Can You Profit Buying Retail Sports Cards?! 🤔

[@WestTexas_Cars_Cards]

I'll save everyone from watching the video. The answer is no

[@soluscristus1]

Beat me to it😂

[@MarketMovers]

🫠

[@Wheueiororldfb]

Thanks

[@civicminim]

😂😂😂

[@yvr2yyz]

Shocking! Next time, buy a Powerball ticket instead.

[@banderse77]

Buy a hobby box with guarantee hits for the money. Or better yet buy a card you like instead of unboxing

[@ryanjohnston1268]

Blaster boxes and all the others dont guarantee nada better buy a graded card you like

[@Kronicdice23]

What’s a hobby box?

[@BL-zq5gn]

Agree with the take on just buying the card you want, but hobby boxes are not a guarantee for anything. lol Sure, better odds.

[@BlueToronto]

Yeah, I kind of agree with just buying a card you like. With the cost of these boxes nowadays, you could spend hundreds pretty easily. Might as well out that into a nice card.

[@Matoi_ryuukoKLK]

​@@Kronicdice23 why are u even watching this vid if u dont know what a hobby box is.

[@elemeno0pee]

This video reminded me how much I don't miss throwing money away.

[@Tbass-yy8uc]

So happy I grew up in the seventies where I could go use my paper route money to any grocery store or five and dime store in buy cards without having to worry about adults hoarding them

[@davephillips4009]

First year I bought cards were 1967 Topps 5cents 5 cards

[@rebelp311]

​@@davephillips4009How many autos, refractors or relic cards were available in the 50s? 😂

[@thinkbeforyouvote]

Honestly my favorite card collector video. You show the process and actually tally the prices. As much as I would love to get into something I love doing in the 1970's, it's a different ballgame out there today. What I wouldn't do to have the 3 Henderson rookies I let go awol...

[@scarpfish]

You can't profit from buying either hobby or retail. People buy retail because it's a lesser degree of ridiculous and they actually want to collect cards.

[@bpgaming069]

I get most of my big eBay singles from retail… definitely profitable I guess I’m just lucky

[@flyingchimp12]

You get way better value per $ in hobby...

[@tylerjones1155]

I mean this is 100% false. Are the odds bad of course but to say no one ever profits is just stupid.

[@jerjerwalker6001]

@@flyingchimp12 some people don’t collect for profit, that line of thinking is why the hobby is fucked up.

[@bostonnate4024]

Wayne deff the goat. If the man never scored a goal he would still be the all time point leader

[@jbake5022]

Willy T Ribbs raced in the Trans-Am race series and dominated winning 17. 4 of those being for Rousch Racing. He was the first African American to test for F1, and later was the first to qualify for the Indy 500 in a old second hand Volvo car funded in part by Bill Cosby. If he had ever been given a real good ride he could have been very good in open wheel racing had he ever been a real shot. There is a great doccumentary about his life on Netflix called Uppity.

[@jcano9748]

You'd be surprised but Magic the Gathering can have some crazy retail returns. It's just knowing what you're buying. Wizards of the coast went heavy into exclusivity and started their own serialized magic cards so there is money in buying magic products.

[@RaleighCarGuy]

Good video. Now do the same thing with a few hobby boxes. Could have even worse ROI with the inflated wax prices.

[@jaycollector6555]

2020 was the last decent year to flip retail sports cards that hold value. 2021 the print run floodgates opened and that was it.

[@breaknationsports1885]

You know it's going bad when we start counting quarter cards toward the total. Way she goes sometimes.

[@MarketMovers]

You're not wrong...pretty rough when $6 is the most valuable card.

[@BEKR17ASroma]

For Select soccer products, La Liga is the way to go - lower print runs, more stars.

