How are you resisting ripping?

dodgerfanjohn · 03-21-2020, 07:49 PM

So work is still keeping me busy. No traffic so I've gained an hour every day. Longmire and Contagion are occupying my time so far today.

But....its hard to resist.....

I can't send in anything to grade, and everything here is worth double to triple what i paid for it, so theres little financial incentive....but the temptation in boredom is very real....

Soxfanguy · 03-21-2020, 07:55 PM

Thinking about the money I could make when I sell it

Bowman1951 · 03-21-2020, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Soxfanguy

Thinking about the money I could make when I sell it

Yah, bingo.

I'm at the point where it doesn't even make sense to sit on the 2018 Update I got at the lowest price possible if I'm not going to unload the unopened stuff.

Junk wax.....uuhhh I think I could resist the urge.

Rage · 03-21-2020, 08:09 PM

I don't resist...gotta rip 'em all

dodgerfanjohn · 03-21-2020, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowman1951

Yah, bingo.

I'm at the point where it doesn't even make sense to sit on the 2018 Update I got at the lowest price possible if I'm not going to unload the unopened stuff.

Junk wax.....uuhhh I think I could resist the urge.

It’s 1981-1991. The first five years there aren’t insignificant.

Kobe101 · 03-21-2020, 08:48 PM

What years are those white boxes? And what is under the 87 box?

jaysfan80 · 03-21-2020, 08:58 PM

Boxes and packs are made to be ripped

pewe · 03-21-2020, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Soxfanguy

Thinking about the money I could make when I sell it

Strangely I think the painful opposite: how much $$ I will lose in what comes out of the box if I rip it (and inveritably don’t bother to sell any cards)

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MOONBASE1 · 03-21-2020, 09:45 PM

Am not resisting ripping. Just waiting for the right price to buy. Then no regrets with the rips result.

ThoseBackPages · 03-21-2020, 09:53 PM

once wax is ripped, it is gone forever (sans the bad actors)

Leave it be for sure! plus, its art as is!

Shadowsonic2004 · 03-21-2020, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rage

I don't resist...gotta rip 'em all

Basically me. I do own some single packs just for the historic part of it but they are all slabbed and graded so they aren't easy to open.

KingInTheNorth · 03-21-2020, 10:25 PM

I've gone through 3 cases.... brutal

clocsta2323 · 03-21-2020, 11:18 PM

I've opened 1 2018 HHN case, got another one in the corner I will open soon. Will also probably open my 18 Update hobby case eventually.

Lonewolf · 03-21-2020, 11:22 PM

The 87 fleer and donruss boxes would be gone at my house. I loved those designs. Then again, any of those boxes would have been ripped by now, as unopened wax sitting around is no fun to me.

LIONS RULE! · 03-21-2020, 11:31 PM

I opened 1 case of 2020 heritage last weekend & opened 2 cases today. My dining room table is stacked. My wife is fine with it too! I will be making sets to pass the time...

clocsta2323 · 03-22-2020, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by LIONS RULE!

I opened 1 case of 2020 heritage last weekend & opened 2 cases today. My dining room table is stacked. My wife is fine with it too! I will be making sets to pass the time...

The best part about opening up cases like Heritage and Topps--if you grade-- is you get to throw away about 85% of the cards

dodgerfanjohn · 03-22-2020, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Kobe101

What years are those white boxes? And what is under the 87 box?

1986 fleer cello

Minelayer · 03-22-2020, 12:33 AM

Don't put that Topps junk on top of 86 and 87 Donruss!

1989FF · 03-22-2020, 12:42 AM

After many years of trying to collect unopened, I finally am. I open a lot and have many other projects that distract me.

UGLI baby · 03-22-2020, 01:15 AM

Opened a bunch of 2019 S2 today that I would have sat on a lot longer if I wasn’t locked up in the house. Still have a ton of it, hoping to resist on opening the rest. I’ve got some 17’ Update and 18’ HHN that probly won’t make it through next week. Desperate times, desperate measures.

Confident I won’t touch my 2018 update or 19-20’ Prizm basketball. Too special to open, riding those long term.

I wonder if this will have a real affect on wax if everyone is stuck in their houses for months.

chilly55 · 03-22-2020, 07:26 AM

I know what you mean when it comes to not opening wax. Here is one of my stacks.

What keeps me from ripping some of this is ripping something newer when I get the itch. That's what the other pile of boxes is for.

