Pokémon card YouTuber Xue Tu posted a new video saying that a Taiwanese Pokémon card group-buying chat with nearly 4,000 members had suddenly become “unable to fulfill orders.” The person in charge said the money had been paid to the upstream supplier and they were willing to issue refunds, but were still reconciling the accounts. Some card shops were also affected. In the video title, Xue Tu described the incident as “Little Sheep 2.0?”—just three months after the Little Sheep Cards embezzlement case in August. (Background: Ximen’s Little Sheep Cards allegedly used a “raise, fleece, and slaughter” scheme before absconding with NT$300 million! 15,000 people were removed from the group overnight, shattering the myth of trust in physical stores.) (Additional background: “If you win, it doesn’t count; if you lose, whose loss is it?” Unpacking the Pokémon card scene’s black box of trust, from DOPA back to Little Sheep’s malicious shutdown.) Key points Nearly 4,000-member group-buying chat unable to fulfill orders; person in charge says money was paid to upstream supplier The group-buying chat had operated for about two years; the person in charge is willing to issue refunds but has not disclosed the total amount or timeline More than 700 people were victimized in the Little Sheep Cards case, with losses exceeding NT$80 million Another payment dispute has emerged in Taiwan’s Pokémon card scene. Card YouTuber Xue Tu discussed the incident in a video posted on the 13th. Xue Tu said in the video that the problem this time was with the upstream supplier, affecting multiple card group-buying chats and shops. One group-buying chat had nearly 4,000 members and had been operating for about two years. Members who had paid for preorders have yet to receive their cards or refunds. Xue Tu’s video title described the incident as “Little Sheep 2.0?”, stirring up the card community. Person in charge says they are willing to issue refunds, but are still reconciling the accounts According to reports by ETtoday and Next Apple News, after the incident came to light, the person in charge of the group-buying chat said the money had been handed over to the upstream supplier and that they were willing to handle refunds, but were still reconciling the accounts. Next Apple reported that the person in charge said they would prepare a spreadsheet once the information had been organized, then contact members individually to negotiate. So far, the person in charge has not announced a refund schedule, the total refund amount, or the actual number of orders to be fulfilled. The LINE community, called “Mr. Krabs Card Group Buys,” has thousands of preorder orders that cannot be fulfilled. The person in charge previously posted an apology in the chat, saying they had also suffered losses because the upstream supplier had gone missing, and were checking orders one by one, compiling the information, and processing refunds. The person in charge has not yet responded to media inquiries. Xue Tu questioned why a group that had operated for two years and grown to nearly 4,000 members was asking members to submit information for record-keeping one order at a time only after the problem arose, suggesting that order management may have been inadequate all along. According to a report by EBC News, many members had already paid in full, with some having spent nearly NT$50,000. Some buyers also questioned why the business had been taking preorders for a long time at prices below market rates, while delivery times stretched beyond six months. Shops also affected; total losses have not been confirmed Xue Tu said some card shops were also affected by the upstream supplier’s problems, with their money tied up and orders impossible to fulfill or refund. NOWnews quoted Xue Tu as saying that, unlike previous incidents involving an individual shop, the problem this time was that the upstream supplier had gone missing, leaving downstream shops and group-buying organizers as victims too. Online claims that losses amount to millions or tens of millions of dollars are circulating, but the amount cannot yet be estimated. Frequently asked questions What happened in the “Little Sheep 2.0” Pokémon card group-buying incident? According to ETtoday and Xue Tu’s video, a group-buying chat with nearly 4,000 members cannot fulfill orders. The person in charge says the money was paid to the upstream supplier and that they are willing to issue refunds, but are still reconciling the accounts. Some card shops were also affected. What is the latest in the investigation into the Little Sheep Cards case? According to ETtoday, police counted more than 700 affected players, with financial losses exceeding NT$80 million. On September 15, the case was referred to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office on suspicion of fraud, and the person in charge, surnamed Zheng, was wanted. Related reports Pokémon card shop closures spread to Japan and Hong Kong: shops in Akihabara and Mong Kok cleared out overnight, players may lose everything. Chunghwa Post partners with Pokémon for the first time! Scalper prices reach seven times the original. Dutch customs intercept “1.7 million fake Pokémon cards”—the boxes would have stacked 515 meters high. “Has another Pokémon card group-buying organizer fled? Person in charge of the ‘Little Sheep 2.0 incident’ says the money has already been paid upstream.” This article was originally published by BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news outlet.