2022 Topps Chrome Baseball Pre Sale.. thoughts? - Page 202

Zauron · 09-24-2022, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by detroitbball

Just looking through the "sold" listings on Ebay. Saw some cases of hobby boxes auction off at what amounts to $160-165 per box with no silver packs. Individual auctions where they are promising silver packs are in the $210-215 range (including shipping). So that gives a feel for where the market currently values the silver packs (and of course this is just the market guessing right now since no one has opened one). A couple of Lite boxes auctioned off at about what Topps sells them for.

Wait people are buying Lite boxes on ebay? They are literally sitting on Topps website still.

Shout out to the guys on ebay trying to get $200 for a Lite box lol

OneSickDegen · 09-24-2022, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Zauron

Wait people are buying Lite boxes on ebay? They are literally sitting on Topps website still.

Shout out to the guys on ebay trying to get $200 for a Lite box lol

People are paying aftermarket premiums on stuff that's been sitting on Target.com for months also.

detroitbball · 09-24-2022, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Zauron

Wait people are buying Lite boxes on ebay? They are literally sitting on Topps website still.

Shout out to the guys on ebay trying to get $200 for a Lite box lol

Yeah, go figure. I've seen this with other products as well where people will actually pay more at auction then what they could pay if they just bought from Topps or Target. For example, Fire blasters can go for $30-35 on Ebay even thought they are still available on Target for $25. I suppose some people just don't bother to look around.

ewokpelts · 09-24-2022, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankp2311

Knew it. I think they intentionally only included in Lite as a way to start driving more business to their website and offer more value with online only products, but it backfired with the strong backlash and they had to address it.

Lite boxes were likely the last ones packed. No need to drive traffic to topps.com when most offering sell out the first day.

cardsin47 · 09-24-2022, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickDegen

People are paying aftermarket premiums on stuff that's been sitting on Target.com for months also.

Correct - not everyone does the kinda’ homework the average BO Member does. Lotsa’ emotional impulse buys, as if there’s only that one chance to own something that’s mass produced. Always happened / always will

Pacmeyer · 09-24-2022, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by detroitbball

Yeah, go figure. I've seen this with other products as well where people will actually pay more at auction then what they could pay if they just bought from Topps or Target. For example, Fire blasters can go for $30-35 on Ebay even thought they are still available on Target for $25. I suppose some people just don't bother to look around.

Of course lots of people go to ebay first without thinking but they can also get their items lightning fast compared to Target and Topps especially. And what's ebay about but instant gratification.

soicanbefree · 09-24-2022, 10:42 AM

Hobby cases selling for 1900ish on Ebay.

Chrominator · 09-24-2022, 10:58 AM

Friends don't let friends drink and ebay

ebay sober or get rolled over

hermanotarjeta · 09-24-2022, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by brios8

That could be true, I just believe 95% chance there will be a season and even if the economy tanks I see sportscards will be strong.. To many its a great escape, others a business and others gambling.. they arent a necessity, but def something people have a hard time staying away from, every year there are more people involved.

$90-$100 Topps Chrome boxes are forever gone. thats like saying Wander Base rookies will be $3-$5 max, in my opinion .0001% chance

I believe the lowest these can get to would be $225 and if Witt/Jrod get called up it can be max $750/box by release

My prediction is at least $350

$1900 per hobby case and dropping..............that's about $160 per box.

Wander base getting pretty close to $5, just one week after product release.

Frankp2311 · 09-24-2022, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by soicanbefree

Hobby cases selling for 1900ish on Ebay.

Online retailers still holding strong at $270/$499.

pewe · 09-24-2022, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankp2311

Online retailers still holding strong at $270/$499.

Any selling at that price?

Frankp2311 · 09-24-2022, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

Any selling at that price?

No clue. Just surprised they are keeping prices that high.

pewe · 09-24-2022, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankp2311

No clue. Just surprised they are keeping prices that high.

