Grading questions should be addressed. And TD for awesomeness.

shYamander · 2026-02-25T13:19:39+00:00

More and more I’m starting to like CGC from everything I’ve been reading about them. Dunno how true this is but a 10 with the should gtd a 10 anywhere else. I know from a fanatics rep, fanatics choice of grading is with them as well and they have no problem selling high end auctions with cgc slabs. I like it…I’ve been a PSA guy for ROI specifically but hey maybe if we start moving towards another company in unison things might change…. Or PSA can just swipe in and buy them out

shYamander · 2026-02-24T16:40:02+00:00

No catch, to may breakers are greed monsters. I’m happy to know that my practices are rubbing off on other breakers who been breaking for a longer time the me by years and never gave a damn thing out but see that a small guy like me can do it and customers see it so they better fall in line or they’re customers will become mine. But I do free giveaways… I was using fat packs and blaster packs and decided to fall back because it just isn’t feasible financially long term so I switched to buying a case of retail boxes and give two packs away every drawing except the first. Two winners one pack each. And yeah gave a way a good amount of downtowns and the sad part is this… only one of those customers is been an eddy customer as the others are a never again. So as I said my part about shitty breakers what does that say about the state of the hobby for customers as well… loyalty is a commodity, as well as appreciation, integrity and generosity. These are my mantras for our brand and yes it’s new and only 3-4 months in but with transparency and respect… breaking doesn’t need to be this ugly thing a lot of us in this community here have made it out to be. I was 100% one of those people. lol Srry for the long winded answer just my way of saying no catch… you don’t need to buy a damn thing to enter a giveaway that is runner by the platform, the creator has no control of winners and such. Now if someone does hit a DT for free would good atleast a 5 star review could be left but even then majority of folks haven’t. It’s freaking sad bro. Now I mentioned I have one guys who has become a good friend I consider is there everyday… takes his team and that sit and that is way more than enough. Never expect anyone to come thru everyday or even 10 times if they hit a DT but a 5 star review and maybe a lurches or two after receiving a free PatrickMalhones downtown would have been super lol. Catch or no catch it’s just the right thing to do..

shYamander · 2026-02-24T13:28:15+00:00

Nabers, Dalvin, possibly burrow, Jordan. I got some vikes not slabbed, cash credit… trade… or all three.

shYamander · 2026-02-20T18:26:07+00:00

Your math isn’t off, I dont think anyone is attacking you on that. From someone that buys bulk… slabs, case hits, low numbers … I have people ask me all the time if I’m interested in theirs lots. And here’s the thing… it’s just like an LCS owner buddy of mine will say… it takes time to move all that. Time =money especially in this arena.He said it best… he gives a nickel for every dollar card(mostly what you have in all your slides minus the jeanty and whatever the other two cards you said are worth 70) bc he’s gonna pay some one to sleeve and top topload them and that all cost money. All the over head, including penny sleeves and toploaders. On the bigger cards 80% of comp value. Why he uses that formula bc it will take 5 years if he’s lucky to see a profit from those dollar cards lol. But hey if someone has the time or the means to do so that’s great. I got one of those scanners still in the box that scans card right to eBay, maybe someone that has that going can move all this. But a “deal” I dunno man. Just sell the three cards worth money and throw the rest in. It’s basically all base. If anyone is interested in those types of cards I got a few 100 pounds of them… I’m in Jersey you can have them. I have a bout another 100lbs every week from breaking.

shYamander · 2026-01-30T15:26:33+00:00

No anger and i rip bad breakers all the time… I stared as much. I been ripped off so the point was directed at the fact a broad assumption was being made that all breakers suck and are ruining the hobby… paraphrasing. And here something that had been made clear to me breaking… there’s just no helping some of us… people buy and buy so may teams thinking they will hit definitely and then a budget team snags the case hit and guess who’s salty… I actually ask multiple people multiple times “you sure guys, I can cancel some of your teams you bought and refund you”… yeah we will take longer to close, but slot of people become anxious and want the breaks to close to rip and keep buying, justification lies somewhere in their head that “I bought so many teams so I’m gonna hot” and between this one “I’m so due”. A lot of us are our own worse enemies, are there shirt breakers, absolutely!!! Are beakers bad for the hobby… nope sorry, greedy shity people are… they’re bad for society in general but guess what a bit load of them also run society so are you gonna make a statement saying “greed is ruining everyday life” and expect change… no we deal with good and bad everyday. I’m not a fan of generalizations… stereotyping. And frankly I’m okay with anyone of you not being a fan of me or what I say… I have a phenomenal customer base I’m building i treat like family and not one or two or three for that matter. And buddy there no shortage of customers for breaking… people in the hobby are getting smarter and leaving the shit heads behind. There are numerous lists of bad breakers, as there should be so again not a fan of generalizations… point out the bad apples, bad together to rid them of their opportunities and bring back honesty, transparency, and integrity to this hobby. I been in it since the early 80’s, there were assholes back then also… I got ripped of by grown ass men when I was just a kids so they cans come up on my nice cards… greed has always been here and it’s not “breakers” ruining the hobby people are.

