Junk Era Shiny Crap: Doing the Math

[cdn_collector]

When I first got back into collecting (in the early 2000s) I busted a lot of boxes of stuff from the 80s and 90s -- the stuff I collected as a kid and the stuff from just before I started collecting.

I'd love to sit down to a few boxes of 1991 Upper Deck and see if I could complete the set, the Heroes sets, the Silver Sluggers, etc, but by the time I buy the right combination of boxes to have a shot at it, and ship them, I'm probably in for over $100 for what I could probably just buy for $20.

Still might do it one day though, just for the fun of tearing into the packs and collating.

Richard.

[mrmopar]

I don't open packs any more, other than a stray one here or there. Have not really bought wax since the early 2000s. Still, every once in a while, I find a good deal on something. I recently bought two boxes of the 2003 Donruss Team Heroes issue (i want to say for under $50 delivered) and opened those. I figured I probably could have maybe even turned a small profit had I tried to resell the unopened boxes or held some sort of box break deal. I wanted to open them though, guessing I'd probably still not get my money's worth. I was right, but it was still a fun break. I pulled a Schmidt bat card and a no-name auto, a few stat line cards (none were a super low print run), a couple decent glossy players and that was about it.

If I could find enough boxes with some fun stuff inside and cheap enough to feel like I didn't completely waste my money when I didn't pull anything epic, I would still be opening wax today.