O/T -- but related to baseball card scarcity!

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Posted By: nbrazil

rob...im probably a hypocrite, but ive busted some modern packs/boxes before. when i was a kid, that was the most exciting thing about the hobby....and it seemed like every single pack had some meaning to it. I'm fairly young..so, my memories are of pulling frank thomas and griffey jr cards and jumping up with joy. and they werent inserts...just the regular cards. nowadays...when i do bust open some modern, i would go through the box...and if there isnt that difficult to pull insert card...an auto card...a game used card....i would feel like this was a waste of money. the only joy i would get is the feeling of opening up card packs again....but, after the damage is done and i realized i spent 40 dollars on 10 minutes of pack busting fun and 100 pieces of shiny cardboard...i geel bad. sort of like an alcholic or any addict....ephemeral joy and then long, sustained guilt.