[@sourcingsailor4987]

As bad as and as worthless as retail product is, it does accomplish one valuable thing...it exposes local card shop owners, who either buy up all the high demand retail Hanger/Mega/Blaster boxes, themselves or have other people...family and friends do so and then place them in their store at 20%-40% mark up or higher! A month ago, I was in Walmart in Northwest Florida, around 6:30 am, and this guy came up and grabbed all twelve $45 blaster boxes of the Topps Chrome Baseball. Later, that morning, I walked into the first LCS via my GPS and guess who I saw at 10 am when the store opened? That's right, you get an "A" on this pop quiz! It was the same guy and those $45 blasters were now sitting behind his counter and on his shelf for $52.00! Plus, he had $25 Bowman Chrome U Blasters for $80.00. Yes, $80.00 freaking dollars! Why? Simply because of the potential of pulling Caitlin Clark, and Angel Reese cards. THIS rubs me the wrong way, because they are a business, they have the means to order directly, something we cannot. Plus, when they "scalp" up all the retail product from Walmart, Target, Academy Sports, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million and more, they are literally cornering the market(supply and demand)attempting to force locals in their area to have to buy from them, buy via the secondary market or simply do without. Personally, I see this as being dishonest and as soon as I recognized that the guy from Walmart was LCS owner, I didn't even look through his case, or go through his $1 boxes, I turned around and walked out of the store. If a LCS owner will "scalp" up all the retail product from local stores, you must ask yourselves, "What else are they doing?" More importantly, "What won't they do, to get a leg up?" Will they tell some kid, his $300 card is only worth $5 or $10? This is just my opinion, based on my values and morals.

[@joemama3191]

Didnt think this was true until we witnessed a local shops right hand man swoop on all the pokemon product. Keep in mind, we didnt even know he was the "dude" who was scavenging for the local shop. A day or 2 later, we pass by the local shop and the same exact damn product we saw the guy buy at target, was in the glass shelf of the local shop, marketed up in price. 😂 we told the guy, when did your friend drop these off, he didnt even let us have one at msrp.

[@sourcingsailor4987]

@@joemama3191 That's what thy do! The either get to the stores first thing in the morning or they knew the restock schedule and/or have hook ups with the distributor guy/girl, and wait to get a text or call, advising them of what store and what time to show up.

[@japansportscardscollecting8349]

I know, amazing hom many retail blasters there are at "hobby" card stores.

[@rebelp311]

All the retail stores in my area have a 3 box limit... And the walmart has them locked up in a case to prevent buying too many and weighing the packs and boxes...

[@sourcingsailor4987]

@@rebelp311 We have five Walmart stores, here in Tallahassee, Florida and two of the five stopped selling sports cards and TCG all together. It wasn't because of customers, but employees. One employee set up a deal with a scalper, who promised to buy the blaster boxes from him, but backed out of it. The Walmart employee tried to return them and get his money back and realized he could not, so he was literally standing in the sports cards section begging people to buy his blasters, so he could pay his rent!

[@K9Schaferhund]

Quick Answer: Hard No.

[@elitebaseball2041]

Wembanyama pink sells for $350.. Antman pink sells for $150... chet holmgren pink sells for $35...those are out of blaster packs "retail" ... how much does that box go for again ??? $27??? The chet will rise and so will others.. the 😊hobby is about hype nothing else anymore

[@kdubya90]

​@@elitebaseball2041Bought 1 mega box of Prizm for $55 (50 cards) and pulled a damn nice Wemby pink ice. Sold that sucker immediately and got $412 for it raw lol. FF to when value packs came out for $15.99.... My first pack.. Green Prizm Wemby lol.. sold it for $225 raw. That was sick. Although, must mention I did buy more after that Green Prizm and ultimately it just paid for the rest of the packs I bought.

[@justin783]

@@elitebaseball2041 Lol do you not understand probability. On average you're going to lose money. That's like saying you can go to a casino and make money LOL.

[@markusdowney5457]

@@elitebaseball2041 u are 14

[@WestTexas_Cars_Cards]

@@elitebaseball2041 How many blasters do you have to buy for the "struck by lightning" chance you hit one? At least hobby box the odds are a little better

[@harrybrass007]

I have been buying retail since the early 1990s... That being said, I only bought retail, mostly to get cards to fill in my sets. It was cheaper than the hobby, and until the 2000s, most did not have any auto's or game used in them. Todays retail is much different as you can pull big-time auto's, memorabilia and numbered cards... The problem is you have to hit the right name as most of these hit cards only sell for 5-10 dollars!!!! However, it's just gambling as the odds are probably better going to the casino or buying scratch off tickets. The great thing with the latter is that you get paid right away and good luck selling all those cards you pulled for .25 cents, 50 cents, and a dollar... Unless you own a store...

