Tim Horton's Collectible Hockey Cards 2022-23

a Sidney Crosby 3D Holographic "Flow of Time" card is worth $59.99 ... CURRENTLY. A Carey Price is worth $44.99 ... It's insane how much these cards are going at and they are real cool too...

This is for this one sub-set of Rare/Chase cards. It's really neat and EXCITING to get one of these cards and I got one in my VERY FIRST (1st) Pack... Which was kind of neat since we had not done much research on the cards and their value.

It was a bit dumb luck that the first two (2) Packs were so valuable.

The next 11 Packs were worth about $27 dollars and worthy of trade at the Card Store. There are ONLY three (3) cards per Pack... So for $1.99 a pack the cards are not "cheap" and even the "core/base" cards have value too.

Obviously it's better if there are no duplicates and as my Aunt said: "Go to another location and see if they give you different cards so that you risk getting less chance of the same cards per pack..." And I agree. This week, I'll try another Tim's and see what I can get.

BTW the "core/base" collection has 120 cards. And so far in 12 Packs NO DOUBLES... That's very cool and encouraging.

Cheers again...

I bought some packs and in ONE (1) Pack, there was ONLY TWO (2) no "Chase/Rare" card. Then I opened the NEXT Pack, there were FOUR (4) cards in it but only one (1) "Chase/Rare" card... Too bad... But I was short-changed by one (1) Rare insert cards! Hmm... 2 and then 4 but missing 1 Rare...

In any event ... I guess there was a screw-up with the machinery that produced the Packs! Wow... Rare... I was thinking maybe I should have gotten 2 Rare cards in the 4-Card Pack. Sadly, this was NOT the case!

Is anyone else collecting these cards??? I know we have people in Toronto, Ottawa and others in Montreal. There are Tim Horton's coffee shops in most Canadian cities. Let me know and maybe we can establish some TRADING... I am going to go to a Card Store Tomorrow and see what they offer me!

Cheers.

And picked-up a few packs ONLY to get the Connor McDavid 3D Holographic Card which is currently worth from $50 to $60 CAD. Was a pleasant surprise, got it in the 2nd Pack that I purchased...

That bumps my 3D Holographic Card Collection to 11/18 cards.

Pretty decent... But yeah I had to drop a few bucks to get there. Like I said sometimes you just need to "treat yourself" and paying for some cards upfront is less costly that buying packs overall (better odds).

Again if there are any other Canadians interested in Trading... Feel free to respond. But I think I'm probably the only one collecting Hockey Cards. Not that I like "Hockey"... But I do like cards and I already have a nice binder, Ultra Pro 9 cards per sheet (that I bought a while ago to showcase cards from my various game projects - Like a portfolio...)

52/120 cards left in the "Base/Core" collection ... So we'll see. Cheers all!

Note #1: Not sure about the Christmas Present TBH. While I may like them... And the kids may, I'm not so sure how they will perceive the gift. I doubt either of them (Mother & Father) are into Hockey... So we'll see... Maybe when the kids are a bit older (10 & 8 years old). We'll see...

They were really well packaged and today from the Coffee Shop, I got a duplicate of one (1) of the RARE/CHASE cards! So my plan tomorrow, is to go down to the Card Store (they specialize in Hockey cards too) and see what they have. I don't know if they will accept my TRADE and if they do, I may be willing to BUY a card too (which would give the store a Cash-positive transaction) so that they see that I'm not a "cheap-@ss b@stard" and that I'm willing to drop some money to pay for the cards I am looking to collect.

I'll post tomorrow evening the status of the PLAN... And see how it all goes down... I'm hoping things work-out good ... But we'll have to see what the Store thinks and what they have to offer TBH.

I was warned by a Seller to expect 25% to 50% of value when selling to a Dealer.

So I'm trying to give a GOOD trade (4 good cards for 1) and pay for another. We'll have to see how well the offer is received and what they think of the deal... Let's hope it is reasonable. Best.

Note #1: I also picked-up a Tim Horton #1 for the "Base/Core" set today too! That was also a pleasant surprise as it states the card is worth $2.00 CAD. Overall today's purchases were pretty kewl.

I went down to a Collectibles Shop and they agreed to trade... It was the best 20 minutes in months!!! No racking my brain, just looking through the various pages in my binder and I traded for 10 cards.

They've been trading and getting more variety in terms of their selection. Yeah today was a good day! Was fun that we just go through the binder and figure out what they had and I could trade for.

I offered up a Patrick Kane Spectrum card (INSERT) in return for the 10th card.

I still have cards missing and so I went to the Tims to buy a coffee and a donut and also took the time to pick-up a few packs to see what I get: I got yet another 3D Holographic card... So that means maybe I can negotiate a deal for some Phenom Cards... IDK.

