What is up with the price of 2001 Upper Deck golf cases?

CARPENTERROB · January 16, 2009 7:43AM

The last time I noticed they where selling for $59.00 a case. I thought is was because of the amount that was produced ,(tons of product). Now I see that they are selling for $150.00>

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 8:54AM

You may be misremembering on the case price. I have never seen them sell below $100. $59 would only be about $5 per box.

joestalin · January 16, 2009 8:59AM

I remember 8 bucks a box!

Thet may be 150 a case now, but no one is buying this stuff
For that price

mccardguy1 · January 16, 2009 9:01AM

I remember the same price... about 60 bucks per case. I assume the price spike is due to Tigers "rookie" card and the possibility of pulling a Tiger auto

VitoCo1972 · January 16, 2009 9:04AM

Coincidentally, I just opened a hobby box from Dave and Adams. No Tiger rookie and no auto or GU of anyone. I think I paid $16 for the box. Only bought it to get up to the free shipping level so it was really only costing me $7 or so because of the free shipping versus $7-8 UPS

Nugen · January 16, 2009 12:29PM

I remember seeing cases at the Ft Washington show for $60 and being tempted given the price. They were actually that cheap at one point

joestalin · January 16, 2009 12:32PM

There is no reason for this just greed. The auto odds are 1:3000 packs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 1 in 250 cases!!!

This was one of the most overproduced products anywhere. There is nothing in these boxes, wether you are paying 8 a shot or 50 a shot.

Kevin

stevek · January 16, 2009 12:36PM

<< There is no reason for this just greed. The auto odds are 1:3000 packs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 1 in 250 cases!!!

This was one of the most overproduced products anywhere. There is nothing in these boxes, wether you are paying 8 a shot or 50 a shot.

Kevin >>

You got that right...but being the sucker that I am, I still blow a hundred or two each year on modern crap looking for something good. LOL

joestalin · January 16, 2009 12:49PM

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<< There is no reason for this just greed. The auto odds are 1:3000 packs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 1 in 250 cases!!!

This was one of the most overproduced products anywhere. There is nothing in these boxes, wether you are paying 8 a shot or 50 a shot.

Kevin >>

You got that right...but being the sucker that I am, I still blow a hundred or two each year on modern crap looking for something good. LOL >>

Steve...it depends on what you are buying. If you are looking for profit or "your money back" then you can ignore 95% of the products out there. If you
were really smart, all you would do is buy bowman draft. You can make all kinds of money on that stuff. Modern junk cards selling for 2 and 3 grand!

It is unfair to call 2001 UD golf just another modern product. The hobby was ready for this and Upper Deck knew they didn't have to put anything in it
(which they didn't). They ran the presses and ran the presses and all those Tiger Woods RC came out and then PSA and BGS made a ton..blah blah blah....

Im with you Steve, I blow a lot of money on modern stuff...some of it is real junk, but hey its something to do and I enjoy it and hope to pass that on to my boys.

That is all that matters!

Kevin

stevek · January 16, 2009 1:03PM

<< 

<< 

<< There is no reason for this just greed. The auto odds are 1:3000 packs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 1 in 250 cases!!!

This was one of the most overproduced products anywhere. There is nothing in these boxes, wether you are paying 8 a shot or 50 a shot.

Kevin >>

You got that right...but being the sucker that I am, I still blow a hundred or two each year on modern crap looking for something good. LOL >>

Steve...it depends on what you are buying. If you are looking for profit or "your money back" then you can ignore 95% of the products out there. If you
were really smart, all you would do is buy bowman draft. You can make all kinds of money on that stuff. Modern junk cards selling for 2 and 3 grand!

It is unfair to call 2001 UD golf just another modern product. The hobby was ready for this and Upper Deck knew they didn't have to put anything in it
(which they didn't). They ran the presses and ran the presses and all those Tiger Woods RC came out and then PSA and BGS made a ton..blah blah blah....

Im with you Steve, I blow a lot of money on modern stuff...some of it is real junk, but hey its something to do and I enjoy it and hope to pass that on to my boys.