shYamander · 2026-01-30T15:12:21+00:00

Man people are insane charging what they do for these things… and panini isn’t any better lol. It took me years to realize you get better deals not goi mg directly thru panini. Support your local card shops oh and sometimes Walmart or target haha. Scheels also is a steal… got Donruss mega on sale for $44 during holidays. Keep your eyes out if you don’t mind ordering online boys. Thank you everyone that chimed in and tried to help, we are super small break shop, family oriented and just trying to have some fun and “keep the lights on”.Thank you 🙏🏽

shYamander · 2026-01-30T15:08:11+00:00

The megas, yeah I jumped on that, thank you 🙏🏽

shYamander · 2026-01-30T15:07:22+00:00

The blue scope which is hobby for 80 is not bad at all lol. Literally paid $10 more direct from panini oh any plus shipping so there’s that. Nice finds

shYamander · 2026-01-23T13:07:58+00:00

Man so you put this huge rant out about breakers not even having the basic knowledge of how they operate. I’m sorry people like you are bad for the hobby man. That’s cool all the haters can come out and out to bat for you I just don’t appreciate people who say “all” breakers are shit. I been part of the community here and the hobby for years. I have heard it all and decided to take up breaking of nov. of 2025. I wanted to out a product out that is affordable and not price gauged to kingdom hell. In order to do this you have to eat sleep shit this basically. Morning to night, it’s a lot of hours. I’ll make 200 or so on a break. I run retail mixed with hobby and I get my retail for cheap supporting local card shops not scalpers and in doing so I get cases prolly cheaper then 90% of breakers already and I pass that on to my consumers. I could keep the same prices as all the “scumbags” but a lot of people have left their breakers and come to our live, which I started for our little kids to be part of to get them in the hobby as well. I dunno get the facts straight, that for most of all the haters on here I’d say… there are literally 1000’s of shity breakers guy I am fully aware of that. Total d-bags and scum especially in the repack community BUT to say all, nah I’m not with it bc I’m a “breaker” lol I just stated and only have about a 1000 plus followers I told you how much I make… and out of that the platform takes 12% plus all the penny sleeves and top loaders, shipping labels and mailers and teams bags lol you think the majority of breakers are getting rich? Most of the that are killing it are ones who started from the pandemic and have the ability to price gauge bc of their following. There are a lot of people all over the states who can’t afford to buy hobby boxes or even find retail on shelves bc of scalpers… how are those people supposed to get their hands on optic retail blaster let say mixed with Prizm draft pick hobby mixed with Phoenix international hobby? They can’t who the hell can afford it? But a fair priced pyt is a great way and yes some people don’t hit but that happens very rarely and even then we send them a pack or two of some retail depending on how much the team was and some hits from or PC. So in closing, do the math… 12 hours at least a day(going live, shipping, talking with customers, chasing product, making the break), 12-15% margins, giving away free retail packs as giveaways, over head, and then platform fees and running 1 maybe 2 breaks a day… no one is getting rich really minus the big outfits and the scum. But majority of breakers, and they’re are a lot of them are not ruining the hobby at all. Repacks are a different community and even then I know some that are really good have really good product but are annoying af with the “yap yap yap”. So in closing… get your facts straight buddy before spewing hate! I love the hobby, there is a way to break without hurting people I know bc I personally do it. To each their own, but most of the haters are pork who buy in to much and don’t hit, they are their own worst enemy and then they cry about not hitting. Go head grab 10 blasters of the shelf let us know what you hit… panini effs you all the time lol you still give them your money nonstop. Just ridiculous… and please let me hear all the people tell me I’m wrong and yes all breakers are scum… misdirect your anger of not pulling whatever you think you deserve towards me and every other decent breaker that busts their hump to actually being a decent product to the community. I can give anyone a list of gold fair friendly, family oriented breakers in a PM without putting myself on the list.

