A great story I got from going to Target for a Value Box

[avjp87]

Was at Target tonight with the girlfriend and made my way to the cards. I see 8 of the new 2012 Value Boxes for $14.99. I picked one up, threw it in the cart and we went on our way. Fast forward to us checking out and I don't have a good feeling about the box, I pick it up and walk back to the cards to put it back.

But, when I go back, I see all the boxes were gone, and there was a kid there, probably 10 years old. He's there a lot getting blaster boxes. He was saying he was hoping to find a Value Box, so I guess I was Santa Claus for the night. I showed him I had one, handed it to him, and he gave me a high five and said thank you.

So, it least there are still young kids interested in the hobby.

[ernieren]

Very Cool of you . .

[jimssouvenirs]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

now, more about this girlfriend. Pics? :devil:

[mmbtvs]

Was at Target tonight with the girlfriend and made my way to the cards. I see 8 of the new 2012 Value Boxes for $14.99. I picked one up, threw it in the cart and we went on our way. Fast forward to us checking out and I don't have a good feeling about the box, I pick it up and walk back to the cards to put it back.

But, when I go back, I see all the boxes were gone, and there was a kid there, probably 10 years old. He's there a lot getting blaster boxes. He was saying he was hoping to find a Value Box, so I guess I was Santa Claus for the night. I showed him I had one, handed it to him, and he gave me a high five and said thank you.

So, it least there are still young kids interested in the hobby.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[JDK16]

so in 5 mins of shopping someone got 7 value boxes you got a popular Target haha

[avjp87]

Very Cool of you . .
Thanks, It was cool just to see a kid into the hobby
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

now, more about this girlfriend. Pics? :devil:
I'll get some when I see her next ;)
Pics or it didn't happen.
No pictures for you, I don't like you.
so in 5 mins of shopping someone got 7 value boxes you got a popular Target haha

Hell, I wish it were 5 minutes. I was dragged around for almost and hour!!!

[Copeskey45]

Hell, I wish it were 5 minutes. I was dragged around for almost and hour!!![/QUOTE]

Welcome to my world lol. Whenever my wife and I go shopping at target, I'm lucky to leave within an hour or so lol. Cool story though bro!

[Adamchuk]

Pics or it didn't happen.

I liked the picture of kitten better

Very nice gesture OP

[Zacky1053]

Well at least we know you didn't give away the Bryce Harper super...

[Srt42004n]

Was at Target tonight with the girlfriend and made my way to the cards. I see 8 of the new 2012 Value Boxes for $14.99. I picked one up, threw it in the cart and we went on our way. Fast forward to us checking out and I don't have a good feeling about the box, I pick it up and walk back to the cards to put it back.

But, when I go back, I see all the boxes were gone, and there was a kid there, probably 10 years old. He's there a lot getting blaster boxes. He was saying he was hoping to find a Value Box, so I guess I was Santa Claus for the night. I showed him I had one, handed it to him, and he gave me a high five and said thank you.

So, it least there are still young kids interested in the hobby.

hmm 10 Yr old... $14.99 x 8... was he rocking a gold chain as well I wasnt walking around with $150.00 @ Age 10. U sure it wasnt Gary Coleman

[rudyjustinfarrell]

Two words:

Birthdays and Gift Cards.

[georgewashinton]

You gave him this!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p41/joshua_derhammer/20122BTOPPS2BHERITAGE2BSANDY2BKOUFA.png

[Laxbam619]

hahahha imagine GW?

anyways very nice gesture by the OP

hopefully karma comes back your way and the next value box you find has a monster in it like the post above^

[avjp87]

Thanks fellas

Some of you guys might have misread the post. The kid said he came to Target to find a Value Box. But when he got there, they were all gone. So during that hour when I picked mine up and brought it back to the cards and gave it to him, the other 7 or 8 boxes were picked up and bought.

[bkovach06]

rule # 1

NEVER go to target with your significant other, unless you are willing to waste an afternoon/evening

very cool of you anthony

[monkeymcgee]

Good for you and congrats on the girlfriend (if she's a keeper, then I'll miss seeing more of your dating threads because that last one was great).

