How can a company make every box close to the value you pay and then make some monster boxes worth more than you pay. Especially when were talking about a known product with a known value unlike for instance a box of 2014 chrome right now that has no book value. Its a business, how can they stay in business while losing money? With this logic I should be upset at Topps and never buy a box of cards they make again after buying 6 boxes of chrome and spending $420 and not even getting close to return on my investment BV wise, let alone if I were to sell everything for cash.
The real snakes of the hobby that I have seen atm are all the case break sellers. Sure, one person might get a sweet hit, but in the grand scheme of things almost everybody is not going to get crap and they make a crap load compared to the cost of the box. For instance I see 2014 chrome single box 15 slot breaks 8.99 a person. And you can get boxes for $65. They getting $135 for that one box. And most don't even ship base. How much they taking a hit for on shipping for a 2 hit product with a couple serial numbers and inserts thrown in? $5-$10?
For a PR pro perspective, the real solution would have been to send out a trickle of the monster hits in the first ones to spread word and to give people info of the actual cards in the product. They list just names, rather than actual cards we can in turn look up and see their value. If I know I have a shot at a $2000 card for $80 it entices me more to buy it. But having no idea what even comes in it with a $80 price tag and people only posting that they got crap for it, and they themselves don't even say what they actually got, makes it even less wanted. Just my 2 cents.
The real snakes of the hobby that I have seen atm are all the case break sellers. Sure, one person might get a sweet hit, but in the grand scheme of things almost everybody is not going to get crap and they make a crap load compared to the cost of the box. For instance I see 2014 chrome single box 15 slot breaks 8.99 a person. And you can get boxes for $65. They getting $135 for that one box. And most don't even ship base. How much they taking a hit for on shipping for a 2 hit product with a couple serial numbers and inserts thrown in? $5-$10?
For a PR pro perspective, the real solution would have been to send out a trickle of the monster hits in the first ones to spread word and to give people info of the actual cards in the product. They list just names, rather than actual cards we can in turn look up and see their value. If I know I have a shot at a $2000 card for $80 it entices me more to buy it. But having no idea what even comes in it with a $80 price tag and people only posting that they got crap for it, and they themselves don't even say what they actually got, makes it even less wanted. Just my 2 cents.
If you see anything you want in any of my break posts and you have any Frank Thomas cards you are willing to trade please let me know.