‘I’m frankly disgusted': Karen offers $140 to buy a rare Pokemon card worth $20,000, then goes berserk on her son's after-school counselor when he tells her 'it's not for sale'

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

May 4, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Kids love Pokemon. The idea of training a powerful imaginary creature that equal parts lethal as they are adorable is intoxicating. As we grow up, the nostalgic element of the Poke-franchise evolves into a monetized machine, but the joys of sharing rare cards and talking about your favorite Pokemon is something that never loses value. One Pokemon lover and volunteer childcare worker recently discovered exactly how tainted Pokemon trade can become when folks lose sight of the original pleasures of the game (ie: when Karens get involved).

As a person who works with kiddos regularly, OP (aka u/dingomatemybaby), was excited to bring a rare Pokemon card that he owned to the after school program's show-and-tell. This kids were thrilled to take a look at such a rare card, a mint condition Charizard that resells for $15,000-$20,000 on Ebay. One boy in particular grew especially fond of the card and went home to tell his mommy all about it.

Sure enough, the mom immediately texted OP offering to buy the card as a gift for her son's birthday. She came prepared to make an offer of course and sent him a link to some random Charizard card on Ebay that was selling for $140. Thinking she was offering a fair bargain, she told OP that she would give him $140 in cash to buy it from him. He respectfully declined, claiming the card was worth far more than that and was not for sale.

Karen persisted then lost her marbles when she was continually denied, but OP put her in her place.

OP brought the same hostile energy to the table that Karen did and clapped back with some of the best comebacks we've ever seen. Scroll to read the rest of the chat thread, destroying this Karen mom and learning her lesson. For more audacious tales, check out this story about a company that offers employees a pizza party in lieu of grieving time after their favorite employee passed away.