Rip it, rip it good.....................
Rip card...what do you think?
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2010 A&G rip card...let's see what is in it!
I absolutely love that I got so many awesome opinions. I am going to rip it now because I've never gotten a rip card before and I only paid a couple of bucks for the pack at my local card/comics/nerd stuff shop. Life is indeed short, and while Kyle Blanks has reached the pinnacle of his profession, he has a .315 OBP.
Even though a couple smart people have pointed out the unripped value, it just seems like a good idea to rip a Kyle Blanks. I'd rather have a 1/1 wood card or a sketch card. (I don't think it's an original A&G 1887 card...the edges look too good in the light.)
Here we go!
Boy, it's hard to consciously do damage to a baseball card.
Bah...I wuz robbed. It was a mini 375 Kurt Suzuki A&G card. Oh well. I am pleased that I didn't make some other Bench member feel like an idiot for paying a whole bunch of money for a relatively commonplace card.
(And they did an awfully good job of making me focus on the other possibilities besides an "exclusive mini parallel.")
You know what? If you want a 2010 mini A&G set, you have to come to me.
I absolutely love that I got so many awesome opinions. I am going to rip it now because I've never gotten a rip card before and I only paid a couple of bucks for the pack at my local card/comics/nerd stuff shop. Life is indeed short, and while Kyle Blanks has reached the pinnacle of his profession, he has a .315 OBP.
Even though a couple smart people have pointed out the unripped value, it just seems like a good idea to rip a Kyle Blanks. I'd rather have a 1/1 wood card or a sketch card. (I don't think it's an original A&G 1887 card...the edges look too good in the light.)
Here we go!
Boy, it's hard to consciously do damage to a baseball card.
Bah...I wuz robbed. It was a mini 375 Kurt Suzuki A&G card. Oh well. I am pleased that I didn't make some other Bench member feel like an idiot for paying a whole bunch of money for a relatively commonplace card.
(And they did an awfully good job of making me focus on the other possibilities besides an "exclusive mini parallel.")
You know what? If you want a 2010 mini A&G set, you have to come to me.
dude, lol, that was a heist!!!!!
oh well, win some, lose some.
it was fun and exciting tho, right?
paul
oh well, win some, lose some.
it was fun and exciting tho, right?
paul
Still not too bad.
You can now say you got a rip card.
It was a great read.
You can now say you got a rip card.
It was a great read.
This is exactly what collecting has come to today. The gambling aspect. The rip card is one of the few cards today with a good potential to gain value in time. If there are only about 100 of them, most will get ripped open. People just can't resist the urge to rip or the allure of the big payoff in trade/selling. Even if it is a common, the chance of something better inside will always exist with an unripped card. 10 years from now or 20 or more, the unripped card can still be opened, but it may be one of only a handful of unripped copies too.
If there was ever a Garvey rip card, you could bet I would do my best to land one and it would remain pristine forever, regardless of what might be inside.
In the end though, you have to do what makes you happy.
If there was ever a Garvey rip card, you could bet I would do my best to land one and it would remain pristine forever, regardless of what might be inside.
In the end though, you have to do what makes you happy.
I have a 08 A&G unripped Ripken. If I had to sell my collection that would likely be the last card to go. It might be a true 1/1 rarity.
For what it is worth, I am happy. It really is only cardboard...unless it is a relic, in which case it has fabric, too. I think card collecting has ALWAYS been a gamble of sorts. I remember opening up 1987-1990 Topps packs, rubbing the backs to hope that there was a Tiger inside. I do remember the faint disappointment when I had spent the 35 cents my father gave me without getting a Lou Whitaker or Alan Trammell.
I am sure that I will get another rip card at some point in the glorious future, and I will decide what to do with it at that point. (If it's a Jeter or something, I will sell it to someone who...I don't care, but they'll pay a lot. If it's a John Danks? I'll have an internal debate.) I just bought a couple 2012 Topps blasters and got a Mantle retired number patch card and a Mattingly fake jersey name card...I'm glad I opened the tiny white packs, and I will (hopefully) trade those in exchange for their Tiger equivalent at some point. I have fun with the hobby, and that's all we can ask out of any endeavor.
I am sure that I will get another rip card at some point in the glorious future, and I will decide what to do with it at that point. (If it's a Jeter or something, I will sell it to someone who...I don't care, but they'll pay a lot. If it's a John Danks? I'll have an internal debate.) I just bought a couple 2012 Topps blasters and got a Mantle retired number patch card and a Mattingly fake jersey name card...I'm glad I opened the tiny white packs, and I will (hopefully) trade those in exchange for their Tiger equivalent at some point. I have fun with the hobby, and that's all we can ask out of any endeavor.
Is the Suzuki EXT mini up for grabs?
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