2019-20 Panini Mosaic Retail

[tommyfro21]

Originally Posted by TimBuckTwo

It's all abut timing!!

The other guy got the "some guy just bought it all line" LOL

What’s also funny is that when I realized how much she had, I needed a buggy to carry all of it. I sat it down and she said, “Be quick, its first come, first serve!” So I hustled to an empty buggy pretty quickly and loaded it all up and made sure to thank her again.

Knowing now that the other guy was just after me, I would have felt like an idiot if he had gotten all of it while I was getting the buggy.


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[k13]

Originally Posted by mossoholic

Yeah most really suck for ya. I haven't spent $4k at every Walmart combined since the end of February. So glad I have permanent brain damage and can't stop going out. Last 2 Thursdays I wasted close to 20 hours to get 9 Donruss holiday blasters.

I've been lucky recently before that had a huge dry spell of months. I almost gave up.

Put lot of hours in too.
That's the fun of the chase.

One week I went to 10 different walmarts and got Nothing.

[mossoholic]

Originally Posted by k13

I've been lucky recently before that had a huge dry spell of months. I almost gave up.

Put lot of hours in too.
That's the fun of the chase.

One week I went to 10 different walmarts and got Nothing.

I usually go to 7-10 Walmart's every Thursday and Friday. Usually find nothing. I've thought several times I've had multiple rep schedules down but they seem to never be the same. Some weeks the same Walmart stocks Thursday morning the next week it's sometime Saturday. Could be 8 am could be 8 pm. I've seen the rep stocking once as soon as the doors opened and another time saw it close to closing time. Even if I do catch the rep it's usually a 4-10 way split of less than $500 worth. Which means I usually get next to nothing still. Or I get screwed by the rep like the one time me and one other guy should have had a 2 way split of about $2,000 worth of Chronicles and Illusions and the rep refused to give us more than a little. We maybe got $200 each. She kept it all in the boxes and refused to put it out on the shelves. But I don't know what's more stupid. The $15,000+ I threw away into the Topps Project money pit or the fact I keep wasting all this time going to all these stores.

[k13]

Just when you want to give yup and kick heads...



So beautiful..

[TimBuckTwo]

Originally Posted by tommyfro21

What’s also funny is that when I realized how much she had, I needed a buggy to carry all of it. I sat it down and she said, “Be quick, its first come, first serve!” So I hustled to an empty buggy pretty quickly and loaded it all up and made sure to thank her again.

Knowing now that the other guy was just after me, I would have felt like an idiot if he had gotten all of it while I was getting the buggy.


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Rule #1 - always roll up with a buggy just for that reason! LOL

[TimBuckTwo]

Originally Posted by k13

Just when you want to give yup and kick heads...



So beautiful..

Oh my !

Ready for bear.

[Mahomie]

Originally Posted by k13

Just when you want to give yup and kick heads...



So beautiful..

[CanadianKid]

Originally Posted by k13

Just when you want to give yup and kick heads...



So beautiful..

I love you and hate you at the same time, I want to be you yet loathe you, I would have taken it all too yet left one for the kids, I am a Wal-Mart shopper.

I am rip less, I am heartless, I am a sports card collector.

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by k13

Just when you want to give yup and kick heads...



So beautiful..

For being so vocally team ANTIFAt and CFO of the #nbaisajoke fanclub, your retail enthusiasm and persistence is fascinating.


Like watching the Clayton Bigsby sketch for the first time...every time.

[Retail Fool]

I just want one mega, will the card Gods bless me this weekend?

[detroitbball]

If you are like me and stuck buying on Ebay, I think today might be the low point.

[sumofallvices]

Local store here came up with a new thing. An employee is allowed to stand by the cards until 7am when the doors are opened and then they are allowed to grab everything. As long as they are clocked out.

So by the time anyone outside can walk to the cards it's all gone in a few seconds before you get there.

Pretty sweet.

[PocketFullOCash]

my Walmart officially discontinued the sports cards section, and I assume it's coming to the rest of wally world soon.

[buddycunningham]

Originally Posted by buddycunningham

Here's what I did... I didn't say a thing to him.. I then saw he left the champions path etbs. There were 4. I grabbed 3. Then as I was checking out another dude came in.. Asked if he liked pokemon and of course he did. I alerted him to the fact that there was one etb hidden in the back of the shelf. KARMA my friends... Good luck hunting!

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2 local guys were nice enough to work as a team and case the place this am.. I got a mega, hanger, and 2 nfl mosaic hangers... You could say she swung my way!

