Do Players Change Helmets For the start of the Playoffs?

[longball]

Re: Do Players Change Helmets For the start of the Playoffs?

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...=Closed&p=90&s=


Damn, homie. You took a hit on this!! Good luck getting your payment from them too. Thats close to a $2,000 hit!!! I still can't figure out why, you being such a huge fan and all that you sold this helmet.......

Aaron-

What's not to understand?

Read his earlier post-he did not like the way MAC signed it on the bill. Makes good sense-the buyer not only had one of the rarest MAC helmets with a team LOA from the equipment manager, but you are also lucky enough to meet your favorite player and have him sign this. Based on this, why would a huge MAC collector even think about keeping this rarity?

Maybe the simple fact that not a single photo from the ALCS or the regular season could be found showing this helmet. Was this the real reason he dumped it just weeks after purchasing it for a wicked loss?

Another winner attracted to this site!

Go figure!

[Lokee]

Re: Do Players Change Helmets For the start of the Playoffs?

Helmet is bad in my opinion. Apparently others felt the same way

[ironmanfan]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

Even IF the blues were worn in 1989, Menke was with the Phillies all season (and the next). It seems doubtful that the team would grab the jersey of someone currently employed by the team and reissue it, name changed, to a newcomer in midseason.

Howard, if you're reading this, email me and chime in with whatever you can offer.

Dave Miedema

Is Howard banned from the site or does he choose just not to post?

[BostonSportsFan]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

Is Howard banned from the site or does he choose just not to post?

Having known Howard for the better part of 25 plus years, I spoke with him earlier this week about some Phillies jersey's. Howard informed me that he and Rudy who I believe used to post on this forum as well, worked on extensive research on an issue concerning another forum member Panthrotc who it appears dumped what was reportedly a Mark McGwire A's helmet over at AMI once it was obvious that it was not what it was reported to be. According to Howard himself, he had refused for the better part of a year to take part in this forum as he did not want to contribute to its success based upon the direction that ownership had taken it.

Howard came back for a one time only post on this A's McGwire helmet approximately 2 weeks ago and posted a rather interesting disection according to what I saw from his and Rudy's research on this questionable helmet. According to Howard, the post was removed within ten minutes and he then received a message stating he was banned when he tried to log back in.

Can any forum moderator please explain why this research that Howard and Rudy put together over a very serious issue of what appears to be a blatant attempt at a cover up of a piece of memorabilia was removed from the forum once posted?

I am under the understanding that this forum exists to uncover unscrupulious activity in this industry. After seeing the information put together by both Howard and Rudy, unless the forum member that is being questioned has a very, very good explanation, this was simply nothing but a dump of an item once it was discovered it was garbage.

It would be nice to know why valuable information about a bad item being passed through the hobby was removed. I have no idea why Howard was banned and that is not necessarily my concern. I am concerned as to why this other information was pulled.

Joe

[trsent]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

I may not have always seen eye to eye with Howard and Rudy, but they helped uncover some serious concerns in the industry that should be applauded and rewarded.

[TNTtoys]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

Since I brought up the topic (before it morphed into something else), I thought I'd respond. While I have no issue with Howard, and have been in touch with him from time to time (even in the past month), he and the owner of this forum have had their differences, and whatever transpired between them to either lead to him not posting or being banned is between them.

Since Rudy's name was brought up, I also thought I'd comment. I have absolutely no idea why he stopped frequenting this forum. I and several others here truly miss his contributions, as we collectively have learned lots from him and enjoyed reading his informative posts. If he and other admins of this forum had some type of "falling-out", I am certainly not aware.

[ironmanfan]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

sounds as if the information that Howard had on that bad McGwire helmet would benefit the entire GU community......why would that kind of helpful information be removed?

also disappointed to learn that a member here would dump a bad item back into circulation

[BostonSportsFan]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

Since I brought up the topic (before it morphed into something else), I thought I'd respond. While I have no issue with Howard, and have been in touch with him from time to time (even in the past month), he and the owner of this forum have had their differences, and whatever transpired between them to either lead to him not posting or being banned is between them.

Since Rudy's name was brought up, I also thought I'd comment. I have absolutely no idea why he stopped frequenting this forum. I and several others here truly miss his contributions, as we collectively have learned lots from him and enjoyed reading his informative posts. If he and other admins of this forum had some type of "falling-out", I am certainly not aware.

TNT Toys, it appears that you are a moderator on this forum? To second what IronManFan said, why was that post by Howard Wolf removed? Since Howard was able to post it, obviously he was not banned. If what he sent to me in email form was what he posted, and he stated to me that it was exact, then there was nothing in there that was a personal attack or a violation of forum rules that I could see. In fact, it was a point by point reference and fact driven post that carved up this helmet and what appears to be a blatant attempt to dump bad material once it was discovered to be bad.

From your above post, are you stating that the owner of this forum has some personal vendetta again Howard Wolf that he has placed front and center and he would rather not see Howard Wolf's name here so he is willing to remove valid hobby related information that I would deem as pertinent to cleaning up the bad material that circulates in the hobby rather than see it posted by Howard?