That is all that matters!

Kevin >>

Good point - I know almost nothing about modern except for the dam sales pitch on the box and get suckered in to buying it. Every time I read here about "something good" to buy, it seems I can't find it in the local stores. Honestly though - blowing $19.95 around once a month to take a shot at something good is sorta fun when I'm in the mood - and frankly most of the modern cards are dam nice looking cards, and I still keep them and enjoy them, even though they don't have much value, except to me having paid $19.95 for the box - LOL

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 1:33PM

<< There is no reason for this just greed. The auto odds are 1:3000 packs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 1 in 250 cases!!! >>

288 packs per case. 250 cases would be 72000 packs.

mudflap02 · January 16, 2009 4:59PM

There was a great read on some guy in college who ended up busting hundreds (or possibly thousands) of cases with his buddies. I'll try to find it.

VitoCo1972 · January 16, 2009 5:31PM

<< There was a great read on some guy in college who ended up busting hundreds (or possibly thousands) of cases with his buddies. I'll try to find it. >>

Please post that. Sounds fun!

alnavman · January 16, 2009 10:06PM

Are the odds better to pull something good out of the A&G or Goudey products?? or is that a no win situation also??

Alfonz24 · January 17, 2009 6:09AM

<< There was a great read on some guy in college who ended up busting hundreds (or possibly thousands) of cases with his buddies. I'll try to find it. >>

7,000 cases of 2001 UD Golf

mudflap02 · January 17, 2009 8:20AM

Thanks for the help. I couldn't track it down anywhere. Really neat read.

Dboneesq · January 17, 2009 8:34AM

Nice read on that MANIAC who opened SEVEN THOUSAND cases of 2001 Golf!

HoofHearted · January 17, 2009 2:20PM

<< Thanks for the help. I couldn't track it down anywhere. Really neat read. >>

Getting paid to open and enjoy sportscards...what a racket that would be.

Thanks the link!

lsutigers1973 · January 17, 2009 2:29PM

I think I will start a group rip with an 01 UD golf case as part of the rip as soon as Steve responds to my email about the price.

joestalin · January 17, 2009 2:58PM

Aug 2006

2001 SP Authentic #45 Tiger Woods AS AU/900 RC books at $700-$1,000 (Fixed Price Auctions available at $1,000)

LMAO

estang · January 18, 2009 12:53AM

Very interesting read. I'm trying to figure the math on this one. It sounded like he did this at the height of the pricing for this product, possibly before anyone knew the abundance of its production.

So what could they have paid for a case? $50 a case multiplied by 7000 = $350,000 of this product. Then they point to the fact that one of his cards approached the low five figures. From reading the article you don't get the feeling he lost out on the deal, but he sure would have if he hung onto it for a period of time.

Anyone else have insight on the investment / ROI involved in this project. Not to mention, the sales job this kid did with his (wealthy) family to put this kind of money down. Must be nice... An excellent lesson in economics & business...

lsutigers1973 · January 18, 2009 1:05AM

<< So what could they have paid for a case? $50 a case multiplied by 7000 = $350,000 of this product. Then they point to the fact that one of his cards approached the low five figures. From reading the article you don't get the feeling he lost out on the deal, but he sure would have if he hung onto it for a period of time. >>

Even at $100 per case and probably another $50k in grading fees and what he paid his buddies to bust them, that would be $750k. The article was written 3 years ago. Three years ago, the Tiger rookie was selling for $10+ raw on eBay for a long time. With 7 Tiger's on average per box, that's almost $500k just in resale of ungraded Tigers. They didn't mention in the article how many Tigers came back from BGS as 9's or 9.5's and were solf for $50-500. Plus they didn't mention how much he sold all the autos and GU'd cards for. My guess would be he made a small profit but there were definitely easier ways to make that small profit with that kind of coin.

slantycouch · January 18, 2009 1:25AM

Wow that article is crazy.

I definitely remember $6-8 a box for these. They're everywhere.

What is up with the price of 2001 Upper Deck golf cases?

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