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Southpas2013

10-02-2018, 08:36 PM

I’m still trying to wrap my head around these digital trading cards.

You can sell them? People actually buy them ? Isn’t that the same thing as a jpeg or someone can just take a screen shot of it for free ?

Appreciate any feedback or conversation in this one . [emoji847]

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era41

10-02-2018, 08:45 PM

Yeah, they have a market. Some people say it’s the same logic as we collect a piece of cardboard. But I really don’t get why people pay for opening those images from a panini App while they can open those same images from Photo App for free.

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Arianny_Fan

10-02-2018, 08:48 PM

Yeah, I will not spend money on a card I cant physically hold and see with my own two eyes.

What if the site crashes and they lose who owns what. Than what?

Beavers98

10-03-2018, 10:55 AM

^^^ I'm pretty much along this train of thought too.

Hey for those that want to do it sure, heck people spend money on different apps, upgrades etc. If digital cards float your boat so be it, but beyond that no.

As many have mentioned... "Hey look at my exotic car collection. " Oh no I don't own any of them, I just have pictures of them" hahaha I could have a pretty sweet Jordan Exquisite collection if all I needed was to take pictures of them.

dasiegel

10-03-2018, 10:57 AM

they don't sell well, gimmicky, easier to produce and cheaper for manufacturers. it's a joke they hope catches on.

LCM1223

10-03-2018, 10:58 AM

they don't sell well, gimmicky, easier to produce and cheaper for manufacturers. it's a joke they hope catches on.

They used to

Back in 2014-2015 EVERYTHING was selling

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 12:20 PM

Digital cards are bad mmmmmkay...

Siberian13

10-03-2018, 12:29 PM

I was told they were the future and we shouldn't doubt them. The young collectors don't want actual cards but something digital they can store on their phone. And they are limited and you have to have the app or you don't own it. Which makes zero sense. It's a picture of a card.

LCM1223

10-03-2018, 01:03 PM

I think people also forget about the fantasy gameplay/contest aspect as well

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 01:05 PM

They could be the future but hopefully I'm dead by then lol

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 01:10 PM

Also imagine dropping 10 grand on a digital card....

CastleBeachCards

10-03-2018, 01:29 PM

can't you request a physical copy of them? i thought that was an option

LCM1223

10-03-2018, 01:31 PM

can't you request a physical copy of them? i thought that was an option

You're thinking of the Topps Golden, and Diamond, and Million Card Giveaway online promotions Topps ran from 2010-2012

They were all physical. You could just trade digitally before requesting delivery of them.

mc1

10-03-2018, 01:38 PM

As many have mentioned... "Hey look at my exotic car collection. " Oh no I don't own any of them, I just have pictures of them" hahaha I could have a pretty sweet Jordan Exquisite collection if all I needed was to take pictures of them.

Take a nice scan and print out in thick stock. Boom, save thousands.

At the end of the day those jordan cards are still just paper/cardboard and foil. Nice design and photo but who in their right mind pays for a piece of paper that is artificially rare? :eek:

jcardstore

10-03-2018, 01:39 PM

http://blog.smalltraditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/21320a_lg.jpeg

I have this for sale, I'll sell it to anyone that wants it for a major steal, only $100. **Image only**

Digital cards are really dumb and gimmicky. Can't believe there's a market for them at all.... A fool and his money are easily parted

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 01:40 PM

Take a nice scan and print out in thick stock. Boom, save thousands.

At the end of the day those jordan cards are still just paper/cardboard and foil. Nice design and photo but who in their right mind pays for a piece of paper that is artificially rare? :eek:

Um just no....

mc1

10-03-2018, 01:41 PM

Um just no....

Jordan rookies are printed on cardboard but they are worth thousands because someone is willing to pay that? Yep, sounds reasonable. As reasonable as someone paying for digital cards.

