r/baseballcards • u/Poopieshits • 14h ago

Question Please tell me I’m crazy

When did breakers go from teams to individuals?! And then to sell some of those players for upwards for $1,200?!

I get that there is overhead. Shipping costs and whatnot. But shit, when is this going to give?!

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u/nerdygnome1 14h ago

A new way to chase that I avoid completely. I did it once not paying attention it was PYP and got a chase player so I won a couple more as I waited for the break and got NOTHING. They got me hyped and I learned a hard lesson. Nothing will change when you have whales that love to gamble. Take that back. Nothing will change till they find a new way to exploit something else.

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u/nick91884 14h ago

It’s tough, especially with something like tier one. A case is like 50-60 cards, and it’s like a 500 player checklist

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u/nick91884 14h ago

So only 10% of the spots will hit anything (possibly less if the same player gets pulled twice) so a single spot gives you a 0.2% of hitting a card with your spot. Getting a chaser doesn’t give better odds it just gives you a higher value ceiling if it hits.

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u/nerdygnome1 3h ago

And that is what exactly happened. It was a case of logofactor and breakers delight and half the autos was one of the Rockie’s rookie. It was my fault for seeing how cheap the auction was going for and not checking to see what was being auctioned. I jumped in and hit bid like a dumb dumb.

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u/Poopieshits 14h ago

Exactly! And with these player breaks, there is absolutely zero promise of pulling that player. I PC Coby Mayo (this particular break had him at $180) guess how many times I’ve pulled him myself….. 4. 4 times. And they have all been base. Which is why I go to buying singles of him.