Caught Me a Pack Searcher!!!

[WolfeFan07]

so did you get what they say you get it those hot packs.we have watch those seller{s}and then check their feedback not once has anyone say they pulled a killer hit

Can you really even pull a killer hit from a retail pack? Half of the Hot Packs I see out there are retail. Sometimes hobby, but seems majority is retail.

[TheOrangeGuy65]

Every once in a while, I have pulled something good from retail. I'd say the coolest thing I've ever pulled was last year I got a RC Patch/Ball Auto of Tim Tebow /15 from a retail pack of gridiron Gear. Other than that, I just pull good parallels and SPs mostly.

[Gigantor]

I don't think I've see someone get that extreme for pack searching. I'll buy retail from time to time, but usually only blaster boxes. I bought a box of 2011 Score FB a month ago and pulled one of the Cam Newton variants.

[jdawg]

Every once in a while, I have pulled something good from retail. I'd say the coolest thing I've ever pulled was last year I got a RC Patch/Ball Auto of Tim Tebow /15 from a retail pack of gridiron Gear. Other than that, I just pull good parallels and SPs mostly.

lol wierd i pulled a tebow 2/2 quad auto from retail as well

[Greengoblin782]

so did you get what they say you get it those hot packs.we have watch those seller{s}and then check their feedback not once has anyone say they pulled a killer hit

Well I do hot packs for WWE Cards.

I purchased a guaranteed dual autograph pack and Got John Cena/R-Truth Autograph /70. I must of bought over 30 packs that I know only contained relics and got two Cena /50 and a Ted Dibiase /50. I feel I did awesome with these packs.

[TheOrangeGuy65]

I mean, I don't find too much fault in buying hot packs off the web and what not, considering it's just a different form of shopping in most cases. Some hot packs are pulled from blaster boxes, or rarely even hobby boxes, so I can't say that buying hot packs condones pack searching. Buy what you like, I say, but as far as pack searching goes, if you're gonna do it, find a way to not destroy the product along with the fun of the hobby. I buy blasters for the most part these days due to pack searching overload in my area. I mean, if a pack searcher searches packs carefully because he/she loves relics for their personal collection, then I can see how their argument would be that they are just shopping for what they like. In hobbies like this, there are limited edition collectibles to be found in retail stores and online, such as Treasure Hunts in Hot Wheels, and Instant Win bottle caps, and so forth. I can see both sides, and even though I don't much appreciate pack searchers, I can understand why some do what they do, but I absolutely refuse to find logic or reasoning behind destroying the product in order to get what you want out of it. Do what you want with the hobby, you're not going to get me to stop buying cards, you just keep me buying blasters.

[duwal]

so did you get what they say you get it those hot packs.we have watch those seller{s}and then check their feedback not once has anyone say they pulled a killer hit

oh yeah absolutely, but when leaving feedback why would you state what you pulled. Doesn't make sense for you to go through all that work when really the bidders won't really disclose too much of the details. I know I've left feedback and it was just 'Thanks for the great cards' or something similar. I've pulled Duke Snider auto/bat, pulled a Lou Gehrig bat card, Joe Montana patch card, Robinson Cano auto/jersey, same with others I can't really recall now. Its pretty much the same odds as finding those same players when buying hobby boxes of cards

[sschind]

... I mean, if a pack searcher searches packs carefully because he/she loves relics for their personal collection...

You mean that 1 in a million pack searcher. Sorry, you will never convince me that it is ever right to pack search. Its one reason I don't buy packs anymore. I'm not familiar enough with the concept of hot packs and how they can guarantee them but IMO there is something not quite on the up and up going on there (with regards to pack searching I mean.)

[TheOrangeGuy65]

You mean that 1 in a million pack searcher. Sorry, you will never convince me that it is ever right to pack search. Its one reason I don't buy packs anymore. I'm not familiar enough with the concept of hot packs and how they can guarantee them but IMO there is something not quite on the up and up going on there (with regards to pack searching I mean.)

I wasn't exactly trying to defend the idea of pack searching, and yes, I suppose I was referring to that 1-in-a-million pack searcher. I'm just trying to see from both sides. I don't see pack searchers as evil or anything, just as opportunistic scumbags for the most part. Nobody likes a hobby dogger. All I was saying is that while it does ruin the chances of anyone else getting hits out of retail, if a searcher does it for their own personal collection, and can find their cards without damaging the product, then I see less harm in that than selling hot packs and what not. It hurts the hobby either way, but if I've found a way to be indifferent.

[sschind]

I wasn't exactly trying to defend the idea of pack searching, and yes, I suppose I was referring to that 1-in-a-million pack searcher. I'm just trying to see from both sides. I don't see pack searchers as evil or anything, just as opportunistic scumbags for the most part. Nobody likes a hobby dogger. All I was saying is that while it does ruin the chances of anyone else getting hits out of retail, if a searcher does it for their own personal collection, and can find their cards without damaging the product, then I see less harm in that than selling hot packs and what not. It hurts the hobby either way, but if I've found a way to be indifferent.

I can see what you mean and I guess if the searcher was keeping the cards for himself I would probably feel more sorry for him for thinking he needs to stoop to that level than I would be angry at him. I just think that the vast majority of searchers are only in it to find the better cards to resell.