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Talk me off the rip ledge!

balco758balco758 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Tempted to crack either an 89 F basketball box (BBCE + FASC), or a 90 F basketball (also BBCE and FASC).

I had ripped an 89 in the Fall and was great fun to pull 4 MJs. At $400+ for any 9’s....well, you get the idea. My cost on the box is $400 so ROI won’t be usual disaster.

Argh. Can’t decide. Covid makes me want to rip stuff.

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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,507 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Go buy a set of each on ebay and take a nap.

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 18, 2021 1:43PM

    I don't know the only card worth it would be Jordan PSA 10 #21. But you may get 2 or 3 who knows.

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not the help you were looking for ...

    Who is the Golf Card Guy?
  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 18, 2021 1:41PM

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • bobbybradyjrbobbybradyjr Posts: 95 ✭✭✭
    edited February 18, 2021 2:03PM

    I hate to say it but since both will probably cost double in 1-3 months....leave them sealed.

  • azvikeazvike Posts: 385 ✭✭✭

    Rip it!..I am rooting for several Jordans!!

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    check each pack front and back prior to ripping both boxes! 😉

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those Jordans are not mine but they could be yours if you open that box. But you will never know until you open it. Maybe PSA 10's.

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 18, 2021 2:07PM

    $5700 for these two PSA 10's. I say open and cash in.

    https://www.ebay.ca/itm/1989-Fleer-Michael-Jordan-21-GEM-MT-PSA-10/124549872805?hash=item1cffc03ca5:g:0ZsAAOSwatdgE4I~

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Make a video of the entire opening and share it here that would be cool.

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • balco758balco758 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is what the last box yielded. Stickers are all OC. Maybe a chance for a 9 on the top right pic of the #21’s.


  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    hedo rick those things!

  • balco758balco758 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Re getting 10’s. My handle should be the non-Eagle Eye Kid. I have received 1 10 ever in all my submissions. A 79 OPC Garvey lol.

  • dan89dan89 Posts: 491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stickers are real tough for centering and chipping.

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it's like a lottery ticket. only takes 1.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blurryface said:
    check each pack front and back prior to ripping both boxes! 😉

    I agree with blurry, but if they do not reveal an MJ I would say ripp all the way!

    I pre warn you with saying I have never been able not to rip, I love ripping, I am a gambler!

    Successful coin BST transactions with Gerard and segoja.

    Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭

    Don't do it!!!!!

  • thedutymon11thedutymon11 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭✭

    @bobbybradyjr said:
    I hate to say it but since both will probably cost double in 1-3 months....leave them sealed.

    And I Say...Rip, Rip, Rip, makes my Unopened worth more, and this from the Ultimate Ripping' guy!

    YeeHaw!

    Neil

  • jaylampjaylamp Posts: 1 ✭
    edited February 18, 2021 2:38PM

    89 F is the worst. I had 7 boxes and every single card in 6 of them were off-center. I stopped opening after 2 or 3 packs in the final 4 boxes because I knew what was coming. Are they worth anything if there is never an intention to open them? It'd be unethical at this point to sell them. The one box with good centering, every pack was good, except for the hint of red paint at the top of the cards that sometimes crept over. Seriously, what is up with that?

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    you rang?

  • DBesse27DBesse27 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rip, baby, rip!!

    I will NEVER tell you or anybody else to leave something sealed.

    Yaz Master Set
    #1 Gino Cappelletti master set
    #1 John Hannah master set

    Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps

  • balco758balco758 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not gonna rip tonight. Four Roses has taken over.

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 19, 2021 12:13PM

    So how you felling today? Open not open?Some of us would like to see you get a PSA 10 Jordan or a few 9's.

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 19, 2021 1:03PM

    Do it....

    I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you hit you can upgrade to Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. About 300 a bottle. Only on special occasions like birthdays, etc... and never with your friend that brings over rot grub. It would be wasted on a lush like that!

    Successful coin BST transactions with Gerard and segoja.

    Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,507 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Another thing to talk you off. Just think you will have to wait 6 months to see if you even hit a 10. If you mailed them off last week.

  • thehallmarkthehallmark Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭

    I've ripped 6 "wax" and 4 rack boxes of 90 Fleer BKB in the past 6 months. Only one of the rack boxes had consistently well centered cards. I severely regret not just stashing them away. That's just not in my nature though.

  • balco758balco758 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks guys. I am going to hit pause on the ripping idea. This may not be last long but for now, leaving alone.

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