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ZB'Tejas

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  1. 3 hours ago, hornbri said:

    All the talk about this being the "last season to lock in pricing" sure makes a lot more sense now. 

    This is how I picture the Foundation as the rumor's swirl and the empty seats start filling up

    amused jaw drop GIF

     

    And this last part was really interesting... so if you buy next year you are no longer locked in even at that price?

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    Will lock in your seating location and annual seat-related gift in 2021 for years to come. Any new season ticket holders beginning in 2022 will be subject to periodic price increases on their seat-related gifts. 

     

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  2. On 7/15/2021 at 10:15 AM, ZB'Tejas said:

    Also, for anyone into Basketball NFTs besides TopShot; Panini launched their project a few weeks ago. Prizm silver packs on are sale now for $49 for 3 cards (only 1 silver). Base packs were $10 but sell out almost immediately.

    Following up on this... the last silver pack drop happened a few days ago and I've been working the auctions to try and pick up a few solid cards. Will see if these turn into something  but I figure with the popularity of Prizm physical cards there has to be a little demand there. Bought a KD, Luka, Dirk and a few other rookie silver Prizms.

  3. Oh, right.

    It’s not chasing the hot stocks that’s just getting punished. Most of my portfolio is industrial, travel, tech and oil and gas. Travel might be taking a hit from delta rise but everything seems to be getting beat. My point on the S&P is that it’s holding from just one of two winning stocks. It’s not about being diversified right now.

    I do believe it’s still just a consolidation period after some big growth so not selling. Just looking to add more to some specific stocks.


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  4. I participated in the drop but was too far down the list. I didn’t experience a problem but happy to take advantage of a free pass that allowed me to buy it.

    Good for you.

    My Giannis just sold for $375. Still thinking I’ll sell a few things and make buy a Luka 1st moment if it drops sub $1500


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  5. There were tech glitches with this drop so TopShot raffled off some unsold packs from this series. Somehow I scored one with a trae young worth a little north of $200. The moment is part of the current challenge so I assume it’s best to sell. If I really want it, I could buy it back in a few days. Which I wouldn’t.
    PSA. There is a current showcase challenge giving away a Westbrook triple double moment. Surpassing Oscar Robertson on the all time list. You have to collect and showcase 10 triple double moments to receive the free moment. You can stack the same moment. As an example buy 10 moments of steven adams on his triple double moment. Less than $100. You have to create the showcase via the challenge page so just don’t buy the moments.
    The Westbrook moment might ultimately be cheaper than $100 but topshots collector score logic rewards you in the long run if you play their games. 

    Super lucky. Only 250 packs were given away because of the glitch. Did you try and participate in the drop or just qualified?

    Good insight on the triple double challenge. There is still good you just have to be on top of things like that. I’ll prob sell my Giannis rare moment since in the challenge since I can get almost $400 for it.


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  6. 4 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

    The indices are being propped up by a few giants. If you look at the SPX, it barely budged. 
     

    if you look at any other assemblage of stocks thats not the entire 500…it got obliterated

    It's just infuriating to look at my entire portfolio being down 2-4% each day yet I look at the Dow and it was up 50 points.

  7. On 6/23/2021 at 5:40 PM, Lobo said:

     8/14 grand opening with Gary Clark, Jr. opening up the pavilion on 8/20.  Sure we lost tens of millions, but I'm taking my kids there that weekend, should be fun.

    Look at those tickets this morning when they went on sale... wtf $250 a seat? They are pretty proud of that Amphitheater

  8. 22 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    It must be a lot tighter than that. We are in the number 1,200 range in loyalty points and didn't have the option

    That doesn't even make sense. Even if they only got 4000 tickets the max number of tickets you can request is 2 unless you are fairly high in terms of annual donation in which case it's 4. I would have expected that at least 1500 if not 2000 or more to at least have had the option to select them.

    7 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

     

     

    You mean y'all never even got the email for away game ticket requests? Or when you went to the application it didn't have Arkansas listed? I would be surprised if someone ranked 1200 wouldn't even have a chance to apply.

     

    I got the email initially on June 8, the deadline for away ticket applications applications was July 1. It even says in the email, they are offered to all season ticket holders:

     

     

    I got the option to go into my account and select away game tix however Arkansas was not an option for me.

