Collect 151 – Important Announcement

Hey everyone,

We will keep this short and to the point.

Pokémon China have taken a drastic decision that impacts everyone outside of China.

UPDATE: 14 January 2025

Our suppliers were able to secure us stock of Collect 151 Jumbo Booster boxes. However, we are only receiving 40% of the stock that we initially requested. We will also only be recieving a small amount of the confirmed stock on the initial launch date of 17 January, and the remaining stock will be received end of Ferbruary/early March (dependent on when they release the next stock in Mainland China, as well as the Chinese New Year Holidays).

Due to the scarcity of the Jumbo boxes specifically, there is an increase in the cost of obtaining this product.

Unfortunately we are not able to fulfil the orders placed with the previous price, or we will take a dramatic loss. We have decided to simply break even on Jumbo boxes and take no profit from Jumbo Box sales as we want to get these boxes out to our customers.

The price increase that we have to pay to obtain this stock is €25 extra per Jumbo Box. If you are in the 40% and you wish to still receive your ordered Jumbo boxes, based on how many Jumbo Boxes you ordered, you will need to pay €25 extra per Jumbo Box by 24 January 2025. For those within the 40% affected, please expect an email with a payment link from Revolut Business to pay for your additional costs.

For the remaining 60% of the orders that we are not able to fulfil for Jumbo Boxes, we are going to process full refunds for these affected customers.

Should any of the 40% of the customers opt not to pay into the increased price of the product, we will then extend the option to the remaining 60% customers if they wish to pay the difference of the new amount. Whatever amount is left after this, will be added to the site.

We understand a lot of you may be dissapointed by this news, and we truly apologise.

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In short, Pokémon China has decided to keep ALL Collect 151 Jumbo stock for the local market only for launch next week 17 January.

This move came out of nowhere and has stunned everyone that was planning on
selling this item. Many different outlets are reporting the same issue, as the information is officially out. You can look up what others are reporting (or have yet to update their information) and you will see that everyone got the same message today: No Collect 151 Jumbo stock for “Dealers” for launch next week.

We work with a varied mix of “Dealers” and “Shops/Gym Owners” in China. Our dealers have received no stock with only some of the shops receiving a single Jumbo box for their entire store!
There are rumours that there’s a 2nd wave in February but according to our order policy we can’t hold money for unfulfilled stock for that long. If this second wave drops then the pricing will also be dramatically different from the original pricing.

We will refund your order money and should a 2nd wave of stock become available, new orders will need to be placed. This is to protect our reputation and most importantly your investment.

Next steps:
1. You will receive a PayPal refund next week for all Collect 151 Jumbo orders.
2. You will receive an email from us confirming the cancellation of all Collect 151 Jumbo stock. UPDATE: If Slim stock is 100% confirmed, we will give the option to swap your Jumbos for Slims. Check back for more updates.
3. If you have Gem Packs or Slim or Eternal Beginnings orders, we will keep that
in stock for the meantime as indicators show that we can still source these items. If you prefer a full 100% refund, please contact us immediately so we can process a full refund for you.

What about Collect 151 – Slims, Gem Packs and Eternal Beginnings?
1. We are told by our shop owners in China that they can get this stock, but we are 100% not certain if they will and at this stage, we want to rather stay on the safe side and have stock on hand that we can physically touch before we restock on the website.

We are really sorry for this, but it’s out of our hands and like Brock says, “When you have lemons, you make lemonade; and when you have rice, you make rice balls.”

This is a developing story, and we’ll keep you updated and, in the loop, as and when we find out more.

-PokiPair Store
10 January 2025