[@collectthegame2449]

“If Geoff is going to give me $200 to spend…you know I’m going to spend it!” 🤣

[@defyg3]

Pulled a 1:1 Michael Phelps from the Olympic Chrome boxes a few weeks back. That was a retail blaster box. So you can get big hits in retail. It's just rare. Sold it for around $1,400.

[@MarketMovers]

congrats!

[@sinep8008]

As the other comments have said already. The quick answer is no, but....as a person who does not open many sports cards. This video does a great job of showing you what retail products to stay away from if you're just a casual sports card collector. Becuase most casual collectors just look at the box and go *"This one looks good"* and picks it not knowing that the box they just picked is ass. It's also good for those that do collect a lot, but don't rip much and tend to only do it every now and then when they're at their local Target or Walmart and happen to pass by the card section. That being said stay away from it if you can.

[@LawDog79]

If you're holding the pack with your left hand, when you grabbed the seam to open with your right hand, go away from the hand that's holding the pack. You will open it much easier that way. Pulling towards yourself is fighting against your left hand. Figured I would put that out there.

[@RadiantBeamEtchStudios]

Shouldn't of based retail of of any of your factors. You forgot to adjust for shipping and wait time when calculating.

[@666Necropsy]

yep, made zero money back. good luck selling those.25 cent cards

[@christopherdunkley2632]

If you bring the portable CT scanner from Cards HQ you can 😉

[@DabCityyy]

There not portable yet

[@christopherdunkley2632]

@DabCityyy ohhh yes they are. Google it.

[@woodconnection7899]

Ha yes!

[@Myplaceforhiphop]

Hahah

[@Jawwaad1111]

I work at Target and those Prizm Monopoly blaster boxes have been discontinued for months. You could maybe find some sitting on the shelves but be aware that people were opening them from the top and then returning them with opened packs inside. They still look brand new at a glance but at closer inspection, you will see they were opened. Guest services doesn’t inspect them properly and sports cards can’t be returned but the glitch in the system is that these come in as toys since it’s a board game, so people open them carefully, take the good cards out, and then return them.

[@MarketMovers]

oof...scammers are going to scam.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

12:41 Yup….get the Whoopi Cushion (“Bloottt!!) for Geoff 😂 He’s keeping the Hobby LIVE so he would have a great laugh 😆

[@sourcingsailor4987]

I pulled a 1/1 Lebron James, a 1/1 Wemby and a 1/1 Paul Skenes out of retail boxes at Walmart and Target...then i woke up, slapped myself and went back to sleep!

[@HaleStorm1998]

Say everything twice. SAY. EVERYTHING. TWICE. OHHHHHH YEAHHHHHH!!!!

[@DaggerVR_84]

Sports cards is a hobby and mainly for collectors the whole “profiting” is too make something back instead of just giving it away. If you go buy a box and resell then u just want money but also depending on how much of a difference what u bought compared to the resell price of a box is. Back in 2020 the market was jacked up and u could get 2x all the way to 100x money back because of the overprice inserts on the qbs cards

[@bensweetra4871]

Best box to buy is a safety deposit jumbo box 🙂

[@rickinquest]

I've never ever pulled a good card out of the retail pack boxes at Target, etc. and found I'm better off buying "Hobby" boxes from LCS at higher prices with the stated guaranteed autograph hits.

[@matthewmcgreevy7270]

@@rickinquest target hanged pack i pulled a nolan fyan baseball stars golden auto 5 of 50 redemtion card.that is a fact.ive pulled as many autos and relics from retail blasters and packs than i have hobby.

[@dez00023]

the save from "gotta love pictures of kids" 🤣

[@TradingPostSports]

😂

[@harjimbaugh4234]

'why don't you take a seat right over there, i'd like to ask you a few questions, i have the transcripts.' - Chris Hansen

[@MarketMovers]

gahhhh cmon. I have 4 kids and 1 on the way. Just a sincere reaction. We were all kids once, even this bald data guy 😂

[@jaqueitch]

I thought he stumbled upon a Wander Franco card or something...

