Ncaa Basketball 2011: box break

box break

Last December 2009, I bought six unopened basketball boxes at Dave and Adam's Card World through their website.

It was my first time to buy from them and I was shocked when a UPS agent emailed me that I have to pay customs tax in the amount of around $110 before they will deliver the package to me.

After that incident, I vowed never to buy boxes from them anymore.

However, it seems the itch to bust some boxes is getting to me that I decided to browse their site again for some offers.

It also helped that some members of the nbacardsph forum offered me some advice on how to circumvent that exorbitant customs tax. You can read the thread here.

I ordered the boxes on July 1, 2010 with a request to label my package as a gift and shipping through USPS instead of UPS.

On July 15, a claim slip from the post office arrived and I was glad that the tax is only P35 or around .75 cents.

Of course I was very happy.

Here's my package and the precious content:

Please follow the links below to check out my box breaks:

12 FREE packs from 08-09 SP Authentic

08-09 SP Rookie Threads

08-09 Topps Signature

08-09 Hot Prospects

08-09 SPx

box break

When I was younger and still a student, I just buy packs from the early to mid 90's products since I can't afford to buy boxes.

Now that I'm older and can afford to buy, I have bought boxes from current products but not from those old ones.

At the nbacardsph forum, I read a post that a local seller based in Manila was selling some soI decided to buy boxes from 97-98 Ultra and 97-98 Skybox Premium, even though I was warned that some of the cards have stuck together due maybe to old age plus the humidity in our country.

The seller also gave me 5 FREE packs of 99-00 UD Ionix.

The boxes arrived on July 15, 2010 and these are what I got:

97-98 Ultra Series 2 - each box contains 24 packs, each pack contains 10 cards

The hits:

I got three Michael Jordans!

* View to a Thrill insert

* Star Power insert

* '98 Greats subset

VERDICT: ******* 7 out of 10 stars

97-98 Skybox Premium Series 1 - each box contains 24 packs, each pack contains 8 cards

The hits:

* Shareef Abdur-Rahim Premium Players insert with 1:144 odds of getting

* Allen Iverson Rock 'n Fire insert

* Tim Duncan Next Game insert

Rookie cards - Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Chauncey Billups

I almost got the complete base set with only card #12 ? and #48 Scottie Pippen missing.

VERDICT: ****** 6 out of 10 stars

Although I got no big hits really, I felt like a kid again opening packs from yesterday. Especially the Ultra where every pack has an insert.

I also realized how tough it really is to get high-end inserts from these products.

Ironically, I got a Shawn Marion rookie-year auto from the FREE packs of Ionix.