Bad Trade

[Gantry]

I remember buying a pack of 83 Topps at a card convention around 1990 or so.  Unbelievably the dealer didn't pre-open the pack and reseal, as I got a Tony Gwynn rookie in it...

But I did eat the 6/7/8 year old gum.  Don't remember it tasting all that bad...

[erhajj]

In the early 90's I purchased a box of 1981 fleer cards (with 36 packs in it, sealed and unopened).  It had pete rose's ugly gambling mug on it and there was gum in each pack.  Needless to say I tried the gum.  It sort of disolved in my mouth I left an aftertaste of sugar that had been peed on by a cat after I spit it out.
I did manage to enough cards to start that set out of the box.  The gum could have been used for rat poison though.

[fknmclane]

I love that gum from Topps.  Pink cardboard with powdered sugar and bubble gum fragrance.  That's what I call bubble gum.