So...You market MLB trading cards...in Poland...without an actual functioning website...send 'promo' boxes out with different designs, the cuts can be slipped in an out into new designs without a problem...sell them only through distributors, with no mention of how to find or become a distributor...leave these distributors 'undisclosed'...don't release an actual checklist until it goes live when there are no licensing issues involved...people pre order this product with NO idea what's inside other than a cut auto (or two if it is a hot box), no mention of how many packs per box, cards per pack, how frequently 'hot boxes' fall. The ONLY subject information you give is names of 38 1/1 cards, 14 of which have no real tie in to baseball and have far more limited collector appeal, a decent amount of the cards you DO list are $20-50 or less for an autograph now, nothing else other than you are making 700 boxes with 1 or 2 cut autos in each, give no other names that will be in it until the day of release...you are going to print 'in a couple weeks' leaving you 12 days to print, get back from the printer, pack, wrap, and ship these cards before the scheduled release date, and 'a good percent' have been presold under these conditions?
People are actually lining up to pay $150 a chance at a Ralph Branca, Joe Morgan, George Kell, Bob Saget, Rachel Roberts, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Duke Snider, Neil Sedaka, Ann B Davis, John Madden, Jeff Foxworthy, and 725+ unknown autographs that may or may not be as good as the ones you are using to hype your product. Realistically, of what you show us I see 7, maybe 8 I would call 'wins' if i paid $150 and pulled those cards (Ruth, Mantle, DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Bill Clinton, and Tiger Woods). Even those, the Williams and DiMaggio autos go for $150-200 PSA certified pretty consistently and Clinton had a PSA cut sell for $130 shipped, so it's not like it's a huge pull for the investment.
