4 boxes of Olympics and Loose Packs, Blank card?

[doobypenguin]

Bought 3 boxes from one LCS Unfortunately the Lochte was damaged as well as the McFadden, so i'm sending those in to Topps.
Also strange box with the Lochte had a BLANK GLOSSY card? anyone get one of these before? 1/1? lol.


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Walter Dix Gold is 04/15

then bought the last box of Olympics and a few remaining backs of the 2nd to last box from LCS! Boom. PHELPS! Great centering in my opinion...


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jerome singleton bronze 23/50


Phelps not for sale.

[Andrew Jones]

You killed that break doobs. Congrats.

[ricksam]

if gonna return the damaged Lochte .. u might not get back anyone close to him
a damaged Lochte might be safe to keep (see the other threads about returns to topps)

nice phelps

[Dacubs]

I've gotten my 2 damaged cards back from topps in about 2 weeks...

Nice hits dooby, glad to see you jump on the Olympic bandwagon

[doobypenguin]

I've gotten my 2 damaged cards back from topps in about 2 weeks...

Nice hits dooby, glad to see you jump on the Olympic bandwagon


you got replacements? did they replace them with the same mint autos? or send you different autos?

haha i love this product.

[Dacubs]

1 was auto, 1 was olympic patch...both corner damage, both sent back good as new...same cards

[Deathgate]

Dooby, the blank thick cardboard is put into packs to mess with people who cherry-pick packs out of open boxes. It's to camouflage the memorabilia packs. I remember buying packs years ago that all had a blank in there, if they didn't have a relic card, so all of the packs would be the same thickness. Can't remember which packs that was. Of course, I can't even remember last week, so that's to be expected. :D

[Reignman40]

You need to get that Lochte in the mail ASAP to get it back for the Olympics. Or just sell as-is. What kind of grade would you give it?

[Ajax1723]

Dooby, the blank thick cardboard is put into packs to mess with people who cherry-pick packs out of open boxes. It's to camouflage the memorabilia packs. I remember buying packs years ago that all had a blank in there, if they didn't have a relic card, so all of the packs would be the same thickness. Can't remember which packs that was. Of course, I can't even remember last week, so that's to be expected. :D

Those are decoys, Topps doesn't use Decoys.

[tajikey]

Yeah, as Phil said, Topps is good about replacing the damaged corner hits. I hosted a case break, and we had 6 or 7 hits with damaged corners, so it's a known issue. I opened a few packs at my LCS and pulled a damaged Singleton base auto. They replaced it with the same card within a week.

[dashcounter]

to be honest with you...the blank card COULD be one that was supposed to be a redemption for one of the 1/1 cut autos

[doobypenguin]

Oooo now THAT'D be exciting :eek:

[rb808]

Getting rid of that taekwondo stamp? I'm a former taekwondo instructor myself, would love to have that.

[Igman7]

What is the damage on the Lochte? I can't tell anything from the scan.

[doobypenguin]

Its damage to the bottom right.. its creased and bent but its not as significant as some of the other autos...

[messier2]

Unless you plan to keep the Lochte...it's too late to send it back. I would just sell it as-is and make sure you put "damaged" everywhere to make sure people know before they bid.

[Dacubs]

dooby...since its damaged, I'll give ya a buck for it...

[doobypenguin]

Why is it "too late" to send it back?

[Dacubs]

Why is it "too late" to send it back?

you probably won't get it back in time to sell during the olympics (maximum profit)...

[doobypenguin]

i'll probably get the same amount for a damaged lochte as a mint lochte after the olympics... also i may just keep it...so i don't think i'm losing either way.

[tsol27]

You selling the Tyson!?

[Deathgate]

Ok, in case you are still interested in the blank card, Word of God from Topps customer service: It's a security measure, it has a sensor embedded in it. So, definitely not a decoy card. My bad. :D

[doobypenguin]

Ok, in case you are still interested in the blank card, Word of God from Topps customer service: It's a security measure, it has a sensor embedded in it. So, definitely not a decoy card. My bad. :D

Its definitely not a security card sensor.. you can tell if somethinf is embedded...
Im not breaking retail here. These are hobby boxes.
When has anyone ever pulled security sensor cards in hobby boxes ..

[Deathgate]

And customer service is wrong again! Oh well, the mystery deepens.

[IndySportsCards]

I might be interested in the Wieber PIN if you want to PM me a price.