Sports Collectors Daily has a current article about how the Mets hired S+S Seating,out of Florida to(and I quote):

"...will remove all pre-sold seat pairs, RECONDITION and repaint the seat arms, box and ship the assembled seat pairs."

"recondition"????
.....The metal seat frames, which date back to Shea's opening season in 1964, will be stripped and repainted in their original color to meet standards for indoor use.

Do buyers really want the original paint,that was there in 1986,to be removed? I wouldn't.
I have a game used bat,before I ship it to you I'll sand it down and varnish it for indoor display. You got to be kidding me. Any way to stop this?

Article in full(From Ripkens reply in Shea Stadium Seat original thread):
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...seat-deal.html