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The Rookie, Clive IA

Address 9992 Swanson Blvd, Clive, IA
Phone (515) 255-4675
Hours
Monday10:00am-6:00pm
Tuesday10:00am-6:00pm
Wednesday10:00am-6:00pm
Thursday10:00am-6:00pm
Friday10:00am-6:00pm
Saturday10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday11:00am-4:00pm
Website www.therookiesportscards.com
Categories Sports Card Store, Sports Memorabilia Store
Rating 2.9 19 reviews
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The Rookie reviews

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Blake
January 30, 2023 1:56 pm

They have alot of cards. Mystery boxes are cool too. But customer service is lacking severely!

Laura
December 08, 2022 1:47 pm

Terrible customer service on a Saturday morning. Prioritized eating his donut rather than asking how he could help me. Lol. Was trying to do something nice for my dad to see how much his cards were worth and the man criticized the way he handled his cards more than anything. Overall a very weird and disappointing experience

Mark
November 29, 2022 4:19 pm

Best sports card shop around. Lots of sports to choose from plus Pokémon for the kids in us.

user
November 01, 2022 2:27 pm

Workers there are very helpful and remember a face. My son and I stop in from out of town every couple months always looking for his favorite player. They took the time to actually make a separate box just for that player and handed it to us when we came in the next time. Would rate higher if possible. Son bought his first Hobby box last time there and got the Rodriguez sp rookie as well. Great place.

Brad
September 17, 2022 3:31 pm

Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Huge assortment of sports cards and collectibles. They seem to have a pretty loyal customer base and offer some nice options for selling items on consignment or via Ebay.

Walker
August 31, 2022 6:54 pm

Very high prices very mean acting like your more of a problem then a help definitely sticking to mustangs sports cards the old man is nice but sounds annoyed at all times easy to deals with him not anybody else new go to is mustangs

Ayden
August 03, 2022 2:28 pm

They have overpriced cards and they have horrible service. They were pricing a base card at $6.

Spencer
July 01, 2022 7:32 am

If I could give a 0 I would. I turned cards in to go to grading in March or last year and today I found out they were never sent and they never contacted me about it. Waiting a year to find out $500 in three cards have been just sitting around is super frustrating.
I will never step foot in this store again.

luke
June 26, 2022 9:57 pm

I like going here and buying cards. The cards are sold at a fair place for the market. I love looking around at all the cool stuff they have. 20 % of my collection is from here. I recommend buying the mystery boxes, only ten dollars but have around 250 cards and always have a autograph and jersey card. The older man that works there is really nice he gave my friend a free pack

Honest
May 18, 2022 4:42 am

The owner was polite and helpful, but the experience was saddening and unexpected. I drove 1hr 30 minutes to this shop to buy cards at what I thought was going to be a fair price. However, I was sick to my stomach when I noticed the prices were significantly higher than retail prices. For example most blaster box of sports cards costs usually 19.99 retail. These same boxes were priced at $65. The same goes with the mega boxes and everything else. It was also sad to see large lots of single cards individually priced in white boxes. There is no hope at finding hidden gems at all here. Infact there are plenty of 7th round no name draft pick rookie cards priced at $7-10 a piece instead. There was plenty of Pokemon etb's lying around because Brilliant stars etb's were priced at $70. Again retail these are $40 all day long in any other store. I'm not usually a complainer, but anyone who understands the process of distribution of product towards hobby stores, understands that their is scalping going on
All this product is sent to the store at a lower price than retail so profit can be made. The fact that the prices on these boxes are over 3X retail price and equivalent to eBay pricing shows me the owner is taking advantage of a booming card market and taking advantage of customers. The only way this can stop is if people stop buying product at these ridiculous prices. If you are still hell bent on over paying for product then, I would suggest buying the players cards you want online, instead of being disappointed.

casey
May 04, 2022 7:29 am

If you are a sports card fan, this is the place for you. Everything from every Era! From Baseball, Football Basketball, to Star Wars and everything in between. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. Even offered me a cookie! Prices seemed very reasonable compared to other Hobby Box prices. You cant find retail cards in the the big box stores anymore because of scalpers. This is one of a kind store, you can not go anywhere in a 300 mile radius with this type of inventory and collectibles. Recommend Extremely

Cory
May 03, 2022 4:08 pm

Local card shop with a lot of product, great guys with good prices and are fair in their dealings.

Lil
May 03, 2022 5:46 am

I went in a few days ago and tried to buy something and the owners were so rude I just walked out, don’t support this business

David
April 30, 2022 3:22 am

They do not like to pay what some cards are worth. The auction they have is very small and you may get stuck selling something for much less than you wanted. I will go with eBay first from now on.

zack
April 13, 2022 12:25 pm

Man dosn't know how to run a business I brought in a 1000 dollars worth of cards didnt even look at most of them, and when he was looking at them he was looking at them he didn't even clean off the sauce off his fingers from his sandwich. If I didn't have them in sleeves they'd be ruined don't go here it's a rip off.

Isaac
January 26, 2022 5:54 am

Expensive but I'm just not a big collector, rather just play than live vicariously through others.

Lawayne
December 20, 2021 6:04 am

Went in to talk about a card. Their customer service was bad. Asked question about a card and they where sarcastic and acted above me. First time hear. Never well go back.

jared
October 17, 2021 9:00 pm

Pokemon buyers obviously don't understand supply and demand. It's been this way for years in sports cards for hot products. Congratulations on finally catching up. Outside of that, I've been in the store multiple times, and if you collect sports cards, you'll know what to expect from a local card store. I've always had great service here, as well. Not a bad thing to say about them.

Taylor
September 20, 2021 6:20 am

Fantastic card store & always enjoy stopping in. Anders the owner is the man! Always really helpful & friendly!

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