Some of the excuses that people make about cards not being popular today don’t make any sense … considering the card companies themselves could have gotten into some of these businesses. eBay/COMC MarketplaceVirtual cardsData/photo licensingWebsite/forumDirect to consumer sales Leaf and former Topps employees are full with excuses & very bearish on cards. …. strange, I…
On today’s show we talk to @stevienixx76 about collecting cards in Canada. Check out his website: Stevie Nixx Sports He gives some good advice to those trying to avoid paying the expensive shipping fees some eBay sellers charge. We get insight to why he got back into collecting, and what type of vintage cards are…
Redemption Cards – How COMC can make that a better and more reliable service than the manufactures can. Analyzing internal processes both for efficiency & time. How COMC analyzes employee production. 100,000 Cards Shipped only 10 errorsMore cards shipped (or sold I can’t remember) in Black Friday weekend than sold on the Beckett Marketplace all…
Panini’s Damian Lillard 12/13 Wrapper Redemption rookies. Via Leaf’s “maneuver” to re-license his signatures. Michael Carter Williams Flawless – nice cards, but no Jordan, no LeBron and Kobe’s being soft right now means it’s just another set that happens to cost more. Authorized Group Breaking applications being taken in by Panini. Breakers.tv – same guy…
Wal-Mart cuts orders going into the holiday season. Lol. Short that company if you have the money. $1,500 Panini set. Yawn. Has diamonds in it. Grading Cards Getting autographs in person – Local signings– Stalk them in big cities.– Get them in the minor leagues or College Getting the most from your dollar: – Stay…
Panini’s Dealer Roundtable I actually like the concept. Personally I don’t think it will accomplish much – similar to other efforts by Panini to help hobby store owners (ie MAAP pricing). I think the 20 who get to call in each quarter will hear the same BS these “product managers” spew out in other “interviews”…
Solution Session for Topps Get hired. Then, schedule a meeting with the big-wigs that actually own the company. Bring the COO and/or CFO in so they feel accountable. Put everything clear as day on Topps.com 45 minuet wait times Redemptions will be filled slowly Tell he truth Create Topps.com/forum Promise some free stuff to 5…
Who’s going to save NFL (rookie heavy) boxes this year? – Tavon Austin … Plays the 49ers & Seahawks 1/4 of the time …. good luck rookie. – Giovani Bernard … Looks good on Hard Knocks. He’s going to take some BIG hit this year though. Plays the Steelers and Ravens 1/4 of the season,…
2013 National Sports Collectors Convention There’s 1 business below that needs to get kicked out of the food chain below. These guys don’t do anything or add value to the process of selling cards. And I have no idea why the manufactures treat these guys well & invite them to “VIP” events. I’d squeeze their…
It’s All for sale at the 2013 National Sports Collectors Convention! Everything from Baseball Cards to Baseball Card Companies! Doesn’t make me feel too great about buying cards – when all 3 manufactures would LOVE to sell their company (probably for not much more than 1x earnings, considering you can go to the open market…
2013 National Sports Collectors Convention Day 1 interview with @SportsCardNews Why kids don’t collect 1: Cards busted when I was a kid so the lessons I pass down to my kids aren’t “save your cards and be rich” like many dads who had Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantles did to me. 2: Rich people spend…
New Pre-Sale Cards 2013 PANINI HOMETOWN HEROES BASEBALL24 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 10 boxes per caseHIGHLIGHTS:– 3 Autographs, 3 Sportdiscs, 5 State parallels, 1 Zip Codes parallel, 3 Curtain Call, 2 City Hall, 2 Defining Moments, 1 Nickname, 1 Rivalry, 1 Homegrown Heroes per box!– Look for 3 Autographs from six different…
PLEASE STILL DO NOT BUY FROM ANY BREAKERS IMPLICATED LAST WEEK Last remaining thoughts on razz sports card raffles. Box Breakers at the industry summit wanted to setup a “blacklist” of CUSTOMERS who LEGALLY got a refund for a payment into a box break. I’d bet my own money that most of these sellers were…
9 months ago I took to twitter and ripped on Topps & nearly everyone from Topps themselves to Cardboard Connection decided to take me on. Flash forward today I don’t regret anything I said but I bet others do. Same thing won’t happen here, but my goal is to get those involved to realize your…
5th Year Anniversary Razz is a pretty fun low ball card game, but I can’t believe people are trying to sell “spots” or “cards” like this. Just shows you the amateurs in this business. Here are some sellers who’ve offered “razz” sales — you should avoid: I repeat DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE PEOPLE…
Murder was the case for a few NFL players these last few weeks, including one player that lead my fantasy teams to glory last year. New Pre-Orders this week are 2 mini-helmet products and Prominence football. 2013 PANINI PROMINENCE FOOTBALL5 cards per pack, 3 packs per box, 15 boxes per caseHIGHLIGHTS:-3 Autographs, 2 Parallels, 10…
If you want to get an email every time a new show is posted, you can sign up here and it will let you know when we have a new podcast. Topps Redemption emails. Normally I get a few emails per month about redemptions, this week I got 11 all related to issues at Topps….
