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OMG!  Hysterical!

In other words, 'Topps gonna Topps'

I sat in front of my computer screen last night for about an hour bouncing back and forth on the Topps NFT site debating if I wanted to take part in this.  I finally decided that the only reason for getting in was the novelty of it all, and frankly, that was not near enough to get me to jump.  I just could not put together spending actual money on pretend cards which I could trade for more pretend cards or sell for pretend money.  I will stick with my physical cardboard habit.

I have no experience with cryptocurrency or NFT's (I do play Bunt, but that's different).  But from what I hear, some folks were able to buy and resell boxes at pretty lucrative rates.  Making 100's within 24 hours (I believe one commenter I read had made $800's flipping them).  I read some comments about how they can move the money to convert it to cash, but it's a little beyond my knowledge at the moment.

It also sounds like the majority of the "big hits" have been claimed.  So those sitting with unopened boxes/packs from this first wave are likely to not have hits in them.  Which will quickly hurt their resale.  (?)

But, like I say, I don't know details very well, that's just based on some comments I've read on a Facebook group.

Nope!! I collect for fun, so I'm not interested in the "investment" (if any) side of this. But I want to keep my collections in a physical form.

I have. Purchased a Ryan Mountcastle card, have an "unopened" pack and bought a Bazooka Joe pack. It's fun and since I enjoy the technology behind blockchain and sports cards thought I'd give a try. 

We need to file a complaint to PSA saying the need to start grading phones, computers, etc. In this day and age, it wouldn't surprise me if they did!

Does this also mean I need to hit my phone with a hammer to get a card with a crease? What about watermarks?

Lets start up everyone's favorite LNFTS, (Local NFT shop.) We can sell our digital cards with digital toploaders to receive actual money. Oh wait. We can forget the shop and sell them on a new website. The world we live in just doesn't know. People won' care about 1953 Jackie Robinson, they will want there 2026 Allan Ramos for the Atlanta Skyscrapers, (there name might be changed by then,) Topps Green Z-Fractor Dual Super Autograph w/ a manufactured patch of a baseball NFT.

It's a good con. You send them money and you get nothing but one's & zero's.

Although I dont understand or care about the technology,  if all I do is acquire and store and move on, whats the difference between me and someone collecting NFTs? If youre juat a collector then an NFT might work. If you are in it for the collection, then its likely not...if youre both...I guess I have no opinion;)