[@modofatak]

Hahahah

[@TravisKlanecky]

Enjoyed the 2024 Topps Chrome. Didn't have much luck with 2 boxes. But decided to go back with one more and hit a Jasson Dominguez 1989 throwback black parallel out of 10. Made it worth it.

[@MarketMovers]

"It only takes 1," as they say!

[@BigDirtDawg]

I’ve pulled plenty of big cards out of retail products. I’ve hit a tyrese maxey rookie premier level elephant print from select hanger box, a Anthony Edwards rookie Concorde level /49 from a select blaster box, lamelo ball redemption silver prizm auto from a mj holdings yellow prizm hanger box and a trevor Lawrence nfl debut mosaic genesis from a mosaic hanger box. I also pulled a rajun rondo gold /10 from a select hanger pack which obviously isn’t that big but it shows you they do put golds in retail hangers. Also pulled a Paul skeenes base auto from 2024 bowman blaster box.

[@diefreemediagroup]

But how much and how long did you have to rip wax 😅.

[@funnyclips720]

What app do you use while you were in Walmart?

[@MarketMovers]

Market Movers :)

[@ThatsPrettyCool87]

​@MarketMovers when im in Atl in 10 days i might seing by the store :)

[@andrewchesebro868]

In 4 months from Walmart: 1/1 shoei bowman mojo mega box 2024 2023 topps heritage Gunnar RC auto Wemby optic RC orange /99 Wemby optic RC blue /249 Over $5k worth of cards I KNOW I should just stop and never buy anymore…but that run has gotten me a spending a little more than I should from Walmart. Realistic amount spent $2-3k

[@MarketMovers]

Wow! Not bad!

[@airchewy-cards]

You can only break even on retail let alone on hobby if you are going to flip the sealed boxes

[@mauriciobori]

Always always appreciate a change of pace, particularly considering this isa data heavy channel some space to breathe is great (and im a nerd and love numbers but it was fun seeing a nerdy perspective on how to buy retail and following your train of thought and how it differs from mine, btw I always questioned why blasters have to be priced the same when we know all products are different and we see every subpar product abandoned everywhere)

[@joeyruss5]

That mtg commander deck is going for bout $150 right now & is highly desirable. This dude did this video immediately after a restock.

[@kennybaker1026]

The answer is , maybe. The 1/1 Prizm Wemby came from a hanger box. It's a gamble. It's just a little cheaper game to play.

[@rileyosborne2694]

What would your advice be for when the boxes go on clearance at walmart? You can get blasters with the value stickers from $14-18 at Walmart.

[@TaterCanCook]

The problem with goingto walmart and Target is all these breakers go in on restock day and clean it out so no one else can get any and you HAVE to go through the online breakers

[@sblanchard1891]

Please do more of these… I struggle with the value of Base and inserts especially Baseball cards and nice to see you rip explain and know about MVP Buyback…And really nice to see the variety… Could you do Selects vs optics NBA vs NFL please too?!

[@SixStringII]

Honestly I think you should do more of these videos

[@robertfrederick9149]

The price of Topps chrome does not justify the asking price. Topps has consistently cut back on the product output. Hobby boxes contain just one auto. When it was two. As for the retail, well you can not really complain. It is a retail product. Overall, the grade on the chrome product are poor.

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

You're right.... But yet almost every single youtube channel will be telling you what a great release Chrome is and all these hyped cards they keep getting. What they don't tell you is a lot of them get free product in exchange for reviews (it's a common practice in the business) and/or hyping the price artificially which benefits them and suckers people into buying into breaks...

[@robertfrederick9149]

@tenfourproductionsllc Amen to that. Preach the truth brother. Hot boxes has been a long practice of the hobby. The breakers gain. And the real collectors get cheated in the end.

[@barshiphop]

the first week or two after release you can make money. an example being I have a POP 1 Topps Chrome Juan Soto Lightboard Logo PSA 10 for sale

[@GrandFinaleeCollectibles]

I bought a Topps Chrome blaster from Barnes and Nobles and pulled a Mike Trout Image Variation. Profit made. Most of the time, you can't make a profit from retail. If you do sell all the singles, maybe break even.

