So...as I’m watching this market explode...I’ve got my hands kinda tied. I literally have like NO cards in hand, yet, and I’m not a guy who sells stuff I don’t have in hand. So I’m just watching EVERY

So...as I’m watching this market explode...I’ve got my hands kinda tied. I literally have like NO cards in hand, yet, and I’m not a guy who sells stuff I don’t have in hand. So I’m just watching EVERY SINGLE card spike up to prices there was no way in hell I’d pay and I’m just hoping it all gets delivered to my home. ⁣⁣
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I’m checking the message boards (Blowout forums) and the FB Groups and I just keep running across story after story about dudes who are screwing over one another to secure a few extra bucks. I got screwed out of a couple hundred but overall it wasn’t major compared to what others were dealing with. ⁣⁣
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In the span of a WEEK - my initial ‘investment’ ballooned to almost 10x what I paid...This was beyond ANYTHING sneaker related I ever dealt with. I never secured a pair of shoes on release day that went 10x during week 1...this was unreal. ⁣⁣
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I start digging a bit further and found a few people who thought this was all the work of a few ‘discord’ groups...essentially a pump and dump kinda scheme that is surprisingly effective. ⁣⁣
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Everything culminates by May 27th...take a look at the graph above to see how much the market for these cards changed over 3 weeks…⁣⁣
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