[nyy231504]

So today i made it my local Target and was excited to see 3 Allen & Ginter boxes on the shelf. I've had the itch to break a box before I order a hobby box. I purchased 1 box. I get home to open it and the plastic wrap looked good. I opened the pack and didn't notice that the pack was open on the bottom. What do I find? 2003 Select. I look at every pack and they are opened and all the cards replaced with CRAP!!! I went back to Target and they were cool about it and told me to get another box. It looked legit. I had a bad feeling so I opened the box in the parking lot and this box was replaced with cards from the 90's. I stormed back in and showed them. They reimbursed my money. And I told them they should remove the other box from the shelf because odds are good it was tampered with also. Oh and by the way when I went to get the 2nd box, low and behold there was a pack searcher there. I ripped him a new one and he just laughed. I told Target about the pack searchers and that there was one there now. Stores should not accept returns on cards without checking them first.

[chrisjoy]

So today i made it my local Target and was excited to see 3 Allen & Ginter boxes on the shelf. I've had the itch to break a box before I order a hobby box. I purchased 1 box. I get home to open it and the plastic wrap looked good. I opened the pack and didn't notice that the pack was open on the bottom. What do I find? 2003 Select. I look at every pack and they are opened and all the cards replaced with CRAP!!! I went back to Target and they were cool about it and told me to get another box. It looked legit. I had a bad feeling so I opened the box in the parking lot and this box was replaced with cards from the 90's. I stormed back in and showed them. They reimbursed my money. And I told them they should remove the other box from the shelf because odds are good it was tampered with also. Oh and by the way when I went to get the 2nd box, low and behold there was a pack searcher there. I ripped him a new one and he just laughed. I told Target about the pack searchers and that there was one there now. Stores should not accept returns on cards without checking them first.

Ya, that's crap. I use to work at Target and they told me I couldn't chase the card searchers out of the store, I was so pissed every time I saw a Searcher I wanted to scream. I had the same problem a few years ago, when I bought a 2009 Topps Chrome baseball box at Kmart, and when I got home the box had all 2008 Topps chrome, not even a rookie.

[dontpray]

I got a bunch of 89 donruss in a blaster. Not happy

[ronin]

There's a big difference between a pack searcher and someone who replaces a product and returns it. One is theft, the other is just a nitwit.

[nyy231504]

There's a big difference between a pack searcher and someone who replaces a product and returns it. One is theft, the other is just a nitwit.

True, the person who replaced every card in the box and then resealed it is scum, the pack searchers are donkeys. Both are crooked though.

[Hofcollector]

Both suck. Take your chances like everyone else.

[rjcj2017]

The problem with searchers is, they dig their nails into the sides of the packs and/or bend the cards to try to figure out if there are mem/auto/insert cards inside.

I have mentioned this to security at Target and WalMart numerous times, and they're like, "as long as they're not opening the packages we can't do anything about it."

Basically, I almost never buy single packs of cards any more, and I always inspect blasters before I buy them now.

[jbissell]

I agree with Ronin. The individual putting replacement cards in a box is a thief. The searcher is more like someone (on a small scale) trying to rig the lottery, and damaging cards in the process.

Fortunately, there is an LCS near where I live. The more I read threads about this kind of stuff, the more justified I feel about my self imposed ban on buying retail baseball cards.

[nyy231504]

Yup you are right jbissell, there is a difference, obviously I was hit by a thief but in my mind they are both thieves. Unless I am there at retail when they vendor is stocking the shelf I won't buy retail anymore. Sadly I don't have a local shop, a few years ago they closed up, so I have to rely on the web for my cards.

[jacobystealshome]

actually, by statute, both are criminals