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Originally Posted by eastbayak
Haha, I believe it. For what it's worth, I noticed that I hadn't seen any of your posts recently ("crying" or not) and started to wonder if everything was OK on your end. Glad you seem to be OK otherwise.
Hahaha! :P
There's still a statistically significant difference between going 3 for 19 vs. 0-1 for 19 (or 25).
But the real reason why people are chirping is because you've won A LOT more than others yet you've complained about the system A LOT more than others and you've downplayed your wins (when others have only lost). But yeah, you've toned it down recently so it'll eventually dissipate.
Also, people like to mess with you but I don't think many actually "hate" or "dislike" you. I, for one, like you and your posts (when it's not full of whines). You're pretty logical and have a lot of good stuff to say/share. I'm sure a number of others feel the same, you just get riled up about stuff that makes it easy/fun for people to continue chirping lol.
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Most of those people going 0 for an astronomical amount (20+) are only entering the good ones or are having their card declined. Whether they realize it or not many people's cards are declined and then you automatically don't get it. EQL doesn't give you a chance to pay with a different payment method you just lose.
Had I deemed a little bit here and there wasn't worth entering I would be something like 4 for 40+. That's less than 10%. But I enter almost everything. I doubt there was a single person that entered boxes of Finest WWE, Spongebob, Disney Wonder, and Disney Chrome that was 0 for 7 and actually lost without a card being declined every time. To many people all or most of those by the box and not case wasn't worth the time and effort.
Look at the few comments in the Diamond Icons thread. You follow this stuff and you didn't even think it was worth the risk. What do you think the average person in the hobby thought with no obvious to most resale value at that point? It's been 1 day and it's already at well over $3000 profit from a 5 box order. You would have been better off with that then all but 2 or 3 EQL box winners the entire year. It will be higher.
I can't remember when Fanatics started having product drops but I know I entered for Bowman's Best boxes and was surprised I didn't win. That was at the beginning of the year. Today was the first Fanatics drop I entered and won. 2 total boxes of Topps basketball hobby. There is no way I can see to track entries but in 9-10 months how many have I entered and lost? I'm probably 1 for 20 something or worse. I also lost WWE Finest and Spongebob on those drops.
I absolutely hate this system. I've said it since the beginning. I'd rather have fair auctions on all these EQL products then be guaranteed 3 to 5 boxes on every single one. Even being guaranteed the 3-5 boxes I know overall I would do much better on auctions. The biggest issue for someone in my spot now is good luck or bad you can't get the quantity from Topps. If you knew how I've done on Panini auctions the last 6 years you would not doubt this at all.
Thanks for the nice comments btw.