is this selfish?

[dirtydistance]

recently i bought 3 boxes of topps wwe heritage. my original plan was to open one box for myself and give the other 2 to my cousins, 20 and 14, as Christmas gifts who are big WWE fans. However, after looking at my box, and getting crap. Not even completing a base set, getting a bunch of doubles and 8 stickers(only should get 6 per box), and no relics, i am thinking about breaking open the other 2 boxes and trying to complete 3 sets, while giving them most of the stickers, maybe a relic and keeping the auto(s) for myself. i realize that this doesnt allow them the joy of opening the packs, but i put 80 bucks into this, and wish i came out with something a little better. what are your thoughts on this. in one way, i think it would kill me to open them and take away there fun, but the bad side of me, wants to rip them all open, keep the inserts and give those guys each a set of their own, which in itself, is still a pretty decent Christmas gift(worth say 15-20 bucks? more to them since they get all the superstars)

[dirtydistance]

i do have some inserts, i have all 3 of the retail event used mat cards, and i have a hulk hogan used shirt (none for trade or sale as i like these), but none were pulled from this box i opened

[dirtydistance]

on another side note, i did give my cousin all the tony gwynns he needed that i had duplicates of, since he also is a fan, i am thinking i gave up $75 or so bv for his birthday...so that was a pretty generous gift there!

[dirtydistance]

mostly base, but there were over 100 of them with some decent inserts

[tutall]

first off no quadruple posting.... second why not order a few more boxes?

[Trains975]

Hey!!!!! Well I Believe I would Go with Your Original thought Since it is the Time For Giving... I Know that Little Devil Inside of ya is Eating At ya and wanting Ya to Rip Open the Other Boxes But Just Step back and Think About the Joy that Your 2 Cousins will Have Also of Opening their Boxes... You Also will Enjoy the Joy that They have While they Are Opening them...



Just Think About it.... Have a HAPPY Holiday!!!!






THANKS ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[roger16]

"is this selfish?"

Only you can make that decision.

[artofaggression]

its Xmas time for goodness sakes...be a little demon the rest of the year, but for once do the right thing and make your cousins day....would you want someone to shred your intended box?

ho ho ho

[sivjosh]

If you open these other boxes and they turn out like the first, you won't have three sets and you won't have presents to give. If you give the boxes as presents, you'll likely have two happy cousins and two potential trading partners with some cards that you want.

[dirtydistance]

well..ok...but what i wanted to do is minor compared to this ebay seller

http://cgi.ebay.com/24-Topps-WWE-Her...QQcmdZViewItem