To break or not to break?
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, 11-14-2013 at 05:01 PM (1383 Views)
I looking at an interesting situation. I recently won a hobby box of 2013 Bowman Platinum baseball from Topps (some Facebook thing - take a survey, respond to the post, and you are entered to win).
Now, my situation, which I admit is a good one to have. I'm not a baseball collector, so do I:
A) Sell the box on eBay
B) Break the box to satisfy my urge to break a box and possibly pull something big that I could either sell or trade for hockey stuff
C) Sit on the box for a while and hope it will go up in value
Option A is the "safest" option and gets me some $$$ in a relatively short amount of time, which I could use to buy some hockey wax (UD1) or singles. Option B is more risky, but the upside is a lot bigger. Option C is the most risky, and the upside is questionable, at best.
Realistically, there's zero chance I'd be able to store the box for any significant period of time before I'd break it. My conservative side is swayed by Option A. The hopelessly-addicted-to-sports-cards side wants Option B. On the plus side, since I won the box my wife can't really complain about it.
What would you do?