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Flippers and "NO REPLIES on a Declined" trade offer.

Another one I thought of while flipped through a binder of cards — businesses that advertise Ultra Pro Platinum pages then when you receive them they are not the Platinum.

I now have way too many flimsy pages...

the fact you cant really buy "a pack" of cards anymore around here basically your only choices are blasters,  if your lucky you might find fat packs

buy 2 fat packs, open the first one, all good, open the second one and by the third card you realize about 33% of the pack is going to be the same as the first, also having to flip the stack every 3 cards cause they are not all facing the same way

DEALERS NOT PRICING THIER STUFF AT SHOWS!

There it is! I love sorting and integrating cards. I accept shipping and handling costs. I don’t buy parallels. Just to rattle off a few of the complaints. I get that done cards are gonna be expensive…because they’re superstars or really old. 
But, as a set collector, I HATE paying huge amounts of money for unknowns who I don’t care about at all simply because they appeared in the fifth series. Ugh!

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the prices of some products getting more and more unreasonable, to the point where theres no point in buying a box of something because you dont get your money back no matter what you pull

i still love ripping packs but i find myself buying them less and less

Lololol. This one wins. 

Trading

Just thought of another. Kind of a combination of some things said earlier. Every show I go to now has kids running around, and by kids I mean younger than pre-teen, talking about the deals they are trying to make. Not the hunt for a card they are interested in, just the money of it.

But I have seen the other side. Young ones looking for vintage just because it interests them. Like one who was specifically looking for the 75T Herb Washington card because he was a fast runner. Dealer I work with had it and gave it to him free because you don't see that very often these days.

Offer sent! Just kidding. 

Shipping costs are THE biggest deterrent to more people enjoying this hobby

Canada to US with tracking for 40 cards costs 8$

After that bigger quantities barely raise the price, a shoebox with 1200 cards 16i$h

However that can be a psychological game of numbers as you can say it's 20 cents per card free shipping or 0.00 per card 

and 8$ shipping for 40