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$175 bucks? for RACING CARDS?????

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Aug 1 '12, 11:12

WTF

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dude...I forget what it was...but I sold 3 packs of Baseball cards that were $400 a pop -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 11:31 9
- I hope that shit was 1957 Topps. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 11:32 8
  - no. this was last year I sold those. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 11:32 7
    - Topps Tribute -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:33 6
      - We ripped a review box of Tribute this year (I didn't, but my buddy did) - Jim Aug 1, 11:35 4
        
        That's good stuff.... - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:37
        
        Like a splinter from the bat? - amoxy Aug 1, 11:36 2
        
        Like a wood the size of a quarter most of the time. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:37 1
        
        BAH!!! -- nm - Satan Aug 1, 11:42
      - yeah I think that was it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 11:34
Or feed us with this money -- nm - 10 starving families in Sudan Aug 1, 11:18 1
- But where is the profit in that? -- nm - scalpers Aug 1, 11:19
Think it is a case, depends on what is guranteed in the case. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 1, 11:18 3
- Problem is, the 2nd hand market is shit for most products except for the 1-2 mega hits. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:22 2
  - Agreed. I never did cards as the market was too fickle. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 1, 11:26 1
    - I've had to break my habit of buying blind....boxes almost never pan out. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:28
I am in the wrong liine of work. geez. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 11:18
Wait a second. Is that $175 for a *box*, which is craaaaazy, or $175 for a *pack* of 15 cards, which is F**KING BANANAS. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 11:16 10
- 3 packs of cards with 5 cards in each pack. Yeah, it's insane. -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 11:19 5
  - HOLY FRAKKING JEEBUS. That's over $10 *per CARD*. - musubi Aug 1, 11:21 4
    - That's why I enjoy my review boxes so much. I'd never rip this stuff if I was paying for it. -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 11:23 3
      - do you think you are cool talking all collector like and shit? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 11:23 2
        
        No, I think I'm cool because I'm fucking cool! -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 11:25 1
        
        You "think" you are? - The Dark Spawn Aug 1, 11:34
- 3 packs in a box? - groiny Aug 1, 11:19 2
  - A lot of products only have 1 pack boxes. -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 11:20 1
    - yeah...that what I was talking about above. I have a couple of card guys that buy that stuff. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 11:32
- It is a box. 5x3 per Jim's review. -- nm - spamlet Aug 1, 11:16
For any cards, that's asnine. -- nm - spamlet Aug 1, 11:15 22
- I have paid that before, but I got a lot of good shit in it. - groiny Aug 1, 11:19 21
  - At my heroxlix peak I bought 15 cases at $135 per. - The Dark Spawn Aug 1, 11:25 2
    - sucker. We sell cases for $95. - Remlik Aug 1, 11:34 1
      - Not those. Back when cases were *real* cases. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 1, 11:35
  - Wha?!? I mean, seriously, if you get an autograph in every pack, how valuable can they really be? (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 11:20 17
    - Depends on who you get. I just sold a Ric Flair auto for $125. It was # 1/1. Sold a Natalie Coughlin auto before the Olympics for $33. - Jim Aug 1, 11:22 15
      - I simply don't understand the market for these cards. Does anyone still make cheap cards that I can buy for about a buck? - musubi Aug 1, 11:26 14
        
        Yeah, they actually do. I reviewed a box of Baseball cards just recently like that. Um... - Jim Aug 1, 11:29 3
        
        Here's my review...if my boys gave a shit, we'd have collected this one. -- (link) - Jim Aug 1, 11:31
        
        Awesome. That's what I'm talking about. Screw collecting for value. - musubi Aug 1, 11:31 1
        
        Yeah, this set has a Mascot subset...it has cards where a player gives tips on baseball skills - Jim Aug 1, 11:33
        
        Topps does....their base set is about bottom dollar. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:27 5
        
        I'm not looking for value. I'm looking for enjoying opening a pack to see if your favorite player is in there. - musubi Aug 1, 11:30 4
        
        the joy now is not in the cards, it is the inserts. - groiny Aug 1, 11:31 2
        
        That is a shame. I probably still have a billion Topps 88 Alfredo Griffin cards in my parents house somewhere. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 11:34 1
        
        A billion more and we've started to remove the glut of Topps 88 Alfredo Griffins that exist. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:40
        
        I hope you like stars cuz they don't do cards for everyone. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:31
        
        silly moose, baseball cards aren't for kids anymore -- nm - the human tater tot Aug 1, 11:27
        
        nope. - groiny Aug 1, 11:27 2
        
        Damn. Two bucks just for cheap card stock. Collectors have ruined baseball cards. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 11:29 1
        
        yup, I started to hate the business right about the time my shop bit the dust. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 11:30
    - those particular boxes were like 24 packs in a box. - groiny Aug 1, 11:22
Given the prices for massive short printed inserts...you'd need to get a 1 out of 25 top-tier autograph to make that money back. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:15 3
- Nope...Petty stuff from 2011 Showcase is selling in the $30 range. This surprises me...I mean, who's more of an icon in Nascar than Richard Petty? - Jim Aug 1, 11:19 2
  - Petty is short-listed for most autographs ever. If you're a racing fan, you've probably had the chance to get one or two by accident. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:21 1
    - Yeah, I did a "Richard Petty auto*" search on Ebay and there were hundreds of them. -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 11:22

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