I believe once Fanatics has taken full control, the collecting hobby will no longer be a hobby.
Rant on……
It is just gonna be a madhouse free-for-all on who can get the shiniest chase card at that particular moment in time. Base sets will rapidly fall off the face of the collectors radar and everyone will be overpaying for a box of cards that only has two packs of 2 cards, looking for that Willie Wonka golden ticket. And then summarily flipping it and bitching that they did not get what the expected out of their ‘investment’.
Rant off…..
That is actually happening now with these advertised case breaks. Over pay for a maybe shot at a 1 of 1 common.
What ever happened to the distributors that did not gouge their customers? Certainly is a thing of the past, that is for sure.
This is reminiscent of the gold rush and all the people that mined the miners. Who got the better end of that deal……not the miners and not the hobbyist in the modern day scenario.
Butch Turner
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“Man proposes and God disposes.”
U.S. Grant, July 1, 1885
Completed: 1969 - 2000 Topps Baseball Sets and Traded Sets.
Senators and Frank Howard fan.
I collect Topps baseball variations -- I can quit anytime I want to.....I DON'T WANT TO.
Last edited by butchie_t; 02-18-2022 at 07:30 PM.
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