Case Busters Sound Off

[tarheelsnipe]

I've almost always bought singles from my personal want list and an occasional a hobby box. I'd like to hear from the case busters. Do you ever get your money's worth? It seems like since the companies release the stats such as "one Level 1 auto per case", it would be almost more of an advantage to buy a case than a hobby box. How do they determine who is a Level 1? I know the big names like MJ, Kobe, and Lebron. Who else? I've come close to buying a case from various releases in the past, but I never quite understood the "Level 1" or "Level A" autos. It used to be that you bought boxes searching for the SP card like the MJ baseball or the David Robinson RC. The "guarantee" thing sort of ruins is for me. Armed with that knowledge, I could see why a hustler would buy a case, bust it for the gem, then sell the rest of the hobby boxes on Ebay.

[willsting8]

Usually Topps has the names of all of the possible player autos on the sides of the hobby boxes and which classes they fall in, but I'm not sure about Upper Deck.