Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisHAL
When I first read your post here, predicting that sportscards
will eventually revert back to being a premium to enhance the
sale of a given product.....I chuckled.
After mulling your words over in my mind for a day, I think
I really like your prediction.....After all, this is how it all
started. If you are right, this hobby will have gone full cycle
I recall as a 9 year old kid buying a penny pack of Bowman gum,
not because I was seriously collecting 1948 BB, FB, BasketBall,
or Movie Star cards; but, because I preferred the flavor of the
Bowman gum over Bazooka, Double Bubble, etc. Furthermore, the
consistency of Bowman's gum allowed us to blow bigger bubbles.
The following year is when I really got serious about BB cards.
Well, if some enterprising Candy, Gum, or Whatever tasty morsel
company starts inserting a single sportscard with their product
and prices it at a $1.00, then the kids once again will be able
to afford these "goodies". This will cause a revolution and force
the big card manufacturers to adjust in order to compete; and,
we will see tremendous growth in the hobby like we saw during
the 1980's.