NPN'S (No Purchase Necessary) mail away contests from card companies that are on the back of the pack wrappers. Might as well give it a try, it only costs a #10 envelope, a $.42 stamp and a 3 X 5 index card (in the US). Just make sure you get them in before the deadline. You can also do online NPN's (so far Upper Deck is the only company that is doing online submissions, no more mailing envelopes, as they stopped that).
Sent out: 69 as of 6/16/08
Received: 28 as of 10/9/08
Returned by PO, due to sending in after the deadline: 1 as of 1/7/05
11/15/04- 2004 TOPPS CRACKER JACK Take Me Out To The Ballgame PAT BURRELL Jersey card #PB,
12/10/04- 2004 TOPPS CHROME Black Uncirculated certified issue autograph GRAIG NETTLES #TA-GN,
12/14/04- 2004 FLEER GREATS The Glory of Their Time EDDIE MURRAY #erd 129/1980, #11GOT,
2/17/05- 2004 TOPPS TRADED Gold RICHIE SEXSON #erd 1504/2004, #T25,
3/3/05- 2004 FLEER INSCRIBED gold lettering and border KAZ MATSUI #erd 200/750, #83,
3/3/05- 2005 TOPPS Hobby Masters ALBERT PUJOLS, #HM4,
5/4/05- 2004 BOWMAN STERLING ERIC GAGNE Jersey card #BS-EG,
6/27/05- 2005 TOPPS HERITAGE Chrome RYAN GOLESKI #erd/1956, #89,
11/9/05- 2004 PRIME CUTS II MLB Icons Century Silver DON SUTTON #erd/50, #MLB-40,
12/22/05- 2005 DONRUSS DIAMOND KINGS VERNON WELLS #25,
1/10/06- 2005 DONRUSS ROOKIES Stat Line Career SHAWN CAMP #erd/66, #21,
1/10/06- 2005 DONRUSS Press Proofs Red JOE NATHAN #erd/200, #240,
1/30/06- 2005 LEAF Home/Road HANK BLALOCK Road, #R-6,
2/11/06- 2005 LEATHER & LUMBER Naturals Silver WADE BOGGS #erd/2000, #N-23,
7/5/06- 2005 DONRUSS CHAMPIONS Impressions BILL HALL #297,
10/27/06- 2006 TOPPS TRIPLE THREADS Sepia CURT SCHILLING #70, #erd/150,
11/22/06- 2006 TOPPS CHROME United States Constitution DANIEL of ST. THOMAS JENIFER , #SCC-DJ,
4/7/07- 2006 TOPPS UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS Gold TODD WALKER #UH64, #erd/2006,
5/17/07- 2006 BOWMAN HERITAGE Prospects MICHAEL AUBREY #BHP19,
5/26/07- 2006 BOWMAN STERLING Prospects refractor MATT TOLBERT #erd/199, #BSP-CMT,
7/24/07- 2007 TOPPS Home Run History JOSH GIBSON, #JG56,
11/6/07- 2007 TOPPS CHROME CHRIS YOUNG, #122,
3/14/08- 2007 TOPPS Generation Now JOSH BARFIELD, #GN560,
5/21/08- 2007 BOWMAN HERITAGE Pieces of Greatness LANCE BERKMAN, Jersey card w/stripe, #PG-LB,
9/8/08- 2008 TOPPS 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookie DAVE JUSTICE, #AR7,
& 2008 TOPPS Mickey Mantle Home Run History HR #53 MICKEY MANTLE, #MHR530,
9/15/08 2008 TOPPS HERITAGE Then & Now MINNIE MINOSO / ICHIRO, #TN8,
10/9/08 2008 TOPPS Year in Review WIL LEDEZMA, #YR83