This Twitter user posted an interesting thread about the MJ Holding situation, and how distributors work.
"Seeing a lot of posts surrounding MJ Holding and GT Collectibles and wanted to make a little thread digging a little deeper into what’s really going on here.
For some, none of this information is new or surprising, but there are some misconceptions about the distribution process at big box retailers right now, so hopefully this will clear some things up.
I will also offer my theory on what exactly is going on with GT Collectibles."
https://x.com/_bismack_/status/1901739737041211617?s=19
Edit: Obviously take it with a grain of salt, But I am curious, what your take on the whole MJ Holding and distributor situation is?
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Is there supposed to be a link to a thread in that tweet, or do you need an account?
For me, it shows the thread when I click on it. But if it doesn’t show up for other people then the whole thread makes no sense 
What are you getting when you click the link?
The tl;dr, the person claims MJ Holdings is using a shell company (GT Collectibles) to sell product at a price they want rather than msrp. This has been rumored for almost a decade.
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This then just an enlarged picture. I don’t have a twitter account though
Never ceases to amaze me how many problems with Pokemon cards could be solved by simply printing more.
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Don’t get too crazy man… that could result in more money for TPC and people actually being able to get product. 
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High Jump Kick is the new meta. That’s how you win at Pokemon cards these days.
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i think it is fairly obvious what they can do:
distributor forms selling entity → distributor sells to selling entity instead of lgs, etc → selling entity now owns all of the distributor stock and can unload at market price instead of distributor price → ??? → profit!
That’s an idea TPCi has never thought of.
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They could also raise prices…
But that doesn’t sound as nice
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That would make the resellers and scalpers more fiends
Don’t you think increase in price would make the resellers go even harder in doing the crap they do?
They’d have fewer customers at higher prices points and would go back to flipping other things with bigger margins. They weren’t here when you could buy a pack for 4$ and sell for 4.5$.
Obviously they’re here when you can buy packs for 6 and sell for 10
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Ive removed a half dozen of these as well as let another half dozen through. Its a fair conspiracy as long as they stick either to facts or vague ideas. Once they start linking to crackpot influencers claiming theyve figured things out and are exposing them, its a bit too much unfounded misinformation to leave up.
As far as if its happening, it wouldnt surprise me.
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Yeah you’re right. I forget sometimes that the market TPC is targeting is the same one from 20 years ago. The consumer who plays the game.
There’s just a certain margin of instant profit that, when it exists, will attract these types of people. They cannot help it. They did the same thing in COVID. There can’t be more than a dollar or so between buy price and immediate sell price or these folks will swarm. Obviously they should print more to get this fixed but since they don’t wanna do that, a temporary price increase is fine by me
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Lol genuinely chuckled at this. You’re right about if a dollar margin comes across their lap they’d have to pounce. Unfortunately raising the prices would be good & bad.
Pros: Certain % of scalpers would die down.
Market could ease a bit.
Supply availability.
Cons: Still some scalpers.
Hurts target audience.(kids)
Prices increase.
It probably cost more money to be a scalper than it does to work a regular 9-5
