Mark Barron Topps Chrome Redemptions

[mwash1983]

Is he going to sign or not, really annoyed with not getting my blue wave pack.

[HadWayTooMuch]

Still waiting for Bernard Pierce...

[Srt42004n]

Is he going to sign or not, really annoyed with not getting my blue wave pack.

Still waiting for Bernard Pierce...
When I talked to topps last week she said S. Hill had signed and were going out, B Pierce was out for signing and no ETA for them.

[armyatc22]

Is he going to sign or not, really annoyed with not getting my blue wave pack.

Why are you annoyed on not getting something for free?

[cadillac540]

They put auto's of his in Turkey Red but can't ship out his Chrome autos :rolleyes:

[HadWayTooMuch]

Why are you annoyed on not getting something for free?

I understand what you are saying, and although in theory you are right, I do disagree with you.

Redemptions are lame but a necessary evil if we want all these key players in our sets. But Topps doesn't seem to have a true gameplan in getting the autos done. If I remember correctly, TC was released in November. I realize players may not have the time to sign during the season, but it's been 2-3 months since most players have played.

Topps is paying these guys money. I realize they are millionaires already, but they agreed to a contract to sign X amount of cards. It's the fault of Topps if they do not enforce this.

I should not have to wait a year or two for an item I pull out of a pack. Topps did us a solid by offering the Blue Wave packs when you are force to wait for a redemption, but it's been 6 months plus. How long realistically should we have to wait? We have the right to be upset receiving our 2012 cards in late 2013 in my opinion.

Although it's free, we still paid for it in some way, shape or form. As a seller, some of these redeemed cards could go down in value while I'm waiting and I could lose money on it.

Just a few thoughts.

[antrodemus]

They put auto's of his in Turkey Red but can't ship out his Chrome autos :rolleyes:

Turkey Red autos were stickers, Chrome is supposed to be on-card.

[cadillac540]

Turkey Red autos were stickers, Chrome is supposed to be on-card.

Ah, I thought they were going to be stickers... :o

[freethrowtommy]

Turkey Red autos were stickers, Chrome is supposed to be on-card.

*COUGH* Russell Wilson *COUGH*

[EST1987]

When I talked to topps last week she said S. Hill had signed and were going out, B Pierce was out for signing and no ETA for them.

Does Stephen Hill come with a Blue wave pack? The redemption is on a white stock decoy type card and isnt the normal topps redemption which is normally blue with a keyboard on it. I dont redeem cards to often so Im just curious. Any help is appreciated.

Sorry to intrude on your thread OP just curious as to if I will be receiving a blue wave pack or not. I hadnt anticipated getting one but it would be kinda neat if I do. Thanks

[antrodemus]

*COUGH* Russell Wilson *COUGH*

That's why I said "supposed to be".

[uberfatty]

I too have a Mark Barron awaiting signing. Does anyone know if we request a replacement, would the blue wave still come with the replacement?

[1eyed_jack]

I too have a Mark Barron awaiting signing. Does anyone know if we request a replacement, would the blue wave still come with the replacement?

I requested a replacement and they did NOT send me a blue wave. Thought when I called they said it was a mistake and I should have gotten it.

My bigger problem was my replacement was a 2011 Chrome DJ Williams refractor auto.

Really Topps, you're going to try replacing a top 10 pick and starter from 2012 with a 155th pick and backup tight end from 2011? ha.

I sent it back. Not expecting much better though when they resend it.

Good luck!

[Gurds]

Is he going to sign or not, really annoyed with not getting my blue wave pack.

Take it for what it's worth but, I had a redemption of his in Prime Signatures from Panini and it finally came last week, so hopefully he is signing everything he needs to.

Thing that sucks is that Prime Signatures are usually on card for Rookie Autos, and this was on a sticker

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6223/barron.png

[1eyed_jack]

Take it for what it's worth but, I had a redemption of his in Prime Signatures from Panini and it finally came last week, so hopefully he is signing everything he needs to.

Thing that sucks is that Prime Signatures are usually on card for Rookie Autos, and this was on a sticker

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6223/barron.png

Unfortunately that seems like an old sticker they had since he was #4 in college and #24 in the pros.

Seems like he signed those stickers before the seasons started

[Gurds]

Unfortunately that seems like an old sticker they had since he was #4 in college and #24 in the pros.

Seems like he signed those stickers before the seasons started

Then I guess he isn't signing then. They probably were waiting for him to sign then just decided to throw old stickers on the cards. That's unfortunate.

[rmw10]

Take it for what it's worth but, I had a redemption of his in Prime Signatures from Panini and it finally came last week, so hopefully he is signing everything he needs to.

