Looking for Braves

[sportscentury]

Re: Looking for Braves

Jason/Suave,

I saw you posted elsewhere on the forum today: http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ead.php?t=5649

I did respond to you on this thread (see my last post, #50) ... it seemed as though you were interested in answering my question about your partners. Please let me know.

Reid

P.S. It's great to see you posting again. Someone actually started a thread asking what happened to you! Is everything okay? http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ead.php?t=5587

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[sportscentury]

Re: Looking for Braves

Sportscentury sorry for getting back to you late on your question I just noticed it.

But I am little confused by your question, can you please be more specific?

Jason,

Well, better late than never. But I'm not sure there is a way that I could be more specific (or clearer). You mentioned you had partners that you started your website business with and I asked who your partners are.

Thanks,

Reid

[suave1477]

Re: Looking for Braves

Sportscentury sorry for getting back to you late on your question I just noticed it.

But I am little confused by your question, can you please be more specific?

[indyred]

Re: Looking for Braves

Any updates?

[angrymuppet]

Re: Looking for Braves

I have many Braves "Game Used" and "issues" in my collection. Prior to 2006 if a player needed a jersey in a hurry (i.e. trade, call-up, etc.) then the sewing of the name onto the plate and onto the jersey was done by the team's seamstress. This to my knowledge was always done in block lettering. Not really sure why but this was the case. All jerseys that were ordered directly from Majestic were done in arch lettering. In 2006 the Braves switched to block style lettering to keep everything uniform on the field.

With that said...

I do have a 2005 Game Used Adam LaRoche Red Alternate jersey that was worn by Adam on Sunday's last year. It does show signs of use / washing.

If anyone is interested feel free to email me offers at angrymuppet@gmail.com .

[TNTtoys]

Re: Looking for Braves

Looking for Braves GU. Murphy, Horner, Niekro, Francouer, LaRoche, The Joneses, Maddux, Sutter, Gaylord Perry, Chambliss, Nettles, or any Coaches items(Appling, Aaron, Stargell, Mathews, etc). Also if anyone has a Aaron, Spahn, or Mathews GU items laying around. LOL

any braves jerseys (1986 and older)

also looking for Braves pennants, all teams souvenir helmets, and large lots of baseball cards (from 1970s-1993).

If you are interested, I have a pair of Braves Turn Back the Clock jerseys from 2002. The first is the home white style, same as the style worn when Aaron hit his 714th. It's game worn by Leo Mazzone (light wear). The second is former infielder Jesse Garcia's. It is the road style from the same year (royal blue front). It is either game worn or game issued (no signs of wear, however, Garcia never got into the game -- likely worn by him on the bench). I'm accepting serious offers on either.

[sportscentury]

Re: Looking for Braves

Rick,

I hope GUF readers recognize the professionalism with which you have handled this issue. Best of luck with the jerseys and please do give us an update as to your communications with the Braves. Glad to see you posting on GUF.

Best,
Reid

[radtke]

Update

Hello Everyone,

We have taken off the jerseys that were considered game used by the Atlanta Braves. We do not want to sell jerseys that could be fake and are in dispute. Until we resolve this issue with the team, I would like to thank some of the people on this board for pointing this out. What is the tragic part of this issue is that you cannot trust a team as a source for game used jerseys. Also, we have one other Francoeur Gamer from his rookie year that we will post on the website. We assumed both were the same style (fonts and nameplates). So we only put one one to sell. After comparing the 2 jerseys, you can definetly see the difference in the fonts on the back. We also have a McCann Road Jersey (05) from the same year and it has the correct fonts as well. MVP, I only disputed what you were saying because it is hard to imagine that the Braves would sell jerseys at the price we paid for them, only to find out these guys probably never wore them. Thanks again and we will be putting the RIGHT Francoeur up soon!

[Eric]

Re: Looking for Braves

The Braves jerseys on Radke Sports have the incorrect font on the nameplates. The Braves did not use the block font in 2005.

-Henry

MVP
Please email me immediately regarding your account.
Thank you
Eric
ecky3@aol.com

[sportscentury]

Re: Looking for Braves

MVP,

I hope you know that you are insinuating that the Braves sell FAKE game worn jerseys. Considering I purchased all three jerseys at the same time the Francouer (White), C. Jones (Red), and A. Jones (Red) the Atlanta Braves have a 100% hit rate of selling fakes. Now, that leads me to believe that if I bought 3 jerseys and all three are not game worn then all the jerseys that were sold to the public are not really game worn. Then the Atlanta Braves can be sued for fraudulent advertising and consumer fraud. I will be writing a letter to the Atlanta Braves about this issue and also give them this website for reference. You have to understand that this is a serious issue, because people are spending thousands of dollars under a false pretense that these are really game worn.

