F**k him. He complains about the price, but he makes money from them because it is content. He knows going in that there is a good chance he's not going to get any "hits". When you go in looking for hits, but get nothing, too bad. No regular collector with half a brain is buying that crap.
@@travisdecheno5670 What's the problem? I remember when I was a little kid, taking my $60 weekly allowance to the card shop and buying 1 pack of hockey cards.......good times.
Big difference is he'll let people know if the product is junk! Other people(breakers) will hype it up so they don't lose money lol they'll be selling packs for 80 each I bet
Wild that in 2024 you know that the FWA auto is in 1 of 2 packs... so many people will resell the other 8 packs to unsuspecting buyers, but mad props to Zeeree for actually opening the entire boxes knowing he's getting literal trash for his money.
platinum is still stupidly overpriced, but at least it's a better value proposition than spa and just a better built & constructed set overall. spa has always been rough, & now it's complete hotdog water.
Was really rooting for you brother. These odds make me want to buy The Cup instead of two boxes of SPA. Which is pretty telling. FYI: FC has never opened The Cup.
You were the one who said Upper Deck was doing everyone a favor in 21-22 SPA by introducing retros so that everyone could buy a box....I unsubscribed immediately afterward. This dilution and price gouging is killing the hobby. So much disappointment out there.
Ouch!! I used to absolutely love SPA, but now it has gotten ridiculous. How in the world can anyone justify paying $600 per box for this stuff? I hate where the hobby has gone.
My LCS asked me if I wanted a box of this for $250. By far the lowest price I've seen. And I STILL said no. That's how bad I knew this product would be. 99% of these boxes will be utter trash.
Zeeree and everyone else needs to remember, boxes now are not priced for individual people to rip. The whole business is catered around breakers and as long as breaks keep filling, upper deck and distributors will cash in. Especially on the over the top Bedard mania
It sucks seeing how passionate you are when you talked about SP Authentic from the box breakdown to the history of the product and then seeing how upset you were at the end. Good luck on the case man, you've said it before, it's tradition to open a case of SP Authentic and I hope it goes well for you.
First time collector here. I've been watching a lot of videos learning the different products. SP Authentic has to be the best looking cards I've seen. I like the simple and clean design of the cards. I'm not a fan of most of the inserts they put into these hobby boxes. It's too bad this isn't more affordable. If it were in the 200 dollar range I'd definitely pick up a box. I need to get my hands on the base set of this! too damn clean!!!
I’m glad you actually pulled a bedard. Every other video I’ve seen has been atrocious to say the least. OPC plat is way better. This price is just too high and to get a bunch of junk wax !!
2003-04 retro is my fav SP AUTHENTIC DESIGN! ---- ridiculous prices tho, ill pass on ripping this. thanks for making it easy to pass by watching you rip it. Inserts are lame too, they recycling sp signature legends inserts, upper deck DO BETTER!
This is why I got out of collecting hockey and non-sport cards, just happy to live vicariously through Zeeree now. I love ripping packs, but can't stomach $500 a box. Could blow that money on things that would get a lot more use.
@ I’m a collector who doesn’t like getting price gouged by DA. Paying that much for a box that could have 10$ in cards is highway robbery from the wholesale sites
@@danielpetriw1154 That's the sad part about SPA. It's big shops and breakers gouging..the little shops have better deals. Which is sad because they get such small allocations of product. My LCS got 2 cases total. GPS ripped 12 last night alone. Sad
Yes why wouldn't he? Freshman are first year. Then sophomore, junior than senior. Freshman means first year of high school or college. So it's a rookie card, so is his FWA
The only people who buy and open this stuff are TH-camrs, for content. You are paying $400 for a lottery ticket, hoping for a win. TH-camrs get to make content from these boxes, so they make money either way. There is no way a collector goes out and buys that sh*t.
We should protest buying such high priced boxes. 19-20 - $225, 20-21 - 400, 21-22 - $280, 22-23 - 240 and now just because of Bedard 23-24 - $600+. So a box of The Cup will be 4-5K. Card companies and distributors are gouging the buyer. SPA was always my go to set since 15-16 but not at these prices and I don't see anything else worth collecting that you can collect a set. Sucks for the year of collecting. Ultimate may have been nice , if Upper Deck didn't ruin the pack coalition. Better to get base, mem, auto and big hit. Rookies should have autos like before. Like someone else said here "kick in the nuts"
It's kinda sad at this point how bad SP Authentic has gotten. Same with most of the current products too, with one card having like 30+ parallels and or retros these days. Makes it hard to continue collecting honestly
So sad 😢 to see Zeeree be totally negative and disappointed by SPA … this is the main product chase in his collection… this was the set that got him hobby love every year excited by the new FW crop … now he hates the new format !
