Houston Woman Went in Best Buy for a Laptop. She Came Out Running with a Pokémon Tin Instead
It was worse than a Black Friday sale.
Pokémon TCG cards have a strong collector base, but Lex (@where_to_lex) went to Best Buy for a laptop. Instead of leaving with her intended purchase, she had to rush to her car in fear of devoted fans and scalpers over a Pokémon TCG tin.
“So today, I almost got [redacted] by a bunch of Pokémon nerds,” Lex told social media. She made a cutthroat gesture, emphasizing the severity of her situation. Lex came from Hobby Lobby to get supplies for her sister’s baby shower when she spotted a line outside Best Buy. She looked and found out that Best Buy was having a sale on TVs, laptops, and other gadgets.
“I am in the market for a new laptop,” Lex explained. The Best Buy sale seemed like a fortunate coincidence, so she decided to line up. But as she was walking up the line, she saw people in tents. She said she found chairs and umbrellas, as if people had been waiting there for a while.
“Man, this must be a really good sale going on or something,” Lex thought to herself. When she got in line, Lex said there were at least 40-50 people in front of her. She asked the people ahead what they planned to buy at Best Buy. Lex soon discovered that the people with her were serious about Pokémon.
“Everyone just turns and goes, ‘The Pokémon tins, duh.’ I now know what I’ve gotten myself into,” Lex said. She was no stranger to Pokémon—Lex said her son loves it, and she used to collect cards herself. Lex decided to grab a tin on top of her laptop.
Worse than a Black Friday sale
“We’re pretty far back here, so we’re probably not gonna get any,” somebody in the line allegedly told Lex. She shrugged it off, because her priority was to get a new laptop and take advantage of the sale. When the doors at Best Buy opened, Lex said people began sprinting.
“Mind you, you still have to be at the spot you were outside. Obviously, we’re not gonna be cutting people,” Lex said. Nevertheless, she noticed one lady cut in line like an eager, unruly child who’s eager to get on a park ride. Then someone in line allegedly shouted at the lady, ordering her to get back in line because they had been camping out for a chance to get a Pokémon TCG tin.
The lady, not wanting to tussle with the mob, said, “Okay,” and went back to the end. With the line moving, Lex started talking to a woman behind her. The woman eagerly shared that she’d collected the blue and green tins but didn’t have the red Pokémon TCG tin yet. Lex nodded along, even though she was lost in the conversation.
“Look, my son will be happy with the Pokémon—with anything I get him,” she recalled. Once Lex got closer, she started counting the tins and realized that there might not be enough for everyone. A substantial number of people were still ahead of them. Nevertheless, Lex and the woman behind her were called next in line.
There were only two tins left. By some stroke of luck, Lex and the woman got the red tins. They were happy, and then the store employee allegedly announced, “That’s all the tins! No more tins are available!”
Escaping an angry mob at Best Buy
“I freeze, because all of these other people behind us—there’s probably like, 50 people behind us still,” Lex explained. They were reportedly complaining, grumbling about the Pokémon TCG tin they camped out for. Lex and the woman locked eyes and realized they needed to leave Best Buy immediately.
“Yo, [expletive] the laptop. I’ll come back another day,” she said. Lex claimed that not only were people glaring at her, but she also heard footsteps following her to the parking lot. Lex had to get in her car and speed out of Best Buy—all because of some Pokémon superfans and scalpers. Nevertheless, Lex came out unscathed, and her son unboxed his Pokémon tin in her update.
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