Dayummm!......what to do?

[chromerookies]

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I would really like to see a finalized checklist before I decide for certain.
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I would also LOVE to see a finalized checklist and you would think that with 2+ weeks until these hit the streets there would be more to look at than just a preliminary CL

-Dan

 

[hail2thevictors]

It's getting harder and harder for me to want to break my 2010 Bowman Jumbo case when it arrives. Paid 750 for it a few weeks ago.

And now?

Blowout is now asking $930 per 12-box Hobby case, and $1135 per 8-box Jumbo case.

They were $100 cheaper on Jumbos this morning, FYI. Clearly, this stuff is flying.

Jaypers-I am in the exact same situation.

I ended up getting my jumbos for around $720, and I have been looking forward to 2010 Bowman for MONTHS. I never entertained the idea of just selling my sealed cases for a profit, that is until realizing that now it's a possibility. I have been going back and forth on what I want to do, and just can't figure it out. I would love to bust the cases I ordered, but when I can turn around and make probably $200-$300, that is hard to not do.

One thing I will say is it's probably not exact science to just reference Blowout prices. Their prices on almost every baseball 2010 product are too much. I don't know what is going on, but all of their stuff is well above eBay prices of their competition, from what I've seen.

But where do we all see jumbo cases being at, price wise, 2-4 weeks after release?

 

[mredsox89]

if you can sell and end up 300-400 profit, personally I would do it. Then, using that money, just buy the cards you want from the set. Seems like a no brainer to me.

You are not going to get $300 profit right now, let alone $400. There is still a jumbo case sitting on ebay from a seller with 4500 FB and 100% positive for $980 dlvd. Even if you could sell it for $1000 on ebay, you give 15% to ebay/paypal and are down to $850. If you got in at the very beginning, you are barely getting $100 profit.

 

[hail2thevictors]

I would really like to see a finalized checklist before I decide for certain.
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I would also LOVE to see a finalized checklist and you would think that with 2+ weeks until these hit the streets there would be more to look at than just a preliminary CL

-Dan[/quote]

+1

No reason there can't be something more concrete out, in terms of a checklist. This stuff is scheduled to be live in 2 1/2 weeks.

 

[AKT74]

Can I short sell these stuff when it hits $1400 a case?

This product is starting to scare me, as the old saying goes "if it seems to good to be true....."

I just hope Topps doesn't set a record for print run of Bowman.

 

[striderboi]

It's getting harder and harder for me to want to break my 2010 Bowman Jumbo case when it arrives. Paid 750 for it a few weeks ago.

And now?

Blowout is now asking $930 per 12-box Hobby case, and $1135 per 8-box Jumbo case.

They were $100 cheaper on Jumbos this morning, FYI. Clearly, this stuff is flying.

Jaypers-I am in the exact same situation.

I ended up getting my jumbos for around $720, and I have been looking forward to 2010 Bowman for MONTHS. I never entertained the idea of just selling my sealed cases for a profit, that is until realizing that now it's a possibility. I have been going back and forth on what I want to do, and just can't figure it out. I would love to bust the cases I ordered, but when I can turn around and make probably $200-$300, that is hard to not do.

One thing I will say is it's probably not exact science to just reference Blowout prices. Their prices on almost every baseball 2010 product are too much. I don't know what is going on, but all of their stuff is well above eBay prices of their competition, from what I've seen.

But where do we all see jumbo cases being at, price wise, 2-4 weeks after release?

I'm in the same boat as both of you and been thinking about this for a while. I have 4 cases at $715...

 

[asmth312]

Any of you worried that the seller you bought from will return your money and try to resell at a higher price? We might not have seen enough of a spike to entice that type of behavior yet, but I think you have to worry about it with as many changes and as much interest in a product since the original sales were made.

 

[kentuckyderby]

mine is from a FCB sponsor

 

[mredsox89]

Any of you worried that the seller you bought from will return your money and try to resell at a higher price? We might not have seen enough of a spike to entice that type of behavior yet, but I think you have to worry about it with as many changes and as much interest in a product since the original sales were made.

This is why you buy from people who survive on their reputation. Places like BO, etc aren't going to risk their reputation over a couple hundred dollars. If you go back on a customer, you likely lose that customer forever, and I'm sure that person would justifiably rant on a place like FCB, causing other clients to shift to someone else. This is why I don't buy pre-sell stuff from ebay, only from the big sites or through a shop

 

[matty07]

Why not bust a few boxes and sell the rest of the boxes individually???

 

[allstarauction]

It is one thing to post a price of $1100+ but another to sell at those prices. When they were the first to up to $1000 last week, everyone else stayed at 900-950 and people still were not buying.

They then lowered the price, and put it back up again in the last day or 2, but no one else has. My guess is he is trying to protect what he has left to see what the market does.

 

[boomo]

this whole case thing across all products is starting to really suck.
most cards dont get 99 cents, yet cases just keep going up.
sigh

 

[AKT74]

Why not bust a few boxes and sell the rest of the boxes individually???

