OT; but many of us collected UD Cards

[BCauley]

Aside from the '93 SP set, I never cared a whole heck of a lot for their stuff. I don't feel bad for UD at all. However, I do feel bad for the employees that will likely soon be out of work because of McWilliams' crooked ways.

[lharri3600]

Well stated bill, well stated.

Originally Posted by bcauley

aside from the '93 sp set, i never cared a whole heck of a lot for their stuff. I don't feel bad for ud at all. However, i do feel bad for the employees that will likely soon be out of work because of mcwilliams' crooked ways.

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks for posting the link to this story Rich.I had been hearing about this,but wasn't too sure on the details.I had started a thread in the watercooler section just as a fun thing,and one of my "predictions" was that decades from now,when modern day cards become vintage,I think the Upper Deck cards pre-lawsuit/changes (the "old" UD cards) will become well sought after.Don't hold my feet to the fire on that though-it's all for fun

Thanks again Rich!!

Sincerely,Clayton

[T206DK]

I don't feel too bad for UD either. They flooded the market with a lot of junk.

[teetwoohsix]

I fully agree with what you said Dave,but which card company isn't guilty of that?You could probably build a small mountain with all of the junk cards Topps put out in the 80's....

Clayton

[ullmandds]

i was reading an article on this lawsuit at the bookstore last night and I think UD is in trouble!

[albrshbr]

I pretty recently collected the shiny stuff, before becoming completely disgusted with it all. When I was buying it, UD was my favorite. But UD is the main reason I gave them up. I've had the common redemption problems, waiting 2 years before they gave me a different card than what I was waiting for, and I'm still waiting on a Mystery Cuts redemption that should have been delivered in September. I've also had the common collation problems like 4 short prints per box and I got 2 cards each of 2 players. I recently bought a box of 2009 UD football (I should have known better) that should have had 3 jersey cards and 1 auto, only to receive just 1 jersey card. But what really did me in were the reports of the "special" printings of the Griffey Jr rookie and what they did with the Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

I for one will not be sad when Upper Deck goes under.

[FUBAR]

UD brought me back into the hobby in 1990. I couldn't resist their cards. Im a guy, so i like shiny things. But after opening a couple boxes of early UD, i gave up on them due to collation issues. I remember opening 2 boxes of football cards and my doubles stack was twice what my card stack was and i still need 125 or so cards.

I think UD raised the bar for other companies and for that i am thankful, but in recent years i have only purchased Topps/Bowman products in box form, with the exception being hockey, as UD still rules the hockey card market.