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Originally Posted by Xiarmadillo
What evidence? that there are degenerate gamblers out there willing to cha ching away their cash as long as there is a subgroup of 'bountied' card as lottery to fulfil the 'chase'?
That is as part of the pump as anything. By disproportionally bid up the top draws you get a larger delta in price/value for the uninformed gambler to chase
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The majority of the all the card market is based around "gambling". A $100 box of cards is a gamble as much as a $1,000 box of cards is. Opening it yourself is as much of a gamble as buying into a break is. Bounties are part of demand, as they are in other industries. Its called marketing, to drive sales. That is the entire purpose. "We are giving away a free xxxx to one lucky customer who shops here today". You are describing demand in your argument saying there is no demand. You just don't like kind of demand.
"Yes, people are buying boxes at high prices, breaks are selling for high prices, singles are selling for high prices. But its all phantom demand. No one really wants it."
Ok
