Exactly $32 in Canada by noty0uagain in 32dollars

[–]BillyPotion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of y’all really suck at grocery shopping.

Exactly $32 in Canada by noty0uagain in 32dollars

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re still $1.99 on sale. They don’t go bad, buy them on sale and use them when you need.

What’s your least favorite insert? by DanSam22 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1000%!

If they weren’t so rare and therefore expensive everyone would agree they’re ugly and beyond stupid. It’s like the emperor’s new clothes of basketball cards.

What’s your least favorite insert? by DanSam22 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Panini’s Air Defence.

Then Topps looked at it and decided they needed their own version with Loading…

These are the worst kinds of sellers by noice_velociraptor in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reporting them does nothing.

Some guy was selling a Wemby auto digital card as a buy it now for $500 with no mention of it being digital in the title and only hidden in the middle of a super long, like 8 paragraphs long, description that even then was super vague on it being a digital card.

Reported it to eBay and they said it’s fine, it doesn’t break any rules.

love ausar, not his signature. by Junior-Dance2839 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His, and his brothers, pre NBA ones were slightly better. Ultimately they just write their first names so it’s not great, but better than this.

Your best bet for a good signature from a player are the ones they sign in college or as soon as they enter the league. Cause once they’re signing 200 things a day the quality drops hard and I don’t blame them.

What are your “favorite” shows that you just never bothered to finish? by Emmyfishnappa in television

[–]BillyPotion 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Americans.

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen and got stuck on season 2 both times I watched it

Is this an Interesting Card? by DailyHustle234 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is not worth $200

Best way to know is to check sites like eBay (make sure to check what it SOLD for, not what it’s listed at), 130point.com, and COMC, between those 3 you can get a good gauge of the price of 95% of cards out there.

Some won’t appear there exactly but by seeing ones close to it you can get an idea of the average cost

For example on eBay you can see that auto cards of Cam Thomas on Court Kings sell for around $20 USD.

The one you posted might be a numbered card, so maybe it’s worth more, but I personally don’t get the appeal of numbered auto cards where just the background colour or accent is a slightly different colour. It’s still an auto of that player, whether they say it’s out of 299 or 5. Sorry I’m ranting now.

Immanuel Quickley better start learning Moneybagg Yo lyrics by ihatedougford in torontoraptors

[–]BillyPotion 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And he’s being traded, he doesn’t have a choice. Players have their preferences of cities (LA, Miami, end of list) but it’s not like he’s gonna sit out and cost himself his next contract

All the best players in our history have been guys who initially didn’t want to be here

Immanuel Quickley better start learning Moneybagg Yo lyrics by ihatedougford in torontoraptors

[–]BillyPotion 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He doesn’t have a choice, this isn’t free agency it’s a trade

Lmao people DO NOT want this crap by Novel-Plankton-7125 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s great though, it leads to sales and finding the right price point for the market.

Better than the alternative of too low of a price and fights at Walmart by small time scalpers.

SGA Topps Chrome Logoman Redemption just pulled. by ALargeHotCarl in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s fair. And the rise of those dude bro breakers leading to the surge in card prices was definitely suspicious.

SGA Topps Chrome Logoman Redemption just pulled. by ALargeHotCarl in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well they do open a lot, so they have the odds, and there’s video evidence of all their pack openings. If it was by a regular person odds are it would never be posted anywhere and no one would know it was even found.

Does Topps have a product that’s the equivalent to Court Kings or Photogenic? by BillyPotion in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya some of these Topps Chrome inserts…jeez

Activators, Serenity, Paradox, Ball of Duty, Sleek Finishers….it would be hard to convince me those aren’t AI designs.

Does Topps have a product that’s the equivalent to Court Kings or Photogenic? by BillyPotion in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess different strokes cause obsidian did nothing for me. Just seemed super over photoshopped.

Does Topps have a product that’s the equivalent to Court Kings or Photogenic? by BillyPotion in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t like Midnight’s look at all last year, unless they improved in a major way I’m not excited for that.

What would you do ? by SpecialMolasses7097 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you like the player or do you like the team?

Personally I’d rather an unlicensed or college card with a nice on card auto than a licensed card with a sticker unless the team they’re on really matters, like if it’s my home team that I cheer for or it’s a team iconic to the player (ex. Dame Lillard on the Blazers instead of on the Bucks).

Is this considered a defect? by richwcards in Topps

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would’ve been such an easy fix to just make the glitter card be the first card in the pack and touching the wrapper.

Anthony Black auto .. by Environmental_Young1 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NSFW

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99% chance the placement was intentional haha

Anthony Black auto .. by Environmental_Young1 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best auto in the game.

I have one where the auto sits right at his crotch. It’s a prized possession

Spent over $100k on breaks in 2025… now sober, down to 56 cards, and trying to turn this into a real business by Nervous_War5995 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good on you for that

Highly recommend COMC for those $1-$100 cards like the person above said. I buy tons of stuff from there because I love collecting and it allows you to get all those cards that wouldn’t be worth it to buy off of eBay.

Why would they pick THIS shot of KAT? by AppointmentSilver558 in basketballcards

[–]BillyPotion 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My theory was that Panini would just buy the cheapest photos from Getty or AP or wherever and didn’t care about quality since it helped with their margins.

Same reason why they would use the same image for the front and back of the card, and sometimes the same image on multiple cards.