What is the average markup box breakers charge?
craig44
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Just generally curious. I was listening to a podcast and they were talking about some breakers profiting in the six figures. How in the world much markup are they charging on packs\boxes?
I have never and will never enter a break, it has piqued my interest though.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
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I entered into a few breaks in 2023 and 2024. I was only trying to purchase Kansas City Royals lots. I wasn't after any of the big hits.
The amount of profit per break is mostly dependent, I would say, on how aggressive bidders are for certain teams. The Royals sometimes have Brett and Bo autographs or relics in the product, in addition to the current Royals.
Something with Ohtani in it would see tremendous bidding interest in the Dodgers, etc.
Other products are known to not have Brett, Bo, or Ohtani as possibilities, so then some other teams with big potential hits are the popular ones to bid on for that particular break.
I did it only to get a quantity of base Royals cards, say those contained within a case of 2024 Heritage Baseball, without having the expense of purchasing an entire case. I've only participated a few times and did not hit any big cards, but was very happy with what I received versus the small purchase price. And even at that, I'm sure the breaker made at least $10 or $20 profit off of me considering what they also recouped from selling the other 29 teams in the break.
The best breakers who have strategic sourcing capabilities, scale and audience are printing money.
I hate this segment of the hobby. Definitely has tarnished it for me and my youngish boys who used to love ripping to chase “hits” - ie base rookies. And maybe trade or sell - that’s gone. Base is “junk” now.
John
I've watched a lot of breaks David - Layton, Jaspys, Jabs family etc.
It would be hard to calculate team rips since asking price if you get to select a team will vary - you would have to do the math - I never did; other team rips may be done by a randomizer... Then there's individual personal box breaks - since they list the price of the box - you pretty much know where you stand - I found the prices to be in line with buying them on eBay or from dealers like Blowout. On occasion more. I haven't looked in about a year so things may have changed?
If one has enough subscribers? You can get pretty comfortable since Jabs family requires that you be a minimum Patreon subscriber to be able to engage in box breaks. He charges 5 bucks or used to. Think if you had 10,000 subscribers? He has 168K viewing subscribers! He used to have other deals going - so I have no idea what kind of gross we're talking about?
Just think how much unopened boxes will be worth in about 5 years. 1987 leaf boxes will be selling for $2,500 each.