Collectors Accuse FilthBomb of Wholesale Market Manipulation
Earlier this week, we reported on Fanatics giving breakers cases of 2025 Bowman’s Best Baseball while collectors got “sold out” messages.
Now collectors are raising questions about what those breakers are doing with their inventory.
According to a tweet circulating in the hobby, FilthBomb—a breaking operation that was allocated hundreds of cases from Fanatics at approximately $2,200 per case—is now posting high buy prices on DealernetX, a B2B sports card dealer marketplace.
The accusation: eliminate competitors by artificially inflating the wholesale price.
How It Would Work
DealernetX is a wholesale platform where card shops and dealers buy and sell inventory.
Normal collectors don’t have access to the product sold on DealernetX as its strictly B2B.
When a large buyer sets high purchase prices, it can drive up the market and make it harder for smaller dealers to acquire boxes and compete.
The tweet suggests FilthBomb is using their Fanatics allocation advantage to control secondary wholesale pricing.
Filthbomb is currently one of the top breakers on the Fanatics Live platform.
FilthBomb’s Track Record
This isn’t the first time FilthBomb has faced scrutiny from the collecting community.
The company has been silent on Twitter since January 2026, when it was discovered a contracted employee was participating in breaks.
In June 2024, a customer claimed $20,000+ in cards were sold without permission, escalating the complaint to Fanatics Live’s CEO for a refund.
Owner Stephen Michael has been accused of selling a trimmed Mickey Mantle card.
In 2023, the company owner opened a personal box on stream and pulled the Jackson Holliday 1/1 Superfractor.
Collectors have long accused the company of taking the best teams in their own breaks.
PayPal temporarily banned FilthBomb’s account in 2021 (though it has since been reinstated).
The company has advertised on the “Scammers Exposed” Facebook group, making sure any scandals stay out of sight on the social media platform.
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Fanatics Gave Breakers Pallets While Collectors Got ‘Sold Out’ Messages
