Here’s a story about a Connor Bedard trading card I tried – unsuccessfully – to purchase recently.
Continue reading “Connor Bedard Game Dated Moments Card Sells Out in 8 Minutes – Twice!”
Tag: e-Pack
Puck Junk Podcast #23 – April 25, 2017
…with Sal Barry & Tim Parish
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Sal & Tim talk about the craziness that was the first round of the 2017 NHL Playoffs, playing daily fantasy playoff hockey on the Topps Skate mobile app, building sets on the cheap with Upper Deck E-Pack, Dennis Wideman gettin’ sued and more.
Podcast #23 is an hour long, so grab a tall one, kick back and hit play.
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Will More Parallels Save e-Pack Hockey?
Upper Deck announced some changes yesterday to their e-Pack platform as a means to reduce the potential glut of insert and parallel hockey cards available on the secondary market. In a nutshell, physical insert and parallel cards obtained through e-Pack can now be combined to make an even more-limited parallel of the same card. This is bad news for those who are already sick of parallel cards, and even worse news for those who enjoyed scooping up cheap hockey cards as a result of e-Pack. So, will this move save e-Pack?
Your e-Pack Trash is My Treasure
Earlier this month, blogger Kin Kinsley asked the pointed question “Is Upper Deck e-Pack Killing Card values?” It is a great article worth reading, and much of my article here draws from the research Kin conducted earlier. In summary, the droves of collectors opening “virtual packs” of 2015-16 Upper Deck Series One and Series Two at the e-Pack website, coupled with the convenience of physical inserts already being housed at Check Out My Cards, has led to a glut of inserts listed on the COMC website for dirt cheap.
This is either awful or awesome, depending on your point of view. Continue reading “Your e-Pack Trash is My Treasure”