A bit dramatic al of this isn't it, seems like the people writing this don't really play the game. For starters when trading a shiny it's mostly dependent on whether you have registered it to the pokedex before, when trading these comday pokemon I'd assume you'd mirror trade > cheap > with a friend you've got a higher friendship level with (not even mentioned in the article) > cheap. Secondly, if you cannot get 200 candy or even 500 candy on a comday, why even complain it's more your own fault than the games' as you should've just caught a couple more. If you actually play the game you could easily get 100 candy for every 10-15 you catch.
