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My oh my what a day of ranting. If only the above two entities were in my store today, man whould they really see whats going on in the hobby and what collectors really think.
My store was packed, litterally, from nearly opening to closing with almost all my SERIOUS hard core collectors, all at once. Rarely do they all come in and hang out at the exact same time for the entire day.
These are the guys who "know" whats worth opening and whats garbage. These are the guys who keep the hobby going and know the ins and outs. These are the guys who arent afraid to spend.....but they know what not to piss their money on.
If the above two entites were there they would have gotten an earfull of rants, complaints and suggestions from everyone regarding how dreadfull every mid/high end product has been this year.
Basically, in terms of mid/ higher end Baseball, my shelves are basicaly bare of any 2010 boxes. Why? Because theres really only shat out there, like Ginter, like Chicle, like 206, Tribute. Throw in the over priced Finest and the absolute crap of them all TTT and really, theres nothing to stock, ESPECIALLY since Chrome and EEE are coming tomorrow (thats another big reason).
The products I mentioned above, I couldnt GIVE THEM AWAY to my customers, thats how bad everyone has thought they have been. The remaining stock I had (for a long time), I moved at cost.
So with this being said, all the guys today were craving something....ANYTHING.....good to open. Im not kidding when I say this, but they were standing at the counter GAZING at the shelves as if they were hoping the Baseball card fairy would come and deposit Bowman Chrome or EEE or Topps Chrome a day early.
So how bad did it get? One of my guys had me hold his case of 2007 BC since it released and he told the guys they can have the boxes at $54 per just so they can have something good to open. It was like feeding the lions, they dove in three way box binges. I mean not only do I feel bad my guys have nothing good to open but it sure hurts my business too.
On top of that, I had another collector come in looking for something mid range to open. But he doesnt like prospect or retro products. Well then I had nothing for him. Throw in low end basic stuff and thats all Topps puts out that isnt $50-$300 per pack.
Thank goodness TC and EEE are this week. Imagine that, a week, no MONTH, with TWO releases.
My store was packed, litterally, from nearly opening to closing with almost all my SERIOUS hard core collectors, all at once. Rarely do they all come in and hang out at the exact same time for the entire day.
These are the guys who "know" whats worth opening and whats garbage. These are the guys who keep the hobby going and know the ins and outs. These are the guys who arent afraid to spend.....but they know what not to piss their money on.
If the above two entites were there they would have gotten an earfull of rants, complaints and suggestions from everyone regarding how dreadfull every mid/high end product has been this year.
Basically, in terms of mid/ higher end Baseball, my shelves are basicaly bare of any 2010 boxes. Why? Because theres really only shat out there, like Ginter, like Chicle, like 206, Tribute. Throw in the over priced Finest and the absolute crap of them all TTT and really, theres nothing to stock, ESPECIALLY since Chrome and EEE are coming tomorrow (thats another big reason).
The products I mentioned above, I couldnt GIVE THEM AWAY to my customers, thats how bad everyone has thought they have been. The remaining stock I had (for a long time), I moved at cost.
So with this being said, all the guys today were craving something....ANYTHING.....good to open. Im not kidding when I say this, but they were standing at the counter GAZING at the shelves as if they were hoping the Baseball card fairy would come and deposit Bowman Chrome or EEE or Topps Chrome a day early.
So how bad did it get? One of my guys had me hold his case of 2007 BC since it released and he told the guys they can have the boxes at $54 per just so they can have something good to open. It was like feeding the lions, they dove in three way box binges. I mean not only do I feel bad my guys have nothing good to open but it sure hurts my business too.
On top of that, I had another collector come in looking for something mid range to open. But he doesnt like prospect or retro products. Well then I had nothing for him. Throw in low end basic stuff and thats all Topps puts out that isnt $50-$300 per pack.
Thank goodness TC and EEE are this week. Imagine that, a week, no MONTH, with TWO releases.
