[creativemunky]

This is why I don't buy any game used cards after they changed the wording back in 2005!!!!


http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/cou...companies/



Bottom of article states his involvement was from 2006-2008.

[Phillies_Joe]

+1. It fell a long time ago. I don't like nor collect them at all (though some are really really sharp)

[zeprock]

I collect for the player depicted and not for the GU or non-GU item featured. It would be nice if the card company stated that the jersey swatch is from a random jersey purchased at WalMart and not used in an actual game but as long as my player is featured, I don't really care as long as it's a cool looking card. I'm not in it for the money.

[cross4444]

I still love GU cards. They're so damn cheap now. I buy them knowing they are almost certainly not "game-used" but likely just a cheap jersey thrown on, taken off and then handed over to the card company. I do believe that they are actually player worn, but unlikely game or practice worn.

[Haze28]

I never really believed they were real game used jersey pieces right from the start. I still collect the crazy patch cards of players and teams I like though.

[cross4444]

This case has been going on for years now though, so there's no imminent danger of the shoe dropping anymore than it already has.

[petillo64]

Have to love how card companies put something together that catches the intrigue of collectors and then runs it into the ground by cheapening the product and flooding the market...

What has always amazed me are the old-school HOF'ers GU. The thought that if a Ty Cobb GU card was really from a GU bat or jersey, that it required that amazing piece to essentially be cut to crap into little slivers makes me want to cringe.

[DrMitchJ]

What has always amazed me are the old-school HOF'ers GU. The thought that if a Ty Cobb GU card was really from a GU bat or jersey, that it required that amazing piece to essentially be cut to crap into little slivers makes me want to cringe.

Kinda feel the same.
If i don't really think to hard about it, i can almost fool myself into believing the relic hype. With new players and current HOF'ers I can honestly believe a piece is GU, but who in their right mind would buy a GU Roger Maris bat and slice it into tiny pieces? My suspension of disbelief ends there! Ty Cobb jersey? You'd have to be certifiably crazy to take a pair of shears to that historical piece of fabric! See, now you've got me thinking again!

[RobbinsDynasty]

Remember these aren't just regular individuals. We are talking about BIG business. I don't know how hard it is for them to certify which game or event the jersey was worn in.

[jblaze1718]

Kinda feel the same.
If i don't really think to hard about it, i can almost fool myself into believing the relic hype. With new players and current HOF'ers I can honestly believe a piece is GU, but who in their right mind would buy a GU Roger Maris bat and slice it into tiny pieces? My suspension of disbelief ends there! Ty Cobb jersey? You'd have to be certifiably crazy to take a pair of shears to that historical piece of fabric! See, now you've got me thinking again!

But how can they profit more? By selling one Cobb jersey? Or 1000 Cobb cards in a set?

hopefully that gets you thinking that possibly they are legit again.