Doing a study

[haybierman]

Going to start keeping a spreadsheet of my box purchases, the hits I get from them, and how much I sell them for.

Basically I am trying to figure out which boxes have a greater percentage of making back your money based on significant hits (not $2-$3 GU and the like), as well as the actual number of significant hits per box.

I'm also only buying boxes online to reduce cost as per taxes and just basic storefront overhead.

Of course, being that I collect three sports this is going to be a little cumbersome but I will try to do as much as I can.

So far I've only busted an 05 FB Ultimate Collection and recouped 45% of my investment in the box. That's the standard so far.

Have a box of 07 BB Topps Sterling on the way.

Will update when necessary.

[mintman2]

Dave,

Good tool for trying to keep track of how much your actually spending but I don't think such a limited sample will really give you a true measure of a product's value.

[OnePimpTiger]

How are you judging making your money back? By BV or sell value? And if sell value, are you actually going to sell them and take that price or just find an average from eBay or something like that?

Good luck with the study any way you do it. If I went by my box purchases I would only have 1 entry in the last 5-6 months

[haybierman]

mintman I agree that I won't really have a sample size that would be statistically satisfying but at least the study will give a roundabout idea of how much in value one can expect from a box.

OnePimp - I'm judging by the number of hits and will either sell outright or look for values on ebay. Either will work.

[Insane Irish]

Yeah you gotta go by sell value if it relates to getting your money back, what good does a $100 Book value card do ya if it sells for $10!

[haybierman]

Yeah BV is, for the most part, irrelevant.