I got an NPN from Bowman Sterling in today.

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Never heard of him, but sweet! Love free!

Congrats on the npn. I also got back Bowman Sterling. Mine is an refractor auto from Darrell Hackney numbered 172/500. I also was sent an Bowman Original baseball bo29 Shaun Cumberland numbered 37/99. You gotta love the free ones!

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Thanks!

Edit-->Whoops this post was 6 months ago. I was wondering where Bowman Sterling NPNs came from so late. Must be from the merger.

Generally speaking, what have been your odds on getting a NPN? I mean...if you send out 10, how many are you generally going to get back, on average?

I must have sent out 40 to 50 the past year. I can say that I have gotten about 10-15 back. I remember 2 bsktball GU cards, 1 baseball GU, 1 baseball auto, 1 ftball auto and the rest that came back were more minor inserts. The GU'd and autos were worth the postage I used and it's fun to get NPN's in the mail. I know UD threw in a couple mini hockey jerseys with one NPN along with the cards. All I can say is give it a shot it's only a stamp.

indyreds (http://sportscardforum.com/member.php?u=24420) - What exactly do you do? Just send something in saying you want some NPN promotional item?

It is explained how to enter in for a NPN chance on the back of your sportscard pack wrappers when you buy them. It usually tells you to send the company a 3x5 index card with your name address and phone number to an address stated for the card company. Most companies limit you to one entry to household per specific product. UD even limits you to one entry per day across their product lines. You end up having a chance to win insert cards at the same insertion rate as in the packs. It is free cards when you win the card compnay actually pays to mail you the cards. I'd say I win a card around 25% of the time when I do NPN. Please post your NPN info from new wrappers on this site when a new product comes out and post when you win your first card! The drawing date for winners is on the wrappers also for most companies and the winners usually get cards about 3wks after that date, so it is a long wait.
Thanks!