Pack searcher story
Munnyman
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I know these boards are full of pack searcher stories, but today I encountered my first one, and it has me soooooo pissed off. While shopping (translated: standing there while my wife shops) at my local Target, I decided to grab a cheap box of cards to rip tonight while watching the Cubs game. I usually don't buy retail but didn't want to drop a hundred on a box of hobby. After readinng some recent posts I decided either a box of Goudey or A&G. As I approach the little card section (right in front by the entry/exit doors) I see a guy standing there feeling up packs from every sport. He had a shopping cart blocking himself from other customers. I position myself right next to him, thinking it will deter any further pack manipulations, but doesn't phase him. He continues onward. So amazed by his lack concern for my presence, I leaned up against an empty cashier lane and stared at him. He turned around after a few minutes and stated "am I in your way?" I respond "no, but what are you doing?" Awaiting some clever "scumbag, I'm not doing anything wrong" response, he says "looking for certain packs," and continued on. At this point I'm really pissed off and notice in his cart he has a stack of 5 or 6 packs. Recalling a past post I thought I'm going to take the packs right out of his cart and go buy them. Seeing that this knucklehead was so enthralled by feeling as many packs as he could, he wouldn't notice me taking his newly found treasures. So as I begin to manuver myself to his cart I hear "honey, are you ready?" Yes it's my wife, who hates any confrontations, and is easily embarrassed by some of my public behaviors. So being the respectful husband I walk towards her leaving the "wrapper fondling douche bag" to carry on. My wife asks why I didn't get a box and I begin to explain to her what I just witnessed. Seeing the same guy earlier she says "well that's not fair, he works here." I disagreed with her as he was not wearing any Target apparel, (just a T-shirt, with a bright yellow safety vest, jean shorts, and work boots) so I returned to the card aisle, to inquire further. Sure enough he was employed there because upon my return he stated "came back, huh?" I said "yes, I was hoping to get some bent and/or damaged cards, do you know where I can find any?" He looked at me like I just asked him to solve world hunger and responded with "I have some new one's here." I turned around to see a large (possibly 2'x3') cardboard box full of boxes of cards. Inside were numerous retail boxes and several of the boxes they open to sell as individual packs. As much as it pained me I grabbed a box of Goudey to purchase from the box. While standing there reading the box to see my odds of pulling something worth while, the employee, grabbed the box to open for packs and said "wow, you can pull a real old Goudey card." I ignored his statement and continued reading. He then again attempted to engage in conversation by saying "that's like that other card company, where they had a real Babe Ruth card inserted in packs. What company was that?" Again I did not provide him with a response. I'm not sure what he was trying to gain by talking with me but he made one final attempt. He stated "I can't remember the name of the company but I believe a kid in California pulled it. That's pretty cool that it was pulled by a kid, wasn't it?" I looked at him and stated, "really? If you thought it was cool you wouldn't be standing here feeling every pack before putting on the shelf. Thanks to you no kid will ever pull anything from these packs. So how cool is that?" At this point I knew if I didn't walk away I would have probably punched the dude in the face, so I went to checkout. As we were leaving, I had to walk right past the guy again (who was still going through packs) and said to my wife, loudly, "that's the loser right there, honey." I was given an attempted hard ass look by the the dude but he did not have the physical abilities or charcteristics to pull it off. I was then subsequently dragged from the store by my mortified and embarrassed wife. So end of my story. Thanks for letting me vent.
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I position myself right next to him, thinking it will deter any further pack manipulations, but doesn't phase him
NEVER DOES
my wife, who hates any confrontations, and is easily embarrassed by some of my public behaviors
Always does
Just take this as a rule of thumb: ALL LOOSE PACKS IN A RETAIL STORE HAVE BEEN SEARCHED MULTIPLE TIMES.
Only the sealed blaster boxes or blister packs are safe.
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<< <i>Also I don't understand how the guy is working out on the sales floor without wearing any Target clothing. That seems extremely odd. >>
Do you think he is on the clock 24/7? lol
Good job bro. Its greedy adults like this that ruin the hobby for the kids.
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collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
randy
<< <i> Where did you go to school ? That might be the longest paragraph in the history of writing. Go back to school, or were you too busy beating people up, you ape, to pay attention. >>
Wow, that is a little excessive.
<< <i>paragraphs..please. I kept getting lost. >>
randy
Wow, was that necessary?
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.
I also agree that the ape statement is very excessive. Whether you meant it as funny or not, you've only posted 13 times and you really don't have the right to do that yet rookie. So, give it a break. We joke with each other sometimes, but what if I really was an ape. That's like the caveman commericals. It's like, "Collector's Universe Forums. So easy an ape could write it." Dude, think about how ape's really feel. I mean, Charlton Heston obviously had a problem with them. He even cussed them out when they tried to touch him that one time. Dude, that kind of statement is what starts pissing apes off and gets them in the mood to grab guns and start revolutions against humans. If you don't believe me, rent Planet of the Apes.
But seriously, watch the harsh tones.
i saw the rube signal when i looked out the window,i have been summoned .i could do a complete reading of the ryme of the an ancient mariner by samuel coleridge in a foreign dialect if you would like,i have a copy upstairs from 1800's,leatherbound,its pretty cool actually,kubla khan is good reading too.
im kinda thinking about singing talking john birch paranoid blues/talking bear mountain picnic massacre blues by dylan or maybe the celebration of the lizard by the doors
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