[jaredhuizenga]

My experience a few weeks ago with the 20 packs for $20 box at Walmart got the best of me again tonight

After ripping a handful of packs and landing a Ryan Braun rookie, Aroldis Chapman rookie, a Josh Thole '11 Heritage Chrome refractor, I turned my attention to the pack of '04 Fleer Greats of the Game. As I opened it I saw what I thought was a pack filler and thought nothing of it. As I got closer I saw there was writing on the back. I flipped it over and immediately wanted to vomit, knowing this was something I want, but can never have.

I can't get a hit to save my life from new stuff, but this one, this one has me considering never touching anything more than 2 years old again.

[jtwellsnyy51188]

Ouch...... I've never heard of redemptions in retail. I'm assuming its retail from Walmart....

[jaredhuizenga]

It was one of those "value boxes" that have a mix of old retail and hobby packs. This is the second one I've done and this was the first noteworthy card and it makes me a little sick. As for retail overall, there are some redemptions out there - I got a Platinum Harvey auto last year, a Norris auto and a Norris blue auto this year. They're rare, but they're out there.

[uvaspina]

The "Forever' part just rubs salt in the wound. Bummer!

[jaredhuizenga]

I've decided to take my case to Twitter - hit up Upper Deck and Topps ... see if someone will take pity on me and give me a little something. BVs of $60, $80 and NA because of scarcity makes me sad. And the fact that it's Nolan makes me even more sad. Fingers crossed that someone takes pity on me somewhere. lol

[JMarchand1981]

Those value boxes are pretty good if you have $40-$60 and 2-3 hours to just sit at home and rip open packs. Typically its several base set Topps products, a few 2008 UD baseball heroes and 2008 and 2009 UD X. Every so often you get a hit out of them. They are definitely good if you just feel like ripping packs open. Definitely bad if you ever want to see a return on the spent money.

[jaredhuizenga]

Definitely saw some different stuff in there tonight. Not as much low-end UD stuff as usual. Got some Stadium Club and a lot more Topps. The other one was a lot of UD X and O-Pee-Chee.

[elfeo013]

I dont know much about this redemption.. maybe you can help me out here.. is it for a baseball card with a little square of a jersey used by Ryan or is it for a full sized jersey/glove/hat etc... used by Ryan?

[jaredhuizenga]

I'm assuming it's a card. There's 4 listed with print runs of 25, 49, 99 and 149. I hope that's what it is and not something even better than a card. That would probably be enough to make me hop back out of the hobby. lol

[zeprock]

Maybe you could mail it to Nolan Ryan and ask him to please sign it.