2020 Topps Chrome Sapphire - Checklist Up

[Swipe79]

Just got tracking on my two boxes.

[esoxwaters]

Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw

If you can show me a 115-120% ROI in a week with virtually no effort, let me know.

That's not the case here either. This equates to a 15-20% ROI. Still not a terrible return but just sayin'....

[SupermanBrandon]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

Just got tracking on my two boxes.

Ive already received my 4 boxes.

[Bob Ross]

Break videos have been brutal.

[SupermanBrandon]

BO's Bounty is $60

[Mandy1320]

Entered the raffle.

Struck out on FF and BB. Going for the hat trick!!

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by SupermanBrandon

BO's Bounty is $60

Remember when BO’s opening bounty was $75 last year?

[djohn]

I actually just got a shipping confirmation from Topps for my order. That has to be the fastest I ever got one after ordering.

[jjo1776]

Well this release has been lackluster so far

[cj828282]

Received tracking and will be here tomorrow. Now to decide to open or flip.

[Jamesebee]

...about the raffle aspect this time around. I'm certain the policy change leads to the potential for further delays (heck, I bet if you did some sentiment analysis between the BB thread and this thread a few months from now, you'll see almost the same patterns of discussion taking place).

An 8500 box, 8500-order ($2.2M in BB sales!) business day is nothing to sneeze at, and I anticipate these having a similar (higher? lower?) print run. There may be less takers at that price, too. But is the increase in price necessarily enough to justify the bottlenecks? Does my $300 spend better locally or on a more available box at my hobby shop/eBay/Blowout? I can't say for sure...

I have marginally better hope this time around that I'll see my box before Halloween.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by Jamesebee

...about the raffle aspect this time around. I'm certain the policy change leads to the potential for further delays (heck, I bet if you did some sentiment analysis between the BB thread and this thread a few months from now, you'll see almost the same patterns of discussion taking place).

An 8500 box, 8500-order ($2.2M in BB sales!) business day is nothing to sneeze at, and I anticipate these having a similar (higher? lower?) print run. There may be less takers at that price, too. But is the increase in price necessarily enough to justify the bottlenecks? Does my $300 spend better locally or on a more available box at my hobby shop/eBay/Blowout? I can't say for sure...

I have marginally better hope this time around that I'll see my box before Halloween.

There were an estimated 32,000+ boxes last year. I expect there to be more this year.

[Jamesebee]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

There were an estimated 32,000+ boxes last year. I expect there to be more this year.

Wow. Thanks for sharing!

If it simply matches last year's PR--that's a cool $9.6M in sales for a single product.

[SmokeyJ]

Originally Posted by esoxwaters

That's not the case here either. This equates to a 15-20% ROI. Still not a terrible return but just sayin'....

Also, the original quote about that price was about the ROI after a year of holding (not a week).

[cj828282]

I can't see a higher print run with the limited boxes being allotted unless a ton is going to partners/vendors as yrocks noted. Just wonder what Topps benefits by giving partners/vendors such a big share and great deal with the Topps exclusives. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

[tcdyess]

Originally Posted by cj828282

I can't see a higher print run with the limited boxes being allotted unless a ton is going to partners/vendors as yrocks noted. Just wonder what Topps benefits by giving partners/vendors such a big share and great deal with the Topps exclusives. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Retail Chrome Sapphire

[gabmets]

Even at that price it sold out already.

[tcdyess]

Originally Posted by gabmets

Even at that price it sold out already.

that was never in question.....

[oddstuff]

Good...one product I won't need to have this year.

[SupermanBrandon]

Does this mean my 20x Bichette base cards are going to cost me a little more than I expected?

[jeff24k]

Sold out? Did the bots exploit the link and buy with non-MC accounts? Man you'd think at some point Topps would figure this whole thing out.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by jeff24k

Sold out? Did the bots exploit the link and buy with non-MC accounts? Man you'd think at some point Topps would figure this whole thing out.

Either that or they allocated fewer boxes to MC members than every membership maxes out would have allowed.

[thecardscout]

anyone wanna order me a box? Would pay a little extra!

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by jeff24k

Sold out? Did the bots exploit the link and buy with non-MC accounts? Man you'd think at some point Topps would figure this whole thing out.

I don't think so...think it was a smaller allotment for MC purchases. Not every MC holder were guaranteed 2 boxes apparently as I passed on it. I think a ton of this stuff is going direct to distributors. As someone said, looks like this has become a "retail/hobby" product instead of membership.

[Archimedes]

Sold out - if anything, Topps priced it too low.