Pricing INSANITY

Sidirezegh · 12-18-2022, 08:09 PM

Goodness. The presale price for one 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box at Steel City is $459.95

Between the glut of new products and prices like this, how much longer can you afford this hobby?

KhalDrogo · 12-18-2022, 08:11 PM

Thank God Blowout sells them for a much more reasonable $449.95.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 12-18-2022, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidirezegh

Goodness. The presale price for one 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box at Steel City is $459.95

Between the glut of new products and prices like this, how much longer can you afford this hobby?

A long time. As long as gamblers and breakers exist. Prices are down across the board, but the hobby seems to be in a fine enough place now. That being said, there’s still room for prices to get lower.

bcubs · 12-18-2022, 11:45 PM

Based on the price increases from Fanatics this isn’t surprising.

RedLabelRecords · 12-18-2022, 11:52 PM

Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

Pacmeyer · 12-18-2022, 11:55 PM

super jumbo around $700 up "only" $100 vs the $200 last year

lauriontj · 12-18-2022, 11:55 PM

These COVID Bois are gonna get rekt. These prices won’t hold long term. Fanatics knows this. They’re just grabbing money while they can. In the mean time, focus of collecting and stick with singles.

Andr3000 · 12-18-2022, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RedLabelRecords

Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

The hobby & forum enjoyed having you for the month. We’ll miss you.

lauriontj · 12-19-2022, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Andr3000

The hobby & forum enjoyed having you for the month. We’ll miss you.

Ha ha!

gmoney328 · 12-19-2022, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLabelRecords

Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

Deuces.

Archangel1775 · 12-19-2022, 12:09 AM

Bowman Draft is a different beast. The quality of Draft Class and International signings make a big impact. With Bowman Chrome, there has been well over 200 cases broken on Blez baseball in the last 3 weeks. They will likely do the same business. In Houdini's break, the 10 case lightning draft just ended and the prices went silly mainly due to the 100 case reservations.

imbluestreak23 · 12-19-2022, 12:18 AM

Harvard Business Review on how to monopolize an industry and completely ruin it.

Coming to an MBA curriculum near you in 2030

anusinha · 12-19-2022, 12:32 AM

People really like having their 100 case lots of guys that are going to be flipping burgers in a year.

rngrdanny22 · 12-19-2022, 12:40 AM

It's INSANE, ABSURD, and people are going to be left with BAGS!

hermanotarjeta · 12-19-2022, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

People really like having their 100 case lots of guys that are going to be flipping burgers in a year.

Yes, and ironically those lots will be won by breaker participants who will themselves be back to flipping burgers at some time next year.

rwperu34 · 12-19-2022, 01:20 AM

When this first started selling for presale a week ago the jumbo case price was $3400. That's $425 a box. That is not a terrible price for this product.

Now it has gone up a little as we get closer to release. No surprise. It should fall a little a week or two after release. That will also be no surprise.

Archangel1775 · 12-19-2022, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

People really like having their 100 case lots of guys that are going to be flipping burgers in a year.

In 5-10 years, maybe but that's the joy and risk of it. Nothing is guaranteed. Heck, I bought two superfractors and they both retired within a year, so anything is possible. I gotta see what they are doing though now that you brought it up.

awz50 · 12-19-2022, 05:58 AM

Buy singles for now, prices will go down once sales plummet

theshowandme · 12-19-2022, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Harvard Business Review on how to monopolize an industry and completely ruin it.

Coming to an MBA curriculum near you in 2030

People are still getting MBAs?

cardsin47 · 12-19-2022, 06:49 AM

Whether Wax is $100 or $1,000 a Box, we will all be OK….

tonedef2oo8 · 12-19-2022, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLabelRecords

Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

After your amazing 33 posts? What will the hobby do!

Welcome back.

JoshMN · 12-19-2022, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

People are still getting MBAs?

There are a lot of similarities between the people selling MBAs and the people selling sports cards, strangely enough. More grifters in higher education though…

dashcol · 12-19-2022, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sidirezegh

Goodness. The presale price for one 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box at Steel City is $459.95

Between the glut of new products and prices like this, how much longer can you afford this hobby?

I only buy singles and the occasional blaster. It’s easy to stay in the hobby, enjoy it all and not line the pockets of these breakers that are the largest reason prices are going up.

The occasional blaster satisfies the ripping urge.

COVID prices have also gotten me to trade a lot more and not buy and sell. A long lost art of the hobby, and the reason they are called trading cards.

OhioLawyerF5 · 12-19-2022, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLabelRecords

Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

dani0100 · 12-19-2022, 09:47 AM

Just buy some Heritage Minor League instead. $45 bucks a box and two on-card autos. Same guys.

12-18-2022, 08:09 PM	#1
Sidirezegh Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Catonsville, MD Posts: 31	Pricing INSANITY Goodness. The presale price for one 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box at Steel City is $459.95 Between the glut of new products and prices like this, how much longer can you afford this hobby?

12-18-2022, 08:11 PM	#2
KhalDrogo Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 41,422	Thank God Blowout sells them for a much more reasonable $449.95. __________________ I love PSA!

12-18-2022, 11:55 PM	#7
lauriontj Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: PA Posts: 6,268	These COVID Bois are gonna get rekt. These prices won’t hold long term. Fanatics knows this. They’re just grabbing money while they can. In the mean time, focus of collecting and stick with singles. __________________ Insta: tjssportscards24 PC: Griffey/Soto and like the Washington Nationals! My dad taught me to hate the Yankees. Now that I’m an adult, I realize I was raised correctly.

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Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 22,021	Bowman Draft is a different beast. The quality of Draft Class and International signings make a big impact. With Bowman Chrome, there has been well over 200 cases broken on Blez baseball in the last 3 weeks. They will likely do the same business. In Houdini's break, the 10 case lightning draft just ended and the prices went silly mainly due to the 100 case reservations. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

12-19-2022, 12:18 AM	#12
imbluestreak23 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Meandering the matrix code that the hobby/forum overlords spit out Posts: 17,973 shortslabs	Harvard Business Review on how to monopolize an industry and completely ruin it. Coming to an MBA curriculum near you in 2030 __________________ @shortslabs I'VE WITNESSED HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE HERE...IT'S ROTTEN https://www.youtube.com/c/TylerShort

12-18-2022, 11:45 PM	#4
bcubs Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: IL Posts: 1,140 bcubs	Based on the price increases from Fanatics this isn’t surprising.

12-18-2022, 11:52 PM	#5
RedLabelRecords Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Wine Country 🍷 Posts: 1,096 ___	Yea. I’m done with the hobby and with this website

12-18-2022, 11:55 PM	#6
Pacmeyer Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: All over Posts: 4,206	super jumbo around $700 up "only" $100 vs the $200 last year

12-19-2022, 12:32 AM	#13
anusinha Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,857	People really like having their 100 case lots of guys that are going to be flipping burgers in a year.

12-19-2022, 12:40 AM	#14
rngrdanny22 Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 12,372	It's INSANE, ABSURD, and people are going to be left with BAGS!

12-19-2022, 01:20 AM	#16
rwperu34 Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 8,503	When this first started selling for presale a week ago the jumbo case price was $3400. That's $425 a box. That is not a terrible price for this product. Now it has gone up a little as we get closer to release. No surprise. It should fall a little a week or two after release. That will also be no surprise. __________________ Me: Did I win? Gixen: Yes. You won. Now you're broke.

12-19-2022, 05:58 AM	#18
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12-19-2022, 09:47 AM	#25
dani0100 Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 681	Just buy some Heritage Minor League instead. $45 bucks a box and two on-card autos. Same guys.