No more sports cards at Target

[slidekellyslide]

The inevitable has happened. Beginning today Target stores will no longer carry sports cards and Pokémon in store for the safety of their employees. Our local Target stores have already seen a fistfight and an incidence where a vendor had a tracking device found on her car. Last week in Wisconsin a man pulled a gun on four guys that jumped him in the parking lot for his cards. I figure that was almost certainly the deciding factor.

People are insane.

[Eric72]

Much like so many other things, a few bad actors have ruined things for everyone else.

Although, in this case, it was probably quite a few bad actors.

[ALR-bishop]

Amazing. Used to go to Target to get 4 items every year.... a couple of packs of the current year Topps issue and then a couple of the Update packs, a couple of the new Heritage packs and a couple of the Heritage high number packs, to put with my set runs of both. Guess I am stuck with ebay....assuming I can still figure how to search for them there

[commishbob]

Oh wow...a TRACKING DEVICE!!!

People truly ARE insane. And pathetic.

I used to buy a pack or two (or a blaster if i was feeling flush) just to see what they looked like in-hand. I remember doing that as far back as my college days in the 70s when I was way out of the hobby.

No more. I won't miss the new cards anymore than they'll miss me.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Oh wow...a TRACKING DEVICE!!!

People truly ARE insane. And pathetic.

I used to buy a pack or two (or a blaster if i was feeling flush) just to see what they looked like in-hand. I remember doing that as far back as my college days in the 70s when I was way out of the hobby.

No more. I won't miss the new cards anymore than they'll miss me.

The Dylan quote in your signature is entirely appropriate for this conversation:

“People are crazy and times are strange, I used to care but things have changed -Dylan”

[toppcat]

I only collect some Mets cards from Heritage each year, mostly team sets and a few of the extra cards that mimic the older inserts. There's enough of a challenge to keep a short wantlist going and it's kinda fun but this is my last year doing so, the lottery mentality is ridiculous. Mugging someone for cards-unreal!

[todeen]

No LCS in my town, WalMart is the only option. I haven't seen cards on the shelves since the 2020 complete sets came out, luckily I grabbed one of those. But I don't collect modern. Anything I buy anymore I can't find locally. Ebay's search change is my biggest problem right now.

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[packs]

Chalk another loss up to lame adults. I feel bad for kids now. Hardly anything fun is left.

These people are why we can't have nice things. They exist everywhere.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by packs

Chalk another loss up to lame adults. I feel bad for kids now. Hardly anything fun is left.

It's not just "kids" it's people like me who drop into Walmart every couple of months and then look at the card section because spending a $20 bill is a lot less painful then spending the $100+ a new hobby box usually costs nowadays.

It's also people like me who get "hurt" by these changes.

Rich

[packs]

No offense but boxes of cards at Target are there for kids. If you want the hobby to thrive adults need to step aside.

[Rich Klein]

There are plenty of people out there (I have 4 LCS within 30 minutes of me and enough shows) that don't have those options and like to buy cards at retail for that purpose. They also may not want to spend the $80-100 for boxes through the mail.,

It's not just for the kids, what those places really should be are entrees to the collecting world not only for kids but also for people returning.

In other words, don't make assumptions which are not true

Rich