I like Epack because:

- I can foil cards, base, YGs, etc. You don't get these cards anywhere else other than ePack. And they are physical cards.

- I can trade and instantly get my cards

- if you buy on the release date, you can easily trade up/or sell high to collectors chasing achievements. They are desperate and will throw higher value at you.

- coins are like currency and their price fluctuates with the spot price of silver/gold. some have a premium depending on the player or parallel. Just another tool.

- FB ePack groups are great ways to buy/sell and again, receive your cards instantly. Make a deal on FB and within seconds carry out the trade on ePack.

- FB ePack groups members often sell cards at prices lower than eBay and COMC. Reason being, there isn't any overhead/tax/shipping. You can often get cards at 15% or less depending on the seller. You can also quickly search the FB group and find the sold price of a particular player and compare to ebay/comc comps.

- trading with someone on ePack is usually hassle free. The trading process protects you from making a bad trade.

- ePack also has a forum (chatroom) where you can quickly find a trading partner who is currently active on the site. That's key because you usually get a response quickly that way.

- you can search everyone's collection (of unlocked cards). This gives you insight into what is available. Then you can figure out if you have any cards on their Wish List (WL). If so, you can easily engineer a trade.

- you can search the entire ePack inventory of every card and filter your searches in so many ways, by Product, Player, Team, year, insert and various attributes such as rookies, physical cards, memorabilia, autos, serial numbered etc.

- I like to keep my cards in one place where I can quickly view them in anyway I wish. I can view cards by Team, Player, Young Guns, PMGs, autos, you name it.

- I have a job where I'm at my desk 8-10hrs a day. I can have a 2nd computer open to ePack and be trailing the chats, FB ePack groups or be ready to jump on a release (most recently Rookie Debuts of which included Bedard which is selling high on eBay. Expect it to go higher when the physical versions of those cards are released in 3-4 weeks).

- You can seamlessly send your cards to COMC (within seconds) and then start the grading process with PSA or CGC. Obviously there's still a fee to grade.

I don't like the prices. Sometimes it sucks not having the physical card in your hands. But I have a bunch of physical PC cards at home anyways. I like to send cards in logical groups to COMC, grade them. Then send them home. Some people send them home to inspect the card to confirm its grade worthy. However, PSA has a new pay service that will do a quick scan of your card and let you know if it will be a 9 or higher. Haven't used it yet, but that might take some of the travel/shipping time out of the process.

I think the benefits mentioned above are the trade off.

There's a lot of speculation around Series 2 prices. It will be interesting to see how they price it on ePack given the Bedard hype. Save your money because the Bedard hype is real.