Rethinking busting cases

It may well be said, that even as a grown man, I’ve been influenced by hype, marketing and….peer pressure.  I really was going to bust an entire case of 2012 Topps Heritage to start my collection.  That’s 10 boxes that only yield a single ‘hit’ a box.  And Heritage is not a product that sells hits unless you get a super-rare auto.

 

What was I thinking?  I could just as easily bust two to three boxes, and spend the rest of what I was going to use to buy up relics, autos and chrome cards – and still have money left over.  I’d love to bust a case someday, but only if the product makes sense.  Heritage doesn’t make sense to bust a whole case.  Again, what the hell was I thinking?

It’s ok though.  I’ve come to my senses.  And I have to say, it feels like a huge weight has been taken off of me.  I didn’t realize how stressed out I was getting about busting a case of this stuff.  I guess that should’ve been my first sign.  There’s no way that I’m financially so far ahead that I can bust a case and eat the entire cost for just collecting.  Someday I will be, but not yet.

 

2 Comments to “Rethinking busting cases”

  1. Does Heritage have SPs? Those usually sell for decent money right after a product launches, but since you’d be keeping most of them for yourself, it may not be worth it. It’s like when I busted the case of update jumbos. I redeemed all of the Diamond Giveaway codes which was a lot of fun for me, but it took $150 – $200 of return out of the mix. I didn’t have a heck of a lot to show for it other than cards I used to trade for a couple more die cuts and enough rings to get the factory set.

    Chrome was a great break this year and I wish that I had busted a case of Finest. I did very well with the one box that I opened.

  2. Makes me think of when I bought my first car… a brand new 2000 Honda Civic. I was seriously stoked… totally excited… for about a week. Then I thought to myself. What the heck was I thinking? I could have bought a 1998 for 60% of the price and spent the rest on busting cases of cards ;-)

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