So I walked into a card store today, and was puzzled by...

ASF123 · #1 11-24-2020, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jchcollins

with the onset of Covid, I went in one day probably in early June and the vintage was suddenly all gone. The owner had removed all the singles from his cases - citing I guess an increased risk if passing back and forth single cards - and is now "for the time being" (I'm guessing longer...) doing just new product and the breaks and the hobby boxes, etc. I was lucky enough to get some fantastic deals from him on vintage that I was interested in in the past, but the truth is he has more than enough customers that I would guess average in their 20's and early 30's who will come in and loiter for hours at a time, dropping cash left and right on modern and breaking it with him.

...which is, ironically, far riskier from a Covid standpoint than handing a vintage card to someone.

jchcollins · #2 11-24-2020, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ASF123

...which is, ironically, far riskier from a Covid standpoint than handing a vintage card to someone.

Of course. I would go in, find what I wanted, sometimes spend hundreds of dollars on a single card, and then leave. The guys who do the hobby boxes are ALWAYS in there, no matter if I come in at 10 am or 4:30 pm. They are there when I come in, there when I leave, and there the next week. Sometimes I wonder if they have jobs.

ASF123 · #3 11-24-2020, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jchcollins

Of course. I would go in, find what I wanted, sometimes spend hundreds of dollars on a single card, and then leave. The guys who do the hobby boxes are ALWAYS in there, no matter if I come in at 10 am or 4:30 pm. They are there when I come in, there when I leave, and there the next week. Sometimes I wonder if they have jobs.

"If I flip two Jasson Dominguezes, I can pay my rent for the year!"

#4 11-24-2020, 06:14 PM

It's difficult to even find a card shop near where I live must less one with any vintage cards. The ones we do have deal in mostly new stuff. Every now and then they'll get a vintage card but it does sit for a long while before it moves. Online sales don't seem to have been affected. I end up bidding high on most of what I want and seems other do as well. He's probably not an internet guy but has been strictly brick and mortar the lifespan of his shop. Even though I'm mostly a vintage collector I have been really digging some of the new tobacco card sized new cards and I still love to open packs.

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