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 01:44 PM

Jordan rookies are printed on cardboard but they are worth thousands because someone is willing to pay that? Yep, sounds reasonable. As reasonable as someone paying for digital cards.

You guys should be banned. And don't belong in a card collecting forum. Go buy your digital cards and start either a new section for this digital stuff you love so much...crazy talk....

mc1

10-03-2018, 01:53 PM

You guys should be banned. And don't belong in a card collecting forum. Go buy your digital cards and start either a new section for this digital stuff you love so much...crazy talk....

You triggered? Ha

I don’t own any digital apps or cards.

I’m just the type of person that likes to think a little outside the box, you know? :)!

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 01:58 PM

You triggered? Ha

I don’t own any digital apps or cards.

I’m just the type of person that likes to think a little outside the box, you know? :)!

Oh thank god!!! Yeah the topic is interesting I just say if people are willing to pay for something its valuable so right now I'd just buy cardboard. There's a lot of reasons that people like physical coppies of things. Sorry had to vent about digital cards. You can just feel the hatred....

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unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 02:00 PM

I mean it's gonna be hard to print chrome like cards...

Siberian13

10-03-2018, 02:19 PM

You triggered? Ha

I don’t own any digital apps or cards.

I’m just the type of person that likes to think a little outside the box, you know? :)!

This you? :D

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/59/6e/aa596e0c9889886bf401f7877dc5b28d.gif

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 02:32 PM

This you? :D

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/59/6e/aa596e0c9889886bf401f7877dc5b28d.gif

Haha lol

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 04:33 PM

I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't have any cards but I've got some digitals....lol

discostu

10-03-2018, 04:44 PM

I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't have any cards but I've got some digitals....lol
My friends collect, only things tangible
Yet my collection thrives on things existential

KnicksLife

10-03-2018, 04:45 PM

As long as it makes you feel happy and satisfied collecting it, then I have nothing against digital cards. Isn't that what having a hobby is suppose to be about?

Orangejello727

10-03-2018, 04:55 PM

I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't have any cards but I've got some digitals....lol

I bet you were the same guy crying about crypto currencies being a gimmick a as well. :)!:)!

The best part of all this is how people fail to realize their cardboard is worthless outside of their collective environment, just as digital cards are outside of their app. But putting 2 and 2 together is hard isnt it?

I can see you walking to the bank and going up to the account exec and showing him your sweet collection of psa 8 graded commons hoping to secure a mortgage loan against it. And having them look at you like "WTF"?

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 04:56 PM

Oh my god people we need to grow a pair and rid this from our hobby lol I thought collecting was about having the stuff in hand. Let's get digital cars that we can look at and not drive and say dude I've got this killer Lamborghini. It's parked inside my phone...

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 04:57 PM

I bet you were the same guy crying about crypto currencies being a gimmick a as well. :)!:)!

The best part of all this is how people fail to realize their cardboard is worth less outside of their collective environment, just as digital cards are outside of their app. But putting 2 and 2 together is hard isnt it?

Go home or get real if u want to play with the big boys that buy big boy cards...

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:03 PM

But by all means buy those things right up. I can't wait to see the resale value....

Orangejello727

10-03-2018, 05:21 PM

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:25 PM

My friends collect, only things tangible
Yet my collection thrives on things existential

Haha is that guns n roses? Rocket queen...

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:26 PM

I'm glad you made cash but I've also bought cards that I've gained 4 grand on...

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:27 PM

Is that app as hot? you said when it was hot...

Orangejello727

10-03-2018, 05:27 PM

I'm glad you made cash but I've also bought cards that I've gained 4 grand on...

so then what is the difference that you cannot comprehend genius?

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:28 PM

so then what is the difference that you cannot comprehend genius?

Um how long will it last ? Can u tell me that?

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:30 PM

The cards i have have prooven the test of time for a long time...

Orangejello727

10-03-2018, 05:38 PM

Um how long will it last ? Can u tell me that?

The cards i have have prooven the test of time for a long time...

