Beginner's Guide to The Hobby l TOUGH Questions & Answers with Upper Deck President Jason Masherah

Sports Cards Nonsense

Hobbies, Leisure

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson open the show with a beginner-friendly guide to entering the sports card hobby. They cover how to approach breaks, what research actually matters, and where the line really is between cleaning a card and altering it. Upper Deck President Jason Masherah then joins the show for an unfiltered conversation about the state of the hobby. He dives into card pricing, how wealthy collectors influence spending, and why manipulation goes far beyond shill bidding. Jason also explains the tension between serving collectors and answering to shareholders, why Upper Deck doesn’t sell hobby boxes direct on its site, the realities behind products like The Cup, and the realities of breaking scams. He sticks around for mailbag questions covering Scotty Scheffler card possibilities, how ePack actually works, and why certain products are designed specifically for hobby-first buyers. After Jason signs off, Mike and Jesse tackle more mailbag questions on anonymous eBay sales, what could spark the hobby’s next downturn, and the long-term impact of high-end releases. Our listeners get the Harry’s Plus Trial Set for only $10 at https://www.Harrys.com/Nonsense Be sure to use code: NONSENSE #Harryspod #Sponsored Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
0:00.7	Hello mate.
0:01.5	Got any tips for the football?
0:02.8	Your best bet is to head over to Bet Victor.
0:04.9	They're giving new customers a terrific welcome offer. If you bet a minimum of £10, they'll give you £30 in three bets. Oh, that's a steel of a deal. It's a good darn deal that'll make your squirrel for real. Neil? My name's not Neil. I know, bet it rhymes. Listen to Harry and make your best bet on the football at Betvictor.
0:23.4	18 plus opt in best bet on the football at BetVictor.
0:23.3	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply at gamblerware.org.
0:39.3	Well, hi. Well Hi.
0:42.3	Oh, we didn't do last show.
0:43.4	I was going to say,
0:44.1	good to see you since Thursday, but we have not.
0:45.9	It's been two weeks since I've done a podcast.
0:48.9	Not even the hobby nonsense or this one.
0:51.0	Two weeks.
0:51.6	It's weird.
0:52.2	You didn't do the other one last week either?
0:53.5	Well, we had pre-recorded it. So never, yeah. So I honestly woke up last night in the middle of the night and I'm like, do I have butterflies in my stomach? And then I realized that I was just sick to my stomach and I ran to the bathroom. But other than that. Oh, that's fun. I woke up at 10.30 last night. I was like, yeah, he's crying. Let me go hold him for a minute. Open the door, wafting smell of vomit.
1:13.4	I heard about this. That poor kid was covered. We totally undress him, take the whole mattress, bedding, everything apart. Give him a bath. Then he slept with us. First night he's ever slept in our bed, by the way. Oh, what? Whoa. Really? Yep. Never like as a baby? No, we always had him in the bass net next to us. Really? We'll team in for also like the first time he's really thrown up.
1:31.1	Like not just like, What? Whoa. Really? Yep. Never. Like as a baby? No, we always had him in the bass net next to us.
1:27.9	Really?
1:28.2	Really?
1:28.7	Also, like the first time he's really thrown up.
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