[@jonathanbanks4427]

My tactic is always buy the last box bc that is how i got some hits or go thru the middle

[@ericolmstead6361]

I pulled a 2018 topps update ronald acuna jr vintage stock from a 20 dollar blaster at Walmart. I sold it for 250 dollars raw. Went up to 2000 dollars 3 months later. 😂 I made out pretty good but should've held out longer... point being, yes, you can make money off retail. Also pulled purple disco ja morant rookie and purple disco lebron from hanger boxes of hoops premium stock at target. Those are just a few examples of some nice retail. Also found topps pristine in a walmart super center once many years ago and pulled a 120 dollar Roger clemens auto...

[@senkofam]

You are 100 percent right about contenders straight junk. Waste of any kind of money its a waste of paper to be honest.

[@Rocklyn1]

I pulled a Wemby RC patch from Contenders.

[@nunzi83]

I usually agree with you on what you say but don’t agree on the series 1 or 2 blaster box. Blasters are actually the best value. On release they might not be when hobbies are $80-$85 but when hobbies are $150, blasters at $25 is a good price and a very good entry for releases like this. Just like series 2 hobbies for $100 or less is good but gets very rough when they are $150 or more.

[@MarketMovers]

Check out Stryker's channel for full analysis of pack odds. Blasters are brutal based on pack odds, and I don't personally like the holiday parallels. Thanks for watching!

[@Bmxbandit261]

Man ever since COVID card collecting has just gone downhill, so many people had nothing to do during the pandemic so they got into collecting and now all my old places get cleared out as soon as the shelves are stocked

[@rodriguezchen]

.25 .50 or even $1 value cards shouldn’t be counted towards total value in my opinion

[@modofatak]

Same. It’s not like you can sell those easily, either. After fees, shipping, taxes, etc…

[@MarketMovers]

Those cards sell very well at Cards HQ in value bins or with dealers at shows. They're definitely not worth selling online.

[@buffalobill9793]

They have value. They should count. It's not like your going to profit very often even with them so ya why wouldn't you count them?

[@modofatak]

@@buffalobill9793 exactly BECAUSE you’re not going to profit. You stay at 0

[@sbswtnchoice]

Going back about 15 years when I would open unopened packs from the 70's and 80's I always counted minor stars, semi-stars and unlisted stars if they were .25 or over into my totals. I used to always get the value of my packs back and sometimes double the worth or more in 2011 and before. I remember it was around Sept. 2011 that I started to not get my value back as much. That may be because prices started going up on unopened product and also because more card grading was going on to influence pack prices. I've always kept my cards raw and ungraded for an old school feel. Back then, a 1980 Topps Baseball pack was $10 at BBCE. Now that same pack is $105 on their website.

[@dustinroberson1865]

I hear tons of people rip on Contenders, but I've had better luck with contenders than other sets as far as value per box. Looking online, there are multiple cards that are over $1000 in that set.

[@TheArodfan13]

Those "Baseball" repacked boxes are so good, got a signed Joey Votto card out of one, and it's 8 packs for $15

[@youngpup2028]

Barnes and Noble is low key awesome. Lowest prices and if you do there membership you get 10% off every purchase and then they give $5 per $100 spent and random times get get $10-$25 off through out the year.

[@MarketMovers]

wow didnt know that!

[@miifed]

Who thinks T-Pott is a top shelf dude that keeps it real?

[@MarketMovers]

🫡

[@plb3733]

Uh no

[@ElliottKnapp-levy]

@@plb3733lol

[@b25907]

Any associate of that douchenozzle is a hard pass.

[@thatguycertified6873]

you could trade cards for sealed wax at stores to try and turn a profit for fun

[@BigJBasketball]

Great video and great advice! You were spot on with Flux and you remembered correctly, I got absolutely slaughtered on every Flux retail product I’ve ever opened. The chances of hitting anything worth more than the box cost is closer to 0% than almost any other fully licensed product I’ve ever seen. Total stay away!

[@MarketMovers]

That one stuck out in my mind! I think I may have actually watched that video on your channel from the aisle at Wal-Mart earlier this year (for a second time) to remember for sure! LOL

[@Grizzgrizzly1]

I’m actually a big fan of bowman mega boxes. The 1st sale a lot easier than your base chrome 1st.