[avjp87]

rule # 1

NEVER go to target with your significant other, unless you are willing to waste an afternoon/evening

very cool of you anthony
Yeah I know, but my plan was to get some cards out of it. But hey, this one is better then my ex with time. My ex would be in there for two hours. No f****** way I'm doing that again

Good for you and congrats on the girlfriend (if she's a keeper, then I'll miss seeing more of your dating threads because that last one was great).

hahaha y thank you. I'll see how it goes with this one. She's a die hard Phillies fan so that's awesome.

[sportzluvr1]

Wonder what he hit in the 8 boxes he hid from you :0

Grand gesture my friend.

[dthimesch]

Hell, I wish it were 5 minutes. I was dragged around for almost and hour!!!

ugh! I know the feeling. Every time we are there my wife has to look around the baby cloths for a hour :mad:

[mikmouse24]

what is it with target and the death star tractor beam they have on our women

[DaBaddestHic]

Nice story OP - I've never seen any regulars at any of the places I get cards at.

Lol to all the people who also get dragged around stores by their significant others. I swear if it weren't for having a phone with games on it I'd go crazy on such shopping trips. Even with the phone, I'll start to get grumpy after around 2 hours of being dragged around, and if it hits 4 hours I'll probably be pissy the rest of the day. I just don't understand why I need to be there...but once my gf has her own car I won't be!

[XL5]

Fast forward to us checking out and I don't have a good feeling about the box, I pick it up and walk back to the cards to put it back.


Packsearcher!

[sangabrielbum]

I'd rather spend 1-2 hours at a Target where they have a card section vs. 1-2 hours at Macy's...

Nice gesture by the OP, especially since it involved a kid...I did something similar at my LCS a year ago (during a TriStar promotional event) where I gave a kid an unopened box of cards (maybe worth $40-50) that was part of a "package" purchase...the ear-to-ear grin was definitely worth it!

[gmarutiak]

Nice humblebrag.

[Kchance13]

I agree with above posters. Seriously what is the deal with Target. My woman will just walk around looking at stuff forever. And end up only buying a few things.

[BroncosFAN#1]

My wife is the absolute worst at shopping. If a place has 1 thing to sell it still takes her atleast an hour and when i ask for cards which isnt to often she complains. I dont know how she can do that considering shes a stay at home Mom bringing in 0 dollars.

[WilsonValdez]

Damn your niceness and the other dude who cleared them out. I guess that's kind of a good thing, come to think of it....i won't be tempted to buy them now.

And good for you Ant'ny!

[Tsannik]

I will NEVER complain about target. HOT CHICKS EVERYWHERE!!!! Whenever my wife wants to go shopping she doesn't even ask anymore because she knows what my answer will be. She literally will say " I need to go shopping, Target for the chicks right ?"

And my only choices here in my town in Utah are WalMart and Target, and I would die of starvation before I shopped at WalMart

[BostonNut]

My wife loves the "uncomfortable for men" area at Target. We always have to spend a good 30 minutes there. I always feel life a dirty perv just freaking standing in that area...

[SportCardBuffet]

very cool of you bro.

[dks]

That kid is a part of the huge fraud ring!!!

[jesseg1111]

http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/FenrirMX/Cool%20Story%20Bro/Cool_story_broMiley.jpg

[avjp87]

^^^^^ Good job at ruining the thread by posting a picture of that POS

[gmarutiak]

Apparently, I'm the only one who doesn't understand how this is a "great story." Lemme see if I understand it:

1. OP was going to get a box of cards.
2. OP got a bad vibe from the box of cards that he picked out.
3. OP went to put the cards back on the shelf, possibly to get a different box with a better vibe.
4. When OP got back to the shelf, there weren't any boxes left.
5. There was a kid there, so instead of placing the box back on the shelf, OP handed it to the kid, not letting him know that OP didn't think there was anything good in there.
6. OP came home, logged on to blowoutcards, and told the story, comparing himself to Santa Claus, even though, if the kid wasn't there, OP would have just put the crappy box back on the shelf and gone home. (Also, Santa usually doesn't make kids pay for their own gifts.)
7. People read this story and tell OP how great he is.

