Good example on how packs are a waste...
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I went to the card shop today and bought a 2500 ct shoe box (to separate and organize my autographs and GU'ed). Also bought some more super thick top loaders for my Final Cuts. While at the card shop and watching the NFL draft, I decided to buy some packs since I haven't bought anything from that card shop in a LONG time. I bought 6 packs of 02 Flair MLB at $6.95/pack (Roughly spent $40). Ok, out of those 6 packs, I pulled this:
Which is the toughest non-numbered insert to pull (1:40 packs). Great pull you may say, but for the $40 I spent, there is one on Ebay for less than $13
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1822468405
So, a) it's not a card I collect and b) I could have gotten the card from Ebay and saved a bunch of $$$. Now you see why I stopped buying packs.
Which is the toughest non-numbered insert to pull (1:40 packs). Great pull you may say, but for the $40 I spent, there is one on Ebay for less than $13
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1822468405
So, a) it's not a card I collect and b) I could have gotten the card from Ebay and saved a bunch of $$$. Now you see why I stopped buying packs.
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<< <i>true, but had u pulled a card selling for $100 on ebay, youve made $60 if u decide to sell, so packs arent always a waste. >>
Now, what's the odds on that actually happening? By the time you've pulled that particular card, you spent 10 times over.
Instead of losing $300 at the craps table I can buy $300 in packs and at LEAST have something to show for it........
so dont complain haha
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<< <i>In My Opinion packs are FUN, which is why Im in the Hobby.....
Instead of losing $300 at the craps table I can buy $300 in packs and at LEAST have something to show for it........ >>
Yes, when buying packs, you pay for the fun of openning them. After the packs are openned, the fun is gone and so is your money. Now you are forced to trade since most likely its nothing you want.
Now Id love to at least have $700 of 1990 Score football commons than nothing.....
No wait I do have about that many of that year, doah......
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<< <i>auto/lyrch, what the hell is the point of talking sh*t about the hobby when you say you don't even collect anymore? let people have their fun without saying bad things about buying packs. stop b*tchin and complainin....it's getting old.... >>
If you don't like what I say, don't read my posts. If you read them, then you must have some interest in it.
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<< <i>I'm not saying I don't like your posts, I am just wondering why you keep posting on a hobby board, if you are out of the hobby? >>
That what I use to ask when you use to come on collectorchat with your racist comments and always talking about the people at your school. Remember one of your favorite words was "wiggers".
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<< <i>Auto are you black or white? >>
Black. But Slipknot aka Firebat use to go to collectorchat always complaining about the people at his school which has nothing to do with sports hobby, yet he wants to try to criticize my posts which is sports hobby related. Yes, I do somewhat get offended when these so called complainers become hypocrites.
<< <i>oh yea, lyrch, I MUST be racist because I used the word "wigger" once. so when did you ask me this lyrch? you tell me that. when did you ask me why I was talking about school stuff? I'm sorry I wasn't talking about sports cards 24/7...not like you ever did. always talking about work and shiz... >>
ONCE???????????? If it was once, why were you repeatedly kicked? And you don't have to talk about sports card 24/7 (you were on a sports card chat though), but don't criticize me for my sports card related statements. If you tired of seeing them, don't read my posts. That would solve your bickering.
so dabeef, do you even KNOW what half the things I am talking about are? I doubt you do, you don't know about all of the shiz I am talking about, and why are you bringing in the music I listen to into this?
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<< <i>well lyrch, let's see, I was talking TO people about things, and what about you and talking about your work all of the time?
so dabeef, do you even KNOW what half the things I am talking about are? I doubt you do, you don't know about all of the shiz I am talking about, and why are you bringing in the music I listen to into this? >>
I only talked about work when SumoJoe kept bringing it up. SumoJoe always made snobbish comments and asked me questions over and over again. I ignore him and he keeps asking until I say something. But as I said before, if you don't like my posts, skip over them. CU has the names of the thread starters. When you see my username as the thread starter, please feel free to skip over them. Maybe I need to add (Slipknot BEWARE!) at the end of each title I post.
<< <i>lyrch, I wasnt repeatedley kicked for using the term "wigger" and I did use it ONCE. the reason I got kicked is because I would mess around with captain, ask him. go ahead, ask him how many times I got kicked for using the word "wigger" >>
I was there. Me, sce, and Captain were kicking you. And I haven't spoke to Captain since the beginning of CE for obvious reasons and a couple of "conflict of interest" as what came out of his mouth.
