I have been searching for Pokémon trading cards for my daughters and in
the process have become hooked.

Well.. its been very difficult to find starter decks, and booster packs
are hit or miss.

I got lucky and walked into a Best Buy as the guy was putting up the
last of his theme decks, I wasn't cruel! I just bought one of each theme
and left the rest for some other lucky bastard. 

I found starter decks, at a lumber shop! The owner apparently is into
Magic the Gathering and decided to diversify He shows up in the
distributors list. He was gouging but they were the only decks I found
in an 80 mile radius of St. Clair Shores, MI.

I continue to search for inexpensive cards. Its seems anyone that has
them has begun to raise the price. Booster packs: $8.00 at a 1/2 card
shop, $4 at Media Play, $3 at Toys R Us, Starter Packs: none found.
Ebay: is another gamble, you may find them but they are getting rarer.
As soon as someone finds out they're in stock, they're gone. 

In my travels, I've found a few stories, two today. Toys R Us has 14,000
units ordered but hey don't expect delivery of what was ordered. If
history repeats itself, they'll only get a quarter of what they order.
Or none of what they ordered and something entirly different or so they
store manager said.

The other tidbit is....Meijers will no longer carry pokemon cards
because they have been outbid for product by other sources and they
(Meijer) refuse to gouge their customers, saying they'll wait until the
furvor dies down and demand returns to normal.

Luke Naud