oubobcat
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I was kind of excited for today as Topps was launching a new Boxing card product. According to the press release I saw this is the first time the card manufacturer was releasing a specific product for boxing since 1951. It was slated to go on sale this morning on their website and I wanted to pick up a box or two or three to bring back some old memories of ripping cards.
To my disappointment at the announced time of launch no product was available. According to some much more versed in the industry than myself "bots" jumped in to immediately purchase all or nearly all the product made avaiable by Topps. What this apparently means is those sophisticated in the industry were able to secure basically all the boxes/cases made avaiable by Topps and subsequently re-list on secondary markets such as Ebay for three to four times the original cost.
Of course this is what they are asking now. We will see if the parties involved are able to move the product at the costs they are currently asking or have to drop the price in the coming days/months.
I will personally not be hitting the secondary markets right now to buy these cards. Maybe later if the prices fall may dab into a little. Or if I find the right card I want may just purchase individually instead of buying a box/case.. And that seems to be the sentiment of fans similar to me who were hoping to purchase direct from Topps today.
But that said really in hindsight should not be so surprised by this from Topps. In one of their promos they featured a card of Floyd Mayweather Jr. where he was listed as a "Featherweight." I could be wrong but don't recall Mayweather fighting as a pro at featherweight...
To my disappointment at the announced time of launch no product was available. According to some much more versed in the industry than myself "bots" jumped in to immediately purchase all or nearly all the product made avaiable by Topps. What this apparently means is those sophisticated in the industry were able to secure basically all the boxes/cases made avaiable by Topps and subsequently re-list on secondary markets such as Ebay for three to four times the original cost.
Of course this is what they are asking now. We will see if the parties involved are able to move the product at the costs they are currently asking or have to drop the price in the coming days/months.
I will personally not be hitting the secondary markets right now to buy these cards. Maybe later if the prices fall may dab into a little. Or if I find the right card I want may just purchase individually instead of buying a box/case.. And that seems to be the sentiment of fans similar to me who were hoping to purchase direct from Topps today.
But that said really in hindsight should not be so surprised by this from Topps. In one of their promos they featured a card of Floyd Mayweather Jr. where he was listed as a "Featherweight." I could be wrong but don't recall Mayweather fighting as a pro at featherweight...
