Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

[ham1963]

Re: Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

I agree with beavisrules I have bought some items form Steiner and have been very please with my salesman Brett Friedman plus I have bought some stuff off thier E-Bay site and I have gotten some deals that I have made money off of and added some things to my collection. I think what they are doing is good for the collecting industry and if Stiener was not doing it someone else would be.
Just a thought
John

[gingi79]

Re: Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

Authenticity: Good
Prices: Bad

Plain and simple

I am a braves fan but I like David Wright. I recently went to a Mets game and noticed his game used jersey is $7500!!!!! Who knows how many there are? Unlike MeiGray where they can tell you that there are only 3 sets and which games they were worn, I'd believe there are up to 82 Wrights a year.

For that price, I could buy 3 future HOF players. I could buy the starting 5 for the Vancouver Canucks and get a Luongo as well! So, I agree with KyleHess10. Well told.

[reed1216]

Re: Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

I love companies like MeiGray and Steiner because you know what you're getting. You can't put a price tag on the piece of mind you get from knowing that your purchase is real. Yes, the prices are high, but I'd rather pay a little over what is perceived as "market value" for an item that has solid provenence.

I have purchased several items directly from Steiner and have never had a problem. In fact, two of my most recent pick ups have been photmatched. One of them was a home Mussina, which was photomatched by a member of this forum and the other (a Sheffield helmet from Grey Flannel's last auction) was easily matched to several Getty images.

The bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that you get what you pay for. Sure, there are deals where you can eventually photomatch or conclusively berify an item. But how many times have collectors been burned trying to acquire that great bargain? Steiner, like MeiGray, provides team provenence and with that comes piece of mind. All that comes with a price.

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[sarahsdad]

Re: Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

I for one am not a proponent of Steiner. And have had my problems with them and based on the other forum posts certainly am not the only one. The next time someone complains about the price of a game used item you can thank Steiner. Their exclusive agreements are only good for 2 entities, Steiner and the team. You, I and the regular collectors out there get priced out of the market and thanks to Steiner they have managed to artifically inflate the price of game used items. They ruined it for Yankee collectors and then Mets collectors, now the poor souls who "used" to collect Red Sox and Dodger items are now priced out of the market. Pretty soon the going rate for a team issued Royals jersey for a September call up will be $300. Thanks Steiner. The latest example of Steiners "Good" deed for the collectors is their private signing with Nolan Ryan. Steiner is charging over $200 for a Nolan Ryan autograph and over $50 for an inscription. Go to Nolanryanfoundation.com and you can mail your item in to the Nolan Ryan foundation and Nolan will autograph it for an average price of $70 and charge you $18 for an inscription. So, has Steiner really been good for the collecting public overall or for just a few collectors where price is not an object? Either way, we are all paying higher prices in the market today then we did before Steiner came along. Certainly this is my opinion and others I am sure feel differently. But judging from some recent Forum posts there are others who will surely agree. Steiner will probably be around longer then you and I but I do not believe their presence in the market place will ever benefit the collecting public.

[JasonHalliburton]

Re: Steiner Sports Good or Bad?

In my opinion, Stainer prices are crazy and stuff is was over priced badly. It is very difficult and almost impossible for the working man to afford anything they sell.

They do have great items, the prices just turn me away from them.

I have made some phone calls to Steiner and received bad attitudes and hateful people that I have dealt with.

For the prices they charge, they should be the friendliest people and treat people nice.