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njsportscardguy · 11-13-2025, 01:05 PM

You can bet your as; any "tool" or "feature", which Topps/Fanatics decides to implement on their website(s), will NEVER be done so to be of direct-benefit to us,...the consumer. NEVER in a million years! Rather, it's commensurate with their clear & obvious intents of [ONLY!] BEING GREEDY! (aka. they got us by the you-know-whats; they know it, you [should] know it!)

I'm as red, white, & blue... capitalistic-minded, as any other patriotic American. However, the course for which these billionaires & hundreds-of-millions-aires are steering our hobby ship is just undeniably,....

With virtually every, mid-tier to premium release, they're making it more & more blatantly obvious. They DON'T WANT...."lil' fellas"..."playing" any more! No need for the guy whose been in the hobby....40+ years, whose budget is (example) a few hundred to a couple thousand...a month, and just wants a random box/case or two...here & there! They want folks who have NO QUALMS about droppin' THOUSANDS, A DAY! And what's the easiest way for them to realize this..."business model"...?!? Make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for the overwhelming-majority of Average Joes,...to procure any of their mid-tier/premium products (be it through a BOT-ruled, crash-filled, traditional pre-sale drop,...a bogus-EQL,...or a manipulable Dutch auction) thereby allocating the bulk of said products,...to BREAKERS WHO BREAK ON THEIR PLATFORM! It's a "win-win-win" (and win, some more!) for Topps/Fanatics, and it's undoubtedly, exactly what their intentions are for our hobby! "Buy into our breaks,...with US/OUR PEOPLE, and if you don't want to; FINE! Go, kick-rocks,...'cuz someone else,...will (buy into our breaks!)!"

In layman's terms - we're being SQUEEZED-OUT of the hobby. Directly or indirectly, is a moot point. If you don't see the writing on the wall, well; there's nothing I, nor anyone, could say or do to make you realize as such. Ya' know the 'ole saying. You can't make a blind man, see. But, believe me! Unless it's (example) Flagship, Bowman, Heritage, paper products, Topps/Fanatics....doesn't want you getting your grimy hands on ANY of..."the good stuff"! But, of course; they..."have to" allow for a lil' pee-dribbles worth of it, to "hit-the-streets".

Anywho...

11-13-2025, 01:05 PM	#38
njsportscardguy Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 968	You can bet your as; any "tool" or "feature", which Topps/Fanatics decides to implement on their website(s), will NEVER be done so to be of direct-benefit to us,...the consumer. NEVER in a million years! Rather, it's commensurate with their clear & obvious intents of [ONLY!] *BEING GREEDY! (aka. they got us by the you-know-whats; they know it, you [should] know it!) I'm as red, white, & blue... capitalistic-minded, as any other patriotic American. However, the course for which these billionaires & hundreds-of-millions-aires are steering our hobby ship is just undeniably,.... With virtually every, mid-tier to premium release, they're making it more & more blatantly obvious. They DON'T WANT...."lil' fellas"..."playing" any more! No need for the guy whose been in the hobby....40+ years, whose budget is (example) a few hundred to a couple thousand...a month, and just wants a random box/case or two...here & there! They want folks who have NO QUALMS* about droppin' THOUSANDS, A DAY! And what's the easiest way for them to realize this..."business model"...?!? Make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for the overwhelming-majority of Average Joes,...to procure any of their mid-tier/premium products (be it through a BOT-ruled, crash-filled, traditional pre-sale drop,...a bogus-EQL,...or a manipulable Dutch auction) thereby allocating the bulk of said products,...to BREAKERS WHO BREAK ON THEIR PLATFORM! It's a "win-win-win" (and win, some more!) for Topps/Fanatics, and it's undoubtedly, exactly what their intentions are for our hobby! "Buy into our breaks,...with US/OUR PEOPLE, and if you don't want to; FINE! Go, kick-rocks,...'cuz someone else,...will (buy into our breaks!)!" In layman's terms - we're being SQUEEZED-OUT of the hobby. Directly or indirectly, is a moot point. If you don't see the writing on the wall, well; there's nothing I, nor anyone, could say or do to make you realize as such. Ya' know the 'ole saying. You can't make a blind man, see. But, believe me! Unless it's (example) Flagship, Bowman, Heritage, paper products, Topps/Fanatics....doesn't want you getting your grimy hands on ANY of..."the good stuff"! But, of course; they..."have to" allow for a lil' pee-dribbles worth of it, to "hit-the-streets". Anywho...