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The vast majority of my experiences trying to buy directly from MLB sports teams have been very positive, resulting in a humble gratitude for the effort even when I didn’t get to buy anything. It has been an honor to refer other consumers not only among forum members here, but the casual fans whose own paths into collecting the game used segment would just begin.
I did formally document a complaint with a letter to the Senior Investigator at Major League Baseball today for the first time, after speaking to him. My complaint originated from a situation where Megan Vizzini (of the Pittsburgh Pirates) had been not only disrespectful, but disingenuous in her communications. In pursuit to deflect from her own business practices she actually defamed me personally within and among MLB member clubs.
I’ve never been a person who feared adversity or conflict resolution. I always try to pursue all matters of life in the right way, and to help others with a communal spirit. The vast majority of experiences I’ve had have been very positive, even when not perfect. When people in their team merchandising roles handle themselves with at least some grace in tribute to the special way their roles help unite the game with its fans, they do a tremendous job. Sadly, there are also a few who must see their roles merely as “jobs†and game used collectors as annoyances with whose passions they do not share.
Anyway, I need at least two hands to count the good ones (team merchandizing reps) and only a finger (maybe two) for the bad. But, I’d be curious to hear not only of recent but historical perspectives from those who have had a passion for “game used†longer than myself. The Pirates are undoubtedly the the "worst of breed" IMHO. My points in the complaint letter regarding the Pirates didn’t even leave room to include reference of another consumer they ignored (who was himself trying to get something to memorialize the day of his newborn’s birth).
Is this a cultural issue for certain organizations where employed individuals are allowed to do something that isn't right again and again and continuously deflect the blame internally onto the very consumers who drew notice?
I’ve observed that nearly all Pirates collectors here are focused on eras long passed. Is that a by-product of the way collectors have been treated by the organization?
I did formally document a complaint with a letter to the Senior Investigator at Major League Baseball today for the first time, after speaking to him. My complaint originated from a situation where Megan Vizzini (of the Pittsburgh Pirates) had been not only disrespectful, but disingenuous in her communications. In pursuit to deflect from her own business practices she actually defamed me personally within and among MLB member clubs.
I’ve never been a person who feared adversity or conflict resolution. I always try to pursue all matters of life in the right way, and to help others with a communal spirit. The vast majority of experiences I’ve had have been very positive, even when not perfect. When people in their team merchandising roles handle themselves with at least some grace in tribute to the special way their roles help unite the game with its fans, they do a tremendous job. Sadly, there are also a few who must see their roles merely as “jobs†and game used collectors as annoyances with whose passions they do not share.
Anyway, I need at least two hands to count the good ones (team merchandizing reps) and only a finger (maybe two) for the bad. But, I’d be curious to hear not only of recent but historical perspectives from those who have had a passion for “game used†longer than myself. The Pirates are undoubtedly the the "worst of breed" IMHO. My points in the complaint letter regarding the Pirates didn’t even leave room to include reference of another consumer they ignored (who was himself trying to get something to memorialize the day of his newborn’s birth).
Is this a cultural issue for certain organizations where employed individuals are allowed to do something that isn't right again and again and continuously deflect the blame internally onto the very consumers who drew notice?
I’ve observed that nearly all Pirates collectors here are focused on eras long passed. Is that a by-product of the way collectors have been treated by the organization?
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