OT re: kirby puckett, let's avoid this seller!

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Posted By: pete

i've never been a huge kirby puckett fan but knew well enough that he was a great player who's career was cut short by misfortune...i was just browsing ebay and came across this and thought to myself "how can people be so two-faced?" notice how the seller states "we love you kirby and will miss you so much"...right, so much that you decided to sell your kirby puckett collection to capitalize on his death, nice going!
http://cgi.ebay.com/KIRBY-PUCKETT-AUTOGRAPHED-1991-WORLD-SERIES-BALL-NO-RE_W0QQitemZ8777122260QQcategoryZ27260QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>

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Posted By: James Feagin

As someone who frequents the modern Beckett boards as well, this subject has come up time and again (Leon in probably cringing on this one). So when exactly does the statute of limits end on so-called "exploitation"? A week, month, year? If I was sitting on 100 Puckett Rookie cards or autographs I should sit on them until the market becomes cold again?

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Posted By: Jim Hoffman

Today's NYPost also talks about the absurdity of Steiner Sports sending emails to their customers almost immediately after Puckett's death--using the tragedy as a sales pitch.

If it were my item to sell, I would wait at least a few days after the funeral stories have run in the newspapers. I guess it would be safe to figure on two weeks after the player's death.

It's a fine balance between selling your stuff and coming across as a ghoulish opportunist.

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Posted By: jay wolt

Yes its a very fine line.

But if a buyers wants an item, is it wrong for the seller to sell it?
Its supply & demand 101
I wouldn't sell anything of Puckett due to his tragic death, nor would I purchase anything at this time either.
But apparently there's a lot of buyers who want to remember him, so it good
that there's an outlet of a multitude of items to choose from...jay

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Posted By: Cat

I posted within the other thread that mlb.com had "remembrance" plaques and signed balls (not authentic but machined signed mind you). Within a day they were no longer listed because they had sold out, but they still had a bunch of other Kirby crap.