Thing that sucks is that Prime Signatures are usually on card for Rookie Autos, and this was on a sticker

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6223/barron.png

Prime Sigs is only on-card for the photoshoot guys. Barron is supposed to be a sticker.

[WallyatJCCards]

Why do people continue to call these FREE? My assumption is that they are not among those of us waiting for these cards. These FREE cards have value, a lot of value in fact.

Topps made a point to release the information regarding their overhwleming number of redemptions, as COMPENSATION, not "for free" they said collectors would receive the blue wave packs. Why do you think a Hill, Barron, or any other non top tier player is selling for $20-$40 for their base auto? BECAUSE of the not-free blue wave packs.

They should give FREE packs of cards to people who wait more than a year for ANY redemption, which will never happen - but when people continue to call these FREE packs, it drives me a little nutty.

NOTHING is free, when you buy a pack of Topps, buy a Topps single, trade for anything with the Topps name on it, YOU ARE PAYING for those blue wave packs and the $200,000 they are spending to ship them out. It's all relative and in some way. shape, or form, you paid for everyone else's "Free packs"

Why are you annoyed on not getting something for free?

[WallyatJCCards]

Couldn't agree more, wish I didn't go off writing my diatribe before reading this, you said it all!



I should not have to wait a year or two for an item I pull out of a pack. Topps did us a solid by offering the Blue Wave packs when you are force to wait for a redemption, but it's been 6 months plus. How long realistically should we have to wait? We have the right to be upset receiving our 2012 cards in late 2013 in my opinion.

Although it's free, we still paid for it in some way, shape or form. As a seller, some of these redeemed cards could go down in value while I'm waiting and I could lose money on it.

Just a few thoughts.

[WallyatJCCards]

Bernard Pierce hasn't signed many of his redemptions, if any - still waiting on my Platinum and a few others

[cdizz]

Why are you annoyed on not getting something for free?

Are you a Topps/Panini apologist? Your multiple posts defending Topps and Panini are laughable. Is it a crime for collectors to expect to get what they are promised? If you are posting for more free handouts please give it a rest. No one cares for your opinion or your bs, go crawl back into the hole you came from. When a company promises something you damn well better deliver, free or not, because we are the consumers that keep these very companies that you love to defend alive.

[techtre2003]

Still waiting for Bernard Pierce...

Same here :mad:

[Gurds]

I'm waiting on Dre Kirkpatrick

[TimGeezy]

I got my Late Notifies from Topps on all three of my Chrome redemptions and one Strata. I called them up early Monday morning and told them to replace it with whoever. I honestly don't care as long as I get my Blue Wave packs. She said I would for sure. I'll probably get 4 Brooks Bollinger base autos. Lol.

[armyatc22]

Why do people continue to call these FREE? My assumption is that they are not among those of us waiting for these cards. These FREE cards have value, a lot of value in fact.

Topps made a point to release the information regarding their overhwleming number of redemptions, as COMPENSATION, not "for free" they said collectors would receive the blue wave packs. Why do you think a Hill, Barron, or any other non top tier player is selling for $20-$40 for their base auto? BECAUSE of the not-free blue wave packs.

They should give FREE packs of cards to people who wait more than a year for ANY redemption, which will never happen - but when people continue to call these FREE packs, it drives me a little nutty.

NOTHING is free, when you buy a pack of Topps, buy a Topps single, trade for anything with the Topps name on it, YOU ARE PAYING for those blue wave packs and the $200,000 they are spending to ship them out. It's all relative and in some way. shape, or form, you paid for everyone else's "Free packs"

Are you a Topps/Panini apologist? Your multiple posts defending Topps and Panini are laughable. Is it a crime for collectors to expect to get what they are promised? If you are posting for more free handouts please give it a rest. No one cares for your opinion or your bs, go crawl back into the hole you came from. When a company promises something you damn well better deliver, free or not, because we are the consumers that keep these very companies that you love to defend alive.


I have multiple Barron's and Kirpatricks out there I'm waiting on too but what I hate hearing is people constantly bitching about not getting his/her packs yet. And we all know every one of these people complaining are the ones seeing the blue wave values dropping each day. I bought these redemptions for my BAMA PC and the blue waves are an extra bonus.

When people bought Chrome did they buy it to hope for a redemption to get a blue wave pack? Hell no they didn't they bought it to hit Luck, RG3, Wilson, Supers and all that Jazz....so to say the blue Wave packs are not free is complete BS. They added them to the redemptions to help with the complaining of constant redemptions.