My LCS isn't hostile so I grabbed 3 boxes today at 200 USD/ea (about 275 CAD), the price being gross is just greed. Even at $200/box my LCS said they were making $80/box. I still didn't get close to breaking even at 200/box, 350+ is insane.
Upperdeck should get rid of pageantry, freshman and other worthless inserts. Just put one non-auto future watch in each pack and two regular fwa per box.
My favorite base set to complete is SPA. But outside of the monster hits this product is absolute trash. Would it kill them to throw in a few inserts with something?
With a cost of probably $200 ish, charging this much means 95% of collectors will never be able to touch one. And it seems like 95% of buyers won't make anywhere close to their money back on these.
@@phils6733 Finally someone on this channel that agrees with me, ha. I have said on this channel many times that the kid will be good just not on the level of McDavid but his fan boys did not like hearing that. I'm thinking a Patrick Kane type of outcome.
Just think, if Akita Hirose develps into the next Weegar or Forsling....youre retirement fund just got a major boost! Visually a great looking set- but way too pricey for so little value.
Thanks for the heads up zeeree and the honesty…I would love to rip a few boxes but I even passed on last years when it was 300$ I’m a new collector and the last 2 years has been fun I did hit 2 bedard YG’s and an artifacts emerald patch of him…that may be it for me…600$ plus taxes seems extremely foolish…good luck to those who are trying!!!
Watching these rips and seeing the crap that can come out of it makes me happy I got out of ripping boxes. $600 for a punch to the nuts, I can get that for 5 bucks on the streets of St Catharines.
Been saving all year for a Bedard FWA and now I don't even want it lol, got about 6K saved and I'm prob gonna grab something else, I'm so over Bedard he's good but he's no Crosby or Mcdavid, let me know if he scores 60+ goals.
Spa is becoming a crying shame. I know it’s 2 autos a box, but this has a heavvvvvvy shartonmybacks vibe and it’s sad for what was once THE set of the year. 😢
This is why I’m glad I don’t have money to burn. I’d rather not even try, then feel instant regret. But upper deck has got us NHL collectors by the teets and are milking us dry. and because of that, they have money to throw at more exclusivity deals with the NHL
this is why upper deck owning the hobby and having the monopoly they do they get away with this bullshit! i left the hobby and sold off everything years ago i enjoy your videos and they also reassure me i made the right choice
Zeree: spending 600$ for a box of this is stupid that price is insane! Also zeree: anyway I Just spent 1200$ for two boxes. Gotta love these guys spending mortgage money on boxes and complaining about the price lol
Really enjoy your content but let’s be real you seemed upset before even opening it which hurts the content excitement. I agree with you on price being ridiculous and again enjoy what you do just kinda a bummer
It's not worth the money, especially when there's no Bedard. The amount of inserts, "filler", make it good for breaking with kids, but not at this price. Upper Deck is only cashing in on the Bedard hype
cool product but a box costing as much as a ps5 is insane
This is the best description I've seen anywhere for just how ridiculous 2023-24 SPA is. One box equal to a PS5! Ridiculous.
Great comparison because they're both essentially worthless. Lol
A $600 kick in the nuts
F**k him. He complains about the price, but he makes money from them because it is content. He knows going in that there is a good chance he's not going to get any "hits". When you go in looking for hits, but get nothing, too bad. No regular collector with half a brain is buying that crap.
so wait, you're telling me if i got to a card shop it's 60$ per pack? is that a joke?
@@travisdecheno5670 What's the problem? I remember when I was a little kid, taking my $60 weekly allowance to the card shop and buying 1 pack of hockey cards.......good times.
@@travisdecheno5670and likely to walk away with some base and worthless inserts.
Wow same price as black diamond this year
zeeree is the only one I'll give a pass to for buying this for the purpose of content. Anyone else paying this price needs to have their head examined
But HE bitches about the price too. F**k him. No passes for being an idiot, then complaining. Not even for him.
Big difference is he'll let people know if the product is junk! Other people(breakers) will hype it up so they don't lose money lol they'll be selling packs for 80 each I bet
Exactly
Ouch there's no way I would pay 200 bucks for a box of that
Wild that in 2024 you know that the FWA auto is in 1 of 2 packs... so many people will resell the other 8 packs to unsuspecting buyers, but mad props to Zeeree for actually opening the entire boxes knowing he's getting literal trash for his money.
