tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post6942906840930582275..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Feelin' a little guiltynight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33200217706625835372013-03-15T08:38:04.771-04:002013-03-15T08:38:04.771-04:00Topp's monopoly is the reason I don't coll...Topp's monopoly is the reason I don't collect cards any more.<br /><br />They do vomit on collectors. Did you see the half ass sets they put out their first year of their "exclusive contract?"<br />Cardsplitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848913597562844505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-38657708942615414182013-03-14T11:59:22.187-04:002013-03-14T11:59:22.187-04:00I don't tweet, so I missed all of the hoopla. ...I don't tweet, so I missed all of the hoopla. <br /><br />My way to combat this is that I don't consider SP's part of the set, therefore I don't feel the need to acquire them. I rarely get them in packs, and this way I have at least some chance of finishing the set, even though I rarely do.Swing And A Pop-uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15366868132258608938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49854460004449077942013-03-14T02:15:59.521-04:002013-03-14T02:15:59.521-04:00For the record, since I apparently didn't make...For the record, since I apparently didn't make myself clear, I do not feel bad that I bagged on Topps for Heritage. They deserve it.<br /><br />I just want to make sure that I don't come of as bagging on them for every last move that they make. I don't feel like that and I don't want to come off that way. That's what made me feel bad.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33001302456593489202013-03-14T00:29:19.076-04:002013-03-14T00:29:19.076-04:00Arrgggh! Don't feel bad because Topps is feel...Arrgggh! Don't feel bad because Topps is feeling all butthurt. They freaking deserve it. Topps is pandering to the hobby bottom feeders who are only concerned about flipping hits and short prints for a profit and are willing to buy bulk to get them. Heritage is the one product *this* set collector would actually like to work on, if it wasn't for all those damn short prints and short printed inserts. To be sure, some short prints are fine. But have 75 short printed base cards and another 75 short printed inserts? And that doesn't even count the various and sundry special inserts, relics,. manu-relics and autgographs. <br /><br />If anything, you were too easy on them.carlsonjokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556989250983706634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49856650117361403602013-03-13T22:37:10.226-04:002013-03-13T22:37:10.226-04:00I'm sorry I missed the vomitorium on the Twitt...I'm sorry I missed the vomitorium on the Twitter. I'm sure it was awesome.<br /><br />I really enjoy collecting, and I collect what I want. But I enjoy reading blogs about cards more. <br /><br />This post, combined with dayf's two about Heritage have been some good reading.P-town Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437348006643978055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-48769142413421514042013-03-13T22:18:30.455-04:002013-03-13T22:18:30.455-04:00The i before e isn't taught now, because most ...The i before e isn't taught now, because most words contradict it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503713969869462250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-43061466897552082972013-03-13T22:06:24.673-04:002013-03-13T22:06:24.673-04:00I meant "Eff yourself with a cactus" in ...I meant "Eff yourself with a cactus" in a good way.<br /><br />Also gcrl is laser focused on that Medlen so you might be outta luck on that one. <br /><br />Also Also I now understand why I decided to send you the Archives Ethier relic instead of the 2013 Topps Ethier relic. Classic.dayfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343838411856677615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-9503605381170946202013-03-13T21:15:07.473-04:002013-03-13T21:15:07.473-04:00(Part 2 of 2):
dayf, over on his site, said "...(Part 2 of 2):<br /><br />dayf, over on his site, said "collect how you want to collect" yesterday, but sometimes Topps stacks the deck so that you can't even buy something like base or Heritage "how you want to". Yeah, people could stop buying new product and just go vintage, but damn it, there are players I enjoy following whose cards I'd like to get for under the price of a kidney every year. A fella only has so many kidneys.<br /><br />And it's a shame, because people have so much sentimentality and goodwill attached to Topps baseball cards despite some of the things they've done over the years. It's almost like they're deliberately trying to shake off that goodwill so they can just sell to gamblers and stop hearing a ration of shit from those of us who actually care about the bubble gum cards.<br /><br />There's also this element of "we know what's best for our customers better than they are" that occasionally wafts out from Topps' PR department that they get trashed for sometimes, and rightfully so. You don't have to fully submit to the whims of your crazy-ass collector fanbase, but you'd better damn well listen to them and not respond to them with an air of superiority if you don't want to hear words like "vomit" or far, far worse.<br /><br />I definitely feel like some changes are needed within that company (or possibly outside of it, by adding competition from somewhere), because of the things I mentioned above.<br /><br />OK, enough ranting for me. Don't be too rough on yourself for your choice of words or your own frustration, here's hoping Topps (and/or the rest of the hobby) gets it together soon, and if we didn't already have enough reasons to nominate dayf for sainthood, that Garvey/Cey auto he sent you is one more on top of the others.Scott Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471846477103927644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-37655162563052341862013-03-13T21:14:19.958-04:002013-03-13T21:14:19.958-04:00(Part 1 of 2 since I went long):
I have to say th...(Part 1 of 2 since I went long):<br /><br />I have to say this before I get all revved up: that is one mother of a Cey/Garvey autograph card.<br /><br />I think we all know you didn't want to make dayf the center square in a vomitorium, and I'm sure he gets it and doesn't have any hard feelings about it, either.<br /><br />Maybe your choice of words was strong, but at the same time, Topps can be a really tone deaf company when it comes to what its customers want, so I think they need to hear strong words sometimes.<br /><br />If Panini released more products that I was passionate about collecting, they'd probably hear it from me more often, too, but they don't right now. I just buy my football/basketball/hockey player collection cards and move on. I like some of them plenty, but I don't find myself getting into raging debates about their products, and maybe that's me damning them with faint praise, but mostly, I think it's that no one I know set-builds Panini's stuff, so there's no point in me doing it either. I'd have to buy more packs of it than I can afford (yeah, even with sets like Score and Hoops) to do that without being able to trade for some of it.<br /><br />With Topps, it's like they have to keep doing frustrating things just so we're never completely happy with one of their products, because they're afraid we'd either demand that quality from them all the time (which we kinda do, and should, given that we're spending money on their stuff), or that we'll say "OK, nothing can top the awesomeness of this set!" and stop collecting their new products.<br /><br />They gimmick out their products so that it's impossible for most adults earning an OK living (never mind kids) to afford to build sets, and by doing so, they subsidize that whole "gambling" element of the hobby that a lot of us really don't care for. <br /><br />Our old pal Heritage High Number from last year was a clear and flagrant violator of this. They could've easily released that set without an autograph in it for a fraction of the cost, but they chose not to, because they knew some people would be nuts enough to buy multiple sets just to try and get the Harper/Cespedes/etc. autographs. That's just one example in 7 or 8 years of Alex Gordons, Photoshopped Jeters, intentional "errors", super short prints of the biggest rookie of the year, squirrels and other complete nonsense they've pulled.Scott Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471846477103927644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-90854572488676780652013-03-13T21:06:55.418-04:002013-03-13T21:06:55.418-04:00Just think of how valuable that Ethier card is sin...Just think of how valuable that Ethier card is since it's a rare error card. You will be rich if you ever decide to sell it....Mariner1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09797929595718567181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-89447945487098112212013-03-13T20:16:32.106-04:002013-03-13T20:16:32.106-04:00Thanks for a great post. You manage to keep the h...Thanks for a great post. You manage to keep the hobby interesting. I don't know how you find the time to do this but keep it going.runfore!kelloggs baseball cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510208254513705478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-37997725443904579462013-03-13T20:05:02.903-04:002013-03-13T20:05:02.903-04:00No need to feel guilty, you were right the first ...No need to feel guilty, you were right the first time. Topps does vomit on set collectors. I'm glad I'm no longer in that racket. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com