Holiday Rack Packs?

[mferronibc]

I have seen a bunch of these Holiday Rack packs pop up on Ebay (the ones that have an image of Santa and Seasons Greetings written on them) anywhere from the early-60s to mid-80s and wondering what anyone's experience with them are. My understanding is they were put together by non-Topps entities second market therefore I assume they are made up of commons and unlikely to have a big hit if opened. That being said, I have seen a few mid-1970s rack packs going on Ebay with Aaron, Clemente and Ryan showing on the front so maybe this assumption is incorrect? Also doesn't look all that well protected in cheap cellophane so I doubt card grades end up super high in general (but better than years in bicycle spokes at least).

Has anyone ever bought these and found something worthwhile?

[Promethius88]

They are crap and still being made today. They go back to the 50's, have low to mid grade cards and they will put some stars in there to make them sell. I have seen "dealers" at shows trying to say how tough it is to get a 60's or early 70's rack. I move on and don't even look at the rest of their stuff as that shows me their general ignorance.

[ALR-bishop]

[ALR-bishop]

http://net54baseball.com/showthread....mas+rack+packs

http://net54baseball.com/showthread....mas+rack+packs

[1952boyntoncollector]

I almost made comment a few days ago about where is they next 'holiday rack pack' discussion going to start again..

we can just cut and paste the answers..

sort of like the NBA discussion about when a home team is up 2-0 in a series of best of 7 is it over for the other team

or for the divisional round in NFL whether a week of rest is better for the division winner versus the wild card team that played a round and isnt stale.

always the same discussion etc

[ALR-bishop]

They come up almost as often as threads complaining about 707, Dean and Yepdog prices