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Seems like a lame word...
Now the N word I wouldnt ever say to a brother, less we were kickin it with a doobie..
My best Bud while I was in the Air Force, Dale Felton.. Was from Jacksonville,Fl..
I grew up in ND, not many black people but never was important to be or my Mom and Dad...
Anyway, Dale was black, and he asked me how many black people did I know in ND.. I said None..
He lauged at me , I said I handnt been next to a black man till Basic Training.......
Anyway after a few years together in the Military, We were bro's, best friend Ive had..
But now that Ive been out for a few years I lost contact with my Brothu, Dammit.. He was booted for doin the puffy after I left and I have no clue where he went.......
Anyway, dont take wigger bad dude, I dont think its a racist word, plain stupid... rap crap an stuff
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<< <i>well lyrch, let's see, I was talking TO people about things, and what about you and talking about your work all of the time?
so dabeef, do you even KNOW what half the things I am talking about are? I doubt you do, you don't know about all of the shiz I am talking about, and why are you bringing in the music I listen to into this? >>
Are you Dumb? Why am I bringing slipnot into this.. err, moron you have a sig picture and an avatar picture so every post you makes , YOU bring the lamearses into the convo........
<< <i>well, thats not how i always remembered it, but, w/e. no need to do that lyrch, i just felt like posting my opinion on something and it escalated into this...if i posted something, and you had an opinion on it, i wouldn't expect you to stay out of it. >>
Well, your opinion went a little farther than just about pack and box buying. You made your opinion toward me also. That's why it turned into this. DeBeef also posted his opinion, but it was strictly on pack and box buying alone. And if I posted an opinion about something, it would be strictly on the subject of the title, not the person posting it (unless its intended to be about the person such as references, bad trader, etc.).
<< <i>Auto do you get pissed when a white dude says wigger? I didnt even know it was an offending world, one Id never used ...
Seems like a lame word...
Now the N word I wouldnt ever say to a brother, less we were kickin it with a doobie..
My best Bud while I was in the Air Force, Dale Felton.. Was from Jacksonville,Fl..
I grew up in ND, not many black people but never was important to be or my Mom and Dad...
Anyway, Dale was black, and he asked me how many black people did I know in ND.. I said None..
He lauged at me , I said I handnt been next to a black man till Basic Training.......
Anyway after a few years together in the Military, We were bro's, best friend Ive had..
But now that Ive been out for a few years I lost contact with my Brothu, Dammit.. He was booted for doin the puffy after I left and I have no clue where he went.......
Anyway, dont take wigger bad dude, I dont think its a racist word, plain stupid... rap crap an stuff
No, buy sports card chat wasn't the right place for that. Just like kids are on CU. Would it be right for me to cuss in every post I reply to? A lot of people wouldn't be offended, but there are kids here in which I know some of their parents wouldn't approve.
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The topic is: Good example on how packs are a waste...
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<< <i>Conclusion: you're stupid?
which is a joking statement to my <<So, a) it's not a card I collect and b) I could have gotten the card from Ebay and saved a bunch of $$$.>>
LiveandLearn: I'll give ya less than $13 for it....
Another joking statement to my <<Which is the toughest non-numbered insert to pull (1:40 packs). Great pull you may say, but for the $40 I spent, there is one on Ebay for less than $13>>
weasel510: true, but had u pulled a card selling for $100 on ebay, youve made $60 if u decide to sell, so packs arent always a waste.
His opinion about packs and the topic.
DaBeef: In My Opinion packs are FUN, which is why Im in the Hobby.....
Instead of losing $300 at the craps table I can buy $300 in packs and at LEAST have something to show for it........
His opinion about buying packs
Josher416: i dont buy packs anymore but believe me sometimesi would spend 60 or more on packs and get CRap
so dont complain haha
-josh
His opinion about buying packs
slipknot: auto/lyrch, what the hell is the point of talking sh*t about the hobby when you say you don't even collect anymore? let people have their fun without saying bad things about buying packs. stop b*tchin and complainin....it's getting old....
Has nothing to do with packs and you talking about me, not pack buying....
And you wonder why it escalade.
I'll be lucky to get $13 for all five of those cards.