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[PocketFullOCash]

Originally Posted by sumofallvices

Local store here came up with a new thing. An employee is allowed to stand by the cards until 7am when the doors are opened and then they are allowed to grab everything. As long as they are clocked out.

So by the time anyone outside can walk to the cards it's all gone in a few seconds before you get there.

Pretty sweet.

employees that start at 6 get a full hour to purchase product before customers can. This was the main flaw that actually lead to them completely ending sports cards in my area. It got to the point where you couldn't find any basketball, and I guess people took time out of their day to complain to corporate...

[CanadianKid]

Originally Posted by buddycunningham

2 local guys were nice enough to work as a team and case the place this am.. I got a mega, hanger, and 2 nfl mosaic hangers... You could say she swung my way!

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Id say, hitting any of the obvious there alone like the Burrow, Ja or Zion would have been decent but all of them +. Nice pulls

[Mahomie]

I wish Gamestop would get into the sports card retail game.

Seems like they're desperate for customers, and they already sell Pokemon/gaming cards.

[TimBuckTwo]

0/3 today.

Did find an ETB Champions path box that was not completely sealed on one end. Real weird. Left it.

[88 Dezgirl 88]

Originally Posted by PocketFullOCash

my Walmart officially discontinued the sports cards section, and I assume it's coming to the rest of wally world soon.

If cards are flying off the shelves, I don't really understand why they would shut it down. For our sports card community, it can be a pain to track down retail for sure, but for them, isn't it just a cash cow?

Obviously, I'm missing something...

[buddycunningham]

Originally Posted by CanadianKid

Id say, hitting any of the obvious there alone like the Burrow, Ja or Zion would have been decent but all of them +. Nice pulls

Thanks... One of the guys is moving away soon... Said he felt blessed and wanted to cover the whole tab for the haul... I said no way, but man that was awesome of him... Too bad I don't know these guys better.. shows some real good character...

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[PocketFullOCash]

Originally Posted by 88 Dezgirl 88

If cards are flying off the shelves, I don't really understand why they would shut it down. For our sports card community, it can be a pain to track down retail for sure, but for them, isn't it just a cash cow?

Obviously, I'm missing something...

You can sell it for more online, and don't need to pay employees that are being bribed, stalked, harassed, etc to put product on the shelf. It's unfortunate, but it's what retail for sports cards has become. Panini should just sell all retail for 2x, as it would most likely sell out instantly with the exception of a few products.

[detroitbball]

Originally Posted by PocketFullOCash

You can sell it for more online, and don't need to pay employees that are being bribed, stalked, harassed, etc to put product on the shelf. It's unfortunate, but it's what retail for sports cards has become. Panini should just sell all retail for 2x, as it would most likely sell out instantly with the exception of a few products.

I agree. We can get mad at flippers or employees or whatever, but at the end of the day, all they are doing is correcting a market inefficiency and disconnect ultimately created by Panini because Panini (1) can't price their product correctly and (2) can't distribute their product correctly. I blame Panini. And frankly Panini is just flat out stupid for allowing the secondary market to capture so much of a profit that they should be harvesting.

[BRob1]

Originally Posted by 88 Dezgirl 88

If cards are flying off the shelves, I don't really understand why they would shut it down. For our sports card community, it can be a pain to track down retail for sure, but for them, isn't it just a cash cow?

Obviously, I'm missing something...

i doubt they are shutting everything down. That said the black friday like rush is something they’ll have to figure out. It gets hectic in most stores and walmart is honestly negligent letting these wild free for all’s go on.


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[Howie7107]

Originally Posted by BRob1

i doubt they are shutting everything down. That said the black friday like rush is something they’ll have to figure out. It gets hectic in most stores and walmart is honestly negligent letting these wild free for all’s go on.

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I don’t really understand this. Maybe it happens more than I’m privy to, but I’ve been chasing down a lot of retail in my area and the nearby metro and have yet to run into a situation that even had a chance of getting ugly. The solution is pretty simple, ban the bad actors and move on. It’s not a widespread issue that requires drastic solutions.

[BRob1]

Originally Posted by Howie7107

I don’t really understand this. Maybe it happens more than I’m privy to, but I’ve been chasing down a lot of retail in my area and the nearby metro and have yet to run into a situation that even had a chance of getting ugly. The solution is pretty simple, ban the bad actors and move on. It’s not a widespread issue that requires drastic solutions.

in my area i’m familiar with several stores and they all operate differently. one has an orderly line process that is policed by the regular customers. Little walmart input. At others the rep/store managers make everyone stand back while she stocks and when she says go everyone rushes the display and grabs as much as they can. it’s like a 60 second frenzy.


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