swoosh Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 55 minutes ago, biggie. said: Seal up that Mahomes card and throw it in a fireproof safe. Immediately. *Two years later* 🙃 @MookieMonstah hook me up with some Herbert cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ForTheThumb Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 If you're into collecting, check out NBA Top Shot. Pretty cool idea and product. The site is still in beta and has a lot of growing pains, but I like it because it eliminates all the annoying parts of trading physical cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 7 hours ago, naptownskinsfan said: Honestly, this got me out of the hobby last year. I got a couple boxes of Bowman Mega Box from Target, but scalpers soon got them on the market for 2-3 times the MSRP price. of $19.99. And those boxes were some of the best hits too. My local card shop was selling them for $40, and a card shop in Dallas while I was on vacation was charging $50. This year, the same Mega Boxes were going for $60 or more online. The scalpers have worked out when the Excel reps come by. They don't vary their schedules, so they sit and wait. Walmart and Target don't have blanket policies to prevent multiple purchases- it's up to the individual stores to do that. And the scalpers will follow those reps around to all of their locations for the day. I am at the point where I am just going to buy what I want. Adley Rutschman is who I am collecting right now as an Orioles fan, and the chase would be pretty damn expensive. I'll just wait for them to go down, and buy what I need. EDIT: The scalpers also employ bots, so whenever Target releases their online stock of these items, as well as Topps themselves, it gets sold out in no time, just like the new gaming consoles. Yeah well mega boxes for the newest prizm are being priced up to $150-200 now. I'd kill to find one for $60. I'm in the same boat as you though with just buying what you want, but it would also be nice to crack open a few packs every once in a while. Unfortunately the scalpers ruin it for everyone. The day I walk in and see them waiting by the cards is the day I get kicked out of my Target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 8 hours ago, biggie. said: Seal up that Mahomes card and throw it in a fireproof safe. Immediately. Just finished grading at PSA. Should be shipping to me today! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 7 hours ago, swoosh said: *Two years later* 🙃 @MookieMonstah hook me up with some Herbert cards. I’ve pulled some nasty ones. Pulled a 1/1 National Treasures Collegiate booklet for a guy in one of my breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just hit a 1/1 Patrick Mahomes auto out of honors!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, MookieMonstah said: Just hit a 1/1 Patrick Mahomes auto out of honors!!!!!! Woah, need a pick of that bad boy. Congrats! Edited February 22, 2021 by JonStark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, JonStark said: Woah, need a pick of that bad boy. Congrats! I’ll post one as soon as it comes in! Won it in a break 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHARMON9 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I have football cards from the late 99s and early 2000s. Issac Bruce, Randy Moss, Jerry Rice. Do I have some type of money here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 5 hours ago, GHARMON9 said: I have football cards from the late 99s and early 2000s. Issac Bruce, Randy Moss, Jerry Rice. Do I have some type of money here? Rookie cards have value, depending on the set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 13 hours ago, MookieMonstah said: Just hit a 1/1 Patrick Mahomes auto out of honors!!!!!! Hope you trust the breaker to get it to you. I've read stories of a popular breaker shorting cards to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 7 hours ago, naptownskinsfan said: Hope you trust the breaker to get it to you. I've read stories of a popular breaker shorting cards to people. I was just in a break where there was a random pause in action and the opening of next pack (all of the packs were cut open at the beginning and put in a pile) magically gets larger with a blip in the audio. I'll never trust a breaker that I haven't worked with again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, JonStark said: I was just in a break where there was a random pause in action and the opening of next pack (all of the packs were cut open at the beginning and put in a pile) magically gets larger with a blip in the audio. I'll never trust a breaker that I haven't worked with again. Yeah that’s not cool. The reason that Jabs doesn’t use eBay anymore is because of how scammy he got and the amount of reports that people were missing product when they finally received shipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 12:11 AM, naptownskinsfan said: Hope you trust the breaker to get it to you. I've read stories of a popular breaker shorting cards to people. They’re one of the biggest breakers in the game, won it on mojobreaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 8:03 AM, JonStark said: I was just in a break where there was a random pause in action and the opening of next pack (all of the packs were cut open at the beginning and put in a pile) magically gets larger with a blip in the audio. I'll never trust a breaker that I haven't worked with again. Oof. That’s brutal. I only join breaks I trust, I actually run breaks myself. Nothing huge like some of these big dogs though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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