Just about everything fizzles over time. Certain things may not, but you cant sit here with a straight face and tell me that every sports card produced has only gone up in resale value?? LOL. For card that goes up in value over time, there are thousands that fizzle. But that is besides the point of digital vs physical. You started off by not understanding it. Now its been deflected to time perseverance?? You ever read a digital book? Watch a movie on a digital code? What were their values after time? Wait, unless the value over time is not the point behind them?

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:42 PM

Just about everything fizzles over time. Certain things may not, but you cant sit here with a straight face and tell me that every sports card produced has only gone up in resale value?? LOL. For card that goes up in value over time, there are thousands that fizzle. But that is besides the point of digital vs physical. You started off by not understanding it. Now its been deflected to time perseverance?? You ever read a digital book? Watch a movie on a digital code? What were their values after time? Wait, unless the value over time is not the point behind them?apples to oranges my friend...And are you collecting the right cards? Don't buy junk buy at least cards worth 500 or sell your little stuff to buy nice cards...and I don't buy any new cards...

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 05:46 PM

Panini makes me want to fart all over their product...ive got a set worth 17 grand. I could sell it and buy a crap ton of digital cards I bet...

discostu

10-03-2018, 05:59 PM

I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't have any cards but I've got some digitals....lol

My friends collect, only things tangible
Yet my collection thrives on things existential

Haha is that guns n roses? Rocket queen...

I heard your post in my head as Bad Religion's "21st Century Digital Boy"...so I continued.

"I'm a twenty-first century digital boy
I don't know how to read but I got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual, oh
Ain't life a mystery, yeah? "

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 06:01 PM

Ohhh! It fits right in there with gnr rocket queen haha! And yes that was bad religion that I started with lol

LCM1223

10-03-2018, 06:15 PM

I pulled 3 of these sets back in the early days of the topps star wars app when it was hot. I bought a total of $40 in credit on the site an used the free sign up offers to get credits that worked well in the early days. I sold them for well over $700 each when the award chase was on twice.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Se0AAOSw4SxbQYZG/s-l1600.jpg

LCM can vouch for the red set I had and other cards the he help me sell. I held some of them too long but I did make out like a bandit when the app was hot. I easily sold our $7k in cards I got for free when the app went live.

Exactly

If you can make money off the (your) perceived stupidity of others why complain and not take advantage of it. I would never in a million years spend money on digital cards but if I can make money off of it I’m not gonna bother to question the intentions of people buying from me.

unscarredrx7

10-03-2018, 06:17 PM

This^^^ kinda like what I said if you can make money on it it is valuable. I just question its longevity and would be a huge gamble for me. Id probably cry if I traded all my cards for digital...

Arianny_Fan

10-03-2018, 11:07 PM

Didn't Bitcoin start off this way?

jcardstore

10-04-2018, 05:43 AM

Didn't Bitcoin start off this way?

No... lol the Bitcoin technology is revolutionary and insane value aside, actually has a real world use.

LCM1223

10-04-2018, 08:51 AM

I just question its longevity and would be a huge gamble for me. Id probably cry if I traded all my cards for digital...

Definitely don’t get in now. The glory days of digital are long gone (unless Konami decides to revamp SWFC). Resale values are trash now. All the apps are watered down. Almost everything now is pay to play.

unscarredrx7

10-04-2018, 09:18 AM

Definitely don’t get in now. The glory days of digital are long gone (unless Konami decides to revamp SWFC). Resale values are trash now. All the apps are watered down. Almost everything now is pay to play.

Thanks for this info. I honestly have no clue about digital cards but something says stay away from those. Yeah it seems like a a game you play that you buy fake gold with. Never understood that either!!

LCM1223

10-04-2018, 10:36 AM

Thanks for this info. I honestly have no clue about digital cards but something says stay away from those. Yeah it seems like a a game you play that you buy fake gold with. Never understood that either!!

