What to do on a tight budget?

[mlee447]

Geting back into this hobby and in a spending mood as the holidays are approaching, with about $50-80 dollars as a budget what should I go for? Any boxes are within this price range (old or new) but have a solid yield of hits? Or should I get lots of singles and start trading on here?

[yazfan71]

If it were me, I'd just shop around for single items to add to your PC rather than take the chance on a box which could possibly be a bust. When you're on a budget it's better to go after what you really want.

[R. E. Lee]

Boxes are rip offs

[Redman5006]

Buy some singles (or one really nice card) that you really like for your personal collection. Busting packs is a real gamble like everyone has said. Once you have a little more money you can take a chance on a box and maybe trade the cards you dont want here on SCF. I collect strictly for fun and almost never open packs, instead I buy singles that I want for my PC.

[BSEBALLCOMMISH75]

Greetings:
As a person who has limited fundage as well I would start by seeing whats is available online on ebay for boxes and do some checking on the box/packs breaks here for reviews. Then go from there contrary to one persons belief saying buying boxes is rip-off its your collection collect what you feel is great then make some deals on SCF believe me everytime I get a box of something I am working on(I am a set builder) I check to see if there is others that might be doing the same thing and try to make a deal with them to complete my sets or get a lil closer unless I can find that one person who can complete it. Then if I find a couple of the retail places that offer random packs in the packages I try to find people that might be looking for the product I have and make deals that way as well if I find someone looking for specific team/player I try to let others know I dont have a trade page but I have blah blah to offer if they have something I need. I try to give fair deals everytime I make a deal like recently I sent someone 40 cards from their wantlist and hopefully when they recieve it they will think of me the next time they hit a show or shop that they look for my stuff as well what they want too. As like I stated before its your collection you can do what you feel is right for you.