NOTE: NOTHING IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE/TRADE Just in case

Archimedes · 03-22-2020, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by chilly55

I know what you mean when it comes to not opening wax. Here is one of my stacks.

What keeps me from ripping some of this is ripping something newer when I get the itch. That's what the other pile of boxes is for.

Have the redemptions in the 18 HHN already expired?

UGLI baby · 03-22-2020, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

Have the redemptions in the 18 HHN already expired?

I think it’s toward the end of this year.

I have 6 boxes. Who is a redemption?

employee8 · 03-22-2020, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by UGLI baby

I think it’s toward the end of this year.

I have 6 boxes. Who is a redemption?

Acuna

UGLI baby · 03-22-2020, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by employee8

Acuna

Ok definitely need to open then!!

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03-21-2020, 07:49 PM	#1
dodgerfanjohn Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 5,594 sternroolz	How are you resisting ripping? So work is still keeping me busy. No traffic so I've gained an hour every day. Longmire and Contagion are occupying my time so far today. But....its hard to resist..... I can't send in anything to grade, and everything here is worth double to triple what i paid for it, so theres little financial incentive....but the temptation in boredom is very real....

03-21-2020, 07:55 PM	#2
Soxfanguy Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: White Sox Posts: 15,579 Soxfanguy	Thinking about the money I could make when I sell it __________________ ok

03-21-2020, 09:53 PM	#10
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 90,749 ThoseBackPages	once wax is ripped, it is gone forever (sans the bad actors) Leave it be for sure! plus, its art as is! __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

03-21-2020, 11:22 PM	#14
Lonewolf Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: California Posts: 4,497	The 87 fleer and donruss boxes would be gone at my house. I loved those designs. Then again, any of those boxes would have been ripped by now, as unopened wax sitting around is no fun to me. __________________ Apparently, Money and Computers *CAN* Buy Championships, LOL

03-22-2020, 01:15 AM	#20
UGLI baby Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,448 uglibaby	Opened a bunch of 2019 S2 today that I would have sat on a lot longer if I wasn’t locked up in the house. Still have a ton of it, hoping to resist on opening the rest. I’ve got some 17’ Update and 18’ HHN that probly won’t make it through next week. Desperate times, desperate measures. Confident I won’t touch my 2018 update or 19-20’ Prizm basketball. Too special to open, riding those long term. I wonder if this will have a real affect on wax if everyone is stuck in their houses for months. Last edited by UGLI baby; 03-22-2020 at 08:35 AM.

03-21-2020, 08:09 PM	#4
Rage Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: CA Posts: 3,505 santacruzbaseballcards1	I don't resist...gotta rip 'em all

03-21-2020, 08:48 PM	#6
Kobe101 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,410	What years are those white boxes? And what is under the 87 box?

03-21-2020, 08:58 PM	#7
jaysfan80 Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 124 Maniac_73	Boxes and packs are made to be ripped

03-21-2020, 09:45 PM	#9
MOONBASE1 Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,125	Am not resisting ripping. Just waiting for the right price to buy. Then no regrets with the rips result.

03-21-2020, 10:25 PM	#12
KingInTheNorth Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 2,860	I've gone through 3 cases.... brutal

03-21-2020, 11:18 PM	#13
clocsta2323 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: D.C. Posts: 6,895	I've opened 1 2018 HHN case, got another one in the corner I will open soon. Will also probably open my 18 Update hobby case eventually.

03-21-2020, 11:31 PM	#15
LIONS RULE! Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 88	I opened 1 case of 2020 heritage last weekend & opened 2 cases today. My dining room table is stacked. My wife is fine with it too! I will be making sets to pass the time...

03-22-2020, 12:33 AM	#18
Minelayer Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Bay Area Posts: 212	Don't put that Topps junk on top of 86 and 87 Donruss!

03-22-2020, 12:42 AM	#19
1989FF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 2,426 ryans_rust	After many years of trying to collect unopened, I finally am. I open a lot and have many other projects that distract me.

03-22-2020, 07:26 AM	#21
chilly55 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dumfries, Va Posts: 3,565	I know what you mean when it comes to not opening wax. Here is one of my stacks. What keeps me from ripping some of this is ripping something newer when I get the itch. That's what the other pile of boxes is for. NOTE: NOTHING IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE/TRADE Just in case Last edited by chilly55; 03-22-2020 at 09:34 AM.