Yeah, but at least it's not like in the craptastic show, where they're basically gym leader replacements for another milked season, so that's a bit better, I guess (even if it takes ages to get to them). Blah, the BF was such a pain and I hate the arc it spawned in the manga, so I mostly just hung around every now and then for Battle Points.
What items are purchasable there, now?
(Oh, and I just clicked a link to see a Magikarp solo Palmer's team out, pretty much.)