There are supposedly about five autographs per box. So by buying thirteen packs, I was expecting to hit about two to three autographs. I emailed Steel City Collectibles prior to my order asking why the hobby packs were loose packs and not in a sealed hobby box. They said that the hobby box was damaged, but the hobby packs were fine. Who knows if that's the truth or not, but Steel City is a reputable seller so I figured I could trust them.
Well, here's the haul from those thirteen packs:
You will note that there are ZERO autographs.
Yup, thirteen packs and $181.35 later, I have nothing to show for this break except a few worthless inserts. I found it hard to believe that I didn't even hit one autograph. Were these packs searched? They didn't seem tampered with or resealed.
I looked on YouTube for some other box breaks, and it does seem like boxes having less than the advertised autograph content is a common problem. I saw a few breaks where there was one or zero autographs in an entire box. So I guess that is what happened with the hobby box that these loose packs came from.
I knew that buying these hobby packs was going to be a risk. I wasn't expecting a return on my money. But I wasn't expecting it to be this much of a disaster. And boy, was this a disaster. It's painful to think what other cards I could have purchased with that $181.35 instead. Ugh.