Jason kidd retired Grant Hill retires Spurs vs Miami NBA finals Promoting your site Topps Redemption Dump Hot Players: Matt Carpenter Josh Donaldson Yasiel Puig Hope You Don’t Have Any Of These Guys On Your Fantasy Team: Steroids Ryan Braun Melky Cabrera Alex Rodriguez Nelson Cruz Jesus Montero Yasmani Grandal These Sets Were Added To…
On today’s podcast, we discuss a few topics I have talked about in the past, but want to revisit. Plus we talk about 2 new baseball sets that came out this week. First of all, I want to make it clear that even though we talk about buying/selling cards quite often on the show –…
On today’s podcast we talk about the 2 new 2013 NFL sets from Panini & Topps that were released recently. 2013 Topps Archives Football 2013 Score Football Both draw on the brands history, with Topps being almost a complete re-make set, and Score having the 25th anniversary ‘green’ rookie cards that have been popular since…
On today’s show all I really do is give my opinion on a few different topics in the sports card world. We discuss: NFL Draft Card Shows Risk of box breaking Panini Pylon Promotion Mark Sapir leaving Topps and why Gold & Bonds are not even as safe as Mickey Mantle’s. Listen To Show #124…
On the last day of the 2013 Industry Summit in Las Vegas, @SportsCardNews joins us unfiltered at times again – and describes what went on today & during the week. Listen To Show #123 Below Listen to this episode Download this episode (right click and save) Check Out Day 1 At The Las Vegas…
On today’s program we again have Ryan @SportsCardNews from the Industry Summit in Las Vegas. It was a hot & heavy type day with some tense presentations from Box Breakers and Topps. The gloves came off on Monday, which might be a sign of what’s to come Tuesday and Wednesday during the event. Be sure…
On today’s program we discuss Day #1 from the Industry Summit with my brother Ryan – @SportsCardNews on twitter. Sunday is a setup/get into town day but we talk about things that went on For Tweet, Photos, Links & More – Check Out Day 1 At The Las Vegas Indsutry Summit Listen…
2013 Topps Opening Day Baseball was 3/18 now 3/20 2012 Panini Totally Certified Football was 3/20 now 3/22 Dion Waiters is an impressive young player for the Cleveland Cavaliers Mosaiq Research is going to release some survey results that I’m guessing will be the highlight of the show. Here are some tips my brother wrote…
I watched some of the NFL combine on Monday February 25, 2013 and noticed the NFL network running replays of Manti Te’o after each of his less than impressive workouts. Jon Bostic and Cornelius Washington stood out. Washington put up 36 bench press reps (no other LB did over 30) . 2013 Leaf Metal Draft…
Super Bowl, now long gap for football.Top picks in nfl draft expected to be non-offense players.– Maybe more 2nd year RGIII and Andrew Luck cardsTod Mcshay has several QB’s projected to be picked in first 75 picks.– Will Russell Wilson, Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick type QB’s emerge?Matt Barkley, Geno Smith, Tyler Wilson, Landry Jones…
Mojobreak and company have a new live podcast every Tuesday at 4:00pm PST Sports card live Panini eliminates MAAP retail pricing Feb 27 National Treasures Baseball Savy collectors would just wait 30 days for price to drop “Will create more demand for pre-ordering product” – not if price consistently goes down. Consumers will wait Card…
On today’s show we talk about some less traditional strategies to setting up a retail spot – given all the empty commercial real estate I see around. We also rundown 10 Quarterbacks in the NFL … Buy-Sell-Hold style. Alex Smith – Buy (to resell) It looks the the 49ers are going to run with Colin…
Last Year on Show #89 we gave out some New Years Resolutions that have somewhat been dealt with. Below are our resolutions from January 2012 – we’ll make 2013 resolutions on a later show. 1 – More creative packaging. I see that Target & Wal-Mart both get blaster boxes, regular packs – and usually a…
COMC.com SpecialThe site is approching 10,000,000 items ever listed and the company is giving away 10,000,000 pennies. 5,000,000 Pennies or $50,000 dollars is going to buyers and the other 5,000,000 pennies are going to sellers. Buyers: On Black Friday only – get 10 cents store credit for every item you buy and ship. Black Friday…
We were able to get a first hand look at UltraPro’s newest product – the Double Booklet One-Tough magnet card holder (that includes a nifty stand). It looks like the price I’ve found on these has been in the $7.50 – $8.00 range. They have UV protection, so feel free to display these in full…
With not many releases on the schedule this week, we talk about just a few different topics today. Panini announced they will be adding a player to their basketball lineup. I personally think it might be Dwyane Wade because he is one of the few NBA superstars without an autograph deal. I believe he used…
