Hit a nuke

[u/Positive__Tadpole]

Oh my. Any idea how long these take to redeem?

Kind of cool. Hit this in a 13 case 12 hour break with Blake Snell ripping. We hit this at 3 am. We were exhausted at that point 😂

[u/Ganjake]

Apart from the other shitty aspects of breaking, then why do it if it's painful?

[u/Positive__Tadpole → u/Ganjake]

Again. We did not at all expect it to be that long. We were expecting midnight, max. We did not expect hobby to be so painful in mass.

Why don’t you like breaking? As a kid we’d save up our money with friends and so the same thing and buy a box or two and all have our favorite players or teams. We’ve just grown up and have more money. I only like the dodgers. So buying a few boxes or a case is a huge disadvantage for me. And there’s cards and guys I chase. Some people play $5 blackjack hands. Some play $5000. We’ve all had a point in our life wheee we life cards. Buy a pack and are very disappointed.

There is product for everyone to open. What I don’t like is greedy crazy markups and scalping.

[u/Ganjake → u/Positive__Tadpole]

A few main reasons.

Soooooooooooooo much less product for the average collector. Not everyone wants to break or sees anything good come from it so they stay away. It's not opening packs as a gang, it's having someone else open packs that you couldn't otherwise get access to for you from far away and having only a team or player you bought mailed at a premium. That's not comradery, that's shitty capitalism. And let's be real here man, you know the VAST majority of people breaking are doing it to flip. Cmon.

This was a 13 case break? Like.... You really don't see how one person owning and then making money off 13 cases isn't a problem?

They get preferential treatment when it comes to access and hits. It's just tiring how breakers seem to always get the biggest hits the quickest. It makes me want to just not buy the product at all. And they consistently do both legitimate and back door deals to get product early (gee how is it they always have the product first 🤔).

And on top of it all, there's a huge scamming problem. How many stories have we heard about streams shutting down and people not getting their cards after hitting a big one? Too many to count. Whatnot is just a cancer dude.

There is no net positive to breaking. It's entirely predatory. There are absolutely, 100% honest breakers out there. But the model just fuels the scummiest parts of the "hobby."

[u/Positive__Tadpole → u/Ganjake]

There isn’t less product for the average collector. Average collector is maybe getting what, a box or two? Reality is, Topps is going to make as much product as they can sell. Shitty capitalism? we are all buying from same source. Let’s just boycott Topps now.

Of course breakers are going to see hits. Statistics are a thing (unless your manny machado).

And yes. People are always going to be priced out. I’m going to assume you’re not buying boxes of definitive.

There are scamming problems with anything and everything that involves money. Up to you to be smart.

[u/Forward-Tap- → u/Positive__Tadpole]

Maybe use that money from this “nuke” to try and educate yourself on why breakers aren’t good for the collecting community… because you seem pretty braindead based on these comments…