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Originally Posted by conor912
Yeah, I was pretty put off by the whole "make it so that a kid can get a $200 card every once in a while" comment. Um...yeah....you mean like a scratch ticket? Sending this messege to kids is absurd. I suppose it's telling of a larger societal problem teaching kids that something's not worth doing unless there's a (potential) payoff.
We live in a "if i do [blank], then I get [blank] society".
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But that's not a new phenomenon. In my (our?) day, we were looking for the Gooden RC out of our Topps packs just like kids today are looking for Machado/Harper/Trout.
The big difference is that in the 70's-80's when I started, there was one and later three sets that everyone had access to. They were the best cards available, and the cost kept everyone priced in. Now the best cards aren't available on store shelves and you have the be somewhat of an insider to know what's valuable and what isn't.