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I think the answer will sort of depend on the economy. If the economy keeps climbing regardless of anything else, there’s still gonna be people pushing the market for cards. I’d gladly pay 13m for a card. Mostly because that means I had 13m as disposable income. Or to invest. Either way, I’d be cool with that. 🙂

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I’m a bit here and there. The majority is through ebay, then whatnot. I’ve been buying a fair amount of base through collx as well.

We finally have a couple of good local shops, but mostly just for Pokemon and Magic, so any sports stuff has to be online.

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Yeah, that looks pretty clean. Corners look crisp and from what I can tell, the surface looks good. Maybe a bit OC on the bottom front? It’s so hard to tell with the “fuzzy” designs sometimes.

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I’m holding off at the moment because there’s too much noise, but Mendoza is a pick up. Benson might be another. I went for a bit on picking up Derek Carr RC and Khalil Mack RC. I’d like to pick up a Maxx Crosby rookie, but there’s really only one and it’s a bit out of my price range.

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Of course, I want to buy the Raiders players and Mendoza in particular, but most of those are priced right out of my market. It’s sort of ridiculous at the moment. I’m hoping that they go down some after a few other sets are released and I can at least pick up the base for lower prices.

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I’m a Raiders fan, so anything Raiders I will generally PC. There’s a few that I won’t go out of my way to find. Garrappalo, Minshew, and Smith to name a few. I probably won’t go out of my way to get any Cousins either, but if it’s part of a lot or break, I’ll still take it.

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I’ve played the last few years by just creating a free team on ESPN and then letting it randomly add me to a league. I decided last year that that wasn’t very fun since at least one or two of the people would create the team and then not play or do anything with the team. The lack of activity/intent there really turned me off last year so I don’t think I’ll play a team this year.

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Yeah, I usually do the same. I got burned a few times when I got back into the hobby on going after fancier rookie cards then found I could buy them for 50% or less if I just waited a year.

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Yeah, for sure. I don’t remember any of the breaks for the Raiders being so high last year even with Jeanty. But, yeah, the #1 pick and a QB is about as big as it gets.

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I should have probably mentioned that part. It was shipped well. In a bubble mailer and a very elaborate (fancy) cardboard box and holder. It was just the sleeving that I felt was a bit silly.

If you’re gonna throw a anti-tamper sticker on, find a way to do it that I can still use any of the common display options. The sticker was huge, and it was clearly visible from the front so it was a no go if I wanted to display the card at all.

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Well, they’re homemade. They look better in the picture than they do in person, but they’ll work for my PC. I just put the design together in Photoshop then printed using word on a color printer. I tried laminating it a bit with some packing tape which helped. Still looks OK, but not as good as they would be if I had Zion print them I think.

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I’ve got this one on the stand on my desk. I need to figure out how I want to display the others as the desk is a bit too cluttered to really do that. But, once I figure it out, yes, I likely will.

I might just 3d print a mag holder for the cards. If I ever get the one of one, it would only be 5 cards so it could be a smaller print.

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yeah, and the price tag for that sort is really a barrier to me. Just a lot of money to drop and not know what you’re going to get out of it. Should get something, but hard to tell what sort of return. I like the ones I can get into for $30-$40, but most of those don’t seem to be PYT and I end up spending too much when I chase on the wheel.

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I’ll take them, but none of them really played for more than a season or two and didn’t really contribute to the team in any meaningful way so I just don’t go looking for their cards. I’d rather find the players that are contributing, or have contributed in some way.

I guess it’s also my way of narrowing my focus a bit rather than a blanket collection of all of the team.

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yeah, I think the big thing is I’m almost guaranteed to have to find some sort of rotation for them, but would like to see some at least as I don’t currently have any set up.