Rick,

In all fairness, MVP never said anything about fraud. Fraud requires intent to deceive. Sometimes dealers, teams, players, etc., make mistakes. I've purchased items from teams that have been advertised as game used but were not, in fact, game used. I have also purchased items from teams that were indeed game used but were not advertised as such. The team's representation of an item as game used does not make an item game used. I'm not passing judgment on your jerseys at all. I've purchased several game worn/signed jerseys from the Braves over the years and they have all been perfect (MLB hologram, BF-BA marker on tag, correct tagging, clear game wear, signatures, etc.), so clearly the Braves are not in the practice of selling only non-game-worn jerseys (not to mention all of the high end items that Atlanta Sports Collectibles/Barry Sanders has purchased directly from the Braves over the years).

I don't think MVP was suggesting that the Braves acted fraudulently. I think he was sharing his research in support of his belief that the jerseys are not game worn. If he did this in an unjust or reckless manner, I'd be the first to say so, but I think he has provided information in an ethical manner that is in line with GUF rules and policies. Again, this is not to pass judgment on your jerseys. I wish you luck with them and with your communications with the Braves. Please share an update with us once you have one.

Reid

[sportscentury]

Re: Looking for Braves

SkipCarey no I apologize I started building the site myself I tried doing previously with a no name site builder and it was pretty easy. So when me and my partners decided to open up our own web site me figuring all is same voluneteered to build the site using Yahoo Site Builder which reads like Stereo Instructions. So I got a bit lax with trying to figure out how to do and decided I will have Professional come in and help me with it, but I have been so busy in other areas of my life I haven't had the chance to do that either.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO APOLOGIZE TO ANY AND ALL MEMBERS WHO HAVE VISITED MY SITE AND WEREN'T ABLE TO VIEW ANYMORE THEN A PRE-WEBSITE.

I will be on top of this shortly and have it up and running.
I will update everyone when the site is up and would really prefer your feedback as to how to make it more attractive, easy to use, and if anything should be added.

Jason,

Who are your partners?

Reid

[kylehess10]

Re: Looking for Braves

MVP,

I hope you know that you are insinuating that the Braves sell FAKE game worn jerseys. Considering I purchased all three jerseys at the same time the Francouer (White), C. Jones (Red), and A. Jones (Red) the Atlanta Braves have a 100% hit rate of selling fakes. Now, that leads me to believe that if I bought 3 jerseys and all three are not game worn then all the jerseys that were sold to the public are not really game worn. Then the Atlanta Braves can be sued for fraudulent advertising and consumer fraud. I will be writing a letter to the Atlanta Braves about this issue and also give them this website for reference. You have to understand that this is a serious issue, because people are spending thousands of dollars under a false pretense that these are really game worn.

yes, I think you should write a letter to the Braves about this issue. I spent about an hour last night looking through ever site I could possible look at and all of them have arched letter, and not 1 with block lettering. The only jersey that I found with block lettering was a pic of Francoeur during BP and that's it but all Road,Home,and Alternate jerseys had arched lettering. To tell you the truth, I really couldn't trust the Braves for game used

[indyred]

Re: Looking for Braves

Radtke....any chance you could post pictures of there coa and the front of the jerseys. Just to see what the tagging looks like. I'd ask the Braves to show you a game photo or a game tape video with that style lettering on the 05 jersey......for red alternate games, they were only used on Sunday home games, around 13 games.....so not as many to research...

[radtke]

Re: Looking for Braves

MVP,

I hope you know that you are insinuating that the Braves sell FAKE game worn jerseys. Considering I purchased all three jerseys at the same time the Francouer (White), C. Jones (Red), and A. Jones (Red) the Atlanta Braves have a 100% hit rate of selling fakes. Now, that leads me to believe that if I bought 3 jerseys and all three are not game worn then all the jerseys that were sold to the public are not really game worn. Then the Atlanta Braves can be sued for fraudulent advertising and consumer fraud. I will be writing a letter to the Atlanta Braves about this issue and also give them this website for reference. You have to understand that this is a serious issue, because people are spending thousands of dollars under a false pretense that these are really game worn.

[indyred]

Re: Looking for Braves

great information and research here......one of reason why this forum is great.