The shop that is about 6 miles from my house, Skybox Cards, was participating. We had some intense storms here, but I still hopped in the car and made the 16-minute drive over.
I feel bad, but it was only my second time in the store since I moved to my current town three years ago. No excuse, really. I just don't go to card stores very frequently, especially when my preference is to buy blaster boxes with my limited card funds.
Upon entering, I spoke to Bill the owner for a bit. He said the store was packed earlier in the day (it was empty while I was there but was almost closing time), mostly because of National Baseball Card Day. Hey, whatever works to get paying customers in the door! He said he had some of the free packs left and gave me one, as well as asked if I wanted Aaron Judge or Rhys Hoskins as my free card. Enthusiastically I said "Judge!" He explained that several people before me chose Hoskins.
I only had a few bucks in my wallet and it's a cash-only store, so I wasn't able to really help business out too much. I did find two Yankee singles to buy from Bowman Platinum:
Very cool to visit the store today. Wish I could have done so but it wasn't in the... wait for it... cards. I like that envelope/auto idea. Very neat. And glad that you were able to get the Judge card.
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A lot of posts I've read today have taken me down memory lane. Grab bags were huge in the 90's at local card shops in my area. Glad Tino helped you find one with 4 signatures.
ReplyDeleteCool that you went to a shop. Looks like you did decent for not having much money.
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