I got shut out when Topps celebrated their new online presence with a month of giveaways. My daughter won a box of Hannah Montana from Beckett and a box of Signature Stars from Upper Deck. I came close to winning a beautiful Bob Cousy autographed card, but I want a little overboard on my confidence in the Celtics and picked them to sweep the Heat which led to a low guess on points scored for the series.
That’s all changed a little bit recently though. The first victory came out of the blue and wasn’t from a contest. I just happened to be browsing the Topps Facebook page and noticed that someone had made a comment asking if they could return off-center Stephen Strasburg cards to Topps for replacements. Topps replied to let the poster know that they would be replacing these cards if they were sent in. Being the smart ass that I am, I replied that they could just send their cards to Beckett and have them graded as 9.5s. I don’t see the comment on the Topps page anymore, but one person who saw it before it was deleted really appreciated it.
Steve Mandy from Attack of the Baseball Cards in Union, New Jersey sent me a message on Facebook letting me know that he found my comment very funny and letting me know that he wanted to send me some packs that Strasburgs could possibly be pulled out of. I sent off my address and a few days later had a package arrive containing one pack each of 2009 TRISTAR Prospects+, 2010 Bowman, 2008 Timeline and 2008 SP Authentic. I wasn’t lucky enough to pull a Strasburg, but I did get a Red Sox Chrome prospect, a Bowman Throwback (absolutely love this set) and some other cool cards. Attack looks like a very cool card shop and I can see why. If Steve is willing to send off packs of cards to random people on Facebook, I can only imagine what he does for his customers in the store. Thanks again Steve!
The next big piece of news arrived when I checked Facebook this morning. You may recall that I went out to the Basketball Hall of Fame to see the Panini Adrenalyn tour bus when it was visiting. On the way out, I snapped some pictures of the tour bus with the Hall of Fame. It’s a good thing that I did because Panini ended up running a contest for the best picture of yourself with the bus. I was notified today that I was the winner of the contest. The prize? Check it out below:
Wow, this is a very cool prize. I’ve seen a few of these autographed patch cards in person and they’re very nice looking. It would be cooler if it was a Celtics player, but I’m not going to complain too much. I can’t wait to see this card when it arrives. Kobe stuff should be even more desirable now that LeBron has given up on trying to build his own legacy and is now willing to try and be carried to some championships.
I now pass the luck on to someone else and hope to read some cool stories of other people winning some cool items.
5 comments:
Very nice. Do you plan on selling it? That card could buy you some Celtics cards.
Congrats man.
Thanks,
Selling it is very tempting and that might be the thing to do eventually, but I think it might be better served if I hold on to it as something to trade for some amazing Celtics card that someone else may pull. Maybe some Lakers fan out there pulls a Larry Bird or Bill Russell autograph they don't really want and are looking for a Kobe.
Wow, that's awesome. I agree with the trade plan. That's a pretty good prize and def makes up for you previous bad luck.
I have a John Lester red ink Bat Barrel autograph # 4/5 I can trade for it
Maybe spice it up with a few other cards?
Jay,
That a tempting offer, but for right now I think that I'm going to hold onto it unless I can find a similar card of a Celtic to trade for.
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