Yeah Walmart and Target are guilty of violating street date, even though I'm not a big fan of having street dates existing in general. If a place has the product, great, that's where the business is going to flock to. Usually when one huge chain violates street date, all the other chains follow in order to compete and ensure their business isn't going elsewhere. What else could be done, it's all about competition....
As for the packs at these places, I no longer believe in buying them there. When Diamond and Pearl came out at Target 2 weeks early, I bought every pack off the shelf (they had around 40). I did not get a single LV X in any of those packs. I tried the same thing with other sets and still had no luck. I actually got junk cards in most of the packs and way too many doubles on junk rares that no one would trade for. I even have horrible luck in the promo tins and holo pop blister packs! It seems as if they know to put bad packs in the blister sets. Could it all be a conspiracy?? :lol:
As a serious collecter and avid player that wants to have all the cards and the best cards for the best rogue decks (what I think are the best for me anyway), I find it much cheaper and easier to get my boxes on Ebay. They are generally $70 with shipping from my seller, and you are guaranteed more out of one box than just taking your chance with individual packs on the store shelves, believe me from experience and losts of money lost in the process... Just my 2 cents.