so I started to buy albums that i couldn't find new anywhere anymore second hand. most times they arrive opened but still in a pretty good condition ( some smell really musty though ) but don't contain all the inserts anymore.
mostly this was no problem for me as the albums I got this way were from the 2011 era when albums more often than not didn't contain any inserts .
my secret ( poison )album from 2012 smelled musty but did contain the random member poster and group poster, the 2015 ordinary album from beast did not contain the photocard but i got enough photocards from them to not be really bummed.
some came in completely new like stellar's stellar into the world and x-5's xenos from 2011 ( did that album not sell well or did someone sit on a bunch of them albums for it to still be sealed in a plastic wrapper 10 years later ?)
this year i got winner's fate number four which did not contain any inserts but was for a really good price and i then took a gamble on ikon's return which was way more expensive and like a miracle ( though for the price it shouldn't have been a miracle but still , i've seen prices of more than 200 dollars for an opened exid album ) it came with everything even an unofficial card which the original owner undoubtedly got with it as a gift from some store. anyway the unofficial photocard :
