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[FirstnameLastname]

So I’ve been to the races and seen folk paying over the odds for a jacket or a cap… and I can sort of get that

But this;

https://objkt.com/ex...UaFQ36F9eB4nNkV


McLaren just emailed me saying I could be in a prize draw if I purchased a huge list of these ‘tokens’


Is there a large market for this sort of thing?! I don’t understand it in the slightest… appears to be digital stamps or something?! Are modern fans that guilble?

[LolaB0860]

There is a market for NFTs

 

The market of scam

[Tim Murray]

They can’t even get their own history right on a few of the stamps.

[Nathan]

Are collector cards scams?

[Stephane]

At least you habe the card.

[Sterzo]

Isn't the phrase "Crap merchandise" tautology?

[pjv1990]

Are collector cards scams?

Not if you have a physical object in your possession. However if you’re paying money for a virtual thing that has no real value at all other than to prop up the garbage crypto market and make money for the selling party then it is a scam. NFTs are as stupid as the synthetic CDO. Selling nothing for money.

[Brackets]

Isn't the phrase "Crap merchandise" tautology?

Pleonasm, I think.

[Frood]

I'd rather have a toaster.

[1player]

So I’ve been to the races and seen folk paying over the odds for a jacket or a cap… and I can sort of get that

But this;

https://objkt.com/ex...UaFQ36F9eB4nNkV


McLaren just emailed me saying I could be in a prize draw if I purchased a huge list of these ‘tokens’


Is there a large market for this sort of thing?! I don’t understand it in the slightest… appears to be digital stamps or something?! Are modern fans that guilble?

I didnt know McLaren engaged in stuff like this, but I see they are prized in "tez", and Tezos is a McLaren sponsor in the field of cryptocurrency.

Given that crypto bullshit sponsors half the grid, I expect to see more NFT ""merch"" from other teams soon.

As a big fan of the original Bitcoin design philosophy and white paper, seeing all the cryptoscams around making money hand over fist makes me shed a tear. **** NFTs

Edited by 1player, 13 December 2023 - 16:16.

[Scotracer]

All merchandise is crap. I wouldn't even wear team/driver affiliated gear to a race. I'm not being paid to be a walking advertisement...

[loki]

I'd rather have a toaster.

Points.  Let’s see who else gets it.

[IrvTheSwerve]

A lot of them are on offer at this time of year, but I’ve no idea why people spend £50-60 on baseball caps with team/driver logos on. Rip-off.

[Fastcake]

Are people really still selling NFTs? That market is deader than a groundhog in Montreal, Zak Brown might want to pay more attention to his sponsors.

[HP]

NFT's is mostly crappy stuff, not many buy it, sponsorship gone soon from F1 I guess?

 

 

Crypto in general seems a bit up and down business most of the times, so what does this mean for teams financial health?

[1player]

NFT's is mostly crappy stuff, not many buy it, sponsorship gone soon from F1 I guess?


Crypto in general seems a bit up and down business most of the times, so what does this mean for teams financial health?

The crypto speculation bull market is back, BTC is up some 140% in the past year, so they have a lot of money to spend on nonsense like this. But that also means they have plenty of money to waste on sponsoring F1 teams, so we're good.

[azza200]

Season Review DVD's have become boring tedious watches imo F1's are extremely dull and far to long nowadays 

[Beri]

Season Review DVD's have become boring tedious watches imo F1's are extremely dull and far to long nowadays 

 

You sound like exactly the target audience for FOM to cater Sprint Races to 

[ensign14]

All merchandise is crap. I wouldn't even wear team/driver affiliated gear to a race. I'm not being paid to be a walking advertisement...

You will prise my Osella t-shirt from my cold dead hands.

[Brackets]

I still have a Prost (the team) shirt with 4 inbuilt buttons - on the belly part - that make VROOM-VROOM noises when pressed.

 

(I bragged about this before and no, I still don't have pictures; I know exactly where the sound module is - it evidently was removable coz how else were you gonna wash this thing? - but the shirt itself is in the attic and I don't like all of you enough to go and find it ).

[Beri]

For the last 20/25 years I have accumulated all the team caps of Williams. I cant call them crap. But the quality is crap at times. Nowadays caps are of fantastic quality. But in the BMW days they were simply awful in terms of quality.