Time warp at a convenience store

bottomfeeder

I'm sure this isn't a new post but I got to thinking the other day when I stopped at a convenience store in Northern Michigan.

The store had on it shelves boxes and boxes of 1986 Topps wax packs, 1989 Topps and 1992 Upper Deck. Granted there very little value in any of it no matter how much they had, but it did make me feel like I had stepped back in time a bit seeing those packs on a shelf like they were new. Too bad they were only twenty years old and not closer to fifty years old, but hey!

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Visiting an out of the way store and seeing old wax still on the shelves. It's kind of a rush for a brief moment.

wufdude

This is no joke. There was a convenience store that opened up in my hometown in NC when I was around a Junior in high school (1988). They carried some cards but at that time, I had gotten out of collecting. They had typical stuff ('88 Donruss, '90 & '91 Upper Deck, etc.) Well, I went off to college and moved to MD in '98. I was back home a month or so ago and walked into this story and damn if they didn't still have a sealed box of '88 Donruss and '90 Upper Deck sitting there with a price tag of around $30 each I believe. I couldn't believe that at some point the manager wouldn't have finally scrapped these things but I guess he's waiting on that fool that walks in and thinks they've hit the mother lode....

helionaut

Someone posted on the Beckett boards about going into a CVS and finding all their packs marked 90% off. For $100 he walked out with quite a bit of stuff. I've stopped in a couple CVSs areound here, no such luck. Picking up Heritage and Chrome for 30 cents a pack would have me scurrying to every one I could find.

Stone193

<< <i>Picking up Heritage and Chrome for 30 cents a pack would have me scurrying to every one I could find. >>


Heck, I'ld open just about anything for 30 cents a pack!

mike

goudeygold

I think i would rather open up a candy bar for my fitty cent!!



GG