Do I back up these companies? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Without these companies we wouldn't have any of these cards. Redemptions are terrible but in today's world where everyone wants products right away what else should they do? Not put RG3 in a product because he hasn't signed yet? Come on man

I will stick with what I always say about redemptions:

I would rather have a redemption of a Star player then a live auto of a scrub no one wants.

Again is this MY OPINION and if you don't like it then too bad I don't really gives a rats ass. Everyone has their own opinion on stuff

[cdizz]

I have multiple Barron's and Kirpatricks out there I'm waiting on too but what I hate hearing is people constantly bitching about not getting his/her packs yet. And we all know every one of these people complaining are the ones seeing the blue wave values dropping each day. I bought these redemptions for my BAMA PC and the blue waves are an extra bonus.

When people bought Chrome did they buy it to hope for a redemption to get a blue wave pack? Hell no they didn't they bought it to hit Luck, RG3, Wilson, Supers and all that Jazz....so to say the blue Wave packs are not free is complete BS. They added them to the redemptions to help with the complaining of constant redemptions.

Do I back up these companies? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Without these companies we wouldn't have any of these cards. Redemptions are terrible but in today's world where everyone wants products right away what else should they do? Not put RG3 in a product because he hasn't signed yet? Come on man

I will stick with what I always say about redemptions:

I would rather have a redemption of a Star player then a live auto of a scrub no one wants.

Again is this MY OPINION and if you don't like it then too bad I don't really gives a rats ass. Everyone has their own opinion on stuff

First of all, don't criticize people for expecting something that they were promised to be delivered in a reasonable amount of time, especially when there are products released after Chrome with autos of the player live in those products. You are the absolutely out of your mind if you think people dont have the right to complain about the shady business practices of these companies not delivering on said promise. You seem to be set on the premise of these "promises" being free. Are the packs of Chrome free? No they are not. Did it drive the price of said redemptions up? Yes it did. Was it because of certain promises of blue wave packs? Absolutely. So by your reasoning I can promise you anything I want just to drive up the price of what I'm selling and not deliver. But it's free right? You sir are a tool.

[armyatc22]

First of all, don't criticize people for expecting something that they were promised to be delivered in a reasonable amount of time, especially when there are products released after Chrome with autos of the player live in those products. You are the absolutely out of your mind if you think people dont have the right to complain about the shady business practices of these companies not delivering on said promise. You seem to be set on the premise of these "promises" being free. Are the packs of Chrome free? No they are not. Did it drive the price of said redemptions up? Yes it did. Was it because of certain promises of blue wave packs? Absolutely. So by your reasoning I can promise you anything I want just to drive up the price of what I'm selling and not deliver. But it's free right? You sir are a tool.

I'm the tool??? Hahaha your funny

1st there is a difference between on card and sticker autos. So the fact that these players have sticker autos live after a product that have on card autos is a mute point. Everyone knows that it's easier for a company to get hundreds if not thousands of stickers for the products rather then shipping a ton of cards to get signed and that's why some sticker products are live and these are not

2nd did Topps release the Blue Wave "free" packs when they released the product? Yes and no, they announced the program a few days before the release. Did this drive up sales? Highly unlikely since a ton of presales were already sold prior to this.

These players are making millions of dollars each year does Topps give a rats ass if someone's card is getting $10 or $20 no they don't. All they care about is getting the product off the shelf. Also How can you say these packs are not free? Does Topps send a pack with a Valor redemption? No they don't. This is an extra bonus for having to go through the process of redemptions. Did Topps have to do this? Hell no they didn't but they did and even after adding FREE bonuses to the redemptions ONCE THEY COME IN people still are complaining.

Overall it's not the companies fault it's the PLAYERS since he is the one that hasn't or won't sign!!!!

[HBMC]

First of all, don't criticize people for expecting something that they were promised to be delivered in a reasonable amount of time, especially when there are products released after Chrome with autos of the player live in those products. You are the absolutely out of your mind if you think people dont have the right to complain about the shady business practices of these companies not delivering on said promise. You seem to be set on the premise of these "promises" being free. Are the packs of Chrome free? No they are not. Did it drive the price of said redemptions up? Yes it did. Was it because of certain promises of blue wave packs? Absolutely. So by your reasoning I can promise you anything I want just to drive up the price of what I'm selling and not deliver. But it's free right? You sir are a tool.

What's a reasonable amount of time? If the player isn't signing, then what recourse does the card company have?

The Blue Wave packs were never intended to be a part of the Chrome set, they're a nice bonus on top of redemptions. Acting like they're doing this on purpose (taking a long time) is pretty damn whiny.

[1eyed_jack]

What's a reasonable amount of time? If the player isn't signing, then what recourse does the card company have?

