HOW TO LOSE $500 IN 8 MINUTES | 2023 Panini Contenders Optic NFL Review

Even in years where Panini had all of the top rookies signing autographs, Contenders Optic Hobby has always been a high risk high reward rip. So what happens when the top guys aren't signing but the price stays the same? Pure hobby degeneracy.
Today we're talking all about 2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football and why this might be the most degenerate product Panini will release this year.
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[@Chan_JLC]

Thanks for letting us experience a $500 dud vicariously, RGL!

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Was still hoping you hit something big. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@Apillow_]

Sadly, this is one of the best boxes of this I’ve seen opened 😅

[@CarrieFlattsFan13]

I've seen a lot better. But I was watching Layton ripping cases

[@asambi69]

When the base cards worth more than your auto....

[@gw78787]

Thanks for posting, love your content! The card market is finished due to greed and manipulation!! $500 for a new box? What a JOKE!!!!

[@nhbfb]

$500 for contenders anything is absolutely criminal. I do3nt care if it's optic or even if it was prizm that's absolutely ridiculous.

[@dash9658]

Your better off throwing 5 $100 chips on the Blackjack table and letting it ride.

[@juveboy01033]

My friend! You're the best! I was laughing because of the titles for minutes. I don't like American football but I watch all your videos.

[@stinger15au]

Every card was decent/good and it was still a $300 loss 😂 Ridiculous product

[@slimrock]

The way Panini gouges collectors across all economic ranges is criminal. People need to stop buying this stuff but than greed would price it up more.

[@Dillydaddycards]

That’s just crazy 500 a box… thanks for sharing and educating us..

[@joelhenderson-xo1lm]

It's sickening should be about 50 bucks at the most 🤣

[@Dillydaddycards]

@@joelhenderson-xo1lm yeah prices like that slowly killing the hobby.

[@GabeTheCollector]

Thank you for taking the bullet for us every week 😅

[@JamesNpersonal]

I wonder if you could slowly burn 500 $1 bills and it might take longer than 10 minutes and be slightly more enjoyable.

[@gregwilliams855]

Thanks for the video! Some Georgia fan might overpay for that redemption.

[@benzosbreaks-bam]

LOL @ Derek Carr being MVP Contender.

[@alexdanke133]

Would be a decent rip at like $200 bucks...

[@fuzz6923]

Better then any choice style box I've opened, I generally get about $30 to $40 back in value total with 2 five dollar autos 😂

[@fssportscards9475]

Love the video but not sure that Derek carr is $70

[@StickyGreenStuff]

UGH... that hurts...cant imangine that anything good comes out of those... RRRIIPPP!!!

[@stanleyfishburne2990]

Couple of decent cards but not enough to get your money back not even halfway but it's a chance that you sometimes take Great video RGL!!! your next rip will be better

[@AL-mp2mo]

On boxes like this, we'll let the breakers have the fun 😂

[@andrewh6133]

Contenders optic is one of my absolute favorite looking sets but I could never bring myself to buy a box or even enter a break of it because it’s too easy to get burnt.

[@BofaDsNutz]

Ouch Town population: YOU lol. Fun as always watching you rip these whether or not it’s an unmitigated disaster.

[@BofaDsNutz]

@@starscream8Life somebody got the reference!

[@DaddyMOFObanks]

Ripped two boxes and hit a Hendon Hooker Cracked Ice, then was about to pass the floor but took another because why not? Ended up hitting RPA Anthony Richardson /75

[@soopacee]

RGL always taking 1 for the team

[@myles23atbr]

I hit a DTR blue auto /75 and a CMC Nebula in mine

[@JoeyPeeps157]

Contenders Optic? Sooooo still the same garbage, just shiny? No matter how much you polish a turd, it’s still a turd. Thank you RGL for taking the hit for us…again!🤙🏼

[@hotjoe817]

Bought one box, pulled a Zay flowers auto variation 1/50 and a Puka card and hooker helmet card and 3 duds after that

[@yankshomer7267]

They juiced it up without the key rookies Yay ❤❤

[@mikeusmc0629]

I’d buy that Duece Vaughan from you

[@boxbreaks805]

Not a fan of redemptions but I’d love to get that Jalen Carter if you’re selling.

[@CarrieFlattsFan13]

Actually probably got like $150-$170 back so that is an above average box

[@AdamJonesstlouis]

What's the "downtown debacle"?

[@Cloverhope23]

Should I trade my 1st edition PSA 9 Charizard for a PSA 10 Cherry Blossum Wemby?

[@Soniteq]

@livelycardcollector killing it as always!

[@hank8291]

I actually really enjoy this product but in a scour COMC for singles kind of way not. Not a flush away $350+ on a box kind of way

[@bobthompson4713]

It's tuff to throw away that much money.

[@jeffk3392]

Buyer on the Jalen Carter!!

[@erikchristensen8415]

Between Panini consistently putting out overpriced crap and Fanatics dropping exclusive Travis Scott hot garbage, I'm singles only now

[@johnbritt53]

Hate to say it, folks need to be ready when the hobby dies out again. Reason is, costs, poor quality, and believe it or not, mass production, like they did in the early ’90’s .

[@travislee7444]

😢 dammit I was watching this really hoping to see some super short print on card or True Auto of (Jaxon Smith NJigba) or AR… but no worries. I made sure to like and leave a comment. I almost wonder if the Deuce Vaughn is a hold 🤷‍♂️ I mean $20-$40 to me I’d have to hold tell mid season and 🙏. Sorry man better luck next rip!!

