Would you paid for an autograph or would you take chance to get it for FREE at the stadium or hotel or airport

[platinum1]

Just another point about the PAID autograph versus FREE autograph, if you are saying it doesnt matter and dont care about authenticity of the item AND re-selling the item has NEVER crossed your mind ... I think that is all but a joke!


You spend time and energy to get the FREE autograph, I hope you dont end up with a no-namer or bench warmer.. now that would be really waste of time.


If you spend money on an autograph (like myself), reselling the item does cross my mind. But I would like to enjoy it for a bit and just to make sure that it is liquidate-able in case of emergency.


So spend money = make money, Free money = ...?

Why would you say that.
The whole reason I collected autographs was for the thrill of it.
In Chicago its very easy to get an autograph and you can end up with atleast 10 to 15 autographs in one day.
The money I save from not buying autographs I can spend it on a Game used items that has a better chance of the price of the item going up.
Buying an autograph is like buying a new car, As soon as you drive it out of the lot the price goes down.

[yankees.stub]

Why would you say that.
The whole reason I collected autographs was for the thrill of it.
In Chicago its very easy to get an autograph and you can end up with atleast 10 to 15 autographs in one day.
The money I save from not buying autographs I can spend it on a Game used items that has a better chance of the price of the item going up.
Buying an autograph is like buying a new car, As soon as you drive it out of the lot the price goes down.

You missed my points -- What I meant was, if you can autograph for FREE, does it mean, re-selling the item has never crossed your mind.

The point between FREE versus PAID is the level of difficulty of obtaining the item IN CONDITION THAT IS EASILY SELL-ABLE.

[legaleagle92481]

Just another point about the PAID autograph versus FREE autograph, if you are saying it doesnt matter and dont care about authenticity of the item AND re-selling the item has NEVER crossed your mind ... I think that is all but a joke!


You spend time and energy to get the FREE autograph, I hope you dont end up with a no-namer or bench warmer.. now that would be really waste of time.


If you spend money on an autograph (like myself), reselling the item does cross my mind. But I would like to enjoy it for a bit and just to make sure that it is liquidate-able in case of emergency.


So spend money = make money, Free money = ...?

Your theory is predicated on the item appreciating. Say you pay $350 bucks including item, sales tax, etc. to get Arod's sig. with all the Arod sigs out there how are you going to get much more than that or even that if you sell it? Every collector can just go to or mail order a sig from the same show you got your sig at or a future show or signing or buy it even cheaper on Ebay. If you get a free sig say it sells for even $75 you just made more than you likely would putting out $350 bucks. Today's players will sign for many more years so their stuff will never be in short supply. Even many of the formerly rare signers have started to come around Koufax and Bill Russell used to never do signings or sign autographs now they have exclusive autograph deals with major companies and you can get them whenever you want. Even Ali who had not signed in years just did a private signing. The only exception is many modern NBA players will not sign for free. Guys like Duncan, Garnett, Lebron there is very little chance of getting a free auto. I heard Garnett actually refers people who ask to the UDA website.