I like hearing mike talk. He’s one of the few ppl who makes content that was in the hobby before 2020. Hearing breakers tv mentioned let’s you know who’s been around for awhile. Also shows who hasn’t been around when they never heard of it or didn’t know there was big platforms before fanatics live
Mike Mahan especially has made fanatics/Topps great. He’s a huge reason for the communication and connect in the hobby. Topps to consumer relationships.
LCSs had the market cornered for "special" boxes. Now that they are not the big dog in the room there is an uproar. Breakers are doing to LCSs what they did to retail a few decades ago. Turnabout is fair play.
8:30 and thats why less and less homes are unavailable to first time buyers. a microcosm of the industry at the smallest level. imagine corporations. eventually every house will be for rent and no houses will be for sale. its totally off topic but... its good for him but to say, lets just go buy some houses, it is unimaginable for so so many people in this country. it is what it is and good for him but fuck me
Having a moral reservation about breaking, and then having Draft kings, is actual gambling app for kids, as a sponsor. I am very disappointed especially because the financial knowledge and experience you have is above average and many people could’ve learned A lot. Gambling is the opposite of investing and financial literacy and it is predatory and aimed at younger, financially inexperienced people. Love the show….
One important question you didnt ask him. If boxes from card companies were only $40.00 or a case could be purchased by any one from distributors as it was done in the 80s 90s and most of 2000s would he be breaking to make $50.00 in a case break. I bet the answer will be NO cause then not worth the time. This is why card companies got sole contracts thus they can raise the prices followed by distributors followed by card shop that way then can make huge profits, otherwise they would not be doing these box case breaks to make just $50.00 from a 10 box case. This is why the hobby has gone to shit, its become pure gambling and monopoly controlled greed for $$$$$$$. At current box/case prices how many cases would breakers buy and open them to sell singles cards. ANSWER BE ZERO cause no money to be made that way. Some teams in breaks you can give it away cause no hits but people are nuts and fall for this gambling.
Having a moral reservation about breaking, and then having Draft kings, is actual gambling app for kids, as a sponsor. I am very disappointed especially because the financial knowledge and experience you have is above average and many people could’ve learned A lot. Gambling is the opposite of investing and financial literacy and it is predatory and aimed at younger, financially inexperienced people. Love the show….
@@stephenmullenax4522 I’m not sold on breaking. Just find the ecosystem interesting. -Nick PS doing all this editing for free is annoying and I wanted someone at the very least OUTSIDE sports cards.
Have to disagree with you Mike on topps chrome update. The prices being this crazy is only bc of the debut patches. Yes. The checklist is really good but $200 for a hobby is overpriced let alone $425 plus. Most of the big true rookies/autos are in regular chrome.
@ yeah. That makes a lot more sense. It’s disgusting where these prices have gone. The big retailers and Topps have been manipulating this since the start. Fanatics has been worse then GTS etc with holding back product to create scarcity. There doing exactly what they didn’t like.
@ id love to see you make a video on TH-cam talking about wax prices. Current state of the hobby. Also what it was like years ago or even before fanatics took over. You have more experience then 99% of content creators and majority of the ppl in the hobby today. It’d be great for ppl to know more. Please do a video/convo on this.
Fantastic interview - great guest, honest convo.
I like hearing mike talk. He’s one of the few ppl who makes content that was in the hobby before 2020. Hearing breakers tv mentioned let’s you know who’s been around for awhile. Also shows who hasn’t been around when they never heard of it or didn’t know there was big platforms before fanatics live
Thanks man. If only my wife would enjoy listening to me talk the world would be a better place
Mike Mahan especially has made fanatics/Topps great. He’s a huge reason for the communication and connect in the hobby. Topps to consumer relationships.
@@nunzi83 He needs a shadow to handle Fanatics events better
Great collaboration and great listen! Learned a lot. Hope to see more of this
Thanks so much!
Great conversation.
"The rent way out pays the mortgage". Just wait. LOL
LCSs had the market cornered for "special" boxes. Now that they are not the big dog in the room there is an uproar. Breakers are doing to LCSs what they did to retail a few decades ago. Turnabout is fair play.
Very cool perspective.
8:30 and thats why less and less homes are unavailable to first time buyers. a microcosm of the industry at the smallest level. imagine corporations. eventually every house will be for rent and no houses will be for sale. its totally off topic but... its good for him but to say, lets just go buy some houses, it is unimaginable for so so many people in this country. it is what it is and good for him but fuck me
Having a moral reservation about breaking, and then having Draft kings, is actual gambling app for kids, as a sponsor.
I am very disappointed especially because the financial knowledge and experience you have is above average and many people could’ve learned A lot.
Gambling is the opposite of investing and financial literacy and it is predatory and aimed at younger, financially inexperienced people.
Love the show….
Do 300k a month on fanatics live and you’ll get direct breaking allocation
Joke or fact?
@ wish I was joking. But it’s a fact.
One important question you didnt ask him. If boxes from card companies were only $40.00 or a case could be purchased by any one from distributors as it was done in the 80s 90s and most of 2000s would he be breaking to make $50.00 in a case break. I bet the answer will be NO cause then not worth the time.
This is why card companies got sole contracts thus they can raise the prices followed by distributors followed by card shop that way then can make huge profits, otherwise they would not be doing these box case breaks to make just $50.00 from a 10 box case. This is why the hobby has gone to shit, its become pure gambling and monopoly controlled greed for $$$$$$$. At current box/case prices how many cases would breakers buy and open them to sell singles cards. ANSWER BE ZERO cause no money to be made that way. Some teams in breaks you can give it away cause no hits but people are nuts and fall for this gambling.
Having a moral reservation about breaking, and then having Draft kings, is actual gambling app for kids, as a sponsor.
I am very disappointed especially because the financial knowledge and experience you have is above average and many people could’ve learned A lot.
Gambling is the opposite of investing and financial literacy and it is predatory and aimed at younger, financially inexperienced people.
Love the show….
@@stephenmullenax4522 I’m not sold on breaking. Just find the ecosystem interesting. -Nick PS doing all this editing for free is annoying and I wanted someone at the very least OUTSIDE sports cards.
Have to disagree with you Mike on topps chrome update. The prices being this crazy is only bc of the debut patches. Yes. The checklist is really good but $200 for a hobby is overpriced let alone $425 plus. Most of the big true rookies/autos are in regular chrome.
I actually don’t disagree with ya now. We did record this a few weeks ago - but since then the prices have jumped way higher.
@ yeah. That makes a lot more sense. It’s disgusting where these prices have gone. The big retailers and Topps have been manipulating this since the start. Fanatics has been worse then GTS etc with holding back product to create scarcity. There doing exactly what they didn’t like.
@ id love to see you make a video on TH-cam talking about wax prices. Current state of the hobby. Also what it was like years ago or even before fanatics took over. You have more experience then 99% of content creators and majority of the ppl in the hobby today. It’d be great for ppl to know more. Please do a video/convo on this.