Sick of pack searchers

Guru

There are few things that piss me off more than a pack searcher. Had to explain to my son today what the old fart in the card aisle was doing. Said very loud he's stealing. His response? "Screw you!"

A**hole

Jakt

I am not familiar at all with modern stuff. How does one search packs while still at the store?

MiniDuff

I actually just had my first experience with this myself last week. I was vaguely aware of it, but I don't buy new cards and haven't since 93 finest. I do make an exception and buy a few packs of heritage every year, so I swung by target...

There, in a hoodie, hunched over, is this guy. Like lightning he is going through every single pack and feeling them for hits, setting those packs aside. I knew instantly what he was doing and couldn't believe no one was saying anything. I wont describe exactly how he was doing it, but one look and I was like D'oh!, that works. It was pretty upsetting and I wont buy a pack from Target ever again. A blaster box, sure, but never a loose pack.

cpamike

<< <i>I actually just had my first experience with this myself last week. I was vaguely aware of it, but I don't buy new cards and haven't since 93 finest. I do make an exception and buy a few packs of heritage every year, so I swung by target...

There, in a hoodie, hunched over, is this guy. Like lightning he is going through every single pack and feeling them for hits, setting those packs aside. I knew instantly what he was doing and couldn't believe no one was saying anything. I wont describe exactly how he was doing it, but one look and I was like D'oh!, that works. It was pretty upsetting and I wont buy a pack from Target ever again. A blaster box, sure, but never a loose pack. >>



Jim, I usually buy packs at Modells as they keep them up by the registers. Might be a better place to get unsearched packs. Thanks for letting me know about the Target. I'm sure he makes it out my way too.

BostonAmericans

I saw this at a Target about a month ago. Some guy seemed to be molesting the packs. At first I thought he might have been stocking (kind of like how the greeting cards are done by someone outside of Target) but he just looked real creepy.

kingnascar

I call those low lifes "Pack Pinchers".
We've got this one guys that searches all the racing packs in town. Unless I see a fresh box, I stay away from buying packs and buy only blaster boxes.
I hate those Pack Pinchers. They are worse than Cable.


Logan

Dodgerfanjohn

Really shouldn't play the game if you can't afford it or don't want to pay the price.

These guys are unethical cheapskates and really should be publicly shamed and embarrassed for their needlessly penny pinching ways.

I like what Guru did.

bigdcards

<< <i>I like what Guru did. >>



+1

matthewbschultz83

<< <i>A blaster box, sure, but never a loose pack. >>



Yeah I've been hosed on this one too. Bought a blaster of Archives I think, it had been previously purchased, opened, all the inserts and hits taken out of the packs, and re-shrink wrapped. Unless it's the night they put it out, I stick to hobby.

ClockworkAngel

I remember when the 1990 Fleer Basketball cello packs came out, the hottest thing going were the rookie sensations that were randomly inserted in them. They were bright blue and stood out easily through the transparent wrappers. It was frustratingly easy to search those

brianwintersfan

I reported a guy at Target once and they really didn't care. He wasn't stealing the stuff so they said there isn't much they could do. What a waste!

cpamike

<< <i>What a waste! >>



Target or the guy???

I'll go with both.

Dboneesq

gameusedhoop

<< <i> he is going through every single pack and feeling them for hits, setting those packs aside >>


Teach him a lesson, grab his stack of packs and proceed directly to the register with them. It'd be funny watching his sweat pants fall down as he chases you across the front of the store begging you to give them back. Let him tell the manager that you "stole" his packs and are buying them.

miwlvrn

One time in a big-box store, I actually saw someone get a postal scale from the shipping supplies section, bring it over to the card aisle, take out the scale, and divide out the loose packs according to weight variance, based on the notion that memorabilia inserts would weight just barely a little more, I suppose. I wondered what the success rate was for that searcher using that method, but not as much as I wondered about other things about him...

mcadams

If I saw a grown man sitting on the floor at Target sifting through packs like that, I would walk over and kick him in the back as hard as I could. Sometimes physical violence is warranted.

originalisbest

What a classy bunch of scumballs!

Yep, at any Target in the Chicago area, you can bet that the loose packs out for sale have all been fingered thoroughly -- inside the pack the cards have been pinched/fanned out. Jerkwads.

originalisbest

<< <i>If I saw a grown man sitting on the floor at Target sifting through packs like that, I would walk over and kick him in the back as hard as I could. Sometimes physical violence is warranted. >>



I might just quickly zip my cart into him, and my excuse at the inevitable kerfuffle would be "sorry bud, didn't see you there as I was shopping, when you were sitting on the floor." I think he'd have no leg to stand on.

Foo3112

Thats why I dont buy packs at Target or Walmart unless they are in a box. That way I know someone hasnt tampered with anything inside.

bishop

If you are buying packs and it is possible to tell who the top and or bottom card is in the pack by close inspection, is that acceptable ?

itzagoner

these people who search packs.....wouldn't it be more pleasurable to simply imagine how crappy their lives are when they're not busy searching packs?

i feel better already.