Ben Baller Topps Chrome Horror Story

[ac78217]

So i bought a box with my MC membership and decided to pack it out on eBay, $40 per pack.. sold them all in a few days.

I get an eBay message from one of the buyers tonight, 1 pack got him this:

1/50

[ThoseBackPages]

sorry to hear that

[bbnut]

I don't understand. What makes this a horror story? Nice card or am I missing something?

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[ac78217]

Originally Posted by bbnut

I don't understand. What makes this a horror story? Nice card or am I missing something?

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I essentially sold it for $40

[SGC300ier]

Oops

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[goodsport97]

What kind of monster would send you that? If I pulled that I wouldn't send the seller anything, just seems like rubbing it in lol. Good for that guy though, I guess that's the risk we take when selling

[ac78217]

i sold the box for $960 ($40 x 24), this is a $1,500 card.. lost ~$600+ on the box.. if only i had opened it.

[SupermanBrandon]

Never Look Back!!!

[Jon G]

Originally Posted by ac78217

i sold the box for $960 ($40 x 24), this is a $1,500 card.. lost ~$600+ on the box.. if only i had opened it.

Blackjack players win some hands, but the house always wins in the long run.

[kabrune2]

Originally Posted by ac78217

i sold the box for $960 ($40 x 24), this is a $1,500 card.. lost ~$600+ on the box.. if only i had opened it.

Oh the horror, you only profited $600 after expenses.

[Ferg1945]

Originally Posted by ac78217

i sold the box for $960 ($40 x 24), this is a $1,500 card.. lost ~$600+ on the box.. if only i had opened it.

That's just ONE card too. The rest of the box...probably another $2000 worth of cards. Imagine what you don't know.

[RW3FAN]

You only made $600? Prayers sent.

[ninjacookies]

Do you sell individual packs from Update blasters too?


I love seeing your listings.

[ac78217]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Do you sell individual packs from Update blasters too?


I love seeing your listings.

you don't know my listing buddy..

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by ac78217

you don't know my listing buddy..

I'm not your buddy, pal.



<3





(it was tongue in cheek, btw)

[BabaORiley]

You can also look at it this way:

You made a 250-300% profit simply by being a member of something AND you made somebody's year by providing them with a pack that they'll talk about forever. There are probably 20 other consumers who didn't email you their pack contents who were left saying something like "well, fun $40 gamble but not sure this Rhys Hoskins base is going to recoup my costs".

I guess I just don't get it. You made bank on an easy investment AND contributed to someone else's happiness. I understand you'd rather have kept and pulled the card but when you sell the packs aren't you hoping someone hits something crazy? I sure would be.

[speedyjg13]

Congratulations on the $600 profit. No looking back.

[Middies31985]

This is the type of story that makes me always open boxes haha

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[pskell02]

Ripped and shipped a box of Topps chrome for a customer that had been sitting in my pile for months that I thought about opening tons of times and hit him a Gleyber orange auto that did a 9.5. It happens, but never a good feeling.

[cj828282]

$1,000 for a box is a pretty good return. Most are selling for around $650-700.

[KD35Russ0]

Some people are SALTY they didn't get any Ben Baller eh? Yikes

OP - sucks to sell that, but cool to see the card. Thanks for posting

[texmcpherson]

And there are people that buy 2011 Update packs with $1 returns @ $200 for 8 cards. I’d take the sure profit over a slim chance at a card of that status.

[coltsnsox07]

I love the response 'What kind of monster would send you that'..
I laughed but I'm sorry for you though.

[lauriontj]

I %100 feel your pain.

You may have seen my painful story earlier this year:

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1358994

[BabaORiley]

Originally Posted by lauriontj

I %100 feel your pain.

You may have seen my painful story earlier this year:

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1358994

You had the right attitude though. The card gods will reward you for this line:
"But I am extremely happy for him, and I’m glad to add an awesome card to my PC. I’ll reveal it here once I receive it. Sometimes ya win and sometimes ya lose. That’s what makes this hobby awesome!"