The part about the card going "straight in the trash when the person packed up" is what got me, because I used to be the guy sliding the card across the table. I thought that was just how it worked, you make the rounds, you hand out your card, you build the list, and eventually something sticks. Then I started paying attention to what actually came back from those quick drops and it was almost nothing, maybe one call out of fifty, and that call was weak. The two guys you saw sitting for 20 minutes are the whole point, they were not trading cards, they were learning what the other person actually needed. Took me way too long to get it, but a card with no reason behind it is just a piece of paper someone has to throw away later.

Did you even check if the seller listed which version it was made for? I always figured if you pay that much for a custom insert, the person making it would at least ask what box you have. Seeing your post made me change my mind on that, because now I get that most of these sellers just pump out one size and hope for the best. I would message them with your box measurements before buying anything else, since the big box plus all the expansions is a whole different beast than the retail copy.