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Booster Packs from walmart

Last post 10-27-2009, 9:47 AM by Aragorn. 3 replies.
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  •  10-27-2009, 7:57 AM 1849351

    Booster Packs from walmart

    Whenever I head into walmart I usually pick up a couple packs of TCG just to try my luck.  I recently noticed that they are adding blank cards with magnetic strips inside of the booster packs to stop shoplifting.  My question is does UDE add those are your plant or are the packages opened by MJ Holding Company and added then resealed?  I am just wondering as a third party company being allowed to reopen packages.

    Also I was passing through a Books a Million the other day and saw them selling Repacks.  They were done back a company I believe was named Legacy?  Is this stuff legit? 

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  •  10-27-2009, 8:25 AM 1849358 in reply to 1849351

    Re: Booster Packs from walmart

    The retail blister packs are expected to randomly have the magnetic anti-shopplifting cards inserted. This is done by Upper Deck and is nothing to be worried about.

    I'm not sure about Books-A-Million, but what would make you think they aren't legit?

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  •  10-27-2009, 9:16 AM 1849394 in reply to 1849358

    Re: Booster Packs from walmart

    It just seemed sort of shady, they were packed all mixed up in different sets and such.   I didn't know if there are rules for retailers and what they can and cannot do with the cards.

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  •  10-27-2009, 9:47 AM 1849404 in reply to 1849394

    Re: Booster Packs from walmart

    They're probably just exercising their Right of First Sale. This basically means that after someone has bought an item, they are free to do whatever they want with it, including resell it to someone else. Likely this company has bought packs of WoW at wholesale and is repackaging them for the retailer.

    It's perfectly legal, but you can't guarantee that the packs weren't sorted through before repackaging. To be fair, this is true of almost any retailer unless you're buying a sealed case. What you have to ask yourself is what marginal benefit they would gain from adulterating the packs in any way. Is it really a good use of their time to open the packs and pull out valuable cards when they could just resell the sealed packs and not have to worry about dealing in singles?

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