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autobilia: you probably haven't had the best of luck with packs and probably don't really like gambling. I can totally understand giving up on packs, especially if you haven't pulled anything. My suggestion to you is stop buying 3-6 packs and buy a box. That's the only way I ever seem to pull anything. Only time I pulled a good card out of a single pack was a 1998 spx basketball update pack (only 2 cards and both are RC's) I pulled a Carter #ed out of 2500 and sold it on ebay the same week for $680US (yea awhile back!) It was a $55US pack and well I was glad I got something in the first pack, the second pack had nothing!. Try a box and see your luck, more often you will get a nice auto, some RC's etc.
SlipKnot515, is probably more an oldschool pack opener and must remember opening packs in the day when all the best brands were under a buck a pack...ah those were the days....damn Upper deck! Pack opening is alot of fun, the excitement of opening a pack is something that many collectors love. Hey, just imagine you pulled something real nice out of one of those packs autobilia...you would be on the board saying wow, what a great pull! Don't write off packs, until all boxes become like Upper Deck ultimate (yea $150 a pack!) they will still be some fun at a low cost. If everything becomes like that overpriced crap, then I'd give up on packs totally and just buy off dealers and net auctions.
<< <i>Auto-don't feel bad...I did a whole box of Flair and got a Tim Salmon gray swatch jumbo jersey card, 2..yes 2 Bret Boone bat cards, an Edgardo Alfonzo jersey and a Craig Biggio jersey.
I'll be lucky to get $13 for all five of those cards. >>
Did you get a bunch of miscut cards which was a little bigger than the rest? Got a Greg Maddux and Barry Zito that was miscut at the top which made it a little bigger than the other cards.
<< <i>Hey guys don't know why you are fighting over nothing. I can understand both views,
autobilia: you probably haven't had the best of luck with packs and probably don't really like gambling. I can totally understand giving up on packs, especially if you haven't pulled anything. My suggestion to you is stop buying 3-6 packs and buy a box. That's the only way I ever seem to pull anything. Only time I pulled a good card out of a single pack was a 1998 spx basketball update pack (only 2 cards and both are RC's) I pulled a Carter #ed out of 2500 and sold it on ebay the same week for $680US (yea awhile back!) It was a $55US pack and well I was glad I got something in the first pack, the second pack had nothing!. Try a box and see your luck, more often you will get a nice auto, some RC's etc.
SlipKnot515, is probably more an oldschool pack opener and must remember opening packs in the day when all the best brands were under a buck a pack...ah those were the days....damn Upper deck! Pack opening is alot of fun, the excitement of opening a pack is something that many collectors love. Hey, just imagine you pulled something real nice out of one of those packs autobilia...you would be on the board saying wow, what a great pull! Don't write off packs, until all boxes become like Upper Deck ultimate (yea $150 a pack!) they will still be some fun at a low cost. If everything becomes like that overpriced crap, then I'd give up on packs totally and just buy off dealers and net auctions. >>
Heh.. I definately won't be buying any boxes. Got enough commons as is and will be sendig them out to get signed.
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<< <i>I always buy packs of cards... It's fun and entertaining.....It's kinda like a game...if you get a High dollar Card then you win...if you dont then you lose...It's always fun to open packs of cards and get a card even if it isnt a card you collect...even if you do pull a card you dont collect there is a solution to it....trade it for a card you collect... >>
If no one wants it, then you stuck with it. Cards hasn't been fun for me for years. I do like sending my commons off to get signed. It's better than a pack of cards. It's cheaper and when you receive a response, you never know who it is until you open it. And whenever you open it, it's ALWAYS a keeper.
thats what happens to me and lots of us
but you never know what exactly you can pull, because you have a shot at like a griffey, jeter, etc jersey or gu
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<< <i>LOL You don't know how many times I've walked into the cardshop and bought $40-$50 worth of packs and got NOTHING! I mean nothing! Not even a lousy no-name Rc.! Times like that make me tell myself that I'm not going to buy packs anymore. LOL Yeah right! But,if it weren't for buying packs/boxes,there's no way in hell I would have had the cards to trade to get all the Kings cards I now have in my collection! Nor would I have ever have gotten a 01-02 EX Behind the Numbers GJ/Auto #xx/15 Vince Carter!! Try buying one of those on Ebay!
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