Black friday, here we come!

seanbros55 · 09-24-2022, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by pewe

Black friday, here we come!

All the 70/30 Wanders you could possibly want!

soicanbefree · 09-24-2022, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by seanbros55

All the 70/30 Wanders you could possibly want!

Yeesh. Taking a look at some of yesterday's Wander auctions.

72 for Prism
45 for a Refractor
89 for a Pink
400 for an Aqua /199
258 for a Purple /250
412 for a Blue /150

This man is an 80 grade prospect.

LVDan · 09-24-2022, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by soicanbefree

Yeesh. Taking a look at some of yesterday's Wander auctions.

72 for Prism
45 for a Refractor
89 for a Pink
400 for an Aqua /199
258 for a Purple /250
412 for a Blue /150

This man is an 80 grade prospect.

Prices on these parallels seem appropriate to me. Whose other raw TC base refractor sells over $50? Judge, Ohtani and maybe Tatis and Acuna(barely?)
Add in the centering issues injury/ underwhelming season and exploded PR?
What were we expecting?

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soicanbefree · 09-24-2022, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LVDan

Prices on these parallels seem appropriate to me. Whose other raw TC base refractor sells over $50? Judge, Ohtani and maybe Tatis and Acuna(barely?)
Add in the centering issues injury/ underwhelming season and exploded PR?
What were we expecting?

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I don't disagree.

But these are the hits that are supposed to pay for your boxes and it's a week from release. Pointing out the obvious again but those higher prices hits on recent rookies came from much cheaper boxes.

LVDan · 09-24-2022, 01:04 PM

If the boxes were $100-$120 as they should be and probably will be in a few weeks would you have a different opinion?
To me the biggest issue again is the base checklist. If there were similar low end refractor RC hits of Julio, Strider and others it would make ripping this less painful.
Just because Topps dorked the checklist doesn’t make the few worthwhile hits sell for way more than normal. It just makes opening the boxes that much more foolhardy IMO.

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KhalDrogo · 09-24-2022, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by soicanbefree

Yeesh. Taking a look at some of yesterday's Wander auctions.

72 for Prism
45 for a Refractor
89 for a Pink
400 for an Aqua /199
258 for a Purple /250
412 for a Blue /150

This man is an 80 grade prospect.

Those will all get cut in half. Maybe not the Blue and Purple as much. Simply too many parallels that are diluting the pool. This is why the market is treating ultra modern base like garbage. Why buy base when there are plenty of very affordable parallels? Basic refractors are the new base.

hermanotarjeta · 09-24-2022, 01:33 PM

Boxes at a show today on the west coast - my buddy gave me a report - $180 sticker for hobby, $350 jumbos.

Would give a discount for regulars -$170 hobby/$340 jumbos.

Prices still dropping in real time!

Remember these presold at $500/$1000.

Almost a 70% drop in price if you were patient and didn’t fall for the hype.

ThoseBackPages · 09-24-2022, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Boxes at a show today on the west coast - my buddy gave me a report - $180 sticker for hobby, $350 jumbos.

Would give a discount for regulars -$170 hobby/$340 jumbos.

Prices still dropping in real time!

with no First Topps Chromes of the main draws in these, the price has to drop a lot more

oldgoldy97 · 09-24-2022, 01:37 PM

hermanotarjeta · 09-24-2022, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

with no First Topps Chromes of the main draws in these, the price has to drop a lot more

Yes. Absolutely.

We are only ONE week from product release. There are still people out there wondering why they haven’t pulled a chrome Jroid or Witt yet.

cardsin47 · 09-24-2022, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Why buy base when there are plenty of very affordable parallels? Basic refractors are the new base.

hermanotarjeta · 09-24-2022, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cardsin47

Why buy base when there are plenty of very affordable parallels? Basic refractors are the new base.

You will get the highest percentage profit with base.

They aren’t sexy, but they will give you the biggest return percentage wise if Wander ever gets hot again.

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