Billy, your reply to this tells me that Panini truly doesn't care about ANY sports-card collectors now. Our extensive discussions about cards and Panini, Topps, UD tells me that no company cares what the collectors like. As long as people keep buying, none of them will stop putting out the crap. The only way we can truly protest the garbage is to find a way to stop the case-breakers from continuously busting cases of junk. That will never happen b/c those idiots keep chasing 1/1's that are now practically worthless. If a base card has 5 versions that are all 1/1's, none of them are worth much to anyone. Why the hell don't the card companies understand that yet?!!! It's not just the base card either. Now they make 15 insert sets and all of those have five 1/1 versions too! And then there are the MEM and AU sets and all of those have five 1/1's too. Exclusive deals with leagues isn't the problem, the card manufacturers are the problem and they are just making it worse.
A great example of the horrible job card companies are doing: I won an ebay auction the other day for a 2016 National Trausures Racing card. It was a Dale Earnhardt Jr. AND Kasey Kahne Dual MEM SN25 card. I won it for $2.00!!! That's IT. $2 was less than the shipping price for the card! I only bid on it to see how high it would go. I didn't even care to win it. I'll keep it b/c I collect both drivers, but I didn't expect to win it at all. I think Panini did take notice that their NASCAR National Treasures product just wasn't worth the money in either year. The 2016 product is still struggling to sell at even $300/box and was supposed to be $500/box when it released
NO PWE's EVER!!! PLZ PM me 1st before sending any offer. ONLY selling cards as of March 2024. No trades or purchases right now.
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Largest total PC card collections by Team, then Athlete (as of 3/22/24):
STL Cardinals (MLB) - 8810; Carolina Panthers - 2888; GB Packers - 1790+ cards
Mark Martin (NASCAR) - 2038 cards; Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) - 1875 cards; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) - 1594; Ricky Rudd (NASCAR) - 839; Ozzie Smith (MLB) - 707