  9. On 7/8/2021 at 11:18 AM, OU Sucks said:

    This may be old news for most of you, but for those of you just getting back into collecting like I am, just know that there's a shit ton of blatant shill bidding happening on eBay.  Here's a cheap card I was following yesterday...I noticed there was a flurry of bids all of a sudden (on a not-very-popular card with few watchers), and looked at the bid history.  These were all actual bids and not automatic ones:

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    Notice how the shill bidder/seller kept inching up the price by a dollar until they hit the other bidder's max, then retracted the over-bid that had them winning their own card.  Even more damning is looking at that bidder's stats:

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    2,654 bids in 30 days, 99% of which are only for one seller (himself).  Then a whopping 200 bid retractions in a month.  The nail in the coffin is only having 74 lifetime feedback for that many bids over the course of just a month.  And eBay doesn't do a single thing about it.  Remembering how sleazy some of these people are definitely puts a damper on me getting back into the hobby.  Virtually every card I've been watching from various sellers has the same shady stuff going on.

    Shill bidding and all types of shady deals now going on. I've heard of another scheme where someone will buy a $50 card for $100 then just meet the person afterwards and give them the $50 back but boosting the comp prices. You can use PSA price averages to try and avoid some of this but that's hard on newer cards that don't have a big pop report. 

  10. Qualified for the 2nd priority drop in TopShot yesterday and scored a Rare pack. Ended up with a decent Giannis which looks like it's selling for a little over $300 so I can make my money back then some. I'm still trying to figure out what to consolidate in to get the best chance of long term getting my account back up to it's highs from March. But even my 1st moments and S1 stuff has died. Still thinking a dip over the off season might present a good buying opportunity.

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  11. On 7/9/2021 at 3:51 PM, 927 E. 41st said:

    I opted out last year, what's the story with the e-tickets? When are they finalized and available?

    I think all tickets will be delivered electronically going forward through the app. My question is what happens when my phone dies because I came early and stayed late and therefore can't access my new digital tickets?

  12. 2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

    new investing rule - If I don't look at my account balance, then it really didn't go down

     

    Schrödinger's investment account?

     

    It's both up and down

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  13. Never flown but I've heard that Singapore Air and Emirates are at the top. Since they have just about taken 1st class away I've done overseas trips on AA and Qantas. DFW -> SYD on Qantas was really nice in terms of food and wine that was served.  DFW - > CDG on AA Biz was pretty good compared to where they used to be.

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  14. 3 minutes ago, PhillyD said:

    I got the email, clicked to claim and thought I had one.  But, I then searched for my wallet and it looks likes Zed is a de-gifter.  Zed seems to know how to piss people off.

    Hard to imagine that this thing can keep growing with all these mishaps. Fucking TopShot going to 0 and this Zed BS... 2018 crypto shit coins all over again.

  15. 7 hours ago, Irieguy said:

    So I just got an email that I got a Zed horse for free(Z8 to Z10). It’s part of this promotion:

    https://community.zed.run/2021/07/02/million-dollar-drop-winners-announced/
     

    I really don’t have time to learn Zed(I created the account months ago and haven’t done anything with it). I get the horse on July 10th, which is exciting! That being said I would like to sell it for a discount to a Surly user. Please let me know if anybody is interested. Otherwise I guess I will finally create an OpenSea account. @PhillyD @The Royal We @ZB'Tejas

    Go the same email but I just checked my address and no luck for me. I was in Wave 2 but it still crapped out for me when trying to buy. If you were Wave 3 or 4 you might have had better luck

     

    @Irieguy did you already check you address?

  16. 25 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    Looking at seat selection now. Has anyone got confirmation on whether or not you’ll be able to move within the same price tier of the same section - like down rows - without triggering a donation increase in the future?

    My uneducated guess would be no if the min donation for that section/row has gone up since you last selected. I think that the impetus on the email urging us to lock in seats before prices go up.

  17. 3 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

    I think the airport is "better" than many major cities, but what are you considering when you say "not great?"

    Not seeing what health industry has to do with anything, health industry isn't a major attractor for many/most "major cities." As has been mentioned Austin is second only to San Jose/SFO area for tech industry, and that's an industry that is swimming in money.

    Maybe not one specific museum, but plenty of Indian and US history in the vicinity. And if culture is the broader category you're addressing here, SXSW....!

    Yes. Is everyone forgetting BBQ? Austin is becoming quite well known as a mecca for BBQ both nationally and internationally.

    Not sure what you would list for this in any major city, but I've managed to hear Westlake and Galleria mentioned in random conversation halfway around the world, so there's something there for shopping.

    Maybe airport lacks in terms of international destinations but the food options in the airport are way better than the Chilis and Applebees that are littered at many "major" airports.

    Healthcare I would agree lacks but is getting better. Might actually just be because we have a younger healthier population than a Houston, Cleveland, etc.

    In terms of fine dining options (and Italian) Austin might be behind some but I would say there are a ton of cool options here in town. Everyone I run into from out of state that has been here would comment on the food scene. Look at the Sushi options here!!

    Previously mentioned was shopping and my wife says the same thing but I'm just not sure what stores you need that are not already at the domain. Plus I thought we all shop online now so window shopping does not get me hard.

     

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