SCD, Coach's Corner & TS O'Connell

pscolgrafs · #1 06-02-2009, 10:53 PM

So Sports Collectors Digest is a periodical, and basically has no affiliation with the auction company of the EXACT same name?

So you can purchase an item from an authenticator that SCD, the periodical "hyped up" from a company that has kept the periodical afloat all this time, but you are telling us that there really is no connection between the two, and there's a good chance that my item, that I won in the last Coach's Corner auction will not be accepted in the Sports Collectors Digest auction?

Mr. Lemke. You worked as the publisher for Sports Collectors Digest. How long were you at that position?

What can authenticators put in their certificates to appease the masses? It is after all an opinion, but what matters is what the educated public knows.

Vintagedegu · #2 06-02-2009, 11:22 PM

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drc · #3 06-03-2009, 01:38 AM

I agree that advertising warping the main content can be a serious problem, but duly note that no newspaper, magazine, television or radios channel endorses all the products and services of its advertisers. If you look at your local newspaper there will be advertisements advertising mutually exclusive or diametrically opposed products and services. One ad for Sunday service may say there's only one God, while another ad for literature may proclaim there's none. The newspaper can't endorse both beliefs and the editors may subscribe to neither. I don't know where anyone got the idea that a magazine or newspaper endorses, or should endorse, all the products, services and positions advertised in its pages. In the case of the just mentioned two ads, the majority of editors, citizens and I bet Net54 members would say the best policy is for the newspaper to publish both ads, even though at least one of the ads has to be wrong. This policy would be saying that newspaper endorsement of the content of all ads is not only not necessary, its not desirable. Even non-Quaker readers would be POed if they found out the newspaper was blocking Quaker ads because the editors thought the Quakers got it wrong.

Rob D. · #4 06-03-2009, 02:43 AM

It wouldn't be unusual to see ads for Quaker State, Valvoline and STP motor oils in an issue of Car and Driver. However, it's doubtful you'd see 10 full-page ads for Rob's Motor Oil, which in fact isn't motor oil but rather is well known to be cans of water with purple and black food coloring added.

Edited to add: David, it would be nice if you would not go back and edit your posts after someone responds to some of the points you previously made.

drc · #5 06-03-2009, 03:13 AM

I do agree with others who dislike the CC ads and promotions, and agree that, for the benefit of the readers, not every ad should be accepted and product promoted by a magazine. I support Alcoholics Anonymous Monthly banning liquor ads from its pages.

J.McMurry · #6 06-03-2009, 05:41 AM

"Mmmm,.. that's good Bass...."

Awesome, thats the first Bass-o-matic reference I've heard in about 25 years.

I think this situation boils down to what does SCD want to be in this hobby?,
they either want to be part of the solution or part of the problem.

They have given me the impression that they are content to be one of the problems.

Leon · #7 06-03-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedegu

This forum gives me 50x more hobby news than SCD did. Maybe ad-dependent hobby print just needs to die out. SCD is doing far more harm than good at this point...At least they could be honest and get rid of that laughable 'Voice for the Hobby' subtitle, what BS, 'Voice for the Advertisers' is more like it.

Maybe people will just think I'm idealistic, unrealistic and whatnot; oh well, I guess I am...

Actually CS, as you know Collect.com is an advertiser here. In addition to them there are other advertisers that folks don't agree with that might advertise here too. The difference is that on Net54baseball.com I won't edit or censor anything anyone says...unless an anonymous troll gets in. I am not sure this forum would be the same if you couldn't say what you want to. I, or the other moderators, won't tell anyone what to say or not to say. That being said everyone is liable for what they say. And as DRC said, I don't always agree with an advertiser or a forum member. I have my own views on stuff. best regards

GrayGhost · #8 06-03-2009, 11:23 AM

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot/194/new-yo...frischetc.aspx

They keep right on rocking. Yeah, thats about as likely to be real, as me winning SUPER LOTTO.

keithsky · #9 06-03-2009, 11:32 AM

Does anyone know if Stat or Morales go to C.C.'s place to authenticate this stuff or do they just look at a picture to make there decision?

shelly · #10 06-03-2009, 12:26 PM

What difference does it make. They still have know idea what there doing.

sports-rings · #11 06-05-2009, 06:55 AM

I received an email this morning alerting me that ccsa@mycomcast.com left a message on my blog.

I googled the email address and see it's the same address found on coach's corner's website, therefore I believe it's legit.

If you are interersted in seeing their reaction to our comments, please visit my web site www.sports-rings.com and click on the blog on the right.

thanks,

Mike the ring guy (sorry if this seems like self-promotion) it's not, I just was so outraged after SCD shut down the comments, I created a blog on my existing web site so we could be heard).

thanks,