HoustonTeams4Me
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cgilmo said:
:lol: I'm not laughing at your frustration Chris but I do think the "simplicity" of this idea is unrealistic since it really does not matter what consumer's think on this subject (unless it was somehow brought to the forefront by means of a "front-page story" run by Beckett to where it would reach & educate a majority of the collecting world- which we know good & well will not happen since they/Beckett are the one's who are supposedly advocating this & allowing it to happen). Most of us realize the power & persuasion of Beckett & the overall grip thier opinion has on our hobby & the "flock" of consumers which in turn are the one's whom basically dictate the secondary sell-value's & decide what is "hot" or "cold".
IMO, if Brian wants to be innovative & be "THE" forefront pioneer that reshapes, molds, & leads our hobby to that of a "New & Improved" era; where hobby corruption, broken promise's, & wrong-doing's to the consumer's are a thing of the past- then Brian needs to veer off of the path that has been taken by the company's that came before his & create his own! He needs to step away from practice's & policy's that have been used over the year's by other company's to fatten thier wallet's while screwing over the consumer's! While I do believe he has taken steps to do these things, his action's have shown that he hasn't "fully" committed to making sure that those who should be the focal point when creating a product (the consumer) are not overshadowed by $dollar signs$! I am very pleased that he has come forth & guaranteed that these problem's will not occur in his future product's (as he has come forth & publicly announced this on several other instance's concerning problem's in previous product's), but I am still not seeing the commitment to put a stop to these problem's "NOW" (although he possesses the power to correct them (he CAN change the date of the previous two release's to 2009- but doesn't), he chooses not to do so; which "in my mind" is telling that in this instance the $Dollar-Signs$ are in fact overshadowing the consumer's).
With all this being said, I personally give Brian a HUGE "Thanks" for coming onto these board's & taking the flack, as well as the praise, from the consumer's, critic's, & message board peer's (& some fan's :lol: ); as this takes some huge "stone's" that judging from the lack of other Sport's Card Company President's on public message board forum's- you must own the largest pair! :lol: Take care & keep moving forward Brian, whether many of us acknowledge it or not, your company is playing a fundamental role in the huge change's that are alterring the hobby that we all share & enjoy- whether it is for the better or worse is largely in your hand's! Take care bud, Dave.
