Scalpers are listing Pokémon styled limited Oreo cookies for insanely high prices online. These are far from the first overpriced objects scalpers will list on sites like eBay, but listing Oreo cookies is taking scalping to a new level of ridiculousness.

The collaboration with Pokémon and Oreos started earlier in September, where 16 different types of limited Pokémon Oreos were sold. Some of the Pokémon on these Oreos include classics like Pikachu and Squirtle, as well as starters from other generations such as Piplup and Grookey. But others like Sableye, Lapras, and the mythical Pokémon Mew are also included, with Mew being one of the most valuable of these Oreo cookies.

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Due to the rarity of these cookies, some scalpers have taken to eBay to sell the Oreos for very high prices. At the time of writing, the prices for these cookies range from around $10 at the minimum to up to $25,000 for some listings. Several users have listed the Mew Oreo in particular with the $25,000 price tag, and even though some randomized packages are sold for around $15, Mew is also sold at prices like $5,000. Not helping these listings is that some like the $25,000 listing say the cookie is used. As absurd as it is, it doesn't seem as though Oreo scalpers will stop selling these cookies at expensive tags anytime soon.

Pokémon Oreos aren’t the only Pokémon collectibles that are being scalped online. 2021 has seen a significant increase in Pokémon cards being sold for high prices online. In February, Pokémon cards from McDonald's would be sold for $500 or more each on eBay. As a result of scalpers, Pokémon cards have increased more in value and some stores have had to pull them off shelves due to scalpers stealing them.

Given the history of how far scalpers will go to obtain Pokémon merchandise, seeing these expensive Oreos feels like a natural course of action in some ways. But there is an added layer of absurdity and grossness to selling used cookies at $25,000 compared to selling Pokémon cards. It shows that anything can be treated as a collector's item, be it a piece of paper or a piece of a cookie, for better or worse. It's probable that more valuable Pokémon collector's items will be sold by scalpers in the future, but the main question is how much further can scalpers go than selling cookies that are arguably more pricey than they should be. At the rate of these high price tags, it's only a matter of time before scalpers list the next hot Pokémon item at $100,000 or even more.

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Source: eBay