Don't go to Wal-Mart when you're hungry or when you're pissed off at the current state of baseball cards. I was hungry tonight and I got a bunch of food I didn't really need. I was pissed off at Topps so I buy... Bowman. Real smart there. I should have just bought some Upper Deck instead, oh wait. Blowout Cards probably swayed my decision a bit also. I was searching through the deals this weekend and found that they are selling blasters for $37.99. I mean, that's just ludicrous. So basically my thought process was: "This #$%! store still doesn't have ANY baseball cards newer than Attax except friggin Bowman, and at least I'm kinda sorta getting that almost half off when you think about it".
I know, that's BS reasoning and I'm still a hypocrite. A hypocrite with a blaster to open at least.
I have a problem, though which is the reason for this post. I got the box home and panicked a little. You see, the shrinkwrap looks a little off. It's sealed very thickly on the sides to the point where the cashier had to stretch the wrap just to be able to scan the barcode. I don't want to end up with a damn repack box that was opened, filled with 1994 Upper Deck Bip Roberts cards and resealed. With the Strasburg Mania going on I wouldn't put it past someone to do that.
The rest of the box looks ok I guess. it feels heavy like there are 8 packs in there. There is a $19.98 sticker on the wrap. The plastic has 5 of those little blue Topps logos printed on it. I thought there were usually more, but I don't have another wrap to compare at the moment.
If anyone has opened a Bowman Blaster recently or has an unopened one can you tell me if this looks legit or did I just get ripped off? I'm probably just being paranoid because I'm in such a bad mood right now, but I don't want to open the thing up if it's a scam job. I'd rather just return it unopened and exchange it for something else. God knows what else I could exhange it for, there's literally no other baseball there except Topps Series 1 and Attax starters.
If you all think it's legit I'll do a live break tomorrow afternoon so you all can follow along and see just how bad a product this really is.
*Atlanta Sports Card has** a 5000 count monster box FULL of Bowman base for $30 if you're interested.
**Well, had one as of a week ago.
4 comments:
Heya,
I've opened a few of these from Meijer (Michigan store) and Walmart. They've all had the thick plaster and bastardly barcode covering shrinkwrap edge. You're fine, open away, I hope you've got a Strasburg auto... oh wait, they aren't in there (look at the auto groups for Blasters on the side of the box... THATS what got me pissy).
With your encouragement, I opened 'er up. Everything looks good. I don't even care about the Strasburg, I just want a Heyward. Shops near me are all sold out of Heywards and they'd want an arm and a leg for them anyway.
Just in case the box is filled with '90 Topps Greg Brocks... I have a small army of Sid Breams I will swap you for it. So it won't be a total loss.
I have yet to see 2010 bowman retail in any establishment in richmond, VA and surrounding areas. I, as I posted, will not pay for a box...just say no to anything but the Heyward Chrome RC.
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