Saturday 20 October 2012

Gauging Interest in a Topps Heritage High Number Box Break

Based on a comment over at $30 a week habit, I thought I'd float this one out there. I'd be interested in picking up the Topps Heritage High Number box for a cost of $100 and breaking the thing into teams. I made a quick trip to the post office, and learned I could send out a small envelope of cards for about 5-7 bucks each. I tested it containing one card in a hard toploader and 15 in a team bag.

I was thinking of putting the price at $20.00 for one team and the buyer getting a second team via random.org drawing. For that, you'd get the cards, and, should you be the one with the autograph, you'd get it shipped to you with a tracking number. I'll put the card of your choice from your team in a hard toploader, with the rest being in a team bag, with everything in a bubble envelope. I've found that with basic shipping, most stuff gets to its destination stateside within a week or so.

Anything beyond the additional cost of the cards and shipping will be turned into additional cards that I'd pick up at an LCS/Walmart/whatever and include as part of the break. (Probably some sort of 2012 product, but we'll see). I want to hold off because there's a chance I could be hit with a duty on the package when it crosses the border, which is why I've tentatively got the price where it is.

I'll be looking for 14 or 15 people to grab a team. There's a small chance I'll pick up either the Jays or the Mets as my team, depending on how the checklist looks.

Leave a comment if you'd be interested in this. No need to claim a team yet.



4 comments:

  1. You can put me in as a maybe, the team I want I don't know would be worth the $20...if it falls for less (such as teams going in tiers) then keep me in consideration.

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    1. I'm still playing around with things. I'll wait for the checklist as to how I'd tier the teams, though. I figure I'd keep teams with interesting rookies (eg. Harper) high.

      If the border doesn't add a fee, I could probably knock the per team entry down significantly to near $15, since I figure the total cost and shipping on my end would be around $200.00.

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  2. Where do you live that it cost 5-7 to ship 15 cards? I see lots of Hockey cards on your blog so maybe you are in Canada. US to US would cost about $3 a package.

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    1. It is Canada. I placed a 15 card team bag and a hard top loader in a small envelope and asked how much it would cost to ship the whole lot stateside.

      If I do it team style, it would have to be a minimum of $6.00 for even the most basic team on the list.

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