Sigh...this is sad to see. Not to beat a dead horse, but I came to the same conclusion about my hobby habbits (say that 5 times fast!) this weekend. I took a good look at the junque I got from the 05-06 products and felt like I had wasted alot of good money. Not "case" money, but "several boxes" money; either way it still hurts when you don't get squat out of a box - especially at the inflated rates that this year's products are getting.
While I understand that box breaking is a risk, it didn't seem to be this accute in years gone by. I'm not sure what changed - the company producing stuff, my own perceptions of value, or what - but it isn't fun to do this anymore. I'm not going to abandon the hobby, but I certainly am going to redirect my focus on the stuff that I do enjoy and consider banishing the other stuff to Ebay. Having actively been in this hobby - and enjoying it each day - since 1991, this revelation made me kind of sad...and seeing other dedicated collectors come to a similar resolution doesn't speak real well about what the hobby has become in 05-06. I don't wish to paint with too broad of a brush, but it does seem that the general perception of or little group of collectors is different from even a year ago. Sigh...
Good luck with trying to get some kind of compensation for what truly sounds like a dreadful case break.
