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  • sammy
    Banned
    • Nov 2005
    • 732

    SCD - What happened to you?

    Just received my latest copy of SCD.

    Renewed my subscription recently after becoming bored with the previous issues and lack of anything worth reading. I must say, SCD has become a lot worse.

    There are a total of 60 pages in this issue. Out of these 60 pages, 45 are strictly advertisement.

    Only 15 pages of print with nothing even worth reading more then once, and certainly not all the way through.

    I actually paid good money to receive all these over priced advertisements.

    What a shame.
  • hblakewolf
    Banned
    • Nov 2005
    • 1870

    #2
    Re: SCD - What happened to you?

    Sammy-
    How about 60 out of 60 WORTHLESS pages. The 15 you note, I consider to also be worthless.

    Up until a few years ago, I could ot wait to read SCD, cover to cover, and quite often, see an ad with a great piece of game used equipment I had to have. Now? Your lucky if you find a an item in Ball Park Heroes ad or possibly Scott Welkowski's ad. Likewise, the classified ads are condensed to two pages. Can you say Ebay!

    My subscription is up in about 6 months, and I assure you, I will not be renewing.

    It's a true shame, as this was a simply fantastic publication that now only caters to those buying ads.

    Howard Wolf
    hblakewolf@patmedia.net

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    • trsent
      Banned
      • Nov 2005
      • 3739

      #3
      Re: SCD - What happened to you?

      I always felt SCD was a publication to read through the advertisements. The articles were just for secondary purposes. We used to look for bargains and deals. I also had a few full page advertisements in the past (around 6-8 years ago) and I found it a great place to sell articles for a set price.

      Sure, eBay killed SCD and Video killed The Radio Star.

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      • Eric
        Senior Member
        • Jan 1970
        • 2848

        #4
        Re: SCD - What happened to you?

        I am an SCD subscriber and (unless I missed it), it was unfortunate that they don't report actual news stories like the recent controversy with the Rod Carew glove.

        It's a legitimate story- it shows a current issue for the hobby- it was in the New York Daily News for crying out loud and it wasn't in the voice of the hobby???

        Clearly there was an editorial decision not to print stories like this- that's unfortunate.

        Eric
        Always looking for game used San Diego Chargers items...

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        • RobSteinmetz
          Moderator
          • Jan 1970
          • 431

          #5
          Re: SCD - What happened to you?

          I'm not sure what you are all complaining about...they did a fantastic editorial on Alan Rosen's makeover a few months ago.
          Rob Steinmetz
          www.authenticgamers.com
          authenticgamers@aol.com
          708.250.5220

          Paying top dollar for Chicago Cubs game used equipment!

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          • both-teams-played-hard
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2005
            • 2712

            #6
            Re: SCD - What happened to you?

            Do they still have that article from that autograph guy? Its great to know who signs at the visiting team's hotel. SHARPIES RULE!

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            • silverschmidts
              Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 44

              #7
              Re: SCD - What happened to you?

              I think SCD's authenticating the authenticators series has been informative at times, so I give them credit for that. One thing that has always bothered me about SCD, though, is all the attention and publicity they give to Coaches' Corner auctions. In my view, CC is one of the least credible auction houses in the business. Moreover, they typically offer low grade stuff that is rarely newsworthy. Nevertheless, SCD runs large articles trumpeting the latests CC auction as though it is newsworthy. It's pretty clear they do this because CC advertises so heavily in the magazine. But by doing this, SCD has reduced its own credibility in my view. --Steve

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              • bigtime59
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2005
                • 1020

                #8
                Re: SCD - What happened to you?

                I was an SCD subscriber...for about a year. I've never collected cards, so the vast majority of the magazine was worthless to me, and I let the subscription lapse...doesn't sound like I'm missing much.
                Mark
                msutton59@gmail.com

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                • skyking26
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 2457

                  #9
                  Re: SCD - What happened to you?

                  I have been an SCD subscriber since 1983 - yes...23 years is a long time to throw money at something and get less back every year. With each year I swear I will not renew, but I just re-upped again out of boredom and connecting with my youth. I started my Kingman equipment collection thru SCD, but it is almost all Ebay today. I am not sure how long they can hang on with what they put out however...
                  ROBERT KOPPEL
                  Skyking26 - 35 year collector of Dave Kingman memorabilia. Also seek 500 HR and 3000 Hit GU Bats,
                  and 1968, 1984, HOF Tigers GU Bats...Skyking442@hotmail.com

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                  • worldchamps
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 759

                    #10
                    Re: SCD - What happened to you?

                    I am so glad everyone feels the same on this. I just finished doing some spring cleaning and threw out some old issues. It was amazing how much bigger the issues used to be. In fact there used to be double issues bc they could not fit all the info in them.

                    My other major complaint, and please chime in if you agree or disagree. SCD has an advertiser (I will not mention the name) that advertises significant amounts of pages, which I believe are consignment items for auction. The pictures are small thumbnails for the auctions, but even in those pictures I can tell the autographs are not real. It is not even close.

                    Does any one else have a problem with this?

                    If SCD is going to go into the authentication business, shouldn't they have some credibility on not letting this advertiser continue to sell fake items?

                    I guess it all comes down to $....buy 8 pages of ads and you can sell whatever you want.
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                    • eGameUsed
                      Banned
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 1256

                      #11
                      Re: SCD - What happened to you?

                      With any new technology, the old must go. Printed media is fast going away with the internet dominating and controlling our lives. No different for hobbies either. This is the same reason the baseball card shops have all but gone out of business. Also, having traveled to all the Nationals in the last 10 years and many other major shows in the east and west coasts, I have noticed the quality of shows getting worse and the number of "good" items offered by dealers. Why would some one travel many miles at a big cost to go see Hartel, ASI, Grey Flannel, B&E, or anyone else when you can just go to their website, pay a few $$ shipping, and spend your money elsewhere!

                      Thanks,

                      Chris Boyd
                      www.eGameUsed.com
                      ccboyd@houston.rr.com
                      713-385-1155

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