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Originally Posted by Dukefett
I mean the hit in the Collectors boxes are more than likely the autos, and they cost $40 more than the hobby boxes, the hit should be worth something. Why would anyone spend $80-90 on them if the valuable item from them is only worth $5? Anyway aside from pop culture related cards/Adam/Nick, autos don't go for a whole lot anyway. You can barely get $20 for the random Vacation autos.
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Used to be you could buy 4 $10 blasters and hit several Fool's Gold and probably an auto or sketch. Retail used to have exclusive 4 panel puzzle sketches that honestly weren't that hard to hit because the print runs were pretty low. I never bothered with the Collector boxes.
I don't know why anyone would open any product at current prices. I didn't even open any product at Black Friday prices this year.
Why do people open Star Wars boxes when you have a 99.9% chance to get a $3 auto of a character you've never heard of? Why do they open sports when your box hit is likely going to be a common rookie that will probably never see play? Opening retail is almost always a losing game, but gamblers get addicted like the lottery. Look at Epack, people race to spend $10-20/pack for cards that they can't sell for $1-2. The instant gratification makes gambling even more fun. Then when they hit a $100 card, they brag about it but don't mention the fact that they hit nothing on the $2,000 worth of packs they opened before that one.