While browsing Sports Collectors Daily this morning, I came across a piece where a collector turned to the WPIX News Segment "Help Me, Howard" to track down a redemption card from Topps. It's a pretty great story. A guy bought into a Topps Tribute group break, pulled a Joe DiMaggio redemption, but had difficulties with Topps customer relations (gasp!) while trying to get the card redeemed.
Unable to get a response, Howard helps elevate the matter at Topps, and ultimately, the card arrives!
You can read the post and watch the video HERE.
If you're unfamiliar, Sports Collectors Daily is a hobby-related site with a few new sports-card stories every day. You can join a mailing list (which I have done) and get an email every morning with about 3-4 new stories. I find a few interesting stories that are worth a look every week.
Rich, an editor on the site, actually added my blog to their "Blog City" section a few weeks ago, which was really cool. Go check out the site - www.sportscollectorsdaily.com.
I collected baseball cards from the late '80s through 2002. Then I went to college and when I came out, I was lost. There were too many brands, sets, choices, relics, autos, parallels, variations. It was a turn off. However, I slowly made my way back. So here is my attempt to venture back into the hobby. I'll buy a few packs of cards here and there, comment on some cards I have, send out some TTMs, and follow the progress of my Topps Yankees Project.
I've been trying for a while to redeem something from Topps myself. Emails either bounceback or are unanswered and when I call customer service it just rings and rings, no voicemail, no nothing. I've just about given up.
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DeleteGlad to hear the guy received his DiMaggio. Interesting how they mentioned that Topps inserts redemption cards for "security reasons".
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