2007 A&G Hobby Box - disappointment....

[GreatAlbert]

are you willing to trade your base minis?

[CollecterOfBalls]

sure.. i need to get some credit around here anyway. Im pretty much be willing to get rid of everything, so ask away. Only problem is i dont really know the value of any of these or what the short prints are.. can someone point me in the right direction?

EDIT: found a list of the short prints.. are the mini short prints the same numbers as the base?

[Lester191]

Here is the short prints.

5 Stephen Drew, Arizona Diamondbacks SS
43 Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals 3B
48 Gary Matthews, Angels OF
58 Mike Mussina, New York Yankees P
63 Bengie Molina, San Francisco Giants C
107 Jason Varitek, Boston Red Sox C
110 Michael Young, Texas Rangers SS
119 Hunter Pence, Houston Astros OF
130 Jason Schmidt, Los Angeles Dodgers P
137 Jason Isringhausen, St. Louis Cardinals P
152 Carlos Lee, Houston Astros OF
159 Michael Barrett, Chicago Cubs C
178 Juan Pierre, Los Angeles Dodgers OF
193 Rich Hill, Chicago Cubs P
194 Francisco Cordero, Milwaukee Brewers P
203 Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers P
219 Dan Uggla, Florida Marlins 2B
222 Rocco Baldelli, Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF
224 Josh Bard, San Diego Padres C
243 Brad Hawpe, Colorado Rockies OF
263 Jim Edmonds, St. Louis Cardinals OF
301 Chris Duncan, St. Louis Cardinals OF
302 Augie Garrido, Champion Baseball Coach
303 Tyler Clippard, New York Yankees P
306 Morgan Ensberg, Houston Astros 3B
307 J.J. Hardy, Milwaukee Brewers SS
308 Mark Zupan, U.S. Quadriplegic Rugby Captain
309 Laila Ali, Boxing Champion
310 Greg Maddux, San Diego Padres P
316 Dan O'Brien, Decathlon Champion
317 Michael Bourn, Philadelphia Phillies OF
318 Jonny Gomes, Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF
319 Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! Champion
320 Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants OF
321 Gary Hall Jr., Swimming Champion
322 Kerri Walsh, Beach Volleyball Champion
325 Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians OF
326 Alex Rios, Toronto Blue Jays OF
327 Ted Toles, Pittsburgh Crawfords Pitcher & Outfielder
330 Bob Geren, Oakland Athletics OF
331 Dennis Rodman, Basketball Champion
334 Gustavo Molina, Chicago White Sox C
335 Bartolo Colon, Angels P
336 Misty May-Treanor, Beach Volleyball Champion
339 Jason McElwain, Greece Athena Trojans Manager & Player
340 Placido Polanco, Detroit Tigers 2B
345 Sammy Sosa, Texas Rangers DH
348 Roger Clemens, New York Yankees P
349 Jesse Litsch, Toronto Blue Jays P
350 Adam LaRoche, Pittsburgh Pirates 1B

[CollecterOfBalls]

So i called topps and the CSR told me i have to

1: send in my sales receipt for the box (if i can find it)
2: send the barcode from the box
3: send in a brief letter explaining my problem
4: include all 24 pack wrappers....As if Ive kept them each in a protective case just for this scenario...

But, after much digging through the trash, ill most likely send it all in and never hear about it again. thanks, topps.

[Enigma]

If you do not have all 24 wrappers, let me know as I have all of mine from my break today and I'll send you however many you need...

[CollecterOfBalls]

i might have to take you up on that... as i broke the box at girlfriends house and now im praying she didnt take out her trash. Can Topps tell what cards were in the packs by the wrappers? If i do need em, and they can tell that 2 pulls came from your wrappers, ill be SOL...

howd u do on the break anyway?

[sivjosh]

they just gave him the "on average" excuse. If topps pulls that crap on me, im done with them.

That would probably be the best you could do, because there isn't really any language that guarantees two in every box. It's the average.

It's strange. People complain all the time about bad breaks, missing hits, redemption cards, poor customer service....but until anyone really speaks up or organizes some sort of real "boycott," nothing is likely to change.

[CollecterOfBalls]

funny thing i just realized though... on the actual hobby box, i dont see it state that its an average anywhere... it simply says "look for any of the 2 following per box: auto, relics, pplates, 1887 orig." i dont even see it on the bottom... can someone confirm?

your right about things a changin though. They make so much more money than they invest, that it would take a huge group to boycott them before they even shrug their shoulders.

[sivjosh]

Yeah, well if that is the case, then I'd say you have a legitimate complaint. The "on average" is a pretty useful disclaimer. They could toss nothing in there and you'd just be below average.

[CollecterOfBalls]

well, got a small envelope from topps today. Inside was a very well packaged jason bay bat card. whoopie. but hey, it was less than a week and a half turnaround. Topps is still fine by me!