Read it and most of the stuff there was fabrication. Once paid, he'll sign what you purchased. It's not $299 for an autograph on your baseball unless Willie wants more. Willie gets his first whether 300 come out or just one. If 310 come out, he gets to "thumb his nose" at 301-310 as the contract limits it to 300 in this example.
So basically what you are saying is every story is a lie unless it puts Willie Mays in a bad light? The great thing about Willie Mays is he is what he is. He doesn't play around and if you want a specific item signed he wants a bit more money considering he knows how much his signature is worth. He is there to sign autographs and that's exactly what he does. Everybody in the industry knows this going in, its not like he just pulls that shit out at the last second. He signs to his contract, um ok? He is also arguably the greatest baseball player in history still alive outside of Barry Bonds, He kind of earned the right to call his own shots.
Still in high demand. We sell them all the time and the money made on other avenues can be just as huge.
Its a cheaper product with minimal investment speculation once the Topps products come out, then it nose dives since having a true rookie card from Topps is the key card of any collection. Why, take Scott Hairstons certified rookie card as a prime example from the 02 BB set. His best card? check. Certified autograph with Topps name behind it? check. The card everybody will want if Hairston suddenly goes all Sammy Sosa and hits a ton of home runs in a short amount of time? check.
Byron Buxton 2012 EEE;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Elite-...1038577481?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item27d2b19349
Numbered to 50! at around 80 bucks with two hours left.
Buxton chrome auto 2013 not numbered;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-BOWMAN...1213809546?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3cd18e6b8a
Don't get me started to how much a gold /50 Buxton would be going for, but a blue refractor aut numbered to 150;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Bowman...1226094590?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item33821a4ffe
Ouch. Does Panini sell? Sure it does...until Topps comes out.
You have yet to name one. You only named ways to settle, but not to get what you want which is an auto in person on your item.
No, I named a perfect solution to getting Hairstons autograph at a much cheaper price, FleaBay. And I can do that from the privacy of my own home without first off, waisting 20 bucks on a ticket, gas, and having to deal with the three or four people there who actually paid that amount of money for his autograph. This is Scott Hairston we are talking about. That's not much incentive to waste money for the sake of meeting a Cubs player in person.
For some it does and we have that. For most it's not even remotely close.
Most how? As in there is this grass roots collective underground Scott Hairston fan club that's just waiting, autograph tickets in hand, for his arrival into your card shop? Spare me the rhetoric. You came here to shill, I have no problem with that. You are shilling Hairston autographs for an outlandish amount when the right thing would be to give them away for free. That's my opinion. I understand the trading card industry and give you props for actually having a shop in this day and age when there are countless other avenues for accumulating sports memorabilia at a much cheaper price. You have high end products, yet for most its not remotely close that they can afford them, correct? So go charge 20 bucks for Scott Hairstons autograph? And maybe a handshake and a phone photo? Come on.
I'm not trying to sell to you. I know you are out. I'm just clearing up your fantasy story with reality is all.
And what fantasy story is that? 20 bucks is a lot for a Hairston autograph? Or you can get his autographed certified from Topps a whole lot cheaper? Enlighten me.
It depends on our costs of course. Considering he has an exclusive contract it would probably be pricey.
Fair enough. But you don't think asking 20 bucks for a mediocre MLB player isn't pricey?
We've had guys like Rose, Noah, Urlacher, Castro, Jenks, Danks, etc, etc in. Many sell out. Again, you don't seem knowledgeable in this area at all. I'm willing to help if you truly want it.
Actually I do know quite a bit about this stuff. I also know Hairston had a certified autograph from Topps that you tried to refute as unauthentic. So right now it kind of looks a bit fishy on your end trying to call others unknowledgable when you came here shilling an autograph signing yet not knowing the guy you have coming in already has an authentic auto out there that's a whole lot cheaper. Sure, you like to bring up the experience, good job. You also brought up all the other signers you had, wonderful. But its kind of an eyebrow raiser at just how defensive you got when a link to a certified auto came up. You, mentioned you will give a COA, what specifically is that worth? Is it better then Topps? What would you consider the market value of a Hairston flat with your COA is worth when a Topps rookie auto cant even sell for ten bucks? Is the IPhone pic worth more then that? Is it
priceless on account of the experience? Then you wouldn't have even mentioned the COA. See how that works?
Tell me what I don't know, please do. Because I honestly think charging 20 bucks for Scott Hairstons autograph is a rather bogus amount. And if you need to pay such an outrageous fee to get him there then you should have just waited for somebody better to come along.
Dick Tidrow signs for free, ya know.
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