Because here is what could happen; you open 3-4 boxes and don't get crap. You sell the rest, and when one of the buyers emails saying "GREAT BOX I pulled a gold #ed Strasburg Auto" you will have no choice but to beat your dog. Poor dog he didn't do anything wrong.

 

[mredsox89]

this whole case thing across all products is starting to really suck.
most cards dont get 99 cents, yet cases just keep going up.
sigh

Then buy singles for .99. I don't really see the issue here. You could have locked into Bowman wax when it was first for sale, its not like it wasn't available.

 

[brouthercard]

If you are in this hobby for the money, you MUST sell it.

If you actually enjoy opening packs, looking at the cards, and are excited about the opportunity to pull some nice new shiny stuff, crack it.

It's not rocket science.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

This is a good poll question.

People who buy $400+ cases are looking to:
A. Bust for the fun of it.
B. Make a profit.

If you are in this hobby for the money, you MUST sell it.

If you actually enjoy opening packs, looking at the cards, and are excited about the opportunity to pull some nice new shiny stuff, crack it.

It's not rocket science.

 

[hail2thevictors]

If you are in this hobby for the money, you MUST sell it.

If you actually enjoy opening packs, looking at the cards, and are excited about the opportunity to pull some nice new shiny stuff, crack it.

It's not rocket science.

Sure, it's not rocket science.

But it's also not as clear cut as you make it out to be. In a perfect world, I would buy as many cases as I wanted, without worrying about spending money. Sorry, but I don't have money coming out of my ears. I bought these cases assuming I'd have a good chance to rip and flip most of the stuff, while keeping some stuff for my PC(a guy in the base set is a PC guy).

Obviously it isn't as simple as you put it-because 3 of us(and probably many many more) are in the same boat. It's hard to turn down $200+ profit on a case-but obviously the ripper in us wants to open the cases, too. It's just a matter of choice-rip and hope for the best, or just sell and take the money. For me, I'm not sure how much it would take profit wise to just flip the case without opening it-that is what I am trying to figure out.

Last-if people are paying $1,000+ for a case(which isn't a sure bet, but possible), I'm not sure there is $1,000 in value in these cases on average. I certainly couldn't see myself paying $1,000 for a case-so at that point, is it smart to crack the cases?

 

[All The Hype]

Why not bust a few boxes and sell the rest of the boxes individually???

Easier said than done...once ya pop, the fun don't stop

 

[rainmanesq]

I locked in my cases fairly cheaply + while I think ’10 bowman will be an excellent product, a decent guaranteed profit is hard to turn up, so I’ll likely sell (already have some very tempting offers offline) + let someone else deal w/the sorting, scanning, listing, shipping. Kind of reminds me of when ’06-’08 bcdp cases went nuts. Sure, ripping’s fun + yes, you may pull the superfractor of omg it’s the new god not heyward, but your ‘average’ case break likely won’t yield the $ amount in profit you could likely make in selling the cases sealed + i doubt your 'average' case will yield $1k in sales.

 

[brouthercard]

If you are in this hobby for the money, you MUST sell it.

If you actually enjoy opening packs, looking at the cards, and are excited about the opportunity to pull some nice new shiny stuff, crack it.

It's not rocket science.

Sure, it's not rocket science.

But it's also not as clear cut as you make it out to be. In a perfect world, I would buy as many cases as I wanted, without worrying about spending money. Sorry, but I don't have money coming out of my ears. I bought these cases assuming I'd have a good chance to rip and flip most of the stuff, while keeping some stuff for my PC(a guy in the base set is a PC guy).

Obviously it isn't as simple as you put it-because 3 of us(and probably many many more) are in the same boat. It's hard to turn down $200+ profit on a case-but obviously the ripper in us wants to open the cases, too. It's just a matter of choice-rip and hope for the best, or just sell and take the money. For me, I'm not sure how much it would take profit wise to just flip the case without opening it-that is what I am trying to figure out.

Last-if people are paying $1,000+ for a case(which isn't a sure bet, but possible), I'm not sure there is $1,000 in value in these cases on average. I certainly couldn't see myself paying $1,000 for a case-so at that point, is it smart to crack the cases?

If you don't pull a Stras autographed parallel card, or a Bryce harper blue or better, you are going to lose money. That's pretty easy to figure out.

If you intend to rip this product, it doesn't matter what the "street value" is, you are going to rip it - that's how people who like to bust wax think.

If you are so tight about a couple hundred dollars making or breaking your budget, you should sell. Why would you want to take a chance of losing $300 on your case, if you really don't have that much money to mess around with. Go pay off your bills and stop gambling your children's college tuition.

It's as simple as that.

The decision is almost as whiny as someone showing off an ebay steal they got and then asking if they should keep the card or sell it for profit - it's very dramatic with an almost teenage quality to it - I think they call it "histrionic".