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12-15-2005, 06:09 PM #1
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Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
Yankwood, bet me your favorite game used piece that Steiner gets charged per signature by the athlete. I know for a fact thats how it works, there are no lump appearance fees its a per signature, per inscription, per everything deal. As for how many autos they sell I bet my favorite game used piece they sell out the signing. Happy holidays!
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12-15-2005, 06:20 PM #2
Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
If this is indeed how it works then things have changed since I was indirectly involved with autograph shows back in the 80' and I will stand corrected. And if Bernie Williams can sit there and sign for that price then he should be spanked. Maybe by me. Maybe I will change my name from Yankwood to Spankwood and tell him he should be ashamed. I do understand supply and demand economics and I also know that Bernie has been spouting biblical quotations throughout his career and I believe there is one about greed that he missed. Anyway, I have said my peace and these things get boring so I will make this my last post so I can earn some extra money for that autograph ticket. NOT ! ! !
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12-15-2005, 07:54 PM #3
Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
The signing will probably sell out and thats the problem. As long as people are shelling out $400 for another persons signature, things arent going to change. I would NEVER spend that much money for someone to sign their name on something I put in front of them. It goes the same for the ridiculous prices that Steiner puts on their jerseys, idiots are paying that much. I bought a few jerseys from their auctions for reasonable prices, but I laugh at them when they contact me and try to sell me an item at these ludicrous prices. Needless to say, they havent given me a call in a while. I still love the Yanks though, GO YANKEES ! ! ! !
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12-16-2005, 01:49 AM #4
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Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
Originally Posted by Yankwood
Thanks in advance,
Christopher Cavalier
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12-15-2005, 08:21 PM #5
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Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
Steiner charges these kinds of prices because they know in the long run that someone will pay their price; i wouldn't pay $20 for Bernie Williams' auto and i'm a Yankee fan, but don't collect their stuff because it's too freaking high; if people would just walk away, then Steiner would choke on their Yankees stuff and the price would have to come down eventually.
John
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12-16-2005, 01:20 AM #6
Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
......I still remember the heyday of the hobby in the mid '80's when Mickey Mantle,Joe DiMaggio,and Ted Williams were all 7 dollar autographs.....on any item!!!Now Bernie was a nice player for the Yanks all these years,but is certainly no Hall of Famer or player who even approaches those guys.I guess if they were still alive,Steiner'd be charging $2000 an autograph for them,since they were getting $800 for McGwire and now $400 for Bernie....and someone would still pay it.What they've done to the hobby is a shame....
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12-21-2005, 01:17 PM #7
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Re: Steiner Sports is out of touch with Reality
Confessions of a Steiner Customer
I've bought some Steiner items--paid too much for some, got a deal on others. I don't blame them for capitalizing on the team's mystique. Everybody else is. Did you ever price a Yankees-Red sox ticket? And they wouldn't be charging those prices if people did not pay them -- including me.
They do have one thing that's mighty rare these days--credibility. I have yet to see one complaint on this site that Steiner has misrepresented anything it has sold. I wish ev eryone did business that-a-way!.