went to my local sport card shop after 8 years...

[Kav]

was good buddies with the store owner, went to see how he's doing. man i use to buy $5-10 pack of cards back in highschool. these guys now have $300-400 hobby box's which only contain 1 pack and like 5 cards!!! who the fukk is actually dropping this much on 1 pack of cards, unreal!

one of the boxes were called upperdeck Exquisite 7 cards only in the box, box runs you $400...

[Brock Landers]

i love how cards which used to be worth a fortune aren't worth the cardboard they are printed on now

[KennyM10]

Those are some crazy amounts!

[Kav]

^ $400 box break, sick card at the end though i gotta say lol.

[THE HITMAN]

Some people never learn

[BewareOf5Dimes]

This is why most people go broke. When something is designed to be a collectible it generally ceases to be a collectible. In the old days, nobody thought baseball cards would be worth anything, so they didn't collect them in order to make a profit. That is why they became valuable. many got thrown out.

Now it is just a scam. When I was a kid I would go to the general store and buy one or two packs and be happy with the gum inside. I wasn't thinking about making a profit, even though I would collect the cards.

The whole thing is a fraud now. Even the autographs are faked on jerseys, baseballs, etc.

[brooks85]

haha when i was about 5-12 i spent every dollar i had at S&S sports card right by my house. I remember on my 10th bday they gave me a football with joey galloway sig on it, I thought i was going to be rich.

[k13]

Supply and demand.

The older cards became worthless espacially the 90's because so many of them were made. Then ebay came and destroyed it even more. When everyone has something it becomes worthless.

I stopped collecting long time ago. These boxes/cards are redicilious but sort of interesting. Kind of cool to know you only have
1 of 3 made or whatever if its legit.

[Brock Landers]

i had George Brett's rookie card, was something i wanted BAD cause he was my baseball hero when i was a little kid. The thing is worth jack shit now. Not that its a value thing, but those cards aren't that common.

[Philavanh]

Those Upperdeck Exquisite seem pretty cool with the players signature on them....but $400 for some cards ....too much for me

[ttwarrior1]

no idea why they printed so many cards, i remembered when i had to buy all kinds of packs just to find one card. Industry has been down for years