(07-30-2023, 10:00 AM)wickercat Wrote: Not sure how the DBN got involved. It seems to me this a corporation move trying to get money, more money. It is just like another sign, along with Panini losing their license and the new ebay breaking rules, etc., that the hobby is in some serious turmoil. I am curious what this evolves into when it is all said and done.
The DBN started this by hording relatively worthless retail products and flipping them to These Great Nerw Collectors I Keep Hearing About.
Correlary to that was the attention gleened from the DBN waiting in line for several hours, not to mention illegal actiivities like shootings in parking lots over retail product, stalking card distributor employees, etc.
It became a national thing with plenty of media coverage from Forbes, Wall Street Journal, etc.
Once other businesses realized how "popular" the false bubble was, they all wanted to carry trading cards.
Flopps and Padooshi, er, Topps and Panini not only jacked up the prices to get their share of the dooshery, but were only too happy to oblige and started cranking up the printing presses to make sure all these outlets could carry cards.
I mean ... Cracker Barrel?
Yes, the DBN very much is responsible for the New Junk Era that we currently are heading into.
They've been simply marvelous for the hobby.