There have been some interesting releases the last few days including 2012/13 Artifacts Hockey and 2012 Topps Update Baseball, however we skip discussing individual sets today and talk about some little bits of news + plus + some collecting motivation techniques. COMC.com, eBay & Selling Black Friday The main thing to remember is that the…
New Release Date Changes 2012 Panini Certified FootballWas: 10/3 — New Release Date: 10/17 2012/13 Panini Threads BasketballWas: 10/3 — New Release Date: 10/24 2012 Panini Signature Series BaseballWas: 10/24 — New Release Date: 11/7 2012/13 Panini Totally Certified BasketballWas: 10/24 — New Release Date: 11/21 2012 Panini Cooperstown BaseballWas: 10/10 — New Release Date:…
Some release date changes this week happened and here they are just in case you were looking forward to one of these sets: 2012 UD University of Alabama FootballWas: 9/30 — New Release Date: 10/2 2012 Bowman Chrome BaseballWas: 10/15 — New Release Date: 10/17 2012 Topps Five Star BaseballWas: 10/31 — New Release Date:…
The main topics on today’s show include: Buying on sites that don’t get lots of traffic Pricing rare 1/1 and unique cards Top 10 Topps Triple Threads Baseball card sales When I value 1/1 or really rare one-of-a-kind type cards, I always go look to see what the highest price card collectors are paying for…
We’ve got some hot tips & some hot sets to talk about on today’s show. On last weeks show we got some good tips for selling fixed price auctions and more from @DJSportsCards on twitter. Panini Americana Heroes and Legends set features many Olympians and other athletes, presidents, astronauts and even war veterans.. It looks…
A listener e-mailed me about last weeks show and wanted to give some more tips for everyone. I think they are really good and here is a summary: Sell Items At “Fixed Price” on eBay 95%+ of the timeBasically, list items for Buy-It-Now because eBay gives you the option to essentially list items for free…
On today’s podcast we talk about one of the most highly anticipated basketball releases to come out in a long time, 2011-12 Upper Deck Fleer Retro basketball. We also discuss a thread that has been going on on the Blowout Cards forum that has given a lot of advice to anyone that wants to sell…
Before we dip into the Buy – Sell – Hold, we run down some topics I saw come across this week that were interesting. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is getting his own statue outside the Staples Center Shaquille O’Neal and Jamal Wilkes are getting jerseys retired in Los Angeles The Industry Summit 2013 is March 17 –…
We touch on a few news items right in the beginning: You can list cards for free on eBay for the rest of the year! Our fans have voted and they predict RGIII will have higher values than Luck at the end of the year. Roger Clemens comes back! A few weeks ago my brother…
General News Topics: Who will be this years NFL Rookie of the Year? Steroids have become vogue again thanks to Melky Cabrera Topps Re-Ups with the NFL Jake Locker, Ryan Tannehill, Blaine Gabbert, Russell Wilson and even Nick Foles are getting love Chris Paul got hurt – watch out for Eric Bledsoe & Willie Green…
August has already been a HUGE month for new sports card releases, and more are on the way in the back half of the month too! We talk about a few news items before we discuss some of the latest products. News Items: Ryan Matthews is hurt and out 4-6 weeks Dwight Howard goes to…
Today on the podcast we have Ryan who is at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore. He’s spent the last two days getting photographs, talking to dealers and collectors from all across the country and we get his thoughts on today show. One of the highlights today was a panel discussion by the Topps…
On today’s show we talk about “player picking” which I found to be fairly similar to “stock picking” Often times we collect players from our favorite team – but I sometimes find myself buying players that I just think are going to have a good career. Occasionally I find players who’s card values are lower…
It’s been a while since I last put up a podcast – but not really by choice. I recorded this podcast 3 different times, only to mess it up somehow. Luckily this version made it through okay and it’s good to finally not mess up putting it up. You’d think after 4 years we’d have…
Fake Patch Cards Like all of these scams, they don’t make financial sense to the seller in the long-run – so I have no idea why people do this, but it happens. People take normal jersey cards, or sometimes bland looking prime jerseys – then add a patch from a fake jersey they buy off…
Got lots of things to talk about on today’s program. First off is the 2012 NFL Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot. This is always an exciting event to follow because you get to see all kinds of new cards & the rookies seem excited to see themselves on the new cards. The most interesting thing to…
Today on the program we are joined by www.cardshopfinder.com and we talk about the website and recently released Android Mobile Application. Be sure to check out the website or mobile app the next time you are searching for a card store in your area. I think this is perfect if you are traveling and want…