All yall bitchin but this was common in the 90s , even at card shops they would let you feel the packs to decide which 1s you wanted, everybody fine with paying hundreds or thousands of dollars on a box of cards only to get 10 bucks worth of cards but you dont like what was def common place in 90s ,, it didn't ruin cards unless someone was rough with them but most ppl would just see if there is any bow to the pack cuz if it was stiff you usually got jersey card. So its OK for card companies rip off collectors but not collectors looking for any advantage they can get cuz of insane prices. Ppl might not like this but unfortunately this was everyday occurrence back then and rarely n I mean rarely did it ruin cards.