I don’t think they should be matching the value to any staff card. That’s self-imposed by the market after the cards are given out and sold. If that’s the case, no volunteer is going to be wanting the lesser staff Pokemon card. They should all be getting a Charizard to be equally compensated.
Exactly, all of the promos should be of the same card and each should have an alternate artwork. This way, every person is equally compensated.
And I’m sure often times these cards are stolen and don’t even end up going to the volunteer.
These cards are (were?) sent to the address participating in the pre-release, and are meant to be distributed by the TO to everyone they deem to be "staffing" the tournament (including themselves). If your TO hasn't distributed these, despite you feeling like you're owed one, you can either report the situation, or stop supporting such TO. If these cards are outright stolen by somebody they don't belong to, that's a crime and Pokemon cannot control these instances.
I just feel like this is part of a larger issue with the hysteria, FOMO, scalping, and “invest in everything” mentality that has been going on even more than normally in the community as of late. Which I have found to be pretty negative.
But it's not. Investing is only bad if it affects regular players, making it unable for them to play the game, purchase regular product, or access cards they need for their decks. As long as all the pieces of high collectible value remain "collectibles" and nothing else, nobody's affected negatively. The only reason you'd buy any of these cards is to have them. As long as that's the case, no price is unreasonable. You cannot have something that's rare, desirable and "cool to own", but also cheap.
I feel like some people see the recent boom and, instead of laughing at it or awaiting the inevitable crash, get their own version of FOMO and get annoyed that they haven't bought them when they were underpriced.