Keyser Soze
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To be honest, when it comes to "Value" - Topps really sets the Value. What it sold for on the secondary market doesn't dictate to Topps what should be assigned the the item. Does it suck? Yes. Will it still happen? yes.
Topps only has to say "Hey, this is the value we put on th eball according to the costs associated with manufacturing it and the cost of what it woul dhave taken to get it signed."
But collectors don't buy an item for the value "associated with manufacturing it and the cost of what it woul dhave taken to get it signed." They buy it for a price dictated by the secondary market and Topps should take that into account. Topps needs to look at the sales of all of the balls and come up with a fair value and offer a replacement based on it. Collectors should be insulted that all they offered as a replacement was a case of one of the lower-end products. IMO, it's indicative of how little they appreciate and respect the fact that collectors spend a lot of their hard-earned money on their products. That's what bothers me, the overall lack of respect for their customers