Just makes you want to cry...

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One thing is insert collectors don't like redemption cards, as it can be pain to receive the winning item. I recall modern collectors it might take over a year to get the UD autograph card they won and they sometimes received a substitute card as UD ran out the card the won. Some sometimes felt the substitute was a lesser not equivalent card.

Score used to have redemption insert cards for items like signed baseballs and bats, but that sometimes turned out to be a mess as Score had financial troubles and didn't always supply what was won.

In short, collectors tend to like the won item to be in the pack.

I know they also don't like sticker autographs-- where the player signs a clear sticker that is placed on the insert card. Instead of signing directly on the card. Collectors unflatteringly call them 'band aid autographs.'