You know I would rate this a ‘5’ if the price/tin was around $400 Cdn. I think that would be a fair price considering what most tins return in terms of price. I just watched a 3 tin break from an online breaker and after looking up all card sales on ebay, the return on tins was the following.

Tin 1 -> $240 Cdn

Tin 2 -> $250 Cdn

Tin 3 -> $290 Cdn

That comes out to a return of $780 !!!

Let’s say avg price/tin in Canada is $799 so a 3 tin case cost you $2397 !! You might as well take that $2397, go to ebay and buy yourself a high-end McDavid card from any of the other releases this year. Actually, even with the Cup, you can get a nice McD card for that price. I know…it’s not the same as risking all your money for the thrill of the hit but when you hit nothing, the buyers remorse is like a swift kick in the walnuts.

I love the Cup as a collector and it looks like more and more of us are being pushed to the sidelines to buy in the secondary market. I guess that is fine when you see the majority of people liquidating on ebay for super cheap prices.

My other issue is with the greedy distributors and hobby shops. Come on..all breaks started at about $155 Cdn to be in a random 6 box case break. Multiple that $155 x 30 teams and the breakers pull in $4650/case. Any ideas on the hobby shop cost/case to start with? Let’s say they got it for $400/tin or $2400/case. That would mean each break is bringing in $2K Cdn to the breakers minus shipping costs & their time. I mean…come on. Now the breaks are up to $175 Cdn for a 6 box random so now the breakers make $5250/6 tin case break minus their costs which to be fair let’s say it cost them $500/tin or $6000/case. They are still pulling in over $2k profit in each break. Sorry…but when you treat your customers with a garbage returns like this, you will get what is coming to you in the form of lost business and sales. Everyone needs to make money but how much is enough?

Better hope you hit a /99 rookie or other low probability hit card b/c otherwise you are getting a bar of soap, in a pillowcase, to the head. Really…the only return is hitting a McDavid & we all know the chances on that.

I will compliment UD on the cards though. Beautiful, great quality & probably the lowest amount of redemptions I have seen yet. I will crucify UD on the point of ‘EVENT USED’ vs ‘Game Used’ though. What a joke. You want collectors to dish out $700+ Cdn for a bunch of non-gamed used patches in your HIGHEST end product. Ya….so you have game used in the limited logos. So what?

Happy collecting & good luck to those that buy the Cup.