Upper Deck redemption help....

BigRedMachine

I've got a couple of redemption cards and never been through the process before.

I already have an Upper Deck account.

Is it as simple as it looks? Just scratch off the code and enter it? Any idea how long it may be before I actually see the cards.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Shawn.

baseballfanatic

Yupper. Its that easy........

duner

you might not see your card for another two years!!! The one redemption I received took 3 months

AkbarClone

Yes, it is that easy.

This summer I did my first Upper Deck redemption using the online option.

It took about 7 weeks to get my package from them--and they did not send me the card I redeemed for--they instead sent two replacements. I realized the cards they sent had a higher book/market value then what I expected to receive--but I was still disappointed that they did not at least contact me by email first to possibly give me a "heads up" and maybe let me have some choice in what the replacements would be.

My grade for the process: C-

BigRedMachine

Thanks for the help.

Sounds to me like I'll forget about the cards by the time they get here. It'll seem like a nice surprise by then.

Shawn

NewJerseyMeatHook

I had to drive TO Fed Ex to retrieve my Sosa autograph. Go figure.

ctsoxfan

It's a decent system - sometimes your card ships right away, other times it takes months. As mentioned, they ship the higher value cards FedEx, which is a good idea, but they shipped a Kirilenko auto to me in a plain white letter envelope (and, it got ripped halfway open by time it hit my mailbox - I guess there were no Kirilenko fans at the PO).

joestalin

Shawn

If you don't mind me asking which cards are they?? UD has been very generious with redemption substitutions. Maybe I can tell
you something.

Kevin

BigRedMachine

Sorry to say the redemptions aren't anything spectacular. One is a Jim Plunkett auto I pulled from a pack of 05 NFL Legends. Knowing I was going through the process of redeeming a card, I bought the next one a couple of days later on ebay, a 05 NFL Legends Chris Collinsworth auto.

As you know Kevin, I pretty much only root for my hometown teams. So the squirrelly little Collinsworth was always a favorite of mine growing up. He was playing before the Colts came to Indy, so the Bengals were my team at the time. I picked it up cheap. Hopefully I'll see them both in my mailbox before 2007, as duner suggested. OUCH!

Shawn.

fsjeter

The only problem I've ever had with an Upper Deck redemption is they sent me an empty envelope once. A quick call to customer service and that problem was resolved. Other than that, I've received all my redemptions within 6-8 wekks of submitting them. BTW, it is that easy.

Scott