Sad thing about buying single packs..
Even the places that are not pack searched or weighed...they can be a little deceiving as well..unintentionally
Lets take a product that was 3 hits per box. The owner opens a box, as usual, to get the singles for the shop. He opens 6 packs, gets 2 hits...the best hit is in his hand (say an auto)..the rest of the packs get set aside, they are not searched or "felt up" or weighed...he opens his 2nd box, again, as usual, and get 2 more hits in 10 packs, the best hit is in his hand...
The rest or packs go into the opened box and put on display...
I remember a shop in San Diego..he would open a new box, shuffle the packs (Topps used to be awful in placing the hits in the boxes the same way every time) and place on the shelf. He did not open any packs from this box...we would buy the single packs, open and see what we got. If the expected hits were found, we stopped opening packs and the box remained on the shelf. The next week a guy would come in, buy some of the packs and not really be able to get the odds of the hits. The owner never intentionally defrauded anyone and some people buy the cards for the singles, but it is a business..
The bottom line..buy sealed boxes..never singles unless you know the people you are dealing with....
Food for thought...stirring the pot...
Even the places that are not pack searched or weighed...they can be a little deceiving as well..unintentionally
Lets take a product that was 3 hits per box. The owner opens a box, as usual, to get the singles for the shop. He opens 6 packs, gets 2 hits...the best hit is in his hand (say an auto)..the rest of the packs get set aside, they are not searched or "felt up" or weighed...he opens his 2nd box, again, as usual, and get 2 more hits in 10 packs, the best hit is in his hand...
The rest or packs go into the opened box and put on display...
I remember a shop in San Diego..he would open a new box, shuffle the packs (Topps used to be awful in placing the hits in the boxes the same way every time) and place on the shelf. He did not open any packs from this box...we would buy the single packs, open and see what we got. If the expected hits were found, we stopped opening packs and the box remained on the shelf. The next week a guy would come in, buy some of the packs and not really be able to get the odds of the hits. The owner never intentionally defrauded anyone and some people buy the cards for the singles, but it is a business..
The bottom line..buy sealed boxes..never singles unless you know the people you are dealing with....
Food for thought...stirring the pot...