Modern Case Breaking Craziness

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Originally Posted by Lucas00

Never again. And it seems like many people are in the same boat as seemingly breaking loses popularity by the day.

I thought about buying into a case break, baseball, of a standard product like Chrome. It would have been for a team - Cincinnati Reds. But then I had the exact same thought as OP, that for the same money I could buy a single nice card that I actually want.

I don't have the stomach for gambling. I don't buy lottery tickets, or scratch tickets, and don't go to casinos. I stopped buying boxes... nearing twenty years now. Reds players rarely amount to anything, so prices remain fairly inexpensive. Jonathan India prices are still relatively cheap when compared to Jarred Kelenic, and India had the better year. The Reds player whose prices remain surprising is Jose Barrero. I think flippers are hoping his story is not yet told. But he couldn't beat Kyle Farmer for the starting SS job, so I'm not convinced.

Vintage Reds prices like the BRM are also relatively accessible, until you get into niche products like Kahn's, but then compared to the Yankees it's not so bad.

Back to the original topic, though. I think for a team collector like me, a case break is an alright idea. But I don't want to return to the days where I had 4000 count boxes of worthless cards that no one else cared about. So ultimately that's why I never purchased a break.

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