Hot Packs???

[romansports]

Im seeing alot of HOT PACKS popping up on Ebay and Flea markets. With all of the cardboard pieces and added checklists I dont see how people are finding these. Sweet Spot is pretty obvious though...its a ton thicker than the others

[redsoxfan1291]

I work at a cardshop, and although I don't do it anymore and haven't for awhile because it's not the honest thing, it's extremely easy. You lightly bend packs and the stiffers ones have gameused cards, with Donruss/Playoff being the only good companies disguising them. For baseball products THIS year, every pack is searchable, even highend ones like Greats of the Game or Artifacts. Hockey is usually very easy too, even with possible huge highend pack pulls like Hot Prospects and UD Ice. Hot Prospects... I was pricing a box... my finger sinks into one of the packs. Of course I bought it and it was an auto RC patch card.

It's easy.

[romansports]

Bowman doesnt have any GU this year so Im baffled of how people are finding the auto hot packs. Theres actually one on ebay now.

[Rookie of the Year]

IM gonna try that. i found a Ray Lewis game used football card in a pack one time... how much will that be worth in 20 years?

[Captain Cold Nose]

IM gonna try that. i found a Ray Lewis game used football card in a pack one time... how much will that be worth in 20 years?
Probably not much more than it is now. There is such a glut of game used cards out there, there's nothing special about the cards, unless the player is a long dead HOF'er with limited availability of game used anything. As great as Lewis has been, the only thing special about him is his play on the field.

[redsoxfan1291]

IM gonna try that. i found a Ray Lewis game used football card in a pack one time... how much will that be worth in 20 years?
I'd advise against trying it, it's dishonest, cheap, and something only really desperate people do. Furthermore, gameused is worth nothing, it's autographs that are worth anything now. Lewis has tons of GU cards, and they go on eBay for around $2 each and that'll be still the same in 20 years.
Just my two cents.

[romansports]

I usually only buy sealed boxes now because of that. There was a shop I used to goto that would search boxes before I knew what that was. I learned quick when I wouldnt ever pull anything

:grouchy

[redsoxfan1291]

Exactly. Some people search packs at the shop I work at, we try to keep it undercontrol but it inevitably happens. The worst is when a kid comes in with what you can tell is a hard earned 3 bucks and he buys a pack you know there's nothing in, with no chance of having anything, because some old guy pulled a jersey card out of it that'll be lucky if it breaks 99 cents on eBay.

[RuthMayBond]

I work at a cardshop, and although I don't do it anymore and haven't for awhile because it's not the honest thing, it's extremely easy. You lightly bend packs and the stiffers ones have gameused cardsHow can you tell the diff between GU and the fake cardboard inserts?

[redsoxfan1291]

Some fake cardboard inserts are stiffer then others... but if you CAN'T bend a pack at all and it feels like it will snap 90% it's gameused, if it can bend, 90% it's cardboard.

[redsoxfan1291]

...and also lots of companies don't use cardboard pieces (Upper Deck, now Fleer, TOPPS...)