02-10-2017, 10:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2017, 06:55 PM by rjcj2017.)
RE: Redemption Cards
RE: Redemption Cards
(02-09-2017, 08:50 PM)uvaspina Wrote: For starters, they have card contracts with the players. Second, they insert redemptions to remain "in the moment"--to provide "hits" of emerging players. Third, the product comes out on a schedule, but that schedule doesn't always align with the players availability (or the product's availability)--the two need to connect some how, some way, and that doesn't always happen. Keep in mind, these players sign THOUSANDS of stickers and probably hundreds (if not thousands) of cards each off-season/spring training.I wouldn't mind them so much if, say, you pulled or bought a Trout auto redemption and were guaranteed a Trout auto of some capacity, even if he didn't sign a specific card for a specific product.
Not making excuses (because I've been on the "business end" of the frustration of redemptions) but just trying to explain. -Topps wouldn't be able to put out as good of a product if it was limited to the cards/autos it had IN HAND at the time of release. Some of the biggest and best cards of recent memory (Trout, Harper, Machado, etc.) have all been redemptions.
Like, Topps could contact you and say, "Sorry, valued customer, we do not have this Mike Trout from 2017 product X, but you may choose between Trout auto X, Y or Z from product X, Y or Z," for example.
Case in point ... I waited about a year and a half for an Allen Iverson auto redemption a few years back, and then Topps sent me three scrub autos and three scrub jersey cards and claimed it was "equal value."
Especially with the big name cards, they should at least have 4-5 choices that you could pick from in the event a replacement is necessary.