[@AlonzoMourningCollector]

You still had more value in cards than the average Prizm Basketball Hobby box.

[@FarmleagueSportscards]

The answer is yes but you must choose wisely and not buy the junk,Myself and many others have done it for many years.2023 was a hobby year but 2024 has definitely been a retail year.

[@oreovegas]

Dude I went with a tops blaster bc I watched this earlier...Walmart 1045pm...pulled a Michael Harris 2 RC Commemorative father's day patch. Nice big Atlanta baby Blue "A"! Def one of the sickest idc how much it's worth...never would've gone for this box if I hadn't watched this earlier. Thanks bud🎉🎉 🔥 📛 👨‍🚒 guess what I know? Topps paper blasters yield more than all those other blasters!

[@kdtrey5isabeast]

Pulled a zebra Bryce young from a few value packs and then the next day I opened a contenders mega box that I’d bought for my sealed collection because it had a very noticeable tear in the seal and I pulled a green foil cj stroud /75. Both have sold recently for $300+ so I wouldn’t say you can’t profit from retail. I’ve had a lot of success pulling wemby this year as well from some retail boxes

[@CJRealHoops1]

Decent amount of stuff at Target, cleaned out at Walmart. It's almost always the exact opposite where I live!

[@MarketMovers]

Same for me in the city I live in.

[@tone.]

I mean pre 2020 yes. I was grabbing 20 dollar blasters at target getting rookie giannis. Prizms as well for 20, getting guard duty inserts and green kobe prizm.

[@JoeHinman]

This might be a secret that no one knows, or maybe no one cares 😅, but i scour Walgreens shelves for heavily discounted old retail products. Most recently they had value pack hangers of 2022-23 donruss with the gren laser exclusive parallels for 5.99 a pack. Pulled a Chet holmgren rated rookie which paid for the pack alone. Also, bought 2021-2022 illusions basketball blasters for 15.99 and pulled a ja Morant ultra rare tough insert that paid for the box. Those type of purchases are a little easier to swallow when you are getting 80-90% ROI compared to full price of new product and maybe getting 50% ROI even if you hit something really nice. P.S. I've seen Walmart have these same discounted packs or blasters, but you gotta get there within the first couple of days of a restock cause it gets wiped out quick.

[@christopherdunkley2632]

On a serious note, these products really aren't designed to be profitable. They're more so for little kids to get a lot of worthless cards, and get them addicted to the hobby. Generally speaking the rare, sought after products typically won't be found in value boxes.

[@nayshthegreat]

I only rip retail. I’ve gotten a few cool pulls from various different baseball boxes and packs but yeah probably haven’t actually gotten much profit from many of them. Either way though I don’t really rip for profit, I just go for fun and keep even the base cards so maybe I can look through them with my kids in the future and tell them stories about the players I grew up watching.

[@RetailRipper]

too bad there wasnt any select football on that end cap.

[@DestinationZion]

Go green, go white! Walker the III will be solid down the road.

[@aaronfrazier3240]

You can do ok buying retail but don't buy 1 box of each sport/product. You have to buy a few of the same product so you increase your chances of hitting those select few high dollar cards.

[@toyscardscollectables]

When doing this kind of analysis, instead of assessing them by the best possible opening scenario, you should assess whether the product is worthwhile by looking at what an average pack opening scenario would look like for each product. You really want to be asking: If you don't strike gold, is it still a good buy with an average opening?

[@jleezy259]

You can if you grade the cards or keep the boxes sealed. If you’re expecting to just crack raw gold though no

[@anthonymcdonald3167]

Thanks teapot for opening up a wide variety never really get to see some of the cards I don't buy but it's nice to see different car that I might buy thank you

[@shoopSAUCE]

Pulled a /99 and /199 Wemby out of Revolution a month ago. I'd say yes, you can make profit but the odds are still severely stacked against you with retail.

[@buffalobill9793]

Of course if you buy just 1 box and get lucky you can make a profit. The more boxes you buy the less likely you are to make a profit.

[@henrys3629]

I still don't know where Walmart and Target hid the product. Plus, Big Lots is closing so even less to buy.

