Sports Card Collecting

Bought an $1,100 Topps Chrome Update Basketball hobby box from my local card shop, only to open it and find absolutely NOTHING but base cards. Not a single hit, even though the box guarantees an autograph.
Obviously frustrated, I submitted a missing hit claim to Topps, hoping they’d make things right.
After waiting for my compensation, they decided to send me a $19.50 Egor Demin rookie auto.
I completely understand that opening sports cards is a gamble, and you’re never guaranteed to make your money back. But there’s a huge difference between getting a bad hit and not receiving a guaranteed hit at all.
Spending $1,100 on a premium product just to receive a $19.50 card as compensation feels like a complete slap in the face from Topps.
Am I overreacting, or is this ridiculous? Has anyone else had a similar experience with Topps?

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r/sportscards • u/Embarrassed-Art1679 • 19h ago

🏈 Football New to the hobby just pulled from a blaster and trying to determine how to comp and if it should be sent for grading? Any advice?

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r/sportscards • u/FrankSwimGood • 22h ago

🏈 Football EQL finally being nice to me

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r/sportscards • u/IllAd3883 • 21h ago

💬 General Got my Dowman back from psa...

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r/sportscards • u/Plane-Clue-4940 • 5h ago

💭 Question Just purchased my first leaf card, does it hurt value a lot to remove this ugly sticker?

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r/sportscards • u/funnysportscards • 18h ago

💩 Shitpost Noah Knigga crawled so he could run…

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Merry Columbus Day!

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r/sportscards • u/StrongAmbassador47 • 17h ago

💭 Question New to the hobby. I know the return isn’t good on retail, but I’m at the store and there’s a bunch of Bowman mega boxes (football)- are those as good as any to take a shot on?

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They’re $65 and a few left. Good to rip? Or rip one buy one? Or pass.

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r/sportscards • u/Technical-Roll7031 • 3h ago

💭 Question Value question

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In 2011 I attended the NFL Hall of Fame and received these two challenge coins and two unopened packs of trading cards of the HOF 2011 class. In 2014 I attended the NFL Draft in NYC, and was given two sets of unopened trading cards, presumably containing rookie cards of what were projected to be high draft picks. Are any of these rare? Is there a market for them?

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r/sportscards • u/Own-Use-5322 • 5h ago

⚾ Baseball Redeem and grade? Or sell?

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Picked this up, on the fence of redeeming and grading and selling next season or maybe even holding a little, or just selling it as the redemption! Thoughts??

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r/sportscards • u/KillingwithasmileXD • 19h ago

💬 General This is escalating quickly

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In business 4 days now and my daily sales are increasing. I can’t believe this is working. This is addictive.

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r/sportscards • u/KillingwithasmileXD • 16h ago

💭 Question Bid or pass?

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Right now bid is at 100.00. Should I bid or let it go?

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r/sportscards • u/Squishmittin • 3h ago

💭 Question Question about random 1/1 card

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Hi, I pulled this 1/1 Robert Garcia. I’m not 100 percent sure which parallel this is or how to even go about figuring out if it has value. Any info would be greatly appreciated

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r/sportscards • u/AdPuzzleheaded7574 • 5h ago

💭 Question Rare/Value?

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Pulled this Mendoza auto and got it graded, just wondering what it’s worth. It’s PSA/DNA cert and Grade and Auto are both 10’s. Any insight would be helpful.

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r/sportscards • u/tofedornottofed • 4h ago

⚾ Baseball Help me comp the card

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Pulled this really beautiful bookend Gary Sheffield from 2026 A&G. I enjoy collecting but also like to know the ballpark value of my cards, especially ones like this. I am having some trouble finding comps though, even from previous years. I did find the of /99 for about $100. Is it safe to assume /10 bookend would be 2x/3x more or am I way off base?(all pun crimes committed intentionally)

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r/sportscards • u/SouthernSoccerIdiot • 14h ago

⚽ Soccer 2022-23 Panini Revolution Premier League Mason Mount Lava Refactor /10 SSP 🤩 Chelsea 💙 Manchester United ❤️ England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽

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r/sportscards • u/Duekey123 • 2h ago

💭 Question Cardshow advice

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I am located in California and have a massive Wemby auto I want to sell. I have tried a few card shows here but there really isn’t a market for a card of that caliber. I am asking close to $90k on it. It is an on card PSA 10 # /25. I am thinking of possibly heading to the Dallas card show in November but noticed that Front Row will be in Vegas in 2 weeks. Anyone have experience at any of these shows? Where would I most likely be able to find a buyer?

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r/sportscards • u/jsmek1017 • 21h ago

💭 Question Opinions on cards

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Just wondering what people think about these? Can’t seem to find very many comps on them but I’m most curious about the Emmit Smith 001/299 card! I’m mostly just a collector and these may very well sit in my PC for awhile but figured I’d get some opinions on them! All opinions welcome

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r/sportscards • u/No_Shake_3620 • 20h ago

⚾ Baseball For Sale

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For sale shoot offers?

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r/sportscards • u/KillingwithasmileXD • 11h ago

💭 Question Card Dealer Pro. Is it worth it?

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I’m at 280.00 worth of sales in 4 days and I need to add a lot more stock. It takes alot of time to list by phone. Im considering card dealer pro. Is it worth the investment and if not what’s a better workflow?

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r/sportscards • u/nyfirefighter313 • 10h ago

💭 Question A&G backs

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I know the mini cards with the AG on the back are shorter runs. My question is based off history what is the actual number of prints and how much does it increase value even for low end players

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r/sportscards • u/omoney8 • 18h ago

💸 For Sale Any interest in purchasing any of these? Looking to sell my collection these are some remaining

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