Should I subscribe to SCD again?

[brian1961]

[QUOTE=Rich Klein;1567672]Until there are enough advertisers to go back to print, then SCD will never be what it was.

THAT IS TRUE, RICH, BUT SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST KNOWS THE 200 PAGES OF CARD LISTINGS FLEW AWAY TO EBAY FOR GOOD A LONG TIME AGO.

And if you are a big dealer (OR AUCTION HOUSE), why advertise there when your customers are buying on line.

I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE STILL SOME MASSIVE, LUCRATIVE COLLECTIONS RESIDING AMONG THE 8,000 SCD SUBSCRIBERS. IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THOSE DEALERS AND AUCTION HOUSES TO ADVERTISE ABOUT BUYING COLLECTIONS OR WHY SAID COLLECTOR SHOULD CONSIGN THEIR COLLECTION WITH THEM...

Advertising on on-line sites such as this is a much better value for most dealers.

And, I receive many of the articles via email so I don't feel as if I'm missing anything

YOU'RE MOSTLY RIGHT, RICH, THOUGH SOMETIMES I GET WIND OF AN ARTICLE THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE DEVOURED, AND IT'S LONG GONE. NOT EVERY SCD FEATURE WINDS UP ON THEIR WEB SITE. GEORGE VRECHEK GRACIOUSLY ALLOWS US TO SEE HIS WONDERFUL PIECES ON HIS OWN WEB SITE. AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE FREE LANCE ARTICLES ARE SOLELY ON AN SCD.

I WORKED LONG AND HARD ON A RON SANTO FEATURE SCD LIKED ENOUGH TO RUN IN THEIR 2012 NATIONAL ISSUE. EVEN GOT A COUPLE EMAILS OF APPRECIATION FROM READERS. NOT SURE HOW I COULD USE IT AGAIN--IT'S TOO LONG FOR SPORTS COLLECTORS DAILY. MY POINT IS SIMPLY THAT THE SANTO ARTICLE WAS EXPRESSLY FOR SCD.

RICH, HOPE YOUR GOOD WIFE IS IMPROVING, AND I SEND YOU BOTH MY BEST REGARDS. TAKE CARE, RICH. I MISS YOUR ARTICLES, BRO!! ---BRIAN POWELL

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by brian1961

GEORGE VRECHEK GRACIOUSLY ALLOWS US TO SEE HIS WONDERFUL PIECES ON HIS OWN WEB SITE.

Brian, do you have a link to Vrechek's site?
Thanks!
--elm

[ALR-bishop]

Darren-- George puts his email contact in all his articles. vrechek@ameritech.net.

I have corresponded with him and a small group of other collectors about variations for some time. He is pretty good at answering inquiries about his articles or hobby issues.

[JollyElm]

I'm looking for the website Brian referenced.

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Brian, do you have a link to Vrechek's site?
Thanks!
--elm

ELM --Sorry, I cannot remember now how I found them on the web. I lazily assumed he had his own web site. Perhaps one does not exist. I just recall seeing some of his great stuff on the web. The OBC site has the one on Lionel Carter.

When I have heard he did a piece on, let's say, Bob Solon, and I wasn't taking SCD at the time, I typed his name and Bob Solon on the web. It came up, via the OBC site. I just did it. Looks like there may be some of his other pieces there---Buck Barker, Irv Lerner, Bruce Yeko, and several others.

Excellent reading.

I apologize for misleading you. Hope this helps, bro. ---Brian Powell

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by brian1961

ELM --Sorry, I cannot remember now how I found them on the web. I lazily assumed he had his own web site. Perhaps one does not exist. I just recall seeing some of his great stuff on the web. The OBC site has the one on Lionel Carter.

When I have heard he did a piece on, let's say, Bob Solon, and I wasn't taking SCD at the time, I typed his name and Bob Solon on the web. It came up, via the OBC site. I just did it. Looks like there may be some of his other pieces there---Buck Barker, Irv Lerner, Bruce Yeko, and several others.

Excellent reading.

I apologize for misleading you. Hope this helps, bro. ---Brian Powell

Ha ha. Misleading. The next knock on your door you hear will be the authorities coming to take you away and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law!!!

[ALR-bishop]

His SCD articles do appear on line. I can usually find them by a search for
"Vrecheck SCD".

Many of the SCD articles can be picked up with a similar search by author's name. I think Lemke's articles show up on his blog pages. I still like getting the magazine, otherwise I often would be unaware of the articles to begin with. Plus as an old guy I still like to read something in hand rather than on line. I am an unwanted demographic among marketers :-)