BBCE group rip - 1972 OPC Baseball Series 2 wax box - ALL PAID - TIME TO RIP & SCAN

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 6:09AM

Exhume the pack and RIP!!

bigwilli · January 16, 2009 6:11AM

Very generous of them to offer returns and stuff . I didnt get on this rip (being layed off will do that) but i did have a slight problem
with an order i placed with them awhile back . Instead of shipping the box back to them , they told me to keep it and they would
send the correct box right out to me . As long as i rip older packs , they will have my business and i will always recommend them
to others.

neenish · January 16, 2009 6:25AM

I'm ripping my packs when they arrive. I'll even try chewing the gum. I'll write my will out before hand and leave my cards to the good guys on the boards. I'll probably get the runs or bad stomach cramps by chewing the gum, but hey, we only live once...

Brian

jimrad · January 16, 2009 6:31AM

<< I'm ripping my packs when they arrive. I'll even try chewing the gum. I'll write my will out before hand and leave my cards to the good guys on the boards. I'll probably get the runs or bad stomach cramps by chewing the gum, but hey, we only live once...

Brian >>

jmoran19 · January 16, 2009 6:33AM

<< I'm ripping my packs when they arrive. I'll even try chewing the gum. I'll write my will out before hand and leave my cards to the good guys on the boards. I'll probably get the runs or bad stomach cramps by chewing the gum, but hey, we only live once...

Brian >>

Brian's starting a new fad, the 72 OPC diet

neenish · January 16, 2009 6:41AM

I'll just scrape the black stuff off the gum and then chew it

Brian

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 7:23AM

<< Brian's starting a new fad, the 72 OPC diet >>

Let me know if it works so I can get my wife on it.

milbroco · January 16, 2009 7:31AM

My PO Box was empty!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!! Please be there tomorrow!

I will probably rip one and hold the other until a rainy day when I get that unstoppable urge. Then again, I could rip both and buy something else for a rainy day.......

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 7:33AM

I assume they were sent UPS as always. If so, I will have mine at 10AM tomorrow. Another thing I like about BBCE. Orders arrive by UPS at about 10AM on the 4th day.

fattymacs · January 16, 2009 7:35AM

Ripped the graded pack. The gum claimed two cards, pulled a nice but OC Clemente In Action. I'll scan tomorrow with (hopefully) a pack from the group rip.

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 7:50AM

Mine was USPS. I thought they sent all smaller orders USPS, and the larger ones UPS. I could be wrong.

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 8:09AM

Here are my scans:

These are getting submitted this month. I scanned the front and back of the RC because I wanted to show you the centering. I'm loving this card. The other three are obviously WAY OC, but there is only one of each of these cards ever subbed, so I figured they would make decent set fillers for the registry guys.

These are the cards that had the gum stains... OUCH!

These are the OC rejects.

downtown · January 16, 2009 8:15AM

I had a wierd sence of actually smelling the gum when I saw those cards

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 8:19AM

The back of that Baylor is crisp and the centering looks dead on. L/R front may be the only thing keeping that one from a 10 but you never know.

Edit to add: Has anyone even checked the pop report on this set? Only 28 total PSA 10's out of 4025 total cards subbed.

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 8:23AM

Here's a better scan of the front:

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 8:24AM

wow, my scanner is dirty! lol

jimq112 · January 16, 2009 8:26AM

That Baylor is beautiful! It's not a rookie but it's a nice card. The big 72 OPC collector, Frank Bakka, already has a 9 (1 of 6) but it's a 9 all day. I'm not sure I would send in the off-center ones. There really aren't many people chasing the set, and they just don't sell for much at all with the OC qualifier. Just my opinion, but I would wait and see if anybody else gets the same cards in gradeable condition, then maybe give it more thought.

I missed the rip, wish I had seen it!

nam812 · January 16, 2009 10:18AM

My packs showed up today, and as much as I love opening 1972 OPC series 2, I will be taking BBCE up on their offer to return them for store credit. I'll spend some time over the weekend checking their site to see what I will exchange them for.

grote15 · January 16, 2009 12:42PM

My packs showed up today, and as much as I love opening 1972 OPC series 2, I will be taking BBCE up on their offer to return them for store credit. I'll spend some time over the weekend checking their site to see what I will exchange them for.

The group rip organizer himself is sending his packs back?? Boo-hiss!!!

lsutigers1973 · January 16, 2009 12:43PM

Dont be skeered. Rip 'em!

PROMETHIUS88 · January 16, 2009 5:07PM

Instead of sending the packs back, why not offer them up to the others that were wanting in but got shut out??

HeritageAddict · January 16, 2009 5:23PM

Don't be too hard on Nick, he simply collects commissions on all the sales he generates for bbce. J/K

nam812 · January 16, 2009 9:03PM

<< Instead of sending the packs back, why not offer them up to the others that were wanting in but got shut out?? >>

Did you read the whole thread as to why they are going back? They cant be ripped, and my packs wouldn't grade very well at all, so why would I do that to another member?

jeffcbay · January 16, 2009 11:06PM

On that Baylor/Oates card, I just noticed how off-center the Harrison photo is on the card. There's a gap on the left side of his photo, and the right side is overlapping Oates' photo! They must not have had Photoshop back in the early '70s... lol

fattymacs · January 17, 2009 12:49AM

Well, I ripped both packs (in addition to the graded pack I ripped last night) scans shall follow (after my early afternoon meeting).

milbroco · January 17, 2009 2:20AM

No cards as of 10:30 this morning.

