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I KNEW Someone mentioned that on another forum post I was in but was too lazy to go read and find it! I definitely thought of your comment when writing about this! 

NOT KIDDING- 

   Seriously less than a week after I made the second remark on here about going to social media about the Panini Redemption issue- I received an email (as if nothing had happened incorrectly for the last 10 months) stating I was going to receive my Redemption card in the next couple of weeks and would have a tracking number to follow. I couldn't believe it. I waited to post but yesterday the exact card as promised- 2020 Panini Contenders Rookie Draft Auto Blue variation B of Sam Hilliard arrived in the Panini sealed top loader #16/49. 

 It could've been a HUGE coincidence but that kind of thing happens to much for me to fully believe in them anymore. So in lieu of thanking Panini for doing what was originally promised after ignoring me, deleting my requests etc...I am going to thank the Trading Card Database for the forum and allowing me to post something that was most likely seen by someone there and then checked my accounts and decided it wasn't worth the hassle. 

 I have no particular feelings for Mr. Hilliard one way or the other but really wanted my first ever redemption card to arrive. I know ill never see the 2009 one so next is the Topps card from 2 months ago who hasn't even sent a confirmation email. I suggest everyone write their grievances and if you don't feel like dealing with social media, I volunteer - within reason- to handle it using my accounts for you. I can't stand liars nor injustice which is exactly what redemption cards represent: promised items (paid for) that don't (fully) exist!

 Thanks for the rant -

  Happy Friday! Becky Elizabeth 

Apparently Panini hates me! I have still not received ANY reply from them about my redemption. I probabbly ticked them off a few years ago. When they first started making NASCAR cards, I filed a missing card report to them after a blaster box from their very first product (2016 Panini Prizm racing) was missing the guaranteed "hit". They came through on that pretty quick. But then the second product they released gave me a dual-MEM card that was missing one of the MEM pieces. I mailed it to them for replacement. After over 2 years and numerous PO'd messages and emails to them about that card, they finally sent back the original claiming it couldn't be replaced. They did include another nice card with it that I sold for $20. But they haven't contacted me in ANY way since then besides the automated reply about my redemption card back in May of this year. I'm not on any "social media" site. That's probably a good thing because I would have blasted them by now about this redemption BS.

My rants tend to tick people off pretty bad, especially when it's focused on a company that sucks with customer service. That's why I got kicked off of the Beckett website. They couldn't handle the harsh truth of how bad they are and thought it was better to ban me instead of do better at their job. I don't know if they've noticed it yet because of where their heads are stuck, but they lost nearly every member in the Racing Forum and a few more in other sports when I got banned. Their Racing Forum hasn't had a new thread or reply since June and only about 6 new threads all year. I was banned in January. The fantasy game I was running on that site would have produced at least 35 threads just this year so far. Over half of the replies to existing threads on that site since then were in threads I started before they banned me, even though they deleted every thread I had replied in since about Thanksgiving of last year. I still think it's funny! If people don't realize my worth, no matter what it's about, I'll burn them as hard as I can. For another example, I quit my job of 20 years in March after my boss (also the owner of the company) kept discounting my worth to the company and started trying to rip me off. After that, he lost several accounts in only 4 months, including one that I was working at before I quit. And now I have one of the other accounts he lost as an Independant Contractor for a different company. Instead of him screwing me out of dozens of dollars a week with stupid changes over multiple accounts, I took a grand per month from him with just one account! Serves him right for screwing me over and now he knows where he messed up. I just hope he learned from it. I'll admit that I'm not always right about things, but when I am right, it's nice to get a little vengeance. Some companies deserve to get a harsh lesson about customer service (or employee relations)!

 I'm with you 100% - I wish I had a quarter of your confidence to stand up to people and I don't believe it is you they are targeting because I have read so many accounts of this including a lawsuit that was settled back in 2019/20 for issuing cards that don't exist...as for social media you don't have to have one as my offer still stands to speak as if it were me- or you through me- and use all of my connections/followers to REMIND them to do the right thing!

Here is a situation i encountered recently, the box I thought looked legit was a returned re-wrap job.

They crack open take the good and leave the bad and don't even have cards/don't bother to replace the inserts and hits

Seal it back up and since walmart accepts returns they restock the tampered with item for the next person to "get lucky" 

Had it happen several times- with the exact products as you stated and in the repackaged (e.g. bought an MJ holding box promising 2 retail packs/ 1 hobby pack and an extra card but when I opened the 2017 Panini Prestige there was an assortment of late 1980's Topps cards- NFL/MLB no inserts, H.O.F, rookies etc)...but even more disturbing is that Walmart is now allowing third party pricing IN STORES- for example the Topps Chrome blaster boxes priced 19-24$ now have new stickers over the original UPC and ring up as 29-39.99$ I asked and store manager was standing there and told me it was done by the merchandisers. If sticker is removed the UPC underneath rang as 19.99 but on top was $34.99. I watched someone show me but my conscience had me put the cards back as I refuse to pay the markup but couldn't do the other thing either. 

I've had that happen to me as well. Once was a blaster box that had been rewrapped. I opened the packs inside and all the non-base cards had been replaced with late-80's cards. I took it back to Target and showed them everything that was in the box and how everything had been re-sealed. They offered a refund or another blaster in return. After CAREFULLY inspecting a blaster I wanted, I accepted the swap. But later that same year, I bought a re-pack that was packs of cards with a guaranteed AU or MEM card while Christmas shopping with my sister. I went to open the box before we left the parking lot and noticed a slit in the plastic wrap and box at the bottom. So I didn't open it but pulled everything out through that slit. Sure enough, the "HIT" was gone. I took it back in the store immediately and got my money back. In both cases, Customer Service told me they would not go back on the shelf and would go into the damaged product bins. Stuff like that is actually how companies like Fairfield and MJ Holdings are able to re-sell products they didn't make. They can buy up the "damaged products" from retail stores and such and either repackage the packs or open them and repackage the cards and then sell them again with other stuff they have in stock. I like that they do that! You can get a wide variety of cards for anywhere from $5-$20. I've pulled some cool cards from those re-packs over the years. Sometimes they were even better than what I pulled from a blaster I bought at the same time.

You were "lucky" as most stores will not accept returns on cards- even if you show them that bc their stance is that anyone could've done it once it left the store. I've never tried to return them but have asked and explained the situation where I was told the above policy. I just hate that people are out there stealing and picking through packs- they're most likely going to sell the others for profit anyway so why make it worse by hurting someone else?