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Pokémon card reselling sparks community backlash

Original: Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creato

Pokémon card resellers are being accused of turning the hobby into a ruthless online marketplace. Earlier this month, content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to YouTube and Instagram showing off recently acquired cards, enraging much of the collecting community. The video was later deleted, but criticism of resellers who buy up stock for profit rather than collecting continues to spread across social media.

Why now: Anger over resellers exploiting card scarcity and the Roush controversy has reignited debate in the collecting community.

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• Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger collection community. In the now-deleted video, Roush shows off two… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 2

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