I was here in 2024 when I seen the exact moment Zeeree's soul left his body.
What
Watching you fall out of love with SPA has been a tragic saga to witness. At least we still have Platinum right?
platinum is still stupidly overpriced, but at least it's a better value proposition than spa and just a better built & constructed set overall.
spa has always been rough, & now it's complete hotdog water.
Was really rooting for you brother. These odds make me want to buy The Cup instead of two boxes of SPA. Which is pretty telling. FYI: FC has never opened The Cup.
I've opened only one, which was a 2015-16 box, back in 2016. No McDavid but it was insanely nervous and fun at the same time
You were the one who said Upper Deck was doing everyone a favor in 21-22 SPA by introducing retros so that everyone could buy a box....I unsubscribed immediately afterward. This dilution and price gouging is killing the hobby. So much disappointment out there.
Ouch!! I used to absolutely love SPA, but now it has gotten ridiculous. How in the world can anyone justify paying $600 per box for this stuff? I hate where the hobby has gone.
Everyone does, it's become no fun to even gamble on it. You need the top 5 hits to just break even . It's an automatic loss 99% of the time
$600 !?! Bedard or No Bedard .. H3LL Nah !!!!
I got them 9 months ago for 320$ from Hobbiesville
@@korotki9 even that's too much
250 max
@@yukoncorneliusthelegendhim9751even that’s too much $200 max!!!
@@yukoncorneliusthelegendhim9751 ya I agree Bedard is good but he will never pan out to be Mcdavid, Matthews, Ovechkin or even Crosby level.
Honestly I rather rip OPC Platinum over SPA any day of the week
I mean you can buy a tin of the cup for the price of this nonsense
Keep on saying this and Upper Deck will increase OPC Platinum to be the same price as SPA real soon 😂😂
All day !!! I agree !! I pulled 3 autos and multiple numbered cards out of 1 box of OPC plat….best set of the year
My LCS asked me if I wanted a box of this for $250. By far the lowest price I've seen. And I STILL said no. That's how bad I knew this product would be. 99% of these boxes will be utter trash.
Where can you buy a box for $250?
starts opening at 4:54
Wow.. watched 4 videos so far today and not one single true FWA was pulled! That’s ridiculous!
Zeeree and everyone else needs to remember, boxes now are not priced for individual people to rip. The whole business is catered around breakers and as long as breaks keep filling, upper deck and distributors will cash in. Especially on the over the top Bedard mania
Choo choo !!!!! Is Upper Deck's slogan.
That was rough. The fact that you don't get one of the actual future watch cards autographs is insane. Thanks for the video.
It sucks seeing how passionate you are when you talked about SP Authentic from the box breakdown to the history of the product and then seeing how upset you were at the end. Good luck on the case man, you've said it before, it's tradition to open a case of SP Authentic and I hope it goes well for you.
Artifacts is better for your money than SP Authentic in my opinion. You always get something neat in Artifacts. Hobby of course, not retail lol
I used to collect hockey cards back in the day. Now I life vicariously through this channel as the prices on some of this stuff is wild!
I was going to buy a box of this but decided to buy a bike for my son instead
Hey Zeeree! I want to make a hobby box my advent calendar this year, which do you suggest(most packs, autos, cool stuff)
First time collector here. I've been watching a lot of videos learning the different products. SP Authentic has to be the best looking cards I've seen. I like the simple and clean design of the cards. I'm not a fan of most of the inserts they put into these hobby boxes. It's too bad this isn't more affordable. If it were in the 200 dollar range I'd definitely pick up a box. I need to get my hands on the base set of this! too damn clean!!!
I’m glad you actually pulled a bedard. Every other video I’ve seen has been atrocious to say the least. OPC plat is way better. This price is just too high and to get a bunch of junk wax !!
How drunk was Bedard when he signed that card??.. Good lord
One of the worst auto’s of a star player ever. Its so bad
I've been watching breaks and that is the 3rd Henry Thrun Retro Future Watch I've seen. No joke.
What do we need to bring back?
2003-04 retro is my fav SP AUTHENTIC DESIGN! ---- ridiculous prices tho, ill pass on ripping this. thanks for making it easy to pass by watching you rip it. Inserts are lame too, they recycling sp signature legends inserts, upper deck DO BETTER!
Case of sp or a decent car?
Can you tell us how you got it for 400?
