[fred bear]

Fair points all ... except, you continue to not acknowledge the degree of the hoarding.

"A guy who picks up a $20 blaster" ... is not the same thing as a guy who follows the distributor from store to store and clears out the entire display of new product.

But, whatever. We'll agree to disagree.

I will 100 percent continue to judge and discriminate against anyone who, in your words, affects my "enjoyment of the hobby."

Yes, I have many times gotten directly in the face of pack searchers when I catch them in Target or Walmart ... I insult them to their face, asking if they've ever kissed a girl, and/or do they live in their mom's basement, and/or could they at least wash the Cheeto dust off their fingers before they molest the rest of the packs, etc. 

I do and have acknowledged they are different. The result is the same, though, product isn't on the shelf when you or I get there. So I don't care how it happened or what happened to the product - it wasn't mine and I wasn't entitled to it. [You could also go with an analogous argument. Years ago, I did work for an LCS. We bought and bought from the distributor and our allocation on The Cup - 0 boxes. Fair? Nope. The way life works sometimes? Yep.]

As I've tried to explain numerous times, the guy is following the distributor because it's worth it for him to do it and, hey, maybe he enjoys it. Those basketball (and most are anticipating football) blasters are HOT. A $20 box of 19-20 Prizm basketball sells for $275 on ebay (close to 80% margin AFTER fees, etc.). It's the market driving this, not the person. Make it easier to swallow? Likely not, because it would be awesome to open a $275 blaster for $20. Next season, he won't have anything to chase and product will return. Again, it sucks this year, I get it. I understand the frustration. But, man, Panini did a great job creating sets with hype that has invigorated the hobby, right? I mean people are paying over $100 for an NBA Hoops blaster - that's amazing.

Even if you don't want to look at the hobby-positive perspective, in my opinion, it doesn't make it ok to call someone names or spread the vitriol through the community. Adults can confront one another without devolving it to that. And I'm fine if you want to agree to disagree, but I'll ask, politely, to keep the abusive language to yourself.