200lbhockeyplayer
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- Aug 10, 2008
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What I find most interesting is that the two key pieces of this promotion were not met.
1. Autographs not secured.
2. "Gold infused baseballs" neither explained, nor secured.
That's it, those two things and neither were met.
This isn't the first time Topps has inserted items/autographs prior to contracts or plans being finalized and that's the issue. Most assume that when redemptions are inserted that there is a contract in place. Well, Topps has an interesting habit of never listening to "No" and continues (in other instances) to insert redemptions for players/personalities that have flat out declined to sign for them. Yet Topps still goes about inserting and advertising products with pulls that will never exist. And they know it.
As for valuing the pull...let Topps use whatever algorithm they feel the need, but I'd be curious to see what it was. Hell, I'd like to see evidence that they even know what a "gold infused baseball" would look like.
Is there any indication that Topps showed any good faith in actually keeping their end of the bargain? Maybe Topps has shown "gold infused" baseballs signed by Aaron and Griffey, just not Mays. Maybe even a twitpic showing a "gold infused" baseball.
Then again, maybe they dumped them in the Hudson.
1. Autographs not secured.
2. "Gold infused baseballs" neither explained, nor secured.
That's it, those two things and neither were met.
This isn't the first time Topps has inserted items/autographs prior to contracts or plans being finalized and that's the issue. Most assume that when redemptions are inserted that there is a contract in place. Well, Topps has an interesting habit of never listening to "No" and continues (in other instances) to insert redemptions for players/personalities that have flat out declined to sign for them. Yet Topps still goes about inserting and advertising products with pulls that will never exist. And they know it.
As for valuing the pull...let Topps use whatever algorithm they feel the need, but I'd be curious to see what it was. Hell, I'd like to see evidence that they even know what a "gold infused baseball" would look like.
Is there any indication that Topps showed any good faith in actually keeping their end of the bargain? Maybe Topps has shown "gold infused" baseballs signed by Aaron and Griffey, just not Mays. Maybe even a twitpic showing a "gold infused" baseball.
Then again, maybe they dumped them in the Hudson.