tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post6931196344676528651..comments2023-04-16T06:15:26.230-07:00Comments on Sports Cards Uncensored: BREAKING NEWS: Upper Deck Closes Facility?Gellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819780003574759214noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-84722305031435493802010-03-11T18:13:36.544-08:002010-03-11T18:13:36.544-08:00Today -- March 11th 2010 -- Upper Deck laid off ov...Today -- March 11th 2010 -- Upper Deck laid off over half the (remaining) company...Charles Inachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814347264393158353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-49641458526558645752009-03-26T12:05:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:05:00.000-07:00From experience and being in one of the layoff wav...From experience and being in one of the layoff waves...two words fit...boiler room.<BR/><BR/>We all witnessed this first hand...nothing is surprising anymore. I have never seen people let go so abruptly, even long before the new year. Plenty of double talk and deception, even before the financial crisis. Super agressive management style with a Three Stooges type of approach. Prison like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-80675006839204986772009-03-23T20:23:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:23:00.000-07:00The person who posted this memo and the other bash...The person who posted this memo and the other bashers obviously do not care about the people facing the daunting task of finding a job, but also those employees remaining who must find a way to keep going thru adversity. Good people have been lost from not only UD but I am sure Topps as well yet they will hopefully continue to provide great product. Who knows what will happen with an Italian Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-44833686362905744482009-03-23T13:33:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:33:00.000-07:00So many bitter voices on this topic! You are all ...So many bitter voices on this topic! You are all entitled to your opinions, weither or not they are based on facts, direct exposure, experience or pure emotions. But try not to get it twisted.<BR/><BR/>We know the economy is struggling and many of us are sturggling with it. However nefarious you'd make out Upper Deck to be, one thing it isn't is uncaring or foolish. It is almost impossible to beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-29648928091233190472009-03-23T13:24:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:24:00.000-07:00I'm curious to know if this is in fact true. And i...I'm curious to know if this is in fact true. And if it is true, whoever posted this, i hope they are one of the people getting laid off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-75405032370265855332009-02-23T18:38:00.000-08:002009-02-23T18:38:00.000-08:00RE: perspective of a 2008 layoff victim - speed ov...RE: perspective of a 2008 layoff victim - speed over quality (...and it shows). you have obviously worked there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-30658736345473623052009-02-20T17:37:00.000-08:002009-02-20T17:37:00.000-08:00Alex, You have no clue. Take the smartest peopl...Alex,<BR/> You have no clue. Take the smartest people in your company and cut them two times the amount of laborers? That company would not a single dime after that. We should all be thankful he isn't making these decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-81008526734158954832009-02-19T11:06:00.000-08:002009-02-19T11:06:00.000-08:00Upper Deck has a Customer Service Department?Upper Deck has a Customer Service Department?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-25836787973575558342009-02-19T08:16:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:16:00.000-08:00Has anyone out there worked for a large corporatio...Has anyone out there worked for a large corporation? Is anyone reading the newspapers? IF this cutback is true, it is a death throe. Beginning of the end. (BTW We just experienced a TERRIBLE instance of Upper Deck quality control problems for a 2009 product, and will post the specifics soon.) By 2012 the main card companies will be Topps and Panini.Dinged Cornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729927622297303962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-70197742841091074412009-02-18T22:56:00.000-08:002009-02-18T22:56:00.000-08:00From the perspective of a 2008 layoff victim, UD h...From the perspective of a 2008 layoff victim, UD has the worst communicating managers I ever worked for. Speed is now valued over quality by management, which affects product. Recurring rookie mistakes from untrained newbies pissed off the NBA. Everyone is in a cubicle so no fresh ideas can be shared,if you speak to a fellow employee in some departments, you are slapped and thrown back in your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-76312463146820997402009-02-18T21:42:00.000-08:002009-02-18T21:42:00.000-08:00Doesn't matter cause in 2012 the world will end an...Doesn't matter cause in 2012 the world will end and my cards will be the only thing that survives. LOL. Seriously though, the way the economy is.....well....we're all screwed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-69900935281656567912009-02-18T20:28:00.000-08:002009-02-18T20:28:00.000-08:00"I think they will be lucky to still in the basket..."I think they will be lucky to still in the basketball market in 3 years when they begin producing cards minus the big names that are upper deck exclusive..."<BR/><BR/> If Upper Deck stops doing basketball or goes out of business, those "big names" will no longer be "upper deck exclusive." Sorry Lebron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-50643403329441067422009-02-18T16:55:00.000-08:002009-02-18T16:55:00.000-08:00call me Karnack but I see it coming. The MLB suit ...call me Karnack but I see it coming. The MLB suit was filed only because it had to be. Pannini can offer more money and a larger market share than US based companies. If you know the full story of Upper Deck, backdooring products, screwing over licenseies(?, etc. you could easily see this as a real possibility. The NBA took 50% more money from Pannini than Topps and Upper Deck offered combinedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-38343373923865208002009-02-18T15:16:00.000-08:002009-02-18T15:16:00.000-08:00Let's face facts - card collecting is for fun, or ...Let's face facts - card collecting is for fun, or at least it should be. So the impact that this will have on products or our choices in the hobby isn't the big issue.<BR/><BR/>The big issue is those people who are losing their jobs - compared to this the number/quality of cards produced is unimportant. My heart goes out to those people whol will lose jobs.<BR/><BR/>As the post notes, while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-20412145011365829532009-02-18T14:24:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:24:00.000-08:00That's why I said IF Upper Deck goes under...And t...That's why