Is that accurate? I guess it was cool that OP actually took the cards back to the shelf, instead of leaving them in the underwear aisle.

[Kali]

Was at Target tonight with the girlfriend and made my way to the cards. I see 8 of the new 2012 Value Boxes for $14.99. I picked one up, threw it in the cart and we went on our way. Fast forward to us checking out and I don't have a good feeling about the box, I pick it up and walk back to the cards to put it back.

But, when I go back, I see all the boxes were gone, and there was a kid there, probably 10 years old. He's there a lot getting blaster boxes. He was saying he was hoping to find a Value Box, so I guess I was Santa Claus for the night. I showed him I had one, handed it to him, and he gave me a high five and said thank you.

So, it least there are still young kids interested in the hobby.

hmm.. you shouldn't be touching strange little kids..
lol j/k

[dks]

Apparently, I'm the only one who doesn't understand how this is a "great story." Lemme see if I understand it:

1. OP was going to get a box of cards.
2. OP got a bad vibe from the box of cards that he picked out.
3. OP went to put the cards back on the shelf, possibly to get a different box with a better vibe.
4. When OP got back to the shelf, there weren't any boxes left.
5. There was a kid there, so instead of placing the box back on the shelf, OP handed it to the kid, not letting him know that OP didn't think there was anything good in there.
6. OP came home, logged on to blowoutcards, and told the story, comparing himself to Santa Claus, even though, if the kid wasn't there, OP would have just put the crappy box back on the shelf and gone home. (Also, Santa usually doesn't make kids pay for their own gifts.)
7. People read this story and tell OP how great he is.

Is that accurate? I guess it was cool that OP actually took the cards back to the shelf, instead of leaving them in the underwear aisle.

That is where the Harper Super Auto is sitting right now.... Darn those underwear aisles...

[dashcounter]

Apparently, I'm the only one who doesn't understand how this is a "great story." Lemme see if I understand it:

1. OP was going to get a box of cards.
2. OP got a bad vibe from the box of cards that he picked out.
3. OP went to put the cards back on the shelf, possibly to get a different box with a better vibe.
4. When OP got back to the shelf, there weren't any boxes left.
5. There was a kid there, so instead of placing the box back on the shelf, OP handed it to the kid, not letting him know that OP didn't think there was anything good in there.
6. OP came home, logged on to blowoutcards, and told the story, comparing himself to Santa Claus, even though, if the kid wasn't there, OP would have just put the crappy box back on the shelf and gone home. (Also, Santa usually doesn't make kids pay for their own gifts.)
7. People read this story and tell OP how great he is.

Is that accurate? I guess it was cool that OP actually took the cards back to the shelf, instead of leaving them in the underwear aisle.

that's pretty much what i got out of the thread. i put back a bag of chips last week i wasnt going to buy and someone else bought it so i'm santa claus

[37Jetson]

Same thing that gets people to line up to pay $4+ for a Starbucks Coffee. Everyone wants to be part of the in-crowd.

Seriously what is the deal with Target.

[DaBaddestHic]

Apparently, I'm the only one who doesn't understand how this is a "great story." Lemme see if I understand it:

1. OP was going to get a box of cards.
2. OP got a bad vibe from the box of cards that he picked out.
3. OP went to put the cards back on the shelf, possibly to get a different box with a better vibe.
4. When OP got back to the shelf, there weren't any boxes left.
5. There was a kid there, so instead of placing the box back on the shelf, OP handed it to the kid, not letting him know that OP didn't think there was anything good in there.
6. OP came home, logged on to blowoutcards, and told the story, comparing himself to Santa Claus, even though, if the kid wasn't there, OP would have just put the crappy box back on the shelf and gone home. (Also, Santa usually doesn't make kids pay for their own gifts.)
7. People read this story and tell OP how great he is.

Is that accurate? I guess it was cool that OP actually took the cards back to the shelf, instead of leaving them in the underwear aisle.

