[pyweed]

WOW, I was planning on picking up a couple boxes of Platinum this weekend but I don't like what I am seeing! LOL

I hear you. This is one of the reasons I like to bust and grade publicly. A lot of the information we get about products comes from people who bust and then only post when they hit something amazing. It's totally understandable, but it's not too helpful to get only good news about a product. Secondly, you really do need multiple cases of break to understand a product. Some are rotten all the way through (2008 Bowman Chrome football), some are consistently solid (I'd put 2010 Bowman Platinum in this category), and most are highly variable from box to box. A key question is whether the big hits balance out the bad boxes, which you can't really determine with a small sample.

So far I'm hoping that the hits will balance things out a bit, but I admit not being optimistic.

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Come on good luck... Sorry to say that the usa is only going for 25 avg on the bay...

Agreed. I was using a back of the hand estimate of $28, but that may be optimistic.

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BTW, in case you didn't know, there's a lot of anger about the disconnect between the preliminary checklist and the actual product.
http://atlantasportscards.com/blog/2011/...8N.twitter

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Case #1, Box #10

Green prospect refractors /599: Chun-Hsiu Chen, Drew Pomeranz
Auto: Joe Benson
Green auto /399: Adam Warren
Auto relic redemption: Trevor Bell
Dual auto: Gary Sanchez/Jesus Montero

Grade: C
Comments: Wow, these relics are killing me. Nice dual auto.

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Case #1, Box #11

Green prospect refractors /599: Marcel Ozuna, Manny Banuelos
Autos: Dickie Joe Thon, Cutter Dykstra
Auto relic: Jake McGee

Grade: F+
Comments: Could be worse, but not much. De Los Santos appears to be the contest card. Go Brad Penny!