Dear Topps,
How does it feel to have sold your soul by offering up Gary Carter items from your Vault the day after the Hall of Fame player/World Class individual died? You try to disguise this greed in the name of charity by offering 10% of proceeds to the Gary Carter Foundation, but you're not fooling anyone. I even gave you the benefit of the doubt, thinking that perhaps there was a zero left out of the percentage, until I visited your Topps Online store, which states "A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Gary Carter Foundation." Yes- a very small portion. This is something that I would expect from scumbags on eBay looking to turn a quick buck, not from a company which has played such an important part in not only the hobby, but in the game of baseball itself. I implore you to undo this outrageous act-give 100% of proceeds to the foundation, get out of the business of profiting off the death of individuals, and fire the ass who came up with this idea.
Great post. I love debating this topic (selling memorabilia of athletes immediately after their death) and plan to write my feelings down in a future post. In terms of Topps... I think you're right, it would have been nice if Topps would have donated more than 10%.
ReplyDeleteWow, that does seem to be very poor timing/bad judgement on the behalf of Topps. Wow.
ReplyDelete100% agree...Great letter
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