I think the point is that he made some kid's night, and that it's good to see kids that excited about the hobby. Nobody is calling the OP a saint or anything, it's just nice to see younger people excited about collecting :)!

Also, it's not like he could have known if there was anything good in there. You make it sound like he felt up a rack pack and gave it to a kid after he figured out there wasn't a relic in there.

[avjp87]

Apparently, I'm the only one who doesn't understand how this is a "great story." Lemme see if I understand it:

1. OP was going to get a box of cards.
2. OP got a bad vibe from the box of cards that he picked out.
3. OP went to put the cards back on the shelf, possibly to get a different box with a better vibe.
4. When OP got back to the shelf, there weren't any boxes left.
5. There was a kid there, so instead of placing the box back on the shelf, OP handed it to the kid, not letting him know that OP didn't think there was anything good in there.
6. OP came home, logged on to blowoutcards, and told the story, comparing himself to Santa Claus, even though, if the kid wasn't there, OP would have just put the crappy box back on the shelf and gone home. (Also, Santa usually doesn't make kids pay for their own gifts.)
7. People read this story and tell OP how great he is.

Is that accurate? I guess it was cool that OP actually took the cards back to the shelf, instead of leaving them in the underwear aisle.

You must have been on Santas naughty list as a child.

I guess I'll defend myself seeing you took a good amount of time to think about your post.

1. Yep, I was going to get a box of cards.

2. Yep, got a bad vibe from the box.

3. Wrong, I went back to the box back. Do you see anywhere in my post of me saying that I was going back to get a new one?

4. Correct, there were no more of the Value Boxes

5. You're right and wrong. If you paid and attention to detail, you would see that I described what the kid got at Target when he would come for cards. He would come and get blaster boxes. And why would I tell the kid I have a bad vibe about the box? I'm not in his head, I don't know what the hell he's thinking. For all I know he could have gotten a real nice card. But again, you failed to see what it was about.

6. Yes, I came home, ran to my laptop, logged on to here and told the story real quick. Would you like to know why? Well you seem to be new on here, or you're just not on here a lot. There's been a lot of douche bags on here recently, and sadly, a lot of them have been kids. So it has sucked to see kids treating the hobby so bad. So when the kid got a smile on his face, gave me a high five and said "thank you" it was refreshing to see. So yes, I came on here and let everyone know that there are kids out there interested in the hobby like how most of us were when we were kids. And yeah, I called myself Santa Claus, does that bother you?

7. Did I say anywhere in my post that I wanted people to say how super awesome I am? No, I didn't. If someone else did something like this, I would surely say to the OP that it was cool to do cause like I said, there are douche bags every where in this world. So when you see someone just being nice, it's refreshing

[csmtampa]

Same thing that gets people to line up to pay $4+ for a Starbucks Coffee. Everyone wants to be part of the in-crowd.

Target doesn't smell like rotten ass. That's always a plus.

Plus you don't have to weave through a line of people by the entrance waiting to cash their checks on the first.

[avjp87]

Target doesn't smell like rotten ass. That's always a plus.

Plus you don't have to weave through a line of people by the entrance waiting to cash their checks on the first.

Does Starbucks smell like rottenass? I've never been.

[mmbtvs]

I once ran home and told the story about how I crapped my pants. I dunno why this is worse than that.

[gmarutiak]

[QUOTE=DaBaddestHic;2451541]I think the point is that he made some kid's night, and that it's good to see kids that excited about the hobby. Nobody is calling the OP a saint or anything, it's just nice to see younger people excited about collecting :)!QUOTE]

Except for the OP, who compares himself to Saint Nicholas.

[avjp87]

[QUOTE=DaBaddestHic;2451541]I think the point is that he made some kid's night, and that it's good to see kids that excited about the hobby. Nobody is calling the OP a saint or anything, it's just nice to see younger people excited about collecting :)!QUOTE]

Except for the OP, who compares himself to Saint Nicholas.


If anything, refer to me as Santa Claus, not Saint Nicholas. Thank you