Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players
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I've played since day 1, but offline.
I'm at 8 vouchers for Griffey but still need 8 of these 9 and this amount of each:
SIG-7
Vet-8
AS-9
Breakout-10
Future Stars-2
Second Half-9
Awards-13
Prime-4
Milestone-14
I sold Sig-Pedro because I wanted to get 500k Belli.
I'm sitting at 766K stubs, but want to sell Ruth, a glorified singles hitter for 300K to get Trout, since I won't get Griffey.
I didn't prepare for the collection when there were so many 'warning' threads on here. I actually sold Joc early in the season, having no idea how high his card would go. Look at it now. Shocking.
I have no problem with BR awards being hard to get, but event awards that will never restart should be lower in price, especially if casuals are so important so they can get Griffey as well. -
Why would event rewards that will never restart go down in price? That's the opposite of what the market would predict.
The fact is that if you don't play online in RS and BR, it will be hard, nearly impossible, to get big collections done without turning the game into a flipping simulation.
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@gixxerryder750 said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
Someone doesn't understand Supply/Demand...Econ 101. Audit a class at your local Ivy Tech. Heck hit up your local high school.
There are also things called price floors and ceilings and if they had actually implemented reasonable ones this problem wouldn't be occurring.
Yeah those floor and ceilings are decided by consumers, not the business. If a business wants to sell a plastic cup for $900, but no one buys, it's obvious the consumers have set a ceiling much lower then that
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/price-ceiling.asp#:~:text=A price ceiling is a,particular event sends costs skyrocketing.Tell me how SDS couldn't implement this especially on obviously overpriced cards.
So what you are saying is.
"Hi players who have been with us all year, I know you have these cards you've worked all year to get, but we have now decided you can't cash in on those cards for good stub prices, we will instead punish you for having that card all year"
Bruh, I'm not saying make and 85 John Smoltz 5k, but setting a max of 75k wouldn't be bad at this late stage in the year. It's worked great on FIFA Ultimate team. Also, if you have all of the collections done at this point, do you really have a reason to try and sell the Smoltz card for 250k other than greed?
If they did that and set a max buy order of 75k for a card like Smoltz then every card would be like Finest Trout with huge wait lines.
Didn't even think about that, A+ response right there
The high demand for Trout also makes sense given it's his best card, but the Smoltz has what, at least two other cards higher, I understand he's from earlier on in the year, but it feels like there could be something at this point where they could make it easier to attain older cards.
If that many people are willing to pay 200k-250k for Smoltz, there would absolutely be a line at 75k.
It doesn't matter that Smoltz has higher cards, I feel you don't grasp how or why prices exist. No one is paying 250k to use Smoltz, it's just that he's a rare card type
I understand them, I just don't feel like a video game market has to work like a capitalistic economy.
So you want it to be Socialism? Ok you can get him for free but you have to pay 75% in taxes so its still gonna cost you.
I’m guessing he’s a kid or unemployed and is used to getting stuff for free while others work for it. He’s learning a lesson that everything can’t be free or handed to him if he throws a fit.
It's weird too because hes comparing it to FIFA. You have to trade in many high rated squads worth of players to get a single SBC card that will be basically underpowered within a month. Its EA, they certainly dont give you stuff for free.
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@thegoaler_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
I have no problem with BR awards being hard to get, but event awards that will never restart should be lower in price, especially if casuals are so important so they can get Griffey as well.
The value in those cards isn’t the player themselves. The value of those cards are they are the step stones to Griffey (just like Jhonathan Diaz earlier).
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@the_dragon1912 said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
Step 1: Buy a topps now card for 20,000 stubs. Step 2: sell it back for 40,000. You gust made 16,000 profit. Do that 17 times and you get enough profit to get said card
Agreed!
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Usually by August it becomes very easy to flip cards and make some coin. All you need is some patience. I flipped silver cards and made 700k in one night. Buying cards for like 300-700 stubs and selling for 3000 give or take.
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@savefarris_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
@thegoaler_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
I have no problem with BR awards being hard to get, but event awards that will never restart should be lower in price, especially if casuals are so important so they can get Griffey as well.
The value in those cards isn’t the player themselves. The value of those cards are they are the step stones to Griffey (just like Jhonathan Diaz earlier).
EVERYBODY DRINK!!!!
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@painpa_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
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@thegoaler_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
I have no problem with BR awards being hard to get, but event awards that will never restart should be lower in price, especially if casuals are so important so they can get Griffey as well.
The value in those cards isn’t the player themselves. The value of those cards are they are the step stones to Griffey (just like Jhonathan Diaz earlier).
EVERYBODY DRINK!!!!
or did the game end?The game ended as most that participated died from alcohol poisoning. I survived but I am now in need of a liver transplant as a result of this drinking game.
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So you come in with an opinion, noone agrees with you yet you continue to think you as the only person with your opinion is right. Then to top it off just start throwing insults like a child. I've gone over the top and been an asshole a few times on the forum but this is just embarrassing.
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I got 3.4MM stubs and I don't have any players I really want to buy any longer. Meh.
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Has anyone seen my wallet? Sorry to interrupt......
......whoa what happened in here?
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As long as you prepared prior to the Griffey set dropping you were fine. This is only my second year playing but the pattern of large collections is the same. Check out some youtubes, there were a bunch of tutorials and guys speculating what you needed in each collection. It is usually a percentage of the cards released. I think I made stubs because I overprepared and had cards left over after locking in the set. If you waited to pick up those golds with 25k orders on them that is on you. Griffey is not a participation award, he should be hard to obtain. If anything Im mad becasue the 10th inning gave out a bunch of henchmen packs so you can now make Griffey at a fraction of the cost from a couple weeks ago. As for pay to play? Please, grinding for stubs and flipping cards has never been easier. I was doing RIB Conquest and selling Heywards for 40k every day for 35 minutes of gameplay. If you think this is pay to play go try Madden Ultimate Team and get back to me. There you can spend hundreds of dollars and not even get the card you want.
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I’m just gonna guess you have hundreds of dupes sitting in your binder, that if you took a day to list all of them, not quick sell, you’d have 500k+ in stubs and your hissy fit would be over.
Or like others have said, flip topps now cards. Do a RIB.
I put in a 1M buy order for trout, had about 100k left, played some more, put in a 500k Order Wagner, because I wanted to, played some more, and still have 950k stubs with 30% of TA5 to finish for 3 divisions. If you’re not printing your own stubs at this point, you’re playing wrong.
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Since TA5 dropped, I’ve done nothing but rip TA5 packs, RIB, and program rewards and it’s been averaging about 90K a day. Just from opening packs.
If you don’t have enough stubs, that’s a “you” problem.
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@dcmo3_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
Put in the time like the rest of us, and you'll have him too. Frankly, I think it should have been a higher collect percentage for the big collection reward (Griffey).
Why do people like you get so upset that other players are aloud to have cards. I know there are a lot of young kids who play, but some people are obviously above 17 years old.
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Lots of confusingly hurt feelings in here. Griffey is the last, biggest, best collection reward at the end of the game cycle. It's for "everybody," sort of -- but really, it's for people who have put in the time to get the cards that are needed to get Griffey.
SDS has spoiled its base this year with a plethora of free/easy to earn 99's, so much so that a collection like this seems unfair.
It's not.
In fact, I thought more cards would be needed in some series and was surprised to see how few were required...
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@brainfreeze442 said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
@dcmo3_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
Put in the time like the rest of us, and you'll have him too. Frankly, I think it should have been a higher collect percentage for the big collection reward (Griffey).
Why do people like you get so upset that other players are aloud to have cards. I know there are a lot of young kids who play, but some people are obviously above 17 years old.
No handouts. Same standards applied to us at the beginning, are those that should be applied at the end. If that means someone doesn't get Griffey, then maybe they should have started sooner.
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@dcmo3_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
@brainfreeze442 said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
@dcmo3_psn said in Griffey Collections & Way too expensive players:
Put in the time like the rest of us, and you'll have him too. Frankly, I think it should have been a higher collect percentage for the big collection reward (Griffey).
Why do people like you get so upset that other players are aloud to have cards. I know there are a lot of young kids who play, but some people are obviously above 17 years old.
No handouts. Same standards applied to us at the beginning, are those that should be applied at the end. If that means someone doesn't get Griffey, then maybe they should have started sooner.
I started at launch, play almost everyday (unless my pain from my injury is too bad) alway bought all the mini bosses and classics when they came out. Did every inning, and played events and some BR. I am not too far from Griffey, and I am not asking for a handout. Do I not deserve the card?
I agree with no handouts; my question was, why do people get jealous when others get cards? I’m not saying you do. But people genuinely are bothered by the fact that people can earn cards too.Edit: I see the op says he started late. However, you wanted the Griffey to be harder to obtain. I’ve gotten the collections the last couple games, (since Honus)
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