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| I see Barrie is up to his old tricks with the dealer Xmas packs again. Whole pile of 'unreleased' cards surfacing on EBay. I give up. How anyone can trust this company is beyond me. Fine for dealers who can make a killing by manipulating folk with more money than common sense. Basically preying on the OCD nature of the collector. For the collector.......well you're never if you've completed a set of not. Seems ITV will give the licence to any old bugger these days. These cards should be in the boxes so that there weren't so many duplicate nobodies in the box distribution. It's just really shoddy, no worse it's tawdry practise and I'm so glad I don't tolerate it any more. ____________________ Nothings forgotten, nothings ever forgotten.
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| Posts: 288 | Location: Behind the sofa! | Registered: April 25, 2014 |
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| I can understand a collectors frustration but I’ve been on the other side of the fence when cards have often been sent in late. If you hold back the release date then collectors will moan, if you put in redemption cards to make the release date then more collectors will moan. If cards get released after a set then only one particular collector moans!!!
So many signers are older people and not in the best health, some offer to sign cards then forget they agreed to sign for the set. Some signers even signed the back of the cards so more cards have had to be produced and given back to the signers to do again.
But in every case, even if they are late, Unstoppable has always paid the signers for the cards, so from a business point of view it makes perfect sense to release the cards and cash in, what would be the point of destroying thousands of pounds worth of signed cards???
Unstoppable have cleared their stock to make way for some exciting new licences for next year so good luck to them.
Happy New Year to you all!! |
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| quote: Originally posted by Jason Wright: But in every case, even if they are late, Unstoppable has always paid the signers for the cards, so from a business point of view it makes perfect sense to release the cards and cash in, what would be the point of destroying thousands of pounds worth of signed cards???
Again, as before, this is not the point anyone is making. New licenses though, you say? That is interesting. |
| Posts: 797 | Location: England | Registered: August 16, 2012 |
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| Someone told me that Avengers will not be until late March, not February. |
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| Has anyone heard any updates on Avengers ?
Nothing posted on Unstoppable website or on its Facebook page, from what I can see
Back in January, a dealer told me it would be out in March |
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| I think they’re looking at early April, they’re busy working on other stuff at the moment |
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| That's fantastic. The Prisoner is one of my all time favorite TV shows. |
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| Looks like Avengers 2 is set for an early May release! |
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| Does it still seem likely that Avengers will be out in May, given all that has been happening recently ?
Not sure how things are in the UK, in terms of people buying cards at the present time... |
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| quote: Originally posted by Tommy C: Does it still seem likely that Avengers will be out in May, given all that has been happening recently ?
Not sure how things are in the UK, in terms of people buying cards at the present time...
I don't know about the UK, but sealed product in both sports and non-sports is on fire right now. With everyone bored at home, it's time to open wax. It probably depends on where Barrie is with production, as in the US printers and packagers are non-essential and closed. But yes, likely delayed as we were supposed to have orders opening last weekend and it didn't happen. Ed |
| Posts: 5129 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: March 09, 2003 |
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| That is what I was thinking.
1) Things are not being printed here in the USA. No new comic books have been released since March, for example, as they have not been printed.
2) People are not shopping and mailing things. Our mail delivery has been way, way down. Sometimes we get things just 3 days a week, instead of 6. |
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| And the regional economies are just gutted, with many people uncertain when or if they'll get the next paycheck. I'm actually surprised to hear that sealed product is on fire. I'm certainly not in a position to make those types of purchases right now. Hopefully later on, but I would have thought that card makers and card sellers wouldn't find this a good time to release new sets with no sports, no shows, and cash conscious customers. |
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| I think Ed maybe referring to older stock already released but on dealers current lists ____________________
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| Posts: 2162 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: October 14, 2001 |
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| quote: Originally posted by JOHN LEVITT: I think Ed maybe referring to older stock already released but on dealers current lists
I'm sure, but my issue would still be the same. Although I would normally like to, spending on sealed boxes seems abnormally frivolous. |
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Platinum Card Talk Member
| I know one of my suppliers said their stock of wax in all categories was dwindling. At least in the areas where the warehouse can still be operated in some fashion. I know their Michigan warehouse is closed, but the Phoenix branch is operating with a skeleton crew and getting orders out. Next week UD releases Punisher, so it must have been printed and packaged prior to the shutdown of the TX facility that processes many of UD's products. And yes, there is still a fair number of old-stock wax orders going out. I've been to the Post Office every day since this started. Ed |
| Posts: 5129 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: March 09, 2003 |
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