The cole hamels foundation opened a store near me. I went to check it out and they have a ton of signed jerseys. The manager told me numerous times they are retail jerseys signed. I tried to tell her she was wrong. They have like 20 jerseys with tags, then they have a couple bp jerseys with a lot of use. The wash tags that aren't legible. They also had some jerseys with the year strip tag. I was going to buy a cole hamels 1991 throwback. it had the strip tag. As I'm about to take it the manager comes and grabs the jersey and another jersey. I ask her if she sold the throwback. She said no, there is a guy on the phone that might want it. I said I want to buy it now. She said she wants to give the guy on the phone a chance. I said ok, she comes back and says the guy is unsure and will let me know later if he wants to purchase the jersey. She took my contact info and said she'd be in touch. She never got back in touch with me. I'm guessing that means the other guy decided to buy it. I was baffled by the whole situation. You have someone in the store wanting to buy an item, but you let someone on the phone reserve it because he might want to buy it. I didn't have my hands on the jersey but was like seconds away from grabbing it. So if I had it in my hands would she have done the same thing?
All the money goes to charity there, but I'm just bitter because I wanted it to give it to my dad because he loves cole and that style. It was a decent price I felt and just disappointed how she handled it. Also, since it was a 1 game style I doubt another one of that caliber player would become available.
All the money goes to charity there, but I'm just bitter because I wanted it to give it to my dad because he loves cole and that style. It was a decent price I felt and just disappointed how she handled it. Also, since it was a 1 game style I doubt another one of that caliber player would become available.
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