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I really liked last year’s resurgence set. This one looks even better. I may have to see if I can get a booster or two of it. I probably would have the last time I was in my local TCG, but someone had literally cleaned him out an hour before I got there.

Also, that Jeanty auto is fire.

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Buying: It’s fun. It can be a cool way to get access to product that I can’t get locally. It can quickly get out of hand and expensive as there are plenty of other people around that will bid it up and you’ll find yourself paying higher than comp. Or you get into a break and get nothing, but people are paying big dollar to try and hit those case hits.

Selling: You’ve got to have a following to do well. When you’re first starting out on it, it’s hard to get your money out of it. I’ve done a few and most of them I’ve either lost a bit or broke even. Maybe someday I’ll make money on them but it seems like it’s very hit or miss and you’ve got to be on the edge of the market in order to get the most people in the stream.

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Yeah, it seems highly variable. Sometimes it seems to hit my account within a few minutes and other times it seems like the next day. There may be a background process that calculates and updates the count and maybe it only runs at certain times during the day? Not sure.

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If there’s one thing that I don’t care for about this set it’s that it’s such a late release for last season. Like, why is Geno Smith still on a Raiders card? And why is Tet McMillan card still a RC when I’m sitting here watching preseason games for his second season?

I guess I just wish they’d make it an early release for the new season rather than a really late release for last year.

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Yeah, when they created the list, I noticed it and opened a ticket but never got a response at all. -1 for customer service I guess. I’ll probably reach out again. The back of the card says 2026, but I’m pretty sure its technically the 2025 set, just series 2.

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Yeah, the one detractors for me is they mislabeled the mendoza as a 2024 when it should be a 2025 or 2026. But, I dont know how much of an issue that is for a pc card.

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Yeah, I literally did like i would my glasses, a little hot breath to fog and then a nice wipe with the cloth. No other sprays or chems.

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Oh for sure. And they gain a following that come to expect those things. Im not a Barnum and Bailey sort of guy, so I tend to just stay nice and reserved and thats what I usually look for in the sellers I follow.

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I’m the same way. I find the ones I like and tend to just stick with them. It’s trial and error finding them though. Just gotta be quick to decide once you know what you’re looking for.

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I drop those streams like bad habits. I don’t have time for those sort of streams. I like the ones that genuinely seem to care for people and care to be good members of the community. Like if you start yelling, I just leave.

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As a Raiders fan, I’m totally fine with Herbert staying meh. He’s always seemed like he had a ton of potential, but never really made anything of it. But they keep paying him. Maybe Harbaugh will get that figured out. But, again, I’m OK if he doesn’t.

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Man, the Falcons are currently running a rookie DII QB. He’s good, I watched him play at MSUM, but they gotta get Penix or Tua on the field or it’s gonna get messy.

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Minnesota’s fan base is weird about that too. It’s been so long since they had a really good QB for more than a year or two and held on to them. JJ really didn’t get a rookie season, so last year was that for him. We’ll see what he does with this second year. Certainly gonna have some competition though.

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Wouldn’t it? I’m about 100% sure they’d get busted for it at some point for sure cause there will be someone who cracks and rips a pack or two. I know I’ve seen videos where that’s happened. But the percentage of packs that get cracked and ripped has to be pretty small. What if it was just one rogue grader who just did a few packs here and there?

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lol. Seriously though, what’s to stop them from opening it, taking the cards, replacing them with bulk, resealing and then “verifying” it and slabbing it? Sure, somebody might eventually give in to temptation and crack and rip it, but I had to wonder.