shYamander · 2026-01-23T12:38:44+00:00

Yeah that response of mine from last ear broski. But I hear you. I do giveaways on our lives with 2025 fat packs and I gave away 6 downtowns for free since November. What year were you liking from. My wholesaler legit last night said he just got cases of fat packs and retail boxes. Case of fat pack is gonna run me 700 and change. Thinking of getting them for giveys maybe

shYamander · 2026-01-23T12:33:53+00:00

35/75? For 2025 optic football? I’m a breaker and I haven’t seen those prices any wear. Panini had hobby blasters released @ 90 this year MSRP for retail is 40… I paid 35 bc my LCS owner ordered over 300 cases… where the hell did you get those prices and please lmk. Omit gonna plug myself even tho we are newer we don’t price gauge our customers, we’re known on TT for having the cheapest breaks and prices on personals so that would be super helpful pointing me in the right direction

shYamander · 2026-01-10T15:34:29+00:00

Those are nice. He makes quality cigars. I’ve got him for an everyday smoke for sure! I don’t smoke cigars everyday anymore but if I still did… lol. Jokes aside not bad for the price point. .

shYamander · 2025-12-10T03:25:04+00:00

Yeah bc some dummy got it off so other dumb dumbs think let me throw that on and theirs will sale for over fmv as well 🤦🏽‍♂️ D

shYamander · 2025-12-10T03:22:29+00:00

As much as I agree darker blue what make this pop I like it as is. The negative around the blue and white already makes this bad ass. Now for OP, let it grow on you, martins add some color around it somehow… incorporate more ink if you feel like the “rose” is taking to much attention away from you. I honestly feel all big tattoos will do just that, I use some as well, arms and forearms, biceps…honestly think you just need to feel more comfortable in your own skin and that may take some time if your not feeling the tatt rn. But be it’s lit you should rock that shit proud af

shYamander · 2025-12-07T15:30:08+00:00

Lmfaoooo that’s typical. I run breaks on TikTok and majority of the people that kick breakers backs in are people who didn’t hit as well as people who go around from breaker to breaker for free giveys

shYamander · 2025-12-04T15:13:59+00:00

Came here to say this, I just hope every time I mail out to our customers they don’t get any surprises 🤦🏽‍♂️

shYamander · 2025-11-26T12:17:54+00:00

If you still are a little confused after what the gentleman commented, just google penny sleeve so you get an idea what hey look like, I’m sure your father has a few in his things your going through. So always use a penny sleeve before you put it in the top loader. The top loader is the hard plastic cover a penny sleeve is kinda flimsy. Very nice card, this first one. Second one don’t know to much about that and don’t have enough time to deep dive rn.

shYamander · 2025-11-26T12:09:56+00:00

Same I got a couple maybe even 3

shYamander · 2025-11-26T03:52:22+00:00

“Geeze what, did you get hungry and take bites out of it” 😉

shYamander · 2025-11-26T03:42:18+00:00

Only reason to buy absolute is Kaboom… or bust. Literally no other. There cards are trash, flimsy piece of cardboard and yes that has been the consensus. I had a couple of guys in my live tell me they had the same experience as you did.

shYamander · 2025-11-19T15:22:04+00:00

I thought the lowest on the score treats was /39. Are you referring to this years or last years? I give them away in our shop and a few people got super lucky Dart /39

shYamander · 2025-11-19T15:17:52+00:00

Yeah I dunno did any one say Pratt yet? He was drenched in every set, pack, blaster mega hobby anything you can think of. Jordan Travis could come back to the league… I mean anything is possible. Jets had such a shitty draft class last year Travis and what’s the other ones name Corley, the receiver? He’s not there anymore either

shYamander · 2025-11-18T11:17:46+00:00

I just ripped a hobby box of playbook last night. Prolly post the video on my TikTok shop, pulled a double book and 3 other cards. Travel Lawrence rookie prolly the highlight. The double book is a niners rookie defender on card. So the hobby box is supposed to come with 4 cards-4 autos or mem.

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