Everything that used to have "value" Topps has put behind a paywall

The only way I've been able to make substantial money anymore is on large team insert lots on Skate

Huddle is dead. Walking Dead is dead. SWCT community is still alive but resale value is all but dead. Kick has been dead for a while. Bunt is on it's way out. The Skate community is dead but people still shell out money (albeit not a lot) for cards they want.

I've never stepped foot in the UFC app nor the garbage Panini basketball/football apps

salthill

10-04-2018, 11:02 AM

Everything that used to have "value" Topps has put behind a paywall

Yeah, bringing the Diamonds into those apps (an in-game currency you have to buy with real money) destroyed the fun. Impossible to hit any limited cards for free now.
I used to have fun with those apps - and throw the odd dollar at them - but Topps calculated that they’re better off milking the whales. (Fair enough, that’s a business decision and it wasn’t viable for the apps to be free-to-play forever.)

Orangejello727

10-04-2018, 11:46 AM

Yeah, bringing the Diamonds into those apps (an in-game currency you have to buy with real money) destroyed the fun. Impossible to hit any limited cards for free now.
I used to have fun with those apps - and throw the odd dollar at them - but Topps calculated that they’re better off milking the whales. (Fair enough, that’s a business decision and it wasn’t viable for the apps to be free-to-play forever.)

The pay wall is what killed the market for the topps apps. They should have kept the inserts in all free packs and just made you buy more credits if you wished to open more packs instead of making certain limited inserts in expensive credit packages.

The first year for all the Topps apps were fun. Especially the award chases. It invoked so much trading between members that you could spend all day wheeling and dealing to achieve what you needed. Something the hobby is missing these days.

unscarredrx7

10-04-2018, 01:08 PM

If it was free I could see it being fun.....

Arianny_Fan

10-04-2018, 01:42 PM

No... lol the Bitcoin technology is revolutionary and insane value aside, actually has a real world use.

I still dont get it. Other than it "Bitcoin" being valuable.

salthill

10-04-2018, 01:51 PM

Digital cards are the same as graded cards - but instead of a card you’ll never touch being behind a layer of plastic, it’s behind a layer of glass. [emoji6]☕️

jcardstore

10-04-2018, 02:25 PM

I still dont get it. Other than it "Bitcoin" being valuable.

There is no way I could possibly explain it to you so that you'd understand but blockchain is a revolutionary technology.

JWBlue

10-04-2018, 02:32 PM

I am a believer in digital cards.

Ownership of a card is validated through the app. Someone can not just take a picture of a digital card and say they own it.

salthill

10-04-2018, 02:34 PM

There is no way I could possibly explain it to you so that you'd understand but blockchain is a revolutionary technology.

Unfortunately bitcoin is an awful use-case for it.

smalltown

10-04-2018, 02:38 PM

I am a believer in digital cards.

Ownership of a card is validated through the app. Someone can not just take a picture of a digital card and say they own it.

And say for arguments sake. Panini goes out of business. They stop updating the app. The next version of IOS or whatever comes out and the app doesn't work. How do you Store, keep or "Validate" the card?

The whole digital is forever thing is not really true. When platforms change. When companies go under. When hacks occur. Stuff is lost or obsoleted.

unscarredrx7

10-04-2018, 03:18 PM

Digital cards are the same as graded cards - but instead of a card you’ll never touch being behind a layer of plastic, it’s behind a layer of glass. [emoji6]☕️

Lol are you serious or joking???

unscarredrx7

10-04-2018, 03:21 PM

I'd like to see you crack that case and get that digital card out lol!!!

unscarredrx7

10-04-2018, 03:25 PM

You can crack real cards and touch them or play with them in the bathtub if you wanted to, but any serious collector would advise not to touch them, because in the world of real cards condition is almost everything...

Or if you run out of toilet paper, grab that psa 10 jordan rookie and wipe....oh oh...then replace it with a digital copy that will never exist because of copyright infringement...