Damaged Card going back to Topps Question

[redsoxfan1979]

I was at a card show about a week ago. I saw someone selling boxes of 2010 Topps Chrome at a decent price so I purchased a couple boxes of different things.


I got home and opened the box and pulled a sweet card.

Gold Ivan Nova Auto #/50 BV 150 the issue is, its like all Chrome products 80/20 centered.

I called Topps and they said to send it in with Wrapper ect. If they cant replace it they will replace it with a card of equal BV.

Has anyone done this before? I like Nova I collect him and think he is gonna be a decent SP in the bigs.

Thanks for any advice or similiar stories

 

[ffman]

Honestly, I am surprised they are offering a replacement for a centering issue - since centering is a common problem with Chrome products.

I would be scared that the "card of equal BV" will turn into a card with less potential (or several cards instead of one). Who knows how long the turnaround will be also.

 

[tribefan24]

I recently had good luck with 2 seperate Topps products. The first case was with an entire Blaster box of 2011 Heritage. On each card in the box the lower right corner was dinged. I contacted customer service and after following their directions received a replacement for each card in the Blaster.

The second instance was with a 2010 Chicle. I was lucky enough to pull a Red Umbrella autograph numbered 1/1. The card had a slightly dinged corner so I sent it back and received a (in my opinion) better autographed 1/1.

The entire process was extremely quick and the only issue was that I was out the shipping and DC in both cases, but Topps did package the returns well and paid for DC. All in all for me it was a pleasant transaction.

Would things be different if the 1/1 that I pulled was of the Jeter/Pujols/hot prospect variety? Maybe, but it might be worth a chance since the card in question is numbered out of 50 and maybe not all 50 were seeded into packs.

 

[redsoxfan1979]

Honestly, I am surprised they are offering a replacement for a centering issue - since centering is a common problem with Chrome products.

I would be scared that the "card of equal BV" will turn into a card with less potential (or several cards instead of one). Who knows how long the turnaround will be also.

Im thinking they arnt gonna send me 2-3 cards that equal the 150 of the Nova.
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I recently had good luck with 2 seperate Topps products. The first case was with an entire Blaster box of 2011 Heritage. On each card in the box the lower right corner was dinged. I contacted customer service and after following their directions received a replacement for each card in the Blaster.

The second instance was with a 2010 Chicle. I was lucky enough to pull a Red Umbrella autograph numbered 1/1. The card had a slightly dinged corner so I sent it back and received a (in my opinion) better autographed 1/1.

The entire process was extremely quick and the only issue was that I was out the shipping and DC in both cases, but Topps did package the returns well and paid for DC. All in all for me it was a pleasant transaction.

Would things be different if the 1/1 that I pulled was of the Jeter/Pujols/hot prospect variety? Maybe, but it might be worth a chance since the card in question is numbered out of 50 and maybe not all 50 were seeded into packs.

Thanks,
I think Im gonna send it back. I hope I get a replacement Nova if not I can deal with it. They seem to be alot beter lately with customer relations then a few months ago.

If anyone really cares lol. I will post what they send me in return.