Absolutely brutal..😮. Thanks for taking one for the team !!
would love if there was one retro, it was /100, and it was based off the design from 10 years previously
This is why I got out of collecting hockey and non-sport cards, just happy to live vicariously through Zeeree now. I love ripping packs, but can't stomach $500 a box. Could blow that money on things that would get a lot more use.
5:06 (!) FIRST PACK
Managed to get one for $500. Best card would be either Sean Farrell RFWA or Edvinsson spectrum fx FW. Feel like a gut punch.
Literal price gouging on these. I paid 199.99 American
Are you a collector, or someone just hoping for a hit?
@ I’m a collector who doesn’t like getting price gouged by DA. Paying that much for a box that could have 10$ in cards is highway robbery from the wholesale sites
@@danielpetriw1154 That's the sad part about SPA. It's big shops and breakers gouging..the little shops have better deals. Which is sad because they get such small allocations of product. My LCS got 2 cases total. GPS ripped 12 last night alone. Sad
So bedard has a future watch annnnd a freshman card in the same year??
Yes why wouldn't he? Freshman are first year. Then sophomore, junior than senior. Freshman means first year of high school or college. So it's a rookie card, so is his FWA
ill just buy a sure thing 500 card on ebay - then pretend i pulled it from a pack lol
The only people who buy and open this stuff are TH-camrs, for content. You are paying $400 for a lottery ticket, hoping for a win. TH-camrs get to make content from these boxes, so they make money either way. There is no way a collector goes out and buys that sh*t.
We should protest buying such high priced boxes. 19-20 - $225, 20-21 - 400, 21-22 - $280, 22-23 - 240 and now just because of Bedard 23-24 - $600+. So a box of The Cup will be 4-5K. Card companies and distributors are gouging the buyer. SPA was always my go to set since 15-16 but not at these prices and I don't see anything else worth collecting that you can collect a set. Sucks for the year of collecting. Ultimate may have been nice , if Upper Deck didn't ruin the pack coalition. Better to get base, mem, auto and big hit. Rookies should have autos like before. Like someone else said here "kick in the nuts"
man it's sad to watch upper deck's monopoly destroy my childhood hobby
What a brutal opening! I wouldn’t blame you at all for seeing the inner. I’d rather have a Matthews or Bedard FWA over a case.
Great content but oooof, felt the same at a $225 price point years ago. $600 is a hard sell.
I don't mind the retros but they should not count towards the actual FWA. I drives me nuts too
This was an awesome tutorial on how to turn $800 + Tax into $200!
As a jets fan it’d be great to potentially be able to get that ehlers card!!
The retros should be sssp to make them work pulling
Nut busters. Good luck next boxes.
It's kinda sad at this point how bad SP Authentic has gotten. Same with most of the current products too, with one card having like 30+ parallels and or retros these days. Makes it hard to continue collecting honestly
So sad 😢 to see Zeeree be totally negative and disappointed by SPA … this is the main product chase in his collection… this was the set that got him hobby love every year excited by the new FW crop … now he hates the new format !
My LCS isn't hostile so I grabbed 3 boxes today at 200 USD/ea (about 275 CAD), the price being gross is just greed. Even at $200/box my LCS said they were making $80/box. I still didn't get close to breaking even at 200/box, 350+ is insane.
Upperdeck should get rid of pageantry, freshman and other worthless inserts. Just put one non-auto future watch in each pack and two regular fwa per box.
My favorite base set to complete is SPA. But outside of the monster hits this product is absolute trash. Would it kill them to throw in a few inserts with something?
Such a high ceiling.. at such a cost
Such a high ceiling with such a low basement
Retro Bedard on ebay is 9k 😮 regular FWA is going to be around 15-20k 😢
With a cost of probably $200 ish, charging this much means 95% of collectors will never be able to touch one. And it seems like 95% of buyers won't make anywhere close to their money back on these.
I got 2 for $506.25 after tax and shipping. Also Zephyr is selling them today for $542 after shipping and tax. Canadian prices btw
From where? I ordered from Zephyr but couldn't find a better price than that.
Bedard isn't exactly tearing it up right now. WAY too much money for this garbage and for a player that is NOT the next McDavid!
He will be good but I agree maybe a matthews type of player with more playmaking ability, but yeah definitely not a mcdavid.
@@phils6733 Finally someone on this channel that agrees with me, ha. I have said on this channel many times that the kid will be good just not on the level of McDavid but his fan boys did not like hearing that. I'm thinking a Patrick Kane type of outcome.
