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Wade -
I just finished reading that article before I clicked back into GUU.
As a Disabled Vet, the fact he identifies Tillman as a War Hero in order to raise the value of the cleats disgusting.
Selling the cleats in and of itself I have no problem with.
$3.2 million? Hahaha - I could almost buy GU uniforms from the 1st members of the Baseball HOF for that amount.
Just another idiot looking for attention by putting up an item at an astronomical price.
I did notice that when asked about the high offer of $7k he said any offer he would consider would have to be 7 figures... the seller is out of his mind.
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Yahoo's homemade news features specializes in sensationalistic shallow crap specifically in order to get hits for their ad machine. I kid you not. If they found a photo of Hitler armpit farting or Princess Diana scratching her left boob, that would be the headline article for two weeks. Again, I kit you not. It's all about hits for Yahoo.Comment
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everybody dies so to not sell stuff because the player died is dumb and most athletes who die young die tragically, maybe not in war but its still tragic. however, to price gouge to capitalize on that tragedy is totally wrong. this seller and the guy who is selling Sean Taylor's stuff for similarly crazy prices should be ashamed of themselves. How would they like it if it was their son, brother, father or friend that died tragically?Comment
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I saw this article yesterday and just laughed. I could care less that he is selling them, as someone else already stated people die.
I really could care less that he is gouging the price as well because he is such a tool that he is valuing his possession WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more than it really is worth. If he wanted anything more than attention he needs to come down about 3,199,000 dollarsComment
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It is perfectly ok to sell the shoes. If you wanna sell something they would easily place in the Smithsonian, that's up to you. And I agree, the price is just an attention grab, but so what? If news companies want to pick this up and give the guy attention, that's on them. If he chooses to bring attention to himself, then he is opening himself up for a world of torment.Comment
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While I don't have a problem with selling the shoes, I do take issue with the guy's attempting to profit off of a tragedy. His tactics worked, though, as he got media attention for his auction.Les Zukor
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As a Disabled Vet, the fact he identifies Tillman as a War Hero in order to raise the value of the cleats disgusting.
I do take issue with the guy's attempting to profit off of a tragedy.
I thought his listing pretty much covered the facts, in much less space than the avg. auction house tale. It was a fishing expedition as far as price, but that's pretty common on eBay.Greg
DrJStuff.comComment
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You need an option to select - "Just plain STUPID!"
Do as you will with your stuff, but don't be a F*%^#@ C%^)@#%(R about it...Comment
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Ok, let's play a hypothetical here. Let's say that you had these cleats and you COULD reasonably get $3.2 million for them. Heck, let's say you could get 50k for them. Would you sell them then? I sure as hell would. People are going to say that you are profiting off of somebody's death regardless of when you sell them or for how much. Under the same guidelines, if you ever sold a deceased player's jersey for a price that was higher than if the player were alive, somebody could make the argument that you're profiting off of the player's death.
That being said, the guy isn't going to get anywhere near that number, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody went five figures on it. It's his to sell. Judge all you want, but you would likely do the same thing if you could.Comment
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I have no issue with it like many others have said he will never get that price. He was a great guy and gave up the game of football to go to the Army that is big. I think he should at least give part of the money he gets to the veterans or another organisation.Comment
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