I'm doing something most of you probably couldn't do

[Leafsman]

Hi folks,

How was your holidays?

I must have been good, or Santa tried to shut me up LOL. I got some nice stuff.

I got an iPad (which I vowed I would never need but someone gave me one anyway), $40 of iTunes cards, a silver chain, clothes, lots of nick-knacks and...a tin of 2014-15 Upper Deck Series I hockey cards!

However, other than chocolate or candy, I do not touch anything under my tree until I take down the tree and decorations. From Christmas day till I take down the tree and decorations is two weeks.

Do you think you could wait two weeks to open a box of cards?

Tony

[geschrocks33]

I could give an explanation but I'll simply put it this way:

Nope.

[pur3strpker0]

Echoing what geshrocks says:

Not a chance lol.

My record for buying a box and not opening it lasted about an hour.

[MacDuff77]

I've had 4 Walmart Black Friday blasters sitting under the tree for over a month... going to open them New Years eve. Also had about 50+ random packs from retail bins, hobby store sales since the FALL sitting in my stocking. Finally opened those on Boxing Day, haha... so I guess I do have *some* restraint!

[Leafsman]

I've had 4 Walmart Black Friday blasters sitting under the tree for over a month... going to open them New Years eve. Also had about 50+ random packs from retail bins, hobby store sales since the FALL sitting in my stocking. Finally opened those on Boxing Day, haha... so I guess I do have *some* restraint!

Kudos on your patience! Nice knowing there is at least someone out there like me with will power LOL

[RGM81]

I could but I don't need that kind of negativity in my life. LOL

[30ranfordfan]

ha! not a chance.

If you handed me a pack of 90-91 Proset right now, I'd be scrambling to see if I was finally lucky enough to pull out a Stanley Cup Hologram.


Geeze, I even recall me and a friend laughing about the joys of opening packs of hockey cards (specifically Tim Horton's) while driving. That's how patient I am :)



NOTE: I do not encourage opening packs while driving.

[dmaksymyshyn]

I had two walmart blasters under the tree for a couple weeks. No way it was lasting until Noon on Christmas day. So...no.

[Leafsman]

Most of you sound like you are addicted!

For me this is only a hobby and I know that whatever is in the box now will be there on January 7.

I enjoy opening packs but aside from my rule of waiting till the tree and decorations are down, having adequate supplies is also an issue. I don't have many suitable toploaders so if I open packs and get a card that I deem worthy of putting in a toploader, I cannot do so right away.

Why bother opening if you don't have any toploaders? I am not one of those people that trades for a card and takes it out of the holder to take a close look. I don't like handling my cards either.

[pwskelly]

I recently found two tins of 12-13 Upper Deck that I had stored in my closet. I waited until the weekend to open them and finally hit MacKinnon. WOoooooooo. In this circumstance, forgetfulness was key!