Reverse Boxes

Some high end products run huge risks of not producing enough value for the price of the boxes they're in.  Because of this, I prefer bargain hunting and doing reverse boxes of products.

Here's the most recent reverse boxes I've put together.

2014 National Treasures

Cost of 1 Hobby Box: $425

Each box contains 8 total cards including (4 autographs, 1 book, 3 additional auto/relic/gem card)

What I got for $425

Roberto Clemente bat relic 6/25

Willie Stargell Cut AUTO and jumbo bat booklet 7/10

Gerrit Cole on card AUTO and jumbo jersey 32/49

Jameson Taillon Jersey Patch 2/25

Gregory Polanco Colossal Prime Jersey Patch 14/25

Bill Mazeroski On Card Autograph Hall of Fame 2/10

Paul Waner Diamond 12/20

Dave Parker Notable Nicknames 40/99

Gregory Polanco Silhoutte Jumbo Jersey Patch/AUTO 7/25

Gerrit Cole MLB Player's Choice Patch/AUTO 3/5

Jose Bautista "Joey Bats" Bat Relic Booklet 8/10

2014 Topps Triple Threads

Cost of 1 Hobby Box: $190

Each box contains 14 cards including 2 autographs, 2 relics, and 4 parallels

What I got for $190 (finished with 2 boxes worth of cards for less than $190)

Base Cards
Alvarez, Cole, McCutchen, Polanco, Piazza (ok technically I didn't complete the base card challenge, but I'm sure I can find some cheap base cards to say I did it if I really wanted to spend the money just for trade bait.)

Parallels:
McCutchen (emerald /250)
Clemente (emerald /250)
Polanco (gold /99)
McCutchen (Gold /99)
Alvarez (Gold /99)
Alvarez (Amethyst /325)
Cole (gold /99)
Cole (amethyst /325)

Rookie Autograph
Polanco (/100) 

Triple Relic:
Beltre/Alvarez/Sandoval "Hot Corner" /36
Cutch/Bautista/Cespedes "Pure" /27

Triple Auto/Relic:
Lambo (Emerald /50)

Autographed Jumbo Relic
Marte (emerald /50)
Grilli (prime patch /10)

Unity Jumbo Relic:
Cole /27 & /36


2014 Topps Tribute
Each box Sold for $185
Each box contained 4 numbered autographs and 2 numbered relics along with 12 base cards

Jason Grilli 1/1 Insciption "Grill CHeese" AUTO

Jason Grilli 29/40

Starling Marte 23/25

3 Pink autos up for trade (Gregorius, Heyward, Raines)

Game Used Baseball 7/10 MLB Debut

Jersey Relic 65/99

2013 Topps Tribute
Each Box Sold for $200-$250 upon release
Each box contained 3 autographs and 4 hits
3 Autographs $54.49

2013 Topps Tribute Starling Marte Sepia AUTO 18/35

Starling Marte sepia
numbered 10/35
Cost $28.50 shipped

2013 Topps Tribute CJ Wilson AUTO 43/99

CJ Wilson
numbered 43/99
Cost $11 shipped

2013 Topps Tribute Gary Sheffield AUTO 22/24

Gary Sheffield stickered auto
numbered 22/24
Cost $14.99 shipped

4 Relics $69.79
My reverse box was a Pirates hot box. It even contained 4 relics

2013 Tribute Retired Remnants BAT 88/99

Roberto Clemente Retired Remnants
numbered 88/99
Cost $31.24

2013 Tribute Retired Remnants GOLD 10/15 Jersey Willie Stargell

Willie Stargell Retired Remnants Gold
numbered 10/15
Cost $20.41

2013 Tribute to the Stars 68/99

Andrew McCutchen Tribute to the Stars Jersey Relic
numbered 68/99
Cost $12.99

2013 Tribute to the Stars 31/99

Jose Bautista Tribute to the Stars
numbered 31/99
Cost $5.15

Base Cards

Andrew McCutchen $1.45

Willie Stargell $1.50

Rather than spending money for the actual base cards, I just estimated them at $1.50 a piece.
22x$1.50 = $33
So to recap
3 Autos (1 Sepia) $54.49
4 Relics (one gold) $69.79
$124.28
24 Base Cards $36 (estimate)
$150.28 for 4 hits that I actually wanted and 3 autographs of players I actually like.  This equated to $100 less than the price of the actual box.  Um....yeah, I think I'll stick to buying singles of high end products.