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Just stopped in the Sheetz after work to get fuel and was surprised to see a box of 2023 Topps series one baseball on the counter. I picked up 2 packs @$3.99/ea.  Just found it odd in a fun way that I would stumble across them like that.

Pretty fun find for some modern trade fodder. 

I wish we had any retail locations in the UK!

Sounds like an untapped market to to me! Is there a regulation against it or is there just not enough interest in the hobby? Maybe comic shop retailers might have some! al ot of shops in the US have crossover clientele who dabble in both hobbies.

 Just let week someone mentioned a gas station here in Wilmington but we don't have any Sheets franchises...so it must be something else to capitalize on the market?

Yeah Casey’s here in iowa usually has some card’s.

Yeah Casey’s here in iowa usually has some card’s.

Thats how it was when we were little, until upper deck 89 came out and changed the game of wax packs.  

My introduction to baseball cards was wax packs at Circle K and 7-11. Allowance, tooth fairy, birthday; all that money went to candy bars, cards and cokes. 

Forgot to mention this was 35-40 years ago.

Agreed.  It might be a nitch market in the UK but I would think there would be a market.

Reminds me of a shop here in New Hampshire that specializes in Japanese imports.  Just posters, trading cards, games, candy, etc all imported from Japan.  The owner was pointing out some of the merch he gets in doesn't even last a week before it sells out.  He's not able to get some of the stuff here fast enough.  He's making decent cash but the store looks empty because stuff sells out so fast.

I've been wanting to take my chances on some of the unusual Japanese trading cards he gets in but I don't know the first thing about them other than they look interesting.