Value Added pack

JohnnyD

Hope this doesn't come off sounding ignorant, or something I should know...I have two packs of 1996-97 Collector's choice series one basketball packs. Instead of being marked "Retail" or "Hobby" they are marked "Value Added". What does that mean? Thanks...John

daltex

I don't know the answer to this question, but wanted to reassure you that this hobby is so incredibly diverse that there is nothing everyone is expected to know.

AlanAllen

I can give a general answer, but not a specific one. Upper Deck used that terminology in the mid-late 90's for packs sold at Walmart with special inserts. Does the UPC start with 0 28074 or 0 53334? If it starts with 0 28074, that was a Walmart exclusive.

JohnnyD

We have a winner...28074...

ringer

@AlanAllen said:
I can give a general answer, but not a specific one. Upper Deck used that terminology in the mid-late 90's for packs sold at Walmart with special inserts. Does the UPC start with 0 28074 or 0 53334? If it starts with 0 28074, that was a Walmart exclusive.

My goodness, the knowledge some people have on here . . . 🙌

Batpig

@AlanAllen said:
I can give a general answer, but not a specific one. Upper Deck used that terminology in the mid-late 90's for packs sold at Walmart with special inserts. Does the UPC start with 0 28074 or 0 53334? If it starts with 0 28074, that was a Walmart exclusive.

Ha, that’s your “general” answer.

AlanAllen

@Batpig said:

@AlanAllen said:
I can give a general answer, but not a specific one. Upper Deck used that terminology in the mid-late 90's for packs sold at Walmart with special inserts. Does the UPC start with 0 28074 or 0 53334? If it starts with 0 28074, that was a Walmart exclusive.

Ha, that’s your “general” answer.

LOL, I mean I don't know what inserts might have been exclusive to the 96 collectors choice packs.

For many years I tried collecting one of every pack from every sport, and I tracked them by UPC in my spreadsheets. Topps, Upper Deck, Fleet, etc each had their own company prefix, but every pack sold at Walmart regardless of manufacturer started with 0 28074. I belive that was the prefix for TREAT, which supplied Walmart's cards at the time.