One package as of 11:45.

Yes I check several times until the Post Office closes.

I will be doing the rip tonight and scanning at the same time. Hope everyone can watch me pull (as I said earlier) that PSA 10 Clemente!

Bob

lsutigers1973 · January 17, 2009 2:29AM

I forgot about mine! They were sitting outside my front door.

PROMETHIUS88 · January 17, 2009 2:36AM

Nick, I had read the previous posts and I can understand why you weren't wanting to open, but as several members were taking the risk and ripping theirs, I just thought there may have been others that were willing to take the chance as well.
No harm no foul!

lsutigers1973 · January 17, 2009 2:42AM

My packs look clean. Now what do I do with them? I looked at the front and back card just to get a glimpse of the centering. The pack on the right appears to be well centered. The front and back card appear to be in the 60/40 or better range.

SidePocket · January 17, 2009 3:16AM

LSU, you know you're going to rip 'em so get busy. Scans please.

fattymacs · January 17, 2009 4:14AM

PACK 1 from the group rip (minus gum stuck card)

PACK 2 from the group rip (minus gum stuck card)

GRADED PACK (GAI 7)

jeffcbay · January 17, 2009 4:17AM

WOW!!! Nice 1st Clemente!!! You had a couple more stained cards than I did. Nice rip!

jimq112 · January 17, 2009 6:03AM

If McRae IA is as hard with OPC as it is with Topps that's also a great card. The Clemente is beautiful!

jim70mustang · January 17, 2009 9:23AM

I don't know why OPC didn't have the cards packed so the gum surface was on the back of the card? That gum does look nasty.

fattymacs · January 17, 2009 9:38AM

the gum smells funky too.

milbroco · January 17, 2009 9:52AM

OK Here is my first pack.

Well I said earlier I was going to hit the PSA 10 Clemente, I guess I was half right.

Ripping the second pack will depend on the first five responses to rip or to not after this post.

julen23 · January 17, 2009 10:00AM

friggin stains everywhere....

great lookin clemente otherwise though!!!

j

fattymacs · January 17, 2009 10:05AM

Ohhhhhh, that's a heartbreaker.

MBMiller25 · January 17, 2009 10:06AM

Cards have crazy amount of staining.

grote15 · January 17, 2009 10:12AM

This box must have been improperly stored near heat at some point in time...unfortunately, odds are every pack will be afflicted with this issue...I think the last 72 OPC box had the same issue if memory serves..

rube26105 · January 17, 2009 10:14AM

go for it, ya only live once

that is alot of cards to be stained from one piece of balloune gum

<-------balloune gum

SidePocket · January 17, 2009 10:16AM

Ouch, but it could have been worse. Still a nice card.

Check the air brushed hat on Alan Foster!

lsutigers1973 · January 17, 2009 10:20AM

I was going to return mine for a store credit but decided to just keep them and not open them. One day they will belong to my son and he can sell them with a clear conscience

.

milbroco · January 17, 2009 10:25AM

As Rube said.......You only live once.

Pack #2

lsutigers1973 · January 17, 2009 10:27AM

I only see one card with a stain from pack 2

milbroco · January 17, 2009 10:28AM

Stain on the Splittorf and the checklist bottom right, and nuturally the 1st card with the gum practically attached and was not scanned.
Bob

neenish · January 17, 2009 1:27PM

I opened both of mine. I chewed the gum and just woke up from passing out from the gross taste of the gum. Maybe that explains the major gas I had all night (just joking on the gum chewing). Pretty much all of my cards were stained in both packs. Definite water damage to the packs or moisture got to them. I'll stick to newer packs in the future. My first and last "vintage" style rip.

Brian

thenavarro · January 17, 2009 1:34PM

<< Instead of sending the packs back, why not offer them up to the others that were wanting in but got shut out?? >>

I haven't got my packs yet, but I assume they'll be here in Tuesday's or Wednesday's mail run. If anyone that got shut out, wants to buy my packs for the same price I paid $75.00 delivered, I would be willing to sale them to you. HOWEVER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT MORE THAN LIKELY, THE CARDS WILL HAVE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO THE ONES DISPLAYED IN THE SCANS. If you don't mind that, you can buy my packs, otherwise I'll probably send them back for store credit myself.

Mike

nam812 · January 17, 2009 2:17PM

Three hall of famers in one pack for Milbroco (unfortunately with gum and centering issues). That's why I like 1972 OPC series 2 (when the packs are cleaner).

nam812 · January 17, 2009 2:17PM

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BBCE group rip - 1972 OPC Baseball Series 2 wax box - ALL PAID - TIME TO RIP &amp; SCAN

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BBCE group rip - 1972 OPC Baseball Series 2 wax box - ALL PAID - TIME TO RIP & SCAN