tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post208614316338291249..comments2023-10-31T05:35:40.987-07:00Comments on Pack War: What Is Your Take On The Subject?Corkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-76300680787624754682011-08-04T22:23:46.433-07:002011-08-04T22:23:46.433-07:00Opening product and picking and choosing cards to ...Opening product and picking and choosing cards to make your own pack is theft. That would be like opening bags of MnMs and taking only the green ones.<br /><br />As for other things, if you're handling a pack in ways that women don't want their breasts handled, you'r probably pack searching. Seriously, doing anything that damages the cards just messes things up for everyone else. If you're weighing or fondling packs, you're pack searching. But it's not pack searching if you can see in the pack, or it's obvious - thicker packs don't guarantee a relic, anyway. The whole UPC thing seems worthless, since most packs contain "something" of value anyway, usually an SP or insert.<br /><br />But face it, pack searchers are scum. They're self-centered douches who only think about themselves. It's an easy way to make an extra buck. The only way to stop them is to keep the packs behind the counter with the cigarettes.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-90198733729825672272011-08-03T23:07:18.054-07:002011-08-03T23:07:18.054-07:00In regards to the collector I knew who would open ...In regards to the collector I knew who would open packs at Wal-mart, I was floored when he told me. He was a toy and comic book dealer and always had the best and newest cards so I asked him how he came across the cards, knowing that he did not have a lot of money, and he told me like it was expected standard procedure known to everyone. <br /><br /> What really bothered me, besides the obvious theft, was that he did it with his children. That was the last time I allowed him in to my store (I was a retail manager at the time).Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-21502756718421268332011-08-03T21:40:59.592-07:002011-08-03T21:40:59.592-07:00I see this a lot and to me, real pack searching is...I see this a lot and to me, real pack searching is someone fanning out cards, bending packs or using a fingernail which WILL damage cards. I've opened retail packs that had cards with a line down one side of the top card and I would almost guarantee that was from a fingernail. I've also seen people with little scales at Wal-mart AND Target. That's pack searching. Picking a pack based on a code on the pack or because you can see that Strasburg or whoever is on the outside of the pack isn't what I would consider packsearching. Opening packs and taking the cards you want, whether you buy the "loaded" pack or not is stealing. You're taking money out of the stores pocket by tearing open packs and making those impossible to sale. That's not packsearching, that's a criminal offense.Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com