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Originally posted by Triple-Frog:
I wonder how many sales they lost because people saw this thread.

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Originally posted by X:
Huzzah - a resolution! (I for one thought it would never happen). The length of time it took for a replacement to be sorted was terrible customer service but I'm facepalming that even though there is a really decent replacement people are still complaining the auto is 'not even close to being comparable' or 'weak'.

What were people expecting? An Emma Watson?

FWIW, I'd rather have an auto from Gambon anyday of the week than one from Gleeson.

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Originally posted by Flag City Collectibles:
It does not matter to me because I did not send in a redemption. The design and variant is neat like I said before but for sake of discussing:

Again, it is what is and facts are facts. If you look at the value of Gambons auto compared to Gleeson it is not even close.

Gambon has signed several thousand autographs as he signed for almost every other set. Some go for as low as $40 and some as high as $100

Gleeson has signed a few hundred and range for $300 to $600 and are hardly ever seen.

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Originally posted by X:

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Originally posted by Flag City Collectibles:
It does not matter to me because I did not send in a redemption. The design and variant is neat like I said before but for sake of discussing:

Again, it is what is and facts are facts. If you look at the value of Gambons auto compared to Gleeson it is not even close.

Gambon has signed several thousand autographs as he signed for almost every other set. Some go for as low as $40 and some as high as $100

Gleeson has signed a few hundred and range for $300 to $600 and are hardly ever seen.

The only problem with your 'facts' is that secondary market values can change on a daily basis, and that is a fact.

When the OOTP Gleeson auto redemption was released his GOF auto was nowhere near the prices it achieves nowadays - so what sort of 'value' should Artbox try to replace?
What if we had another Robert Pattinson incident where som fan with more money than sense (or patience) bid $1000 for a Gleeson and loads of other vendors then chucked their GOF Gleeson's on at the $800 mark or more? Does Artbox owe the collector an $800 replacement? I'd say no.

When Artbox inserted the OOTP Gleeson redemption they were guaranteeing the collector would get an autograph of a good actor who played a large role in the previous film and was barely in the next, that is it. Sure Artbox would know a Gleeson would be worth more than the likes of say, a Warwick Davies, but they don't guarantee you are pulling a card worth 'x' amount of dollars.

In the end they replaced a Mad-Eye Moody auto for an Albus Dumbledore, who (apart from the 3 child leads) is the MAIN character across the ENTIRE series. Given what **** Artbox could have given as a replacement I think the substitute is a very good one.