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Originally Posted by Kzoo
Just out of curiosity, what is it that folks don't like about him? My son and I watch some of his videos. He doesn't seem to know a lot about vintage and is more into modern. He seems to get super excited about low grade vintage stuff that is more or less common.
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I've heard the stories, but in terms of actually watching his breaks, they can be fun - but I only watch the vintage stuff. He gets a little too excitable for my tastes some times.
A low point was when he busted a box of 1979 Topps from BBCE. After the first dozen or so packs, it was clear that he got a lemon - all the cards are from a single printing sheet that had only Robin Yount, no other starts, or even any team cards, checklists, leaders, record breakers, etc. And it was clear from printing defects that all 500+ cards came from the same few sheets.
His viewers whined about it obviously being a searched box, when it obviously wasn't. They were up in arms about his right to a refund, searched box or not, and he did eventually get something.
I commented on the video that had he gotten a box consisting only of cards from the Ozzie Smith sheet, and wound up with 5 or 6 mint Ozzies, no one would be suggesting he owed BBCE exchange anything, but it didn't seem to dim peoples' sense (including his own) that he was somehow entitled to something.
I will admit these sorts of videos do irritate me in the sense they help turn the hobby into a lottery. I watched him break a 2011 Topps Update looking for the Trout. Having opened a number of Topps jumbo boxes I knew for a fact he would be getting the whole set, including the Trout, but it took him until the the second half of the final pack - I have to say I was rooting for him to come away empty handed. Was that bad of me?