[@clauspage]

That was criminal

[@the3goodlemons]

😳 my meijer mystery box was more loaded then that. 🤷🏻🤷🏻

[@JJPlus4cards]

I dont understand the hobby right now. If you don't get fotl. Good luck in hitting the lotto on everything else. It's sad. Prices have gone stupid and chances seem way harder.

[@wheelman0799]

This would be a gamble at $100 and with no top rookies it should be under that

[@johnwinstead850]

Buck a funch of THAT! OUCH !!

[@RetailRipper]

bloodbath.

[@VideoDeGomes]

Other than breakers and KZbin people, who on earth would buy this?

[@ATaylor55]

Love the videos brother, keep doin your thing. Seems like everything coming out is a huge money grab from from panini. All junk. 500$ box of shit. We stop buying the price might come down or the quality might go up???🤷🏼‍♂️

[@simplexthings1536]

What in the Degen

[@bobthompson4713]

That's just crazy

[@jamiepike6909]

Genuine question and not a “I can afford it” one. But, why are people buying this junk.

[@videogames9829]

i highly doubt any auto you can pull from this is worth 500 plus aside from an Arich. Terrible pricing

[@tjunboxingthehobby10]

How much you want for that Jalen Carter?

[@MatthewClifford-q7y]

Who’s even left to go after Wemby n cj other than that just holding l l l

[@DanielHarrison1384]

Haven’t seen a winner of these yet.

[@The11Cure]

Groceries are overpriced & sports cards are too...😅

[@TuProGames]

Put some respect on my boy Derek Carrs name! haha

[@Sighhhh]

Luv contenders optic but it's way worse than roulette. Dig the base Stroud tho.

[@zje1979main]

This hobby is trash nowadays. A million sets, with an infinite number of parallels and inserts, everything is numbered, lame sticker autos where apparently no one understands what "signature" means, patches that have nothing to do with the players, oh, and spending a bunch of money for hardly any cards. I'll stick with buying single cards of actual Hall of Famers and people I like watching.

[@LetsStormTheTeaCupRide]

I bet there is at leaat one comment that says that it's not a bad box or nice hits. Garbage emoji.

[@nabzy28]

It's disgusting how badly the sandwich company has completely destroyed the football card market. These products have been absolutely nothing but complete trash for the last 7'ish, or so, years. It all looks the same. I just walk past this crap when I see it at shows. No one will care about any of the 12 trillion parallels of all these guys in the future. Trying to explain why your zebra orange wave prizm FOTL day 1 rookie parallel is worth $1k to someone who stopped caring by the time you reached the 3rd descriptor of the card type isn't going to fly.

[@JSalaiz1120]

interested in selling the Deuce Vaughn?

[@yankshomer7267]

I’ll make more hobby luv with little league pin trades

[@gojurathedynamo3]

You should change your name to RuinGoodLife whenever you are reviewing bad product lol

[@yankshomer7267]

I need oxygen

[@Garry-h8v]

Whens panini coming with thier $500. A box garbage men I've seen with Uber drivers short prints ? Maybe throw in autographed meter maids and this guy would open it and be happy ?

[@Chan_JLC]

Let me see if I can pre-empt the haters for this video. " 😊 Evil breakers are the reason these cards are so expensive! Without breaks, i think I'd only be paying $5 instead of $500 for this box. I don't know how I reached that conclusion about how much it really costs to make and market sports cards. I just pulled that $5 number out of a hat." "RGL has a job for sissies. A real man would be working on his feet all day instead talking for a living." I say that having worked many physically grueling service jobs myself, by the way. "Big whoop, anyone can buy lots of cards and make money putting them in breaks. Obviously successful breakers don't have expenses like hiring employees to ship hundreds of packages a week, and professionally edit videos so they don't look like garbage filmed on a $20 web cam. It's not like sports cards need to be a visually appealing product or anything. " Did I miss something? Oh yeah, I'm a channel member, so RGL must be paying me off just to state obvious things in the comments section. Its all a plot!

[@livelycardcollector]

lmao!!

[@Chan_JLC]

@@livelycardcollector thanks, maybe we can defend the comments section together. 🙃

[@johnbritt53]

Wow!!!

[@Garry-h8v]

One way to stop panini from selling this shiny garbage for $ 500. Stop opening it and go for a bike ride. Lay of the chips and end these rips.

[@Umbra_Witcher]

at least it's better than contenders! i'll stick to wrestling.

[@Cars_n_Cards]

"How to lose $500 in 8mins" 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@i_do_this_4_fun]

Degen

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

Cards are the biggest rip off i can think of...even when get a decent one u have to sell it..go bet games forget this bullshit

[@JerkyJones100]

*2 minutes

[@Breesy82]

i thought you were cool till you trash talked carr big saints fan but thats alrite everybody is hating on them but just wait there gonna be good

[@MatthewClifford-q7y]

How is tha Carr worth 70 lol 😂

[@MatthewClifford-q7y]

Contenders is dumpster juice no matter what version u get u lose

[@josesvo8461]

not a horrible ROI

[@jnrs9512]

I'm sorry but this is just opening cards in a nutshell. You're rarely, if ever even going to break even. You've already lost just by purchasing the box.