Bob Loblaw
Active member
Here are my thoughts. Topps releases their sets around the same time each year. Topps S1, Opening Day, Bowman, Bowman Chrome, etc, etc. Since they always release around the same time frame, why not plan in advance?
These are the players we would like to have sign for Product X this year. Lets schedule a signing in the offseason, Spring Training, or something similar and have the cards ready to go before the product goes live. Most of our products look the same or are regurgitated, so product design should not be a problem. When it comes to Heritage, where we are doing dual signed cards, 1 is retired and 1 is active. If we follow this model (offseason, ST, so on), we could get both players to sign well before the product releases.
To add to this, we will not list potential hits on sell sheets when we have no contract for said player. Unless a deal is in place, stickers are in stock, or a date has been set for a signing, we will not cheat our customers by promising the opportunity to pull something that will never be made available.
Instead of using time and resources to create autographed sets that will never see the light of day, unless we XXXX someone over on their redemptions, we will make more of an effort to improve our product lineup and make a more conscious effort to get these same players to sign cards they are already contracted to sign.
Thank you,
Topps CEO
There are so many problems with the above, I won't even get into it. However, allow me to retort:
Dear Consumer:
You happily lap up every single product that we make, whether it is full of redemptions, stickers, or on card autographs. We're not changing a Goddamned thing. Suck it.
Happy Prospecting,
CEO of Topps.