One thing missing from vintage collecting: opening packs

thatkidfromjerrymaguire · #1 08-12-2020, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Off topic - are you really the kid from Jerry McGuire?

I grew up in the era of junk wax. I don�t miss it. My kids go to shows and want to buy cases - I pay $60 for a case of some crap, they open all the packs, throw the trash everywhere, keep the 1-3 cards that are maybe worth $10 total, and then I need to find someplace to put all cards nobody wants. That�s what opening packs is to me - a bunch of cards nobody wants.

Haha...no, I'm not ACTUALLY that kid from Jerry Maguire. I've been using that as a username for various things for the last 20+ years because I was a fan of that movie and I have yet to find a site where that username has already been taken

And yeah, your comment about opening packs is just a bunch of cards nobody wants...that's exactly my problem. I want to open packs. I don't want modern cards. It's a real dilemma

jakebeckleyoldeagleeye · #2 08-12-2020, 12:01 PM

Boy do I remember opening those Topps cards in the 1960's. I would quickly chew all the gum and discard it. What I really liked was the extras Topps would enclose. Favorites were the 1969 Stickers and Deckle Edge, 1967 Pin-ups (I would pin them up!), the 1971 Topps coins. Wished I would have bought more of those packs.
I seemed to enjoy the inserts more than the regular issues.

DHogan · #3 08-12-2020, 12:28 PM

There's a website for vintage packs and box breakers. I've never tried it.

https://www.vintagebreaks.com/pack/

Fuddjcal · #4 08-16-2020, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

Haha...no, I'm not ACTUALLY that kid from Jerry Maguire. I've been using that as a username for various things for the last 20+ years because I was a fan of that movie and I have yet to find a site where that username has already been taken

And yeah, your comment about opening packs is just a bunch of cards nobody wants...that's exactly my problem. I want to open packs. I don't want modern cards. It's a real dilemma

Exactly. That's why most of my cards are safe worthy. If the others can't fit in 4-PSA boxes and 2 cigar boxes, they won't be around PERIOD. I don't need the clutter.

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