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Originally Posted by PowderedH2O
In 1987 I was in a Milwaukee card store and he had gobs of 1986-87 Fleer Basketball. He offered me an entire box for $5. Nope, not interested.
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I feel your pain. Back in 1986, I was the accountant for a candy & tobacco wholesaler in Maine. Our main customers were small mom & pop stores throughout the state. We purchased 5 cases of 1986 Fleer Basketball. Our salesmen sold less than 10 boxes and asked to send the rest back. Baseball cards did fairly well in the area, but basketball and football sales struggled. I could have purchased the remaining 4 plus cases at cost (around $5/box). With a family of three young boys, I passed and they went back to Fleer.