Topps Triple Threads HORROR STORY - With Topps response

[merv3278]

So yesterday I got a box of Topps Triple Threads baseball (2008) for Father's Day. Get ready for this, for a $200 plus box here is who I pulled...
/1350
Dale Murphy,Eric Chavez,Phil Rizzuto,Justin Verlander,Lance Berkman, Walter Johnson
/525
Gil Meche,Brad Penny
/250
Jimmy Rollins,Garrett Anderson
My "Hits"
Jonathan Albaladejo auto 42/99
Matt Holiday jersey /9

Now I've pulled a scrub 1/2 before, but having a box with Albaladejo and Holiday in it, then having no decent base cards with low #'s at all.... I mean come on now.

So I call Topps this morning, speak to a lady there. She appologizes and then says "We can send you out a pack of Topps"... A PACK OF TOPPS.... The base of Topps, a pack of base Topps.

At this point I told her I was done collecting Topps. Topps was clear in telling me they dont care much at all about their customers. And if you check my bucket, I had collected a large amount of Triple Threads in the past.

I will never, ever collect anything Topps again, and I did really like some of their stuff.

[gladdyontherise]

So your upset that you didnt do amazing? no offense, but its the chance you chose to take, its not Topps fault that every box doesnt have a Jeter or Pujols Auto or a HOF GU card, not close to a horror story, Topps really don't need to send you anything at all

[mouschi]

I concur. That is the nature of box breaks. I blew more $ on 6 boxes and didn't get much myself. That is how it goes. Trust me, you are susceptible to the exact same horror with any product.

[yankeesfan24]

So your upset that you didnt do amazing? no offense, but its the chance you chose to take, its not Topps fault that every box doesnt have a Jeter or Pujols Auto or a HOF GU card, not close to a horror story, Topps really don't need to send you anything at all

agreed

[merv3278]

I disagree with all of you... To buy a high end box and pull a guy who wont make it to the bigs and Holiday is ridiculous. And then to have someone send a pack of Topps series 1 is vinegar in the wound.

[gladdyontherise]

I disagree with all of you... To buy a high end box and pull a guy who wont make it to the bigs and Holiday is ridiculous. And then to have someone send a pack of Topps series 1 is vinegar in the wound.

It happens all the time, its big risk big reward, now lets say Topps messes up correlation and you get a Ryan Howard 1/1 Auto and a Pujols Auto from the box, would you send one of them back because you got more in value than you should have? it works both ways, i understand your upset you did bad, but Topps doesn't owe you anything, no card company will compensate you because you had a bad box, if they did, A) cards wouldnt be worth what they are and B) they'd probably be out of business

[merv3278]

It happens all the time, its big risk big reward, now lets say Topps messes up correlation and you get a Ryan Howard 1/1 Auto and a Pujols Auto from the box, would you send one of them back because you got more in value than you should have? it works both ways, i understand your upset you did bad, but Topps doesn't owe you anything, no card company will compensate you because you had a bad box, if they did, A) cards wouldnt be worth what they are and B) they'd probably be out of business

Have you ever seen a box with a Howard 1/1 auto and a Pujols auto in the same box or is that just a hypothetical to make your point? I havent and I read the board very often. Fact is it is a high end box, why is Albaladejo in there? I have collected many, many boxes, and a lot of high end. To have a box like this shouldnt happen.

Also, if Topps righted the wrong that was witnessed in store by their buyers they wouldnt go out of business. As a matter of fact they would have much more business from people they angered like me. That is called "good business".

[xnamyeknomx]

I understand what the OP is trying to say. He feels that out of a $200/box product when opened you should feel like u opened a $200/box product not a $20 product. But like was already stated thats the nature of the hobby, win some lose some. This was a loss. Hope the next one is a win for ya.

[garyg21]

I am also going to agree with the other posters.. it's a gamble. You got the hits, they just weren't very good.

[xnamyeknomx]

Have you ever seen a box with a Howard 1/1 auto and a Pujols auto in the same box or is that just a hypothetical to make your point? I havent and I read the board very often. Fact is it is a high end box, why is Albaladejo in there? I have collected many, many boxes, and a lot of high end. To have a box like this shouldnt happen.

Also, if Topps righted the wrong that was witnessed in store by their buyers they wouldnt go out of business. As a matter of fact they would have much more business from people they angered like me. That is called "good business".

My 1 box of TTT yielded a Ty Cobb triple bat (sold for $100), and this, so it is just a matter of luck: