Saturday, November 19, 2011

What is the method for finding "Hot Pack" trading cards? This means, finding packs with special inserts...?

For instance, inserts such as autographs for sports plays, pieces of athlete's jerseys etc.? What do they do to find a Hot Pack? How can they tell the pack contains an insert?

What is the method for finding "Hot Pack" trading cards? This means, finding packs with special inserts...?
Some dealers and collectors check for inserts or a hot pack by measuring the pack's weight. This is not ethical but still being practised. Now these people do not just weigh with any scale but with a good digital scale with an accuracy of up to 1/100th of a gram. These are the type of weight scales used by jewellers. Some card companies do substitute a thicker game-used insert with two regular cards, but there's still a chance of weight variance. Older method of feeling or fingering the packs for inserts is still being used, but this method can damage the edges of cards.
Reply:I'm just throwing this out there, but if a piece of jersey is added to the pack, wouldn't the weight of the pack change? Perhaps you could check weights of the packs.


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