Kelloggs question - am I an idiot?

Love of the Game

Okay.

So I bought some stuff on ebay over the weekend, and among other things, I got a 1979 Kellogg's factory set.

So the box comes today, and I remove all the peanuts, take out the vending boxes I bought with the order, and then found a white, cardboard sleeve-type-thing. It was completely unmarked, with the exception of a rubber stamped marking that said "Pull To Open". So I pulled it and opened it. It looked like the seller had packaged the cards in a nice, flat, white box.

Inside were the Kellogg's cards, and they weren't wrapped in anything. I'm saying to myself "Wow, that's awfully weird that they would sell a factory set with all the cards loose like that. You'd think they'd supply them in a box or something."

Then I look at the white box I just pulled the cards out of. I say "Umm, THAT'S a box."

So I'm assuming that I just removed a set of baseball cards from their original packaging, where they had been securely nestled since 1979.

So here are my litany of questions:

1) Am I an idiot?
2) The cards are still all stuck together (for the most part) with single perfs holding them that way, in rows of four. Am I better off putting them away, back in the box, or separating them and having them graded?
3) If I'm an idiot, am I, like, a BIG idiot, or just a small one?
4) Should I write Kellogg's a letter explaining that I appreciate that if I buy a box of cereal, they make it very clear that the cereal is INSIDE the box, and that if I open it, the cereal will come out - and then ask why they don't do the same thing with their baseball cards?
5) Should I then ask them why they don't SEAL the box, rather than just stick a tab inside a slot to hold the cards in place?

Thanks,
-Al

mikeschmidt

1) Am I an idiot?

It's how the sets were issued in the late 1970s in the set form. They're pretty cool like that.

2) The cards are still all stuck together (for the most part) with single perfs holding them that way, in rows of four. Am I better off putting them away, back in the box, or separating them and having them graded?

I would never, ever pull. If anything, I would suggest cutting in a very careful manner. As to whether keep them as is or have them graded, I'm not sure what your intentions are. 1979 Kelloggs factory sets in and of themselves don't have a ton of value - but certain key cards in PSA 10 might.

3) If I'm an idiot, am I, like, a BIG idiot, or just a small one?

Of course you're not an idiot. If you were, you would have been banned from the CU forums.

4) Should I write Kellogg's a letter explaining that I appreciate that if I buy a box of cereal, they make it very clear that the cereal is INSIDE the box, and that if I open it, the cereal will come out - and then ask why they don't do the same thing with their baseball cards?

Um - this is for a set that is 25 years ago....? Geez, you think they'll care?

5) Should I then ask them why they don't SEAL the box, rather than just stick a tab inside a slot to hold the cards in place?

The boxes worked pretty well, don't you think?

Love of the Game

MS:

Guess my sarcastic attempt at humor didn't come off very well.

I bought 'em because I thought they'd be cool to have. I just felt sorta like a knucklehead when I realized I pulled 'em out of their factory packaging. Didn't really plan on writing a letter to Kelloggs.

-Al

Vargha

I find it ironic that you made a Post about Kelloggs .

ldferg

Vargha...good one.

i too purchased a 79 kelloggs set. these cards, even though from the factory 20+ years ago, have very bad surfaces near the perforations where the 4 card panels were folded. from the set i received, i highly doubt any 10's will be coming from it...

i did buy them because i thought they would be good to have. the color is great, but the surfaces near the perfs was a real bummer...