[@ThatPokeGuy_]

I have that same shirt lol. Yeah no Retail boxes are only if you have a YT channel to open but if you’re looking to collect best bet is just to buy and trade for the cards you want.

[@MarketMovers]

Then you know the debate - peaches or oranges?? 😅 I say peaches...since I'm in GA.

[@phillycardshark9257]

Ouch...but still a fun rip. When looking at the hobby in regards to it being an alternative asset...ripping wax is gambling plain and simple...and never a safe investment.

[@DavidMacPherson-r8v]

Fanatics has printed a ton of cards Topps series 1,2, and chrome. Hard to hit anything. Not to mention several more stores other than Wally and Target. Seriously concerned about wax turning 90s crapshoot. When a company has spent what fanatics has spent in the last 3 years to get where they’re at in the hobby… you better believe they’re going to print a ton!

[@angelou1]

Very very informative. T POTT in the field is a win for us all

[@Wiscowaterboy]

Prizm Basketball Draft pick is low key 🔥. Hit a Black Colorblast Wembanyama in a mega the other day.

[@MarketMovers]

wow! congrats!

[@senkofam]

Skybox usually have a retail precious metals its like purple and # to 199. In a hockey i got before.

[@chiwhitesox7]

Great video. Those Target repacks are pretty sweet.

[@benjaminlyng8269]

I cannot tell the difference between the various sets, so sometimes if I am at Walmart with my kids I will look at eBay - I’ve never seen something cheaper at Walmart than eBay.

[@petergeorge4700]

Yes whoopee cushion Geoff ftw. And like seeing that second hidden shelf action @Target

[@bigc7_cards]

Honestly can't believe you didn't get kicked out for filming in Walmart 😂

[@AnthonyTumiwa]

Skybox also has Metal Universe card. Do both skybox and upperdeck are the same company?

[@yes3858]

I'll probably buy a couple clark boxes and just forget about em until i have a reason to remember

[@mrathburn]

The combination of price increases + print runs equal watered down overpriced products. Retail product is setting money on fire now.

[@sourcingsailor4987]

Buying retail is similar to and makes as much sense as going to the bathroom, ripping up your money and tossing it into the toilet!

[@soccercoachdale7258]

Hey guys, I'm getting back into the card game after many many many years away. I don't mind ripping packs as I'm more about the hunt. With that said, what do you think is the best product to get for basketball and soccer?

[@jasonvanboesschoten6680]

I've had massive luck with blaster and monster chrome at Best Buy. I've pulled so many good ones. Also, 2024 topps blasters. S1 and s2. I spent just around 750$. I'm waiting on 6 cards to get back from PSA. If I even get 3 at 10 I'm getting around 900 for them. Also, I have 9 more I need to send off. Elly x fractor, 3 Aaron Judge parallels I will hold for MVP buy back. A few Jackson Holidays parallels.

[@PepeInvest]

I’m new to this hobby. Are there any boxes at Walmart I should be looking for?

[@matthewmcgreevy7270]

@@PepeInvest any that you like.score and chronicles tenx to be worth less if trying to resell.nothinv wrong with walmart target etc.hobby boxes are so fckn exspensive.ive bought alot of both retail and hobby

[@goldenstone75]

i can't recall ever making money on any retail product ever...the stores sucked up my cash.

[@imperialmoose]

Lol. 12 minutes in and just gives up looking for the value and just starts rolling the dice.

[@AnimaUnda]

Even more risk in hobby I’ll spend 800 and make back like 200 if I’m lucky

[@HyperAB]

crazy that the consensus is “no”. i’ve pulled a lot of good basketball cards from my retail boxes from walmart. i have over $800 in value from all the Wemby’s i’ve pulled 💀

[@drewdavis3150]

This was a great video!! keep up the good work!!

[@Kbunk_Youth_Football_Wrestling]

If you could have run into Topps Chrome Platinum you might have had a fighting chance. You did show the reality of just how bad retail distribution is. The hobby would be 2x'ed just by fixing it.

[@paulbuker9596]

Contenders is different this year since they introduced rookies to the product

[@Devildog9804]

I normally buy hobby.. i went and tried some retail and bought a hanger of topps chrome basketball. I actually hit a wembanyama auto redemption.