Stacey Solomon has hit back at ‘absolute lies’ after she was accused of ‘queue-jumping’ at a Pokemon card launch and buying up stock to sell online.Wednesday was a big day for collectors of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, as new ‘celebration packs’ were released to mark the game’s 30th birthday.Described by fans as the brand’s biggest day for years, huge queues began forming at retailers around the country.Most retailers limited fans to one product type per customer in a bid to deter buyers from buying up stock and reselling online, otherwise known as ‘scalping’.In a social media post shared on Thursday, Stacey, 36, and her husband Joe Swash, 44, were accused of ‘skipping the queue’ at Geek Retreat in Chelmsford before they allegedly ‘bought most of the stock, leaving about 10 items for the 200+ people still waiting’.Stacey has now responded to the post on X, calling it ‘the biggest lie’ and insisting that she and her family ‘joined the queue like everyone else as soon as it started forming’. Stacey Solomon has hit back at ‘lies’ after she was accused of ‘queue-jumping’ at a Pokemon card launch and buying up stock to sell on Wednesday was a big day for collectors of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as new ‘celebration packs’ were released to mark the game’s 30th birthday (Stacey pictured with L-R son Leighton, 14, son Zachary, 18, and her brother Matthew at the Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco earlier this year)The original post from Pokemon fan page ‘We Love Pokemon’ said it was the ‘worst 30th Celebration story I’ve seen’.’Geek Retreat Chelmsford told customers they weren’t allowed to queue until 30 mins before opening, they weren’t allowed to park outside the shop, and there would be a 1pp limit,’ they wrote.’All of that went out the window when two celebrities (Joe Swash & Stacey Solomon) showed up. They parked right outside, skipped the queue and bought most of the stock, leaving about 10 items for the 200+ people still waiting.’ Stacey replied to the viral post, writing: ‘This is the biggest lie and it’s outright disgraceful to put a small business in this position.’We joined the queue like everyone else as soon as it started forming. We were sold the exact same limit as everyone else and they were all opened like everyone else’s.’Stacey added that her eldest son Zachary, 18, ‘and I have been collecting pokemon cards for years. We’ve queued at many places, many times like everyone else.”In fact that same morning after the school run I queued in Waterstones and didn’t make it to the front before they sold out. And Zachary was queuing in Romford that morning at Smyths from 7am and they had sold out too’So the absolute lies in this post that are having a negative impact on Geek Retreat Chelmsford are so unwarranted and unfair. They handled the situation so well given what they were dealing with.’ In a social media post Stacey and her husband Joe Swash were accused of ‘skipping the queue’ at Geek Retreat in Chelmsford before they allegedly ‘bought most of the stock’ Stacey replied to the post, writing: ‘This is the biggest lie and it’s outright disgraceful to put a small business in this position’ Referring to claims that Stacey was exempt from the shop’s ‘one of each product per-person limit’, another Pokemon fan claimed ‘plenty people seen you walking out with multiple boxes’Referring to claims that Stacey and Joe were exempt from the shop’s ‘one of each product per-person limit’, another Pokemon fan posted in response: ‘I was there and plenty people including myself seen you walking out with multiple boxes, why are you lying?’ Stacey replied: ‘Yes you could buy one of each set. Like in most stores. Anyone who collects these cards knows it’s the same everywhere depending on what they have in.’I bought one of each set. Like most people in the queue. They also were not walking out with just one item. Why are you lying and making it sound like I was able to buy anything different from anyone else?’She also laughed off an AI generated post which claimed that she and Joe were planning an event on live-stream shopping platform Whatnot to sell on the cards they had bought.Geek Retreat in Chelmsford also responded to the allegations after their business was flooded with one star reviews from disgruntled fans. ‘We would like to address some of the negativity and aggression we have received today,’ a post shared by the shop on Facebook reads.’Today we ran the release of the Pokemon 30th Anniversary set in a way that we genuinely believed would best support our customers, maintain fairness and help reduce scalping.’ Geek Retreat in Chelmsford also responded to the allgeations after their business was flooded with one star reviews from disgruntled fansThey continued: ‘We would also like to address the suggestion that certain people, including well-known individuals, were given special treatment today. This is simply not true.’We did not know that any famous people were attending until we saw them outside.’They were not allowed in early, they were not given extra stock, and they were subject to exactly the same one of each product per-person limits as everyone else.’They happened to be second in the queue when we opened, and no member of our team allowed them to skip the queue.’Stacey has been sharing her love of Pokemon for years and along with her sons is a regular attendee of fan events around the world.Last year she treated Zachary to a weekend at a Paris Pokemon Go festival and during a family holiday to the US this summer they headed to the Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco.