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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Oak Harbor, WA
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#272 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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I don't know about sports cards but I do know about MtG. MtG finance took off about a decade ago. Due to a couple of things. A newish format of play gaining massive popularity and an old format of play seeing a resurgence. Prices on cards that were promised to not be printed ever again spiked and it attracted investors. Some of it is silly in my opinion as some of those cards are junk and no one would realistically play with them. They are just super rare being from the earliest sets with much lower in comparison print runs.
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#273 |
Valiant 'The Thread Killer'
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Yeah I can't afford mahomes rookies outside of the one I have.
I was buying kelce and hills but those are going up as well. I did snag kelce one of one rookie though. |
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#274 |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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#275 | |
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Join Date: May 2001
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Buy what you want on ebay, or some other marketplace. To give you any example. Recently I purchased and 2013 Prestige Green Extra Points Kelce RC auto to /25, 2019 Encased Superscribe Gold Kelce Auto to /10, 2013 New Generation Red Kelce RC to /250 for $150 for all 2020 Phoenix - Mahomes Silver, Mahomes Flame Throwers Purple to /149 and Silver Flame Throwers, Kelce Fire & Ice(Cracked Ice) to /50, Kelce Hot Routes to /149 and Silver Hot Routes all for a grand total of $10. You can find great value on ebay. Sure sometimes it might be frustrating, but it can be very much worth it. |
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#276 |
Everybody Lies.
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: 22 Acacia Avenue
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What's the best place to buy cards these days? When I was a kid, we'd buy them all from a local place in Olathe called Sports Cards & More on Harrison by the Go Chicken Go. Places like that don't really exist where I live now (or many other places these days?).
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#277 |
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Join Date: May 2001
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#278 |
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Join Date: May 2001
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ebay
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#279 | |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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Back in the 90's sports card stores were everywhere, but they're like finding a unicorn these days as far as I can tell Seems like the best bet these days is to buy unopened boxes online, but even that scares me a little bit... theres so much money in it right now that I wouldn't put ANYTHING past people As in going through the packs for the top cards, then resealing the box and individual packs I love the hobby and will always buy cards, but not like in the 90's... too many of my best cards (cards supposedly worth $100 or better) from that era eventually tanked HARD and arent worth anything more than $5-20 these days |
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#280 | |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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Its a free country, but it seems to me that some of what flippers do is ruining the hobby, just like over production did in the 90's It doesn't help that we now have $1000 dollar boxes, either, taking away the opportunity for kids (and many adults) to have a shot at big money cards just kinda sucks the soul out the hobby IMO |
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#281 |
The Insider
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lake of the Ozarks
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I love autograph 8x10 pictures. That's my collection hobby.
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#282 | |
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Join Date: May 2001
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Tracy Hackler with Panini addressed the retail issue recently and it sounds they are taking the issue seriously that may result in changes with how they demand their retail products be sold. He encourages people to report those retail supply issues with Panini directly. Find out who supplies the cards to Walmart from their manager. It will probably be a company like MJHolding or some such. Then make a complaint to Panini. I guess some people have been fired over it within the distributors. You can find what he says about it here. I agree on retail though. I hate adults who take every damn thing off the shelf. The price point of retail is meant for children to be able to afford the hobby. Then you have jackasses that come in and take every damn Prizm or whatever it may be blaster for $20 then turn around and put them up on ebay for 40-80. I have nothing against some one making a profit, but limits need to be set per purchase and times of distribution needs to be published so the look of impropriety is lessened. Have you every thought of putting in a ebay search and see who is seliing retail items for profit in your area? You can search in a ebay search for listings close to you. It might help you find out if there are being flipped, or your days are off and just missing out. Might be wise to just state your case to your local walmart manager and maybe you can find out when the distributor delivers. My local walmart it is on Weds and Thurs and 11:30am. |
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#283 | |
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Join Date: May 2001
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If by flipper you mean buying unopened retail product and selling for profit, then not really. I will buy a few blasters here and there, but is just for fun to open. All my unopened products are hobby, not retail. |
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#284 |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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Very insightful post, Sponge... watched a full 20 minutes of the video
Its incredible to me that we now have youtube channels devoted to this stuff, kinda mind blowing to be honest, didn't fully realize it was a nationwide racket problem until tonight... just goes to show how much money is at stake Hackler came off like a dancing mobster trying to explain the issues away... "we're uhhh working on it, and uhhh we're getting there and its all about the kids and being fair, herp" Rep for that video, learned plenty there... thanks for the education |
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#285 | |
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Join Date: May 2001
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To give you some real insight how actual crazy it has become in the past few years. In 2017 I was buying 91-92 fleer basketball boxes for $3-5 bucks each here and there just to hang on to. Not many really. Now 91-92 basketball is the junkiest of junk wax basketball so take that into account. I think the boxes sell for 80-100 now each. |
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