There is a Card Exposition at the end of October (29-30) that is for people who are interested in trading cards and such. Tims also has a Trade Night on 2 November near my home (10 minute walk - so not too far)... I'm holding on to the two (2) 3D Holographic cards as they are worth about $40 ($20 each)...

I don't want to trade them at a loss... What I mean is that I might be willing to make some kind of DEAL for both of them in return for some other cards in the collection. But it would need to be like 5 or 6 cards for 2 3D Holographic ones (since they are more valuable and people are really collecting them)...

This promotion for Tim Hortons is great... I'm sure there are many people collecting because when I went to the shop today, they had more cards than yesterday... And it felt good NOT "wasting" cards (doubles, triples, etc.) When I could simply TRADE them for something that I did NOT have!

So thank you Reed... You really made my day! Cheers all...

I contacted a couple of Sellers just to know if my orders would be sent soon... Obviously chill and no pressure, just curious. I was informed that there is a 72 hour window (3 days) from the end of an Auction to send the product. I was not aware of this window and just was wondering because some of the Sellers were smaller ones and not people who ACTIVELY SELL on eBay!

So six (6) cards on the way ... And I'm waiting for another one to complete the NT set. That's the one that I bought "out-right" for $30 CAD.

In any event, I'm in process to almost collecting all the "Base/Core" cards and as those who read, I've found a place to trade cards. I will make ONE (1) LAST purchase of packs from Timmy's because eventually things need to end and then I can see what are the other options with regards to the balance.

Best!

And asked to send the card by mail. Why? Because the process used by eBay asks for Tracking and a $12 fee for the label used by their system. For a $25 CAD item... That's almost HALF the price! So I understand why the seller wants to deal direct and not via the "prescribed" method for handling my "EXCHANGE".

Oh well, I'll tempt fate and put my trust in an unknown seller with 100% Positives and no bad complaints or unsatisfied customers...

I hope I don't regret it... Sending the card with blind faith (well like I said they have 8,000+ positive feedback). So I'm hedging the odds a bit.

Let's hope they are HONEST even if they made a mistake with my order.

The good news is that I have ALL of the "Base/Core" cards to the collection. The bad news is that the price to trade for remaining CHASE cards is a 3-to-1 ratio.

So for every nine (9) cards, I only get three (3) CHASE cards and get ONE (1) card in return. So I waste six (6) "Base/Core" cards which I no longer need. And then I trade 3-to-1 and land up with one (1) card.

Packs are $1.99 each so $5.97 + Taxes for ONE (1) card!

Most cards aren't even WORTH that much more like $2.00 to $3.00 ONLY.

I get it: people are encouraged to buy more Packs and TRADE 3-to-1... Makes more money for Tim Horton's ... But at this point in time, since I don't need ANY MORE "Base/Core" cards ... It's a waste of cards to buy more packs ... Since I have all of them (and Traded with Reed today ... To finish off my collection)!

My sympathies to the staff at the store. The loss of their Manager is indeed a tragedy that no one would have predicted! To all of you... I hope you can all move forwards and be inspired by Wayne's positive attitude towards all customers who deal in collectibles. Sincerely.

I got it for $279 CAD which was a $20 bucks more than my offer of $260 CAD. Like I said only 1:12,000 Packs had the legendary card. And TBH, it adds a LOT of value to my collection which is 100% Complete now that I will ADD the "Wayne Gretzky" card to the collection.

Some sellers were selling the ENTIRE collection (minus the WG-1 card) for about "$600 CAD + Taxes and Shipping". So that put's my collection at a value over $1,000 CAD when you factor everything in.

I know some people collected and most will NOT have the WG-1 card... So that makes a SIGNIFICANT difference when comparing to my collection. I have the entire set PLUS the ultra rare chase card (WG-1).

There is a new set of Tim's Hockey Card out now... But I'm not interested in collecting. I spent enough monies on the 2022-23 Season and am HAPPY with what I got... I was a little "crazy" yesterday night... But you only live once and I believe that the seller that I bought did not collect the entire set.

So good on him for making a GREAT deal, he was super nice to counter at $279 and many thanks for him in making the deal happen. There are still nice people out-there!

Cheers.

My Uncle gave me all of his Hockey Cards and I'm trying to do some trading to give him a gift of Hockey Cards of Value in Montreal. Namely all of the Canadiens Hockey Players except for the Montreal Draft Pick which was of course too expensive ($175 + shipping + Taxes). For almost that price I got the Wayne Gretzky Card which is worth about $600 currently (1:12,000 packs).

Anyways I'm going to do some trading and buying of a few cards to finish off his set. He said to add them to my collection, but I already have all the cards from that Edition (except the Draft Pick).

So we'll see what I land up with... I'm sure he'll be surprised!

Sincerely.