I do not have any information as to why Howard Wolf was banned and again, I don't personally care however what you are saying seems to indicate that the owner of the forum banned this member and removed a very valid post due to some issues he had with the member. Seems like bad business practice to me. If there was some legit reason to ban Howard so be it and that is for the ownership to decide but why allow your own agenda to get in the way of very valuable information being posted on a legit issue of what would appear to be hobby deception?

I have known Howard for again over 25 years and he is among the most knowledgable collectors I have ever come across. It seems a shame to me that he is not on here sharing his vast wealth of knowledge. He told me he used to participate on here quite regularly but has not been involved for some time.

I do not know Rudy personally and will not speculate on why he has choosen not to post however I am sure that one could also make an educated guess on that issue as well. If it has anything to do with my conversations with Howard Wolf and what he indicated to me about the Game Used Forum it is no wonder that Rudy and or others do not post here.

Joe

Joe

[Lokee]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

is this the helmet in question ?

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=34656&page=2&highlight=Mark+McGwire+helmet

[nickacs]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

sounds as if the information that Howard had on that bad McGwire helmet would benefit the entire GU community......why would that kind of helpful information be removed?

AGREE 100%. I don't know why (or even care) that Howard was banned long ago, but being a very respected memorabilia "inspector", let's say, if the information benefits the community, why not let the post stay???
Isn't that what this forum is about in the first place? Collectors helping each other out? I know I've found so much valuable information from fellow members, shoot I would've been dupped on so much fake auction crap I'd be out thousands of dollars over the last 3 years.

Oh well, that's my 2cents, but obviously there's more to this Howard/GUU forum issue than the "regular" members know about... too bad

[TNTtoys]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

TNT Toys, it appears that you are a moderator on this forum?

From your above post, are you stating that the owner of this forum has some personal vendetta again Howard Wolf

Joe

Joe,

Yes, I am a forum moderator, and... I mentioned that

<<whatever transpired between them to either lead to him not posting or being banned>>

meaning that I clearly don't know what transpired. I don't know if Howard stopped posting or if he was banned. Could I have been any clearer that I don't have a clue as to what the full story is?

Vendetta? please tell me that you are you kidding?

Nick

[BostonSportsFan]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

Joe,

Yes, I am a forum moderator, and... I mentioned that

<<whatever transpired between them to either lead to him not posting or being banned>>

meaning that I clearly don't know what transpired. I don't know if Howard stopped posting or if he was banned. Could I have been any clearer that I don't have a clue as to what the full story is?

Vendetta? please tell me that you are you kidding?

Nick

Nick, I do not know either what the real truth is. All I know is that Howard told me that he posted verbatim what he sent to me in an email after we were talking about various collections and the hobby. He then told me the post disappeared 10 minutes later and when he tried to log back in he was banned. I have no reason to doubt Howard as I mentioned I have known him for nearly 30 years.

How exactly would you explain that? Again, unless there is something I am missing why would the post be removed even if there was some valid cause to ban Howard? I asked Howard if it was standard practice as I am not a long term forum member to ban a member and then remove their post. He told me in his experience that even if and when a forum member did something to be banned the post would not then be removed unless it was a complete personal attack or profanity laced tirade. At least based on the email he sent me, his and Rudy's homework were neither.

I do not know the owners here but I do know Howard Wolf. If you don't know anything more no problem, but how do you explain why a valuable thread was removed that had very solid fact based information on a potential piece of memorabilia being dumped on other unsuspecting collectors via a very questionable auction house when you yourself stated that there is some history between Howard and the forum owners.

I have been involved in this hobby for over 35 years and having seen what I have seen with the petty attacks, selfish behavior, personal backstabbing, lying, cheating, deceit and everything in between would anything surprise me, absolutely not. This hobby can be a very dirty business but at least in my experience Howard Wolf has been one of the good guys and someone I would not hesitate to do business with time and time again. From what Howard told me about Rudy and from some of his posts I have read, Rudy seems to be as good as they come in this business as well.

Just my 2 cents on this for whatever it is worth.

Joe

[CollectGU]

Re: Red flag: Lenny Dykstra jersey in Collectauctions.com

I may not have always seen eye to eye with Howard and Rudy, but they helped uncover some serious concerns in the industry that should be applauded and rewarded.

Quite frankly, many of the forum members who posted valuable information are long gone and replaced with the always entertaining "how much will this pujols go for!" thread and "help me photo match my sin shoo choo bat" and the very popular "advise on whether I should bet my jersey signed" thread.......

Dave

[yanks12025]

Re: Do Players Change Helmets For the start of the Playoffs?

Boston,
Can you just paste what Howard wrote to you in the email to here, so we can see it. Sad in what happened to this forum.

[otismalibu]

Re: Do Players Change Helmets For the start of the Playoffs?

He then told me the post disappeared 10 minutes later and when he tried to log back in he was banned. I have no reason to doubt Howard as I mentioned I have known him for nearly 30 years.

He did indeed have a post on here - I read it. I was surprised to see him posting again. I dropped him an email and before I was finished typing the email, his post was gonzo.

I only read through it once, but it didn't seem like much of an attack to me. Hell, I've torched Joel worse than that And I paid a terrible price, as Joel's Blackhawks defeated my Flyers in the SCF courtesy one of the softest goals ever allowed. *SMH*