It's always talked about, how our beloved hobby is becoming more of a business than a hobby. Everyday, all over the trade boards you hear of someone ready to quit because people only seem to care about BVs and premiums.
It's only cardboard!
Yes, pack searchers, gougers, low-ballers, basically everyone only interested in the hobby to make a buck are everywhere. I read all the horror stories, but yesterday I saw it first hand.
I was out of town and stopped in at a hobby store I always go to in this town. I guy came in as I was looking at stuff and he asked for a box of UD Black, dropping 200 bucks like it was nothing. He opens his packs and pulls a Kessel on-patch auto, a couple either decent ones, and an Alex Ovechkin quad jersey auto! I'm watching this trying not to drool. His response? This is all crap, give me another one (note: I toned down the language a bit, the actual adjective used sounded a little like ducking pit). YOU JUST PULLED AN OVECHKIN QUAD JERSEY AUTO AND COULDN'T CARE LESS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
So then the owner hands him over a second box, and out of this one he pulls an Alex Foster letterman RC, a Robbie Earle AUTO letterman patch RC, AND a Sundin/Steen dual JSY. His reaction? You guessed it, more ducking pits.
As the guy left, I'm dumbfounded by the fact that the guy dropped 400 bucks, pulled some sick cards, and couldn't care less about it. I asked the owner if he was serious about that and his response was this:
"Yes and no, the guy has money to burn and buys stuff like this all the time, if it's not worth 1-2 grand, he's not happy."
That, is what's wrong with our hobby.
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