SP Authentic entering Artifacts blaster territory for Zeeree after that $800 kick in the wedding plums
Just think, if Akita Hirose develps into the next Weegar or Forsling....youre retirement fund just got a major boost! Visually a great looking set- but way too pricey for so little value.
Thanks for the heads up zeeree and the honesty…I would love to rip a few boxes but I even passed on last years when it was 300$
I’m a new collector and the last 2 years has been fun I did hit 2 bedard YG’s and an artifacts emerald patch of him…that may be it for me…600$ plus taxes seems extremely foolish…good luck to those who are trying!!!
Watching these rips and seeing the crap that can come out of it makes me happy I got out of ripping boxes. $600 for a punch to the nuts, I can get that for 5 bucks on the streets of St Catharines.
Been saving all year for a Bedard FWA and now I don't even want it lol, got about 6K saved and I'm prob gonna grab something else, I'm so over Bedard he's good but he's no Crosby or Mcdavid, let me know if he scores 60+ goals.
Spa is becoming a crying shame. I know it’s 2 autos a box, but this has a heavvvvvvy shartonmybacks vibe and it’s sad for what was once THE set of the year. 😢
It’s crazy!!! Who knew just hype alone!!! Would just skyrocket prices.
The only people buying that shit are TH-cam content creators, and Ebay pack rippers. Any of them bitching about the price can f**k all the way off.
the bedard red future watch is 70 $ value its not junk but 600$ is insane ! .....
ya but by the time Zeeree gets around to selling it... (between 3 days and 5 years from now) ... it'll be worth $30 or less :P
Under 10 minute gang👇🏼
Worst part is when people pay the price UD thinks it’s fine and they’re getting away with it
I paid 477 CAD per box yesterday
Too much expensive!! Nice video !! Thanks for sharing!
This is why I’m glad I don’t have money to burn. I’d rather not even try, then feel instant regret. But upper deck has got us NHL collectors by the teets and are milking us dry. and because of that, they have money to throw at more exclusivity deals with the NHL
Opening hockey packs is definitely a gamble. An expensive gamble.
"anything that doesn't have ink is filler" so you might as well just buy clear cut.
@zeeree I’ve been watching you for years. I love it because you were all breaking and less talking. What happened?!
I dont recall the last time I seen Zeeree get Choo chooed that hard...painful to watch sir
this is why upper deck owning the hobby and having the monopoly they do they get away with this bullshit! i left the hobby and sold off everything years ago i enjoy your videos and they also reassure me i made the right choice
Came to watch the break, stayed to watch the boat race.
Its so sad watching someone hate opening a product that they once loved more than any other set
So over the Bedard stuff. Bring on the rest of 2024-25, please. I don't even want to think about the cost of The Cup next year.....
I'm not gonna lie, you take one for the team a lot. Thanks dawg
The fun is being sucked out of the hobby to a large degree
Even when these $270 cdn they were a crap-shoot. $600 is appalling. The worst part is chumps are going to buy it.
This bedard tax is just wiiilllddddd
I get it bro, i also despise most retro products.
Wait a minute! Don’t they give you loaded boxes?? 😂
I won a spot in a break of this, ended up with the Ducks and Leo's FWA was pulled. I 💩you not.
Spoiler blocker. You really should have kept it sealed 🎶
Zeree: spending 600$ for a box of this is stupid that price is insane!
Also zeree: anyway I Just spent 1200$ for two boxes.
Gotta love these guys spending mortgage money on boxes and complaining about the price lol
Bedard will be a slightly better version of Jack Hughes.
5:14 9:00 9:04
Yeahjust another 23-24 box I will not open..
I would love that arutri card
Really enjoy your content but let’s be real you seemed upset before even opening it which hurts the content excitement. I agree with you on price being ridiculous and again enjoy what you do just kinda a bummer
$600 i hate to see how much the 24-25 THE CUP is going to cost
Agreed but at this point who cares. They can take their “Cup” and take a dump in it.
UD has absolutely decimated this product.
Less than 10% return on value 😵💫
You're the best!
It's not worth the money, especially when there's no Bedard. The amount of inserts, "filler", make it good for breaking with kids, but not at this price. Upper Deck is only cashing in on the Bedard hype
That was tough to watch. Glad it was not my money.
I've waited for this Choo Choo train all day... Poor Zeeree, don't open any more
Hey upgraded the butter kenif!!! 🎉🎉
happy halloween, that was some scary boxes!