The Blue Wave packs were never intended to be a part of the Chrome set, they're a nice bonus on top of redemptions. Acting like they're doing this on purpose (taking a long time) is pretty damn whiny.

But wasn't it released before Chrome came out that they were doing Blue Wave packs?

It's not a gift when it's promised before hand. People bought chrome for some of the prices they did based on if they got a redemption, they'd get blue wave packs also.

cheap player redemptions in chrome sold for higher on the secondary market BECAUSE of the blue wave packs.

If it was a gift, then Topps wouldn't have announced it before hand, affecting the prices of their product.

[HBMC]

But wasn't it released before Chrome came out that they were doing Blue Wave packs?

It's not a gift when it's promised before hand. People bought chrome for some of the prices they did based on if they got a redemption, they'd get blue wave packs also.

cheap player redemptions in chrome sold for higher on the secondary market BECAUSE of the blue wave packs.

If it was a gift, then Topps wouldn't have announced it before hand, affecting the prices of their product.

If they did, then they knew ahead of time that it was going to take awhile.

I am not surprised it is taking so long, but people need to quit worrying about them so much.

[1eyed_jack]

If they did, then they knew ahead of time that it was going to take awhile.

I am not surprised it is taking so long, but people need to quit worrying about them so much.

But cost comes into play, no?

I mean is it unfair to claim that people that got blue wave packs first had a great advantage selling, over people that will get theirs in two months?

That's part of the reason I was upset with my redemption replacement.

It's bad enough they replaced Barron, a 7th pick, with a player that was the 155th pick, but that 155th pick was from LAST YEAR'S chome.

[cdizz]

I'm the tool??? Hahaha your funny

1st there is a difference between on card and sticker autos. So the fact that these players have sticker autos live after a product that have on card autos is a mute point. Everyone knows that it's easier for a company to get hundreds if not thousands of stickers for the products rather then shipping a ton of cards to get signed and that's why some sticker products are live and these are not

2nd did Topps release the Blue Wave "free" packs when they released the product? Yes and no, they announced the program a few days before the release. Did this drive up sales? Highly unlikely since a ton of presales were already sold prior to this.

These players are making millions of dollars each year does Topps give a rats ass if someone's card is getting $10 or $20 no they don't. All they care about is getting the product off the shelf. Also How can you say these packs are not free? Does Topps send a pack with a Valor redemption? No they don't. This is an extra bonus for having to go through the process of redemptions. Did Topps have to do this? Hell no they didn't but they did and even after adding FREE bonuses to the redemptions ONCE THEY COME IN people still are complaining.

Overall it's not the companies fault it's the PLAYERS since he is the one that hasn't or won't sign!!!!

Theres a difference between on card and sticker autos?? Really :rolleyes: Is Chrome not generally always on card?? Is Chrome not one of if not THE most popular set each year?! And did Topps not tweet how Wilson was doing a signing for 5 Star and Valor -on card- at the same time they said he signed STICKERS for Chrome? Honestly I do not understand you apologists. NO it is not free. You have to get a redemption from Chrome, which means you had to buy the product smart guy. So people are either A) buying the product or B) buying the redemptions on the secondary market, they are BUYING are product with the PROMISE of getting something.

Sorry if I'm in the minority of collectors who actually feels like we should get what we paid for. Oh it's not Topps fault if the player doesn't sign? We can't control what we advertise as promised?? Really? Freaking lemming. Keep on buying up false promises and making excuses FOR them when they can't deliver. Who cares how much they make? If you go to buy a car and they advertise a Nissan but give you a KIA for the same price would you think this way? False advertising? Building hype only to say oops? It's people like you who let these companies get away with shady business practices only to make excuses for them after. Maybe you just want some more free cards for being a vet. You must have scored pretty low on the ASVAB tool box.

[beaver1080]

Why are you annoyed on not getting something for free?

i've said it before and i'll say it again. these are not free. it was advertised before release that redemptions included a blue wave pack. so now you're auto comes with a blue wave pack. the redemption is good for 2 items, not you're auto and a "free" pack but both. stop your bs with it's free.

no other redemptions in your example alex, valor come with them because they aren't advertised. if they did then you can call them free all day long.

lastly you bring up sticker autos, well last time i checked the biggest draw in redemptions was on card autos of wilson, yet they are sticker autos after all the wait. i personally don't care that they are on sticker. but to tell someone they can't be mad you're out of your damn mind. who do you think you are to tell someone how they can feel?

[cadillac540]

Turkey Red autos were stickers, Chrome is supposed to be on-card.

*COUGH* Russell Wilson *COUGH*

After I thought about it, I remembered they already put some of Barron's auto's in Chrome using stickers. So the rest of them are going to be on-card?? lol