In regards to the Sports Card industry there is no free market enterprise. Perhaps collectors, sage, leaf, upper deck, press pass and any other individual or entity should file a class action anti-trust lawsuit against Topps, Panini, the NFLPA, the NFL, and each and every individual player that wears the logo!
This is absolutely absurd. This is why Monopolies are bad, it will only continue to get worse. As a consumer I believe that a jersey placed on a card is that of the same player. If you are going to stick a jersey on a card that is not respective of him you need to inform the customer on the outside of the box. Where it can easily be read prior to the purchase of the product.
Sports is an event, event promoters or participants of the event should not charge a fee for publishers to print pictorial information from the event. If they don't want it printed then they should NOT host the event nor participate in the event, nor collect funds from spectators of the event. If the publishers are good they will make money from their publishing skills, if they are bad......IE Panini they won't.......
However at this point in time the NFLPA is not allowing Upperdeck, Sage, Leaf, or ??? to print actual event photo's and thus forcing other hobbyists like myself to either lose memory of the team/player/event. Or purchase an inferior and inaccurate representation of the team/player/event.
If your going to complain try Keith Gordon, President of NFL Players, Inc.
Lets get an online movement or petition going
What do we want!
1. A CHOICE! to choose a quality product from a company that is willing and able to create it. Anyone with a printer should be able to print and offer a card.
What are we getting Monopolized..... option A (crap) and option B (poop) with misleading packaging and misleading products along with guaranteed hits that are unfulfilled promises (redemptions).
What are we missing free enterprise.......option C (upper deck), option D (sage), option E (anyone else). Along with a quality product that is representative of itself. Accountability, we do not get a fulfillment dates we get an expiration date. It's a lose lose for the consumer.
This is absolutely absurd. This is why Monopolies are bad, it will only continue to get worse. As a consumer I believe that a jersey placed on a card is that of the same player. If you are going to stick a jersey on a card that is not respective of him you need to inform the customer on the outside of the box. Where it can easily be read prior to the purchase of the product.
Sports is an event, event promoters or participants of the event should not charge a fee for publishers to print pictorial information from the event. If they don't want it printed then they should NOT host the event nor participate in the event, nor collect funds from spectators of the event. If the publishers are good they will make money from their publishing skills, if they are bad......IE Panini they won't.......
However at this point in time the NFLPA is not allowing Upperdeck, Sage, Leaf, or ??? to print actual event photo's and thus forcing other hobbyists like myself to either lose memory of the team/player/event. Or purchase an inferior and inaccurate representation of the team/player/event.
If your going to complain try Keith Gordon, President of NFL Players, Inc.
Lets get an online movement or petition going
What do we want!
1. A CHOICE! to choose a quality product from a company that is willing and able to create it. Anyone with a printer should be able to print and offer a card.
What are we getting Monopolized..... option A (crap) and option B (poop) with misleading packaging and misleading products along with guaranteed hits that are unfulfilled promises (redemptions).
What are we missing free enterprise.......option C (upper deck), option D (sage), option E (anyone else). Along with a quality product that is representative of itself. Accountability, we do not get a fulfillment dates we get an expiration date. It's a lose lose for the consumer.
- Collecting Navorro Bowman - http://tinyurl.com/bowmancollection
Total Cards = (236/349) 67%
Auto 59/83 Jersey 4/4
Total Cards = (236/349) 67%
Auto 59/83 Jersey 4/4