for itself.'"
Anjey also says Cohen could use Gamestop's 1,600 retail locations to physically authenticate collectors' items, which eBay does big business in.
I see a lot of people dismissing @ryancohen’s proposal for $GME to acquire eBay.
Rookie mistake.
He started Chewy (now $10B company), saved GameStop from its demise, and has created a fortified balance sheet.
Ryan is a winner with a track record of doing the impossible.