What do you guys think of this idea? Collectorcrate

Dilferules said:

Going by D&A's box prices and rounding up on per pack prices:

(1) 2013 Topps Mini pack $1.50
(1) 1993 Bowman pack $3
(1) 2007 Upper Deck Future Stars pack $1.50
(1) 2009 Upper Deck Series 2 pack $4 (if it was hobby but I doubt it)
(1) 2014 Topps Series 1 pack $2
(1) 2012 Topps Series 2 pack $1 (I could see this was a 12-card retail pack)
(1) 2008 Donruss Elite Extra Edition pack $4
(1) 2010 Upper Deck Series 1 pack $1 (not in stock at D&A but they were practically giving these away for years)
(1) 2013 Topps MLB Chipz pack $1 (the current product D&A is giving away)
(1) 2014 Topps Chrome pack $3
(1) 2014 Topps Heritage pack $3

That's $25 plus what, $5 for the cheapo auto and GU? So I stand corrected that's about $30 in value in the special preview pack they sent a card blogger for free so he could write nice things about them. Personally I'd rather spend $30 on cards or packs I know I want than packs that somebody picks out for me, I know I have precious little interest in opening half of those packs. But maybe it'd make a nice gift for somebody who doesn't know anything about cards and wants to give something they know is near the value they are spending, so they aren't being ripped off. And it's probably a better deal than those boxes of random packs from Target or Wal-Mart.

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cgilmo said:

please post up the return address when you get the package.

I suspect this is Pittsburgh Sports Cards, but the information is a bit hard to come by.

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bigunitcards said:

Tracking says Statten Island, NY as origin.

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cgilmo said:

I wouldn't do this with your money.

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homerun28aa said:

This. 100s of mystery boxes/packs/packages out there. Never heard of one that a large group said was universally worthwhile. The selling point here is you can get a monthly delivery which doesn't seem to fit this market. Generally monthly deliveries are done for goods or products that people would be too lazy to go out and purchase but cards are already delivered directly to our doors - I don't see their competitive advantage.

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Techniq said:

The element of surprise!

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RandomH said:

Reminds me of my girlfriend's Birchboxes (monthly makeup surprise box). Interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure you'll get crap.

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homerun28aa said:

Usually the people that are willing to pay a little extra for the element of surprise buy hobby boxes. At least with hobby boxes you may get your money back or even make a profit though the majority of the time you will lose money so there's always that factor that you may pull something incredible. With this idea it's basically guaranteed that you will not get back in sale value the amount you pay for the "membership" (obviously since this guy is running it to make a profit).

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gamecockfanatic said:

contrary to popular belief , not everyone who buys/collects cards does so with the intent of making a profit....AT LEAST 1-2 per week but more often than not 3-4 per week and quite a few times up to 50-60 boxes in a single day....most of what i opened was hobby but i also LOVED the old treat/vantage variety boxes (8 packs for 6.99 , 10 packs for 9.99 , or 20 packs for 19.99 , all with "bonus" items included) found at toys-r-us and k-mart plus the kick-off variety boxes (20 packs , mostly 2000-2001 pacific hobby products - which meant tons of pacific , paramount , and aurora brady rookies - including one gu-per-pack 01 titanium or titanium post-season) from target.....i can honestly say that despite all the great hobby pulls i had , some of my best came from those variety boxes ...plenty people on the forums (mostly beckett back then) laughed when i praised the variety boxes...i was told it was all retail , all searched , and all junk....could not have been further from the truth....just a few of the highlights of those boxes included a joe dimaggio pinstripes exclusives jersey /100 , a mattingly/ripken/morgan/robinson quad bat /150 from flair greats , a peyton manning cramer's choice (when they were still a big deal) , a hines ward 1998 skybox autographics , an honor roll brett favre/mark brunell dual jersey (also big at the time) .....in one particularly memorable $20 box , i hit a jerry rice donruss leather kings studio /25 (still a triple digit card) , a 2000 feel the game emmitt smith jersey which was one of the top 3 cards in that set , and a 2000 rookies and stars longevity parallel numbered to 25 tha was quite pricey at the time....i could go on and on with a list of great hits in those "junk" boxes , but i must say that even without the big hits , opening all those variety boxes - usually 4-5 per week over a 2-3 year period - was pretty much the most fun i ever recall in my 30+ years in the hobby....i don't have the funds to try these collectorcrates , but i must say i did like the pack selection - especially the 93 finest - in that silver level and the bonus cards were even pretty decent....

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