What Purchases do you REGRET making?!!??!

[paul06901]

Ill start it off:

hmmm, not much, the most ive ever spent on a single was $80 on the Posey/Swift Dual Patch #/10......ummm

I guess ill have to go with my box buys. I seem to have the worst box buys ever, I mean you'd think after a while id be bound to hit something nice....well your wrong. I spent $150 per week for 3 weeks straight at a card shop near me, his stuff was WAY overpriced, but it was better than waiting for something to come in from ebay . Needless to say, I get about every possible common gu you can imagine, and if theres a guaranteed auto, I get a redemption for a common, or no auto at all lol. My parallels are always of the players who would make better fast food restaurant employees than bball players. So since that hell of a week, I stopped going there and switched to ebay/internet. Bought a box of bowman R&S when it went live, got a david harrison rc gu BV $8 and jason kidd gu BV $10, no gold refractor, only a regular refractor #/300 of chris bosh. Best RC was either a shaun livingston gold or dwight howard regular. Yep thats it, no auto in the box. So I sent in the box top via Certified mail like they insist, $5 just for that! I get the autograph in the mail, lo and behold....DAVID HARRISON!, so yeah thats about a good example of my lifetime ability to pull the cards nobody wants.


Lets hear your stories


EDIT: since the bowman box I have bought 2 boxes of E-XL, first box was decent with a Livingston Auto/Jersey Redemption and Dwight Howard Dual Jersey/Patch #/44. Second Box was pretty weak with an Al Jefferson Auto/jersey #/100 and Yao Ming 1 Color Patch #/50, also a Dwight Howard RC #/399. So maybe my luck is getting better, who knows, I have 2 boxes of 04/05 Fleer Throwbacks incoming, so I guess we'll see

[Yaoautos]

Most regrettable purchase:

My entire Yao Ming auto collection.


Yao is about as soft as they come when describing an NBA player. You would think being in his 3rd season he would have learned how to play the center position by now. Not to mention Van Gundy has NO IDEA how to use him. I am no expert, but I am SURE there aren't too many other 7'0+ centers setting picks along the perimeter..!!

Nevertheless, Yao is slow, awkward and at times extremely clumsy. This all from the 7'6 player who has been said to have "great balance and amazingly quick feet" (Yea, OK).

I am currently searching for another player to collect. One that actually might live up to his potential..unlike Mr. Yao. When I do find the player I want, I more than likely will use my Yao auto collection as trade bait to acquire autos of the player I choose.

Hell...according to the stats, Troy Murphy is the player I thought Yao would be. The guy quietly puts up double-doubles....ahhh, maybe in another life.

My rant for the day..thanks.

[Leader of Men]

Topps Jersey edition packs... :|

[collector181]

When I payed $15 for a Kevin Millwood Bowman Chrome RC

[mjbentzen]

2004 Ultimate Collection football $100.00 pack
Marshall Faulk Gold #/75
Thomas Tapeh RC #/750
Ahman Green #/750
Chad Pennington Jersey #/175
OUCH!!

2004 Playoff Prime Signatures Football $75.00 pack
Clarence Moore/ Josh Harris Dual Auto RC #/199
Fred Biletnikoff #/999
Antwaan Randle El #/999
Joey Harrington Proof #/50
OUCH!!!

2004 Topps Signature Edition Football $50.00 pack
Jerricho Cotchery Auto RC #/1499
Marshall Faulk Base
Laveranues Coles Base
Chad Johnson Base
Matt Hasselbeck Base
OUCH!!

2004-2005 SPx Basketball Box $138.00 box
Sasha Viujacic RC AUto Jersey #/1999 (so-so)
Allen Iverson/ Andre Iguodia Dual Jersey (so-so)
Romain Sato RC #/1999

But I made up with these....
2004 Fleer Greats of the Game Baseball Series 2
Edd Roush Cut Auto #/93 (nice!!)
Ted Williams/ Dom Dimaggio Dual Patch #/19 (Amazing)
Frank Robinson Autograph
Robin Roberts Autograph

2004 Leaf Certified Materials Football
Peyton Manning Mirror Black AUTO #1/1 (sold for $650.00)
David Carr Gold Team Jersey #/150 (Sold for $5)
Dan Marino Certified Skills Jersey #/175 (Sold for $25)
JP Losman Mirror Red Jersey Ball #/150 (Sold for $8)

2004 Donruss Classics Football (Both Were redemptions-Live Autos at sale time)
Sideline Generals Dual Auto Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer #/250 (sold for $40)
VIP Membership Jersey Auto Roger Staubach #10/25 (On ebay now)

[TParker9]

Stromile Swift collection (Even though he did own Yao last nigh )

[GaryG21]

10 albert belle bowman tiffany PSA 9 rookies for @$100 *** OUCH ***

[A_Kearns_Collector28]

the card I am SO GLAD I GOT:

99 TT Adam Dunn bought for $10.00,now BV is $95

biggest regret,sort of:

Josh Beckett Fleer Update: $1.00(BV $15 at time,now $7)Thats my worst,you win

[ugi802004]

The most I have ever spent on 1 single card is $80 and that is the Kobe Auto in my sig. There really isnt one card I can say I was regret now. But I would say the Sage Autographed edition packs. I got them for $15 a pack (they were $18 but he gave them to me for $15) I got some decent players, but the BV on them are very low.


-Andrew