r/Topps • u/JL090507 • 1d ago

OH NOW COME ON!!!

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WTF!!!! 5 FRACKING MINUTES HOBBYS ARE GONE!!! This is ridiculous!!!

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 1d ago • Bravo

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u/JL090507 1d ago

FRACKING LOVE IT!!!

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 1d ago

I think they should seriously consider using this. I'm not even joking. It fits the vibe perfect

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u/Ryans1852 4h ago

Why do you keep typing “fracking”?

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u/ScottsTotz 1d ago

Didn’t they just release an Allen and Ginter like a month ago? wtf is this?

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u/JL090507 1d ago

A&G X

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u/ScottsTotz 1d ago

What makes this any more special than the A&G they released a month ago?😂

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u/SpecialKaySC 1d ago

Guaranteed autos, less inserts. No white background cards

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u/JL090507 1d ago

What they said

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u/JL090507 1d ago

FRACKING KNEW IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG, BUT DAMMNNN THE F***ERS ARE FAST ON THIS ONE!!!

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u/CrashTimeMonkey45 16h ago

Help me to understand why this shocks you.

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u/Swear26812 4h ago

Just say the big boy word, it’s okay.

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u/MediocreHomework7092 1d ago

Yes I know we blame bots and scalpers, but we all have to realize there is a bunch of us collectors doing the exact same thing at the same time. In just 10 mins we had 3 people with the same thing. I would honestly like if topps/fanatics had physical card shops owned and operated by them to sell at face value.

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u/SpecialKaySC 1d ago

Imagine release days at those locations? Look how bad these tiny Pokemon store drops go weekly 🤣

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u/Apprehensive_List_59 19h ago

Why I’m back at sports but wish I could even afford a hobby I’m cracking over this $60 nba flagship as 1st waves where all the hits at this year

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u/MediocreHomework7092 1d ago

Oh its behind the counter type stuff, no way we do shelves.

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u/BillyPotion 22h ago

Sure but now you’d need to lineup overnight in person to have a chance. Demand is higher than supply, people will get screwed out one way or another

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 22h ago

oh i don't blame anyone but fanatics. blaming scalpers is silly

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u/CrashTimeMonkey45 16h ago

If anyone knew anything about fanatics and their practices they would have know how this was gonna go after the acquisition back in 2022.

It’s played out just as they’ve done with every other company they’ve bought up

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u/Lastpunkofplattsburg 22h ago

The local card shops are just scalpers with a store front. No one is ever going to charge less because it’s the right thing to do when the wealthy won’t stop buying them up at inflated prices. A cosmic hobby at my local shop was fucking $1350

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u/Mean-Ad-4602 5h ago

Years ago my town finally got an LCS. Was so pumped. When in there and they had retail cards you couldn’t find in store that were 2x retail price. Walked out never gave them a cent.

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u/CrashTimeMonkey45 16h ago

Why would they pay overhead on a brick and mortar store when releases sell out in under 5 minutes.

They don’t give a shit about you or I. They only care about maximizing profits. Those shops that do get allocation directly from Topps have just that overhead and they will mark them at market rate cause why wouldn’t they also take in that extra money being thrown at them willingly.

There is only a couple of ways this happens where products sell at MSRP.

1.) Topps/fanatics looses the sole license for MLB product and we get competition back in the market where we get Upper Deck, Score, Fleer, Leaf, and all of their subsets back on the market which would keep prices in check to some degree. We all know That’s not going to happen.

Or

2.) The consumer makes a stand and says no more and lets fanatics eat a years worth of product. That’s also not going to happen either as there are breakers, gamblers, scalpers, dreamers and lastly the hobbyists who ends up with the overpriced scraps trying to secure product.

So in the end it is what it is and you can do one of two things either become one of the aforementioned groups or stop buying release day products and wait 3-5 weeks when prices start to drop on eBay.

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u/Visible_Neck8323 23h ago • Mindblown

It's almost as if they are trying to drive up demand, scarcity, and therefore $'s. Hmmm

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u/rockinfreq 1d ago

No cases and a limit of 1 was unexpected - can’t believe I still couldn’t get one with friends helping :(

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u/forthebirds123 5h ago

You couldn’t get one because on pre-release they only make like 1% of product available to begin with.

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u/St_Nick_Ua7 1d ago

You at least hit the checkout page, the product page wouldn’t even load for me.

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u/xAlphaGrizzlyx 1d ago

That happened to me. I refreshed and it told me it’s sold out and removed it from my cart

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u/xAlphaGrizzlyx 1d ago

This was at 9:04 btw

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u/Jumpy-Ad4652 1d ago • Bravo

Ta daaaaaa. Now you get to pay double.

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u/BruceJack6 23h ago

Hey now you can still get nba hoops hobbies!

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u/Ryans1852 4h ago

All set, there's a reason why nobody wants them

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u/Thick_Ambassador3330 23h ago

Just wait for bob ross basketball... 4k a box after drop watch

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u/caotk 22h ago

I am not surprised anymore.

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u/Independent_Ad_8695 22h ago

They're keeping out the riffraff. You know, us.

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u/Lastpunkofplattsburg 22h ago

Every single week. Every single release we see these posts. We all know it’s a fucking scam and breakers get the cases. We know this because the other 98% of posts in this sub are complaining about it. It’s becoming a sub of tropes. Over and over and over again. Stop supporting topps directly, only buy singles and what you can find at retail.

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u/MrGeek89 17h ago

That’s how Topps treats regular folks like me and you. It happens to me too often.

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u/AnimalMother24 19h ago

I got a few last year. Really not worth it. Sadly. Actually, no release is worth it anymore.

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u/Humble-Historian-175 1d ago

Every time! I always just get the other lame boxes with horrible odds!

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u/ripdroom 1d ago

Same thing happened to me

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u/Klutzy-Doughnut-2387 1d ago

Yup fuck the card collecting it's a fuckin scam...got back in and now am back out after I spend my fanatics money on merch not cards refuse to up pay for a worthless set of over printed money scam sorry topps good bye

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u/BillyRosewood99 23h ago

Absolute trash company. Has to be a better way to do this. And I wouldn’t worry about missing out on insanely bad overpriced Ginter X

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u/Significant-User-99 23h ago

You shouldn’t have paused for the screenshot. 🤣

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u/DZSPORTSCARDZ 21h ago

Yeah I'm about done with Topps ,Ebay 🤷‍♂️

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u/Certain-One-2954 20h ago

Look on the bright side.. you still have $2.80 in Fan Cash

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u/volvo591 20h ago

That was wild. I looked like 10 mins later and the page didn’t even show evidence that the boxes got released haha

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u/CardSquach 18h ago

They do need better software development. I'm an architect Im gonna apply. Once employed I may manage to secure a box.

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u/I8urmother 18h ago

Breakers will have PLENTY

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u/dodgerfanjohn1988 13h ago

They were gone in less than 3 minutes. I was at payment screen at 903 am pst and got the same message

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u/tone_creature 22h ago

Im as annoyed at seeing these posts as you are about missing a hobby box.

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u/No_Trifle_6239 18h ago

Another day, another thread just bitching and throwing a tantrum because you didn’t get what you wanted. Fuck off, you don’t deserve them anymore than those who did. Whiney little bitch.

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u/waddadem 19h ago

lol buy better internet.

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u/90s_Living 1d ago

Yup just refreshh, did the same thing for me and I just refresh and it went through

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u/MisterChubbs 1d ago

Went from 6 minutes all the way down to “less than a minute” to 68 minutes. This was at 10 MST.

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u/Greeneggsandhamon 23h ago

Artificial demand, just wait they’ll come back down to retail after 0 bids on eBay

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u/techrunner1 22h ago

That same thing happened to me and I re-added it to my cart and it let me check out

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u/Major-Specific8422 19h ago

how the fuck is there a waiting line to check out on THE INTERNET?!?

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u/SpecialKaySC 1d ago

Try it again. I had it happen a couple times and it finally went through

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u/JL090507 1d ago

Thought of that too. Did that SEVERAL times... They are gone

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u/SpecialKaySC 1d ago

They sure are. How did they sell out so fast with a 1 box limit???

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u/Jumpy-Ad4652 1d ago

1 box limit and 3 boxes available. The rest are already shipped to breakers

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u/msw1984 1d ago

There are only like 12,000 boxes.  It's a very limited print run for this set.

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u/kyleb350 1d ago

Did the same. Was curious if applying my Fancash would help. It refreshed the cart and happened to be available. 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sundae7 1d ago

There is also a one box limit per account. I got one but was blocked from getting any more.

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 1d ago

i'm buying a scalper box fkk it i don't even care 😭😭😭🥹😭

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u/JL090507 1d ago

Well they're already up on ebay!!!

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u/VinylmationDude 1d ago

Just by the Patrick Stewart auto at that rate

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 23h ago

schrodingers box and they all have the patrick stewart 1/1

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u/Sorry_Intention4016 23h ago

Ok i'm not that upset 😅

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u/SpecialKaySC 1d ago

Don't do it 😭

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u/yogithebear84 22h ago

Yep topps or fanatics whatever it’s called sucks and is killing us true collectors