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Most Insane Group Rip EVER!!

Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
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I’ve participated on a lot of these in the past year and a half since I’ve been here and I have never seen anything like this past one. 50 post in under 2 min! That’s gotta be a record. I noticed we went from about 190 or so users logged in around 8:55pm to just over 250 by 9:10pm.

Absolutely insane.

I kept refreshing the main page at 8:59 and once 9 hit, I saw Mark thread up just seconds later - I clicked on it, scrolled down and PASTED what I was already going to write. Refreshed my screen and I saw there was about 7-8 people ahead of me. What the heck!!

Absolutely Amazing.

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  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    LOVE IT!!!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
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  • ChiefsFan1stChiefsFan1st Posts: 845 ✭✭✭
    It blew my mind! Heck, I dont even collect baseball, and I got a box of the 1982 Donruss!!
    Definitely a wild time!!
    I dont wanna grow up, Im a Toys-R-Us kid!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And you wonder why you see record setting prices for cards all of the time. image


  • EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭
    I posted at 9:01 and there were 37 people ahead of me!
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now if we could only make things happen with congress.
    Good work on getting this done!
  • bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I’ve participated on a lot of these in the past year and a half since I’ve been here and I have never seen anything like this past one. 50 post in under 2 min! That’s gotta be a record. I noticed we went from about 190 or so users logged in around 8:55pm to just over 250 by 9:10pm.

    Absolutely insane.

    I kept refreshing the main page at 8:59 and once 9 hit, I saw Mark thread up just seconds later - I clicked on it, scrolled down and PASTED what I was already going to write. Refreshed my screen and I saw there was about 7-8 people ahead of me. What the heck!!

    Absolutely Amazing. >>



    I had to post from my phone. I already had the text in the buffer. So I refreshed, saw the topic, clicked, scrolled, reply, paste, submit. Official post time of 6:00PM and I was on the 2nd page (and I missed the 76 by almost 20 spots). I figure I lost 3s scrolling and a couple more making the screen readable -- who knows how many places that would have been image
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It was a raging thread. Reminds me of the old days on here when we had many more people posting. Well, maybe action wasn't that robust back then.

    I too had copied my request, kept refreshing and then replied and pasted as soon as the thread hit. I think I was the third or fourth post which is amazing. Normally I'm the last one to the party. image
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It blew my mind! Heck, I dont even collect baseball, and I got a box of the 1982 Donruss!!
    Definitely a wild time!! >>



    I know what you mean. I signed up for one as well even though I'm still sitting on 80s unopened from a buy I made last year and I'm not actively collecting 80s stuff. I can't resist the chance to pick up a case fresh box and hold onto it. You never know, maybe in another ten years they'll be worth real money. Then again, maybe not.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • DodgerfanjohnDodgerfanjohn Posts: 491 ✭✭✭
    Nobody thinks it was almost entirely due to the gambling aspect of the 76 pack combined with guaranteed DS packs?
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure that was a big part of it but the group rips are always popular.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • SullyknowsSullyknows Posts: 104 ✭✭


    << <i>Nobody thinks it was almost entirely due to the gambling aspect of the 76 pack combined with guaranteed DS packs? >>



    Isn't every group rip about gambling?
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Nobody thinks it was almost entirely due to the gambling aspect of the 76 pack combined with guaranteed DS packs?

    I’m sure everyone is fully aware that that was the exact reason, however, I knew mostly everyone wanted a DS and 76 pack and even though I just ordered a wax box of something else, I just wanted to see how quickly I could get in. I really thought I was going to be the 1st one when I posted. Boy was I wrong and very surprised.
  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Marc - I agree. Totally insane rip. My post got in before 9:01 and I was shut out. Unlike most people, I had zero interest in the DS packs but wanted those '76 cellos! Oh, well, I count my blessings anyway. I do have one '76 cello pack - Seaver on front, courtesy of old board member MBMiller.
    Daniel
  • 1all1all Posts: 511 ✭✭✭
    I've been a part of the last 12-14 group breaks and insane is the correct word for this one. Typically, when Steve has an older cello box for sale, there's a good chance it's been picked through at some point in it's 35-40yr existence. So, nobody goes in expecting an instant payday. The fact that it was announced that 10 packs had desirable cards on top changed the game IMO.

    -Doug
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    [The fact that it was announced that 10 packs had desirable cards on top changed the game IMO./i]

    Definitely. The box would have sold out in maybe 30 minutes anyway, but not in 30 seconds, lol..


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • JustinsShoeboxJustinsShoebox Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The fact that it was announced that 10 packs had desirable cards on top changed the game IMO. >>



    I believe this to be true as well. The only reason I didn't get in on those 76 Cellos is because I've never had good results ripping 70 Cellos. If I tried to keep it unopened, it would cause extra stress for me at home. I'd probably keep circling the packs before I decimated them.

    Justin
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The fact that it was announced that 10 packs had desirable cards on top changed the game IMO. >>



    I believe this to be true as well. The only reason I didn't get in on those 76 Cellos is because I've never had good results ripping 70 Cellos. If I tried to keep it unopened, it would cause extra stress for me at home. I'd probably keep circling the packs before I decimated them.

    Justin >>



    Ripping mid-70s cellos is a losing proposition. Very low probability of yielding high grade cards. They are good long term investments though as more people are ripping what's left. Of course getting a HOFer showing on a pack doesn't hurt either. I didn't realize 10 packs had star cards. I thought only 2 or 3 did. By the way, have they decided how they're doling out the boxes? I've got about 4 or 5 '76 cellos now and could potentially build a full box over time.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭
    It was good to see something from the 70's besides 75 wax and cellos. I wonder what condition these 76's are in? The 76 football cellos I got a few rips ago all graded PSA 9.
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I am looking forward to.....


    sitting on the sidelines..and will take any non grade worth red sox
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭


    << <i>... If I tried to keep it unopened, it would cause extra stress for me at home. I'd probably keep circling the packs before I decimated them. >>



    great line. +1


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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