Without a doubt, thePokemon Trading Card Gameis one of the most popular and successful trading card games in the world. Rare cards have been known to go for thousands of dollars at auction, which means that counterfeit cards can be a real problem for fans. Now, a YouTuber is accusing Walmart of selling fakePokemon TCGproducts to scam card collectors.
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The issue came to Deep Pocket Monster’s attention when a member of his Discord community, fellow collector JediMasterSquirtle, reported a relative being scammed. They had purchased the box for $169, only for him to discover when opening it that anin-demand Charizard trading cardwas named Caterpie instead. Deep Pocket Monster decided to buy the box himself to confirm its fraudulent status. After being sent the fake collectible, he contacted the retailer and confirmed that the XY Evolutions Booster box was being sold through a third-party account by the name of JoyBuy. Things took a strange turn when he reported that JoyBuy was tied to JD, a Chinese online retailer that partnered with Walmart in 2017.
According to Deep Pocket Monster, Walmart now owns about 12% of JD’s stock, meaning that JoyBuy isn’t just a random accountscammingPokemonfans online. The YouTuber claims he sent Walmart the evidence to try and get the product removed, but the retailer has yet to respond. Apparently, Deep Pocket Monster was eventually refunded for the fraudulent purchase, but the process was very challenging and required him to speak to a number of employees before it was finally approved. In his video, he declares that Walmart’s attempts to compete with Amazon have opened up thePokemon TCGcommunity to being scammed. At the time of writing, the counterfeit XY Evolutions Booster box still appears to be available on the site.
