I happily shelled out far too much to do the Euro 2016 but I think their pricing has got out of hand now! https://www.theguardian.com/business...ounds-football
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I happily shelled out far too much to do the Euro 2016 but I think their pricing has got out of hand now! https://www.theguardian.com/business...ounds-football
How do we buy these? Don't seem to be available outside of the UK. Surely that can't be right.
Probably with a bank loan or a lottery win!Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl Dale's Mole
They are available on the various versions of Amazon.
Got Bale in my second pack, have since retired as that will do me.
How much are they now? I stopped buying once they went up from 50p, think was the next tournament after euro 16, seem to remember it was a big jump to like 75p or something
90p for a 5 sticker packet. 670 stickers to collect.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
That's a real shame. Would love to do it just for the Wales squad but at 90p a pack can't risk the addictionQuote:
Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts
What I find more disturbing (particularly for the unwary) is that there are 20 special "shiny" stickers to collect. If you buy a box of 100 stickers (£90) Panini guarantee that you will get at least ONE shiny!Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
Might be able to order them off panini, you used to be able to order a restricted amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
This would be the sensible thing to do, but even when I had to eventually accept leaving my (I mean my sons) euro 2016 album with like 5 stickers short of the whole thing and Wales complete, it still didnt sit right with me
Trouble is even you struck lucky and got the whole Wales squad sorted, you're bound to get one shiny amongst them and then you're hooked trying to get the othersQuote:
Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts
I got the Welsh team and a few shinys off eBay for about £15 and will grab a few extra packets from the shops to keep the kids happy. Not quite in the spirit of things but no chance am I paying hundreds to end up with a stack of doublers.
It would be nice to collect and fill the annual but to me it's a kids thing, something to tempt them with as a reward.Quote:
Originally Posted by caerkid
Coins would be better value as these sticker things always end up damp in the garage covered in mould.
Another problem now is that us oldies don't have the bunch of likeminded school mates to do swapsies with :frown:
You might be surprised, as soon as the subject came up in work during euro 2016 quite a few of us had big piles of doubles to bring in and many deals were done after much negotiation (shiny's being more and so on)Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Feckin grow up! :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
They reckon on average it will cost about £883 to fill the book. It's just not worth it..
Sadly the price increase has taken the decision out of my hands :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Not with swaps and buying individualsQuote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
Exactly. More like £150 by my calculations if enough people you know are swappingQuote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
We could have a CCMB swap shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
I'd be up for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Anyone want a checklist...
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogsp...r-2022-04.html
not getting into this.
In euro 2016 they advertised a swap shop in the cafe of my local sainsburys
Noone turned up.
Except me - That was a low
Just you and Craig Noone sat in the Sainsburys cafe doing swapsies?Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
I like what you did there.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
But looking back, being 34 years of age, realising nobody was there, and then trying to disguise the fact that you're there for the swaps with an album under your arm and 200 odd stickers pre-sorted in numerical order; even Craig Noone couldnt have cheered me up.
What if Craig Noone had been riding a unicycle dressed as a clown, juggling bowling pins while playing the theme music to Sports Report on a kazoo?Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
If you think £870 is too much to splash out to fill an album, wait until the World Cup has 48 teams.
I dont like clownsQuote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
You could buy the Mexico 86 one for half thatQuote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86