Pokémon Center cancels large volume of 30th Celebration orders in anti-bot enforcement

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  Pokemon TCG fans lose their orders in Pokemon Center crackdown on scalpers & bots - Dexerto
  published 51d agoseen 51d ago

• collateral_impactreported

  Manual buyers within purchase limits reported losing orders

  “One reply came from a manual buyer who hadn’t gone near the purchase limits, just two ebs and stickers and lost the order anyway.”source

• order_cancellationreported

  Pokémon Center cancelled a large volume of 30th Celebration orders during the week of publication

  “Pokemon Center cancelled thousands of 30th Celebration orders this week, and some of the shoppers who lost theirs never touched a bot.”source

• prior_incidentreported

  Pokémon Center previously cancelled over 42,000 botted Phantasmal Flames items

  “Last September, scalpers bragged about botting over 42,000 Phantasmal Flames items in minutes, only for Pokemon Center to cancel the lot before anyone could resell it.”source

• prior_incidentreported

  European 30th Celebration orders were affected by a cyberattack traced to a CEVA Logistics data breach

  “This wave was separate from the cyberattack that hit European 30th Celebration orders last month; that one traced back to a CEVA Logistics data breach, not bot enforcement.”source

• purchase_restrictionreported

  Some of the priciest 30th Anniversary boxes were restricted to Japanese citizens

  “Pokemon already restricted some of the priciest 30th Anniversary boxes to Japanese citizens to slow scalpers down”source

• set_detailreported

  30th Celebration is described as the first Pokémon TCG expansion to launch worldwide on the same day and reprints certified chase cards including the original Base Set Charizard

  “The set is the first Pokemon TCG expansion in the franchise’s 30-year history to launch worldwide on the same day, and it reprints certified chase cards like the original Base Set Charizard.”source