I have heard a lot of arguments that the real people who get hurt from pack searching are kids. Of course, that’s all fine and dandy, but what happens when the kids are doing the pack searching? Does that mean they are ruining it for adults? I just think this video of an obviously young kid pack searching is funny, I guess we don’t give them much credit. So who is pack searching hurting now? I don’t condone pack searching by any stretch of the imagination, but when you see a video like this and know it’s kids doing the pack searching, it’s hard to justify why not search the packs.
May 5, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Well, whatever feelings of guilt I may have had over it are gone now, not that I’m remotely good at it anyway. It only ever worked once, and it might’ve just been plain dumb luck. All I got for the time I wasted searching was a bad hit, unfortunate though it is that Jeff Bagwell counts as a bad hit.
June 29, 2008 at 10:59 am
personally, i really don’t have a problem with the kids doing this. i mean, i remember when i was their age, one pack didn’t cost my entire week’s lunch money. the highest price was three bucks. so if a kid wants to search a pack to make sure their money they’ve saved up is going to ensure they get more than a shoddy pack full of base cards, let ‘em at it.
May 7, 2009 at 4:08 am
pack searching is bad.. but the idea that you shouldnt do it for kids is slightly off for a few reasons. i heard a searcher say they just give the cards to kids.. he doesnt get it. everyone is equal. everyone deserves a shot at having the better cards and in an ok condition.
as for kids and jersey/auto cards, my opinion is that having them get any is bad for the hobby. it reinforces the newer trend the base cards=crap and youre only really collection to get a small % of a set. old time collectors can get a patch now and then and still have fun with it but remember what card collecting is about at the end of the day. so even though its disgusting seeing kids going the wrong way would make me want to out search them . (i wont obviously though)
thats my take