General Forum

Just bought two hanger boxers.  They were factory sealed or so it seemed, but both inside cellophane packs were opened at bottom to were cards just fell out upon opening.  Something nefarious or me overreacting?  

Plus, nothing but trade worthy cards if anyone wants them.

Sounds more on the nefarious side to me. Not unheard of for even hanger boxes top get searched if done right. Were there the usual inserts in there or just bade cards?

bad/multiple dupes and trips.  Over half the cards i recieved were multiples.  In one of the packs there was a card X then card Y then card X and then card Y again.  horrible collating.  

If you got multiple copies of the same card from the same pack somebody messed with it.

I only bought 2 packs.  7 sets of triples.  

It still happens, just no where near as common as it was 25 to 30 years ago. I bought a 2019 UD Hockey box this weekend that had a duplicate in it.

But this does sound like someone messed with a few boxes and took the good cards out.

Not only that, there is more missing.  So i still have the boxes and noticed there should be Bryce harper inserts in every box.  I believe 2 per.  I got none of those.  Also, i only had 8 various inserts.  The boxes are supposed to have 67 cards per box, unless there is a very special insert then there could be 60-65 cards.  I would assume that is the thicker jersey card or auto card.  From the dupes and trips and singles, I count 108 cards.  With the 8 inserts, that brings me to 116.....

Far below the minimum of 120-134 cards that should be in the packs.  

Last time I will by from this walmart. Sad thing is there is a target next door, and i have gotten a ton of hits there, so i hope this person isnt hitting both places.  

Hearing about that makes me so mad.  What's even more annoying is that whoever is stealing them I doubt is making much money anyways. 

If they are stealing them for themselves that's even more lame.  What makes it such a shame is that this is still in its essence a "kids" hobby and I can just imagine a bright eyed little kid coming home only to realize the pettiness of the world.

It's about the kids man, and adults who want to feel like a kid again.  

Just another reason why I really haven't bought anything new in a long time. I picked up a local collection yesterday for $10. It has what appears to be a complete 1991 Bowman football set in a factory set opened box (key cards are in there). What looks to be a 1992 Pro Set Football Complete set, a whole ton of 1992 stadium club football in 9 pocket sheets, a whole bunch of 1996 Zenith football in 9 pocket sheets, a fair amount of 1996 President's reserve football in plastic sheets. I get so much more I want for my money this way.

So I must be turning into my father, because i went to the store to air my greivances to the manager.  I am a retail veteran of 20+ years and now that I am out, had to give a piece of my mind.  Actually a leader and another employee were by the cards when i rolled in, so i took my packaging to them and explained to them that i wasnt looking for a refund, but to just make them aware that they need to flag whom ever did the return to do this.  

They actually said if i want to bring in all the cards for  areturn they would take it back.  i only live like 4 blocks away, but i told them i would keep them to trade away, but i was jipped at least 4 cards if not more... most likely about 10 cards in the pack.  So great service at least.  Needless to say i will probably be buying less from that wal mart card wise.  I will however continue to buy these sugarbee apples.. anyone tried those.... sooooo good.