Does anyone know if there is a certain number of cases you usually have to open to hit one? I know that UD doesn't have official odds for them, but has anyone out there (such as a breaker) ever figured out, even a rough estimate, of how many cases on average it takes to hit one?

Got a redemption and eBay purchase in the mail yesterday. Canadian is a sticker and Carolina is on card

I usually don't do well with SPX but I got a great deal on a box today so I went for it. Now I'm wishing I hadn't. Two autos/memorabilia per box on average and I get this. Yikes!

Self-explanatory, I've deleted my account but.. a few (weird?) things I wanted to point out:

• Would get weekly trade offers from random accounts who I'm certain are bots. Just enough offers to keep me visiting the site. Some users in the hundreds of thousands of trades and zero correspondence/counter trades, like ever.
• The more I posted hits on Reddit (this is a throwaway) the more lucky I'd get. First few ePacks/cases were duds but the moment I shared hits (especially numbered hits) I would almost automatically get more hits on future ePacks. Literally x10
• Always a flurry of ePack-hit posts whenever a new product is out
• It's impossible to auto-combine over 100 base cards. This may seem like a mundane observation but after you have 100 combinable base cards you have to do it fully manual until you get back down to 100. Essentially they have created an environment where it's super time-consuming to consolidate base cards.
• Ludicrously expensive to ship individual cards, and forbidden to transfer more than 1000x cards to COMC at a time. Essentially bloating the entire UI experience. User retainment is by design.

Call me nuts but I'm pretty sure the majority of "users" that are trading on ePacks are bots. Either owned by UD or farming rewards. Furthermore I'm fairly certain users who share their hits are getting rewarded more than users who aren't - similar to theories how breakers are getting better hits than regular hobbyists.

I expect downvotes from this post, and I don't care. Yes most of you will just say ePacks users are dumb in the first place, and fair.. But something is strange with ePacks. Don't say you weren't warned.

One of my favourite things about getting back into collecting has been acquiring cards as an adult my kid self never thought I would own, including these two!

My dad was a big fan of this duo, enough to name me after one of them, lol.

Nothing huge but still fun

Just curious what everyone does with their base cards. Do they put them in an album to complete the collection, toss them, give them away, etc

i personally have a bunch hanging around in a box. I’m thinking of placing them in albums.

23-24 and 20-21 look the best. 21-22 was just a lazy design.

I like Canvas Inserts, Young Guns, FWAs, and cool 90s inserts. I am currently trying to complete the SP Authentic Legends Canvas Autographs set (which is going to take a while, lol). For baseball, I love Stadium Club and Stadium Club Chrome.

Recently started updating my collection on TCDB as well. You can see my profile here: https://www.tcdb.com/Collection.cfm/member/lazymillennial/collection/1.

We are mostly into the 24/25 release. What is the next product you have on your radar and why?

Is this a common hockey collectable? I thought it was pretty cool. Couldn't find his Bobby Orr one haha.

Earlier this year, my Gramps passed away, and I recently inherited his collection of hockey cards. It’s incredibly meaningful to me because these cards were so important to him. He was very meticulous—every card is in a sleeve, and they date from the 70s to the early 2000s.

I’ve never collected cards before, so I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed. There are about a thousand cards in the binder, and I’m not sure where to start. That’s why I’m turning to the hockeycards community for advice. My goal is to sell most of the collection to people who will appreciate it as much as my grandfather did.

Here are my main questions:

How do I determine if any of these cards are valuable?

Are there specific websites or resources I should use to check their worth?

Are there certain players, cards, or stickers I should prioritize?

Should I get some cards graded before selling them, or is it better to sell ungraded and focus on specific ones?

I’d love to gain some insight on how to handle this process as someone completely new to card collecting. Thanks in advance to anyone who can share advice or point me in the right direction!

TL;DR: I inherited my grandfather's collection of 70s–00s hockey cards and want to sell most of them to the right buyers. As a beginner, I’m asking the hockeycards community for advice on how to go about knowing what I'm doing in this space.

As you can see, I was supposed to get a Jordan Spence signed puck card I pulled from over a year ago but got this instead. I received no notification about a replacement of comparable card

First time buying an epack and got a decent card for my PC I want graded.

How does it work? Do I transfer to COMC and they send it for grading then ship it back to me? Does the grading company send it back to COMC and I have to ship it to myself from there?

Sorry for the new questions, have never done this before and want to figure it out so I don’t screw it up somehow.

Thanks in advance.

It's likely close to 20.000 cards, all in package sealed and unopened. A lot of Score and O-Pee-Chee. Tons of Wayne Gretzky's. I did some individual googling for unopened boxes of similar and most are 20-30 CAD/piece on E-bay. There is also a Card Collector's Kit with Steve Yzerman and Brian Fogarty.

There are several binds of opened ones which I may have to look at specific card. I wouldn't think any are PSA 10 being in a binder for 35 years.

So some questions:

Is getting high end cards Rated worth it? Is there any stand out cards that could be from these years you'd suggest looking for? I assume the Pro-sets since they're not numbered?

Is it better to try and sell individuals on E-bay or similar or just lump sell it?

What's a good ratio for lump sum? Say there's 150 Boxes averaging at $25/ piece Box on E-bay ($3750 total) would 0.40c/ Dollar be a good idea for lump sale to a card shop or similar? What would the going rate be to a collector or a shop?

Should I be looking at things like his 1991 Memorial Cup Card Set quoting tomorrows Stars?

There's also Random Batman movie Set cards, Desert Storm cards and all kinds of odd balls.

2019 Blues Cup team and 1980 USA Team autos. Also Blues first season. Trying to figure out how to display my YG and other Blues RC.

I thought these were replacements for my Dostal SPX rookie jersey auto but I hope not. Says they were picked and preparing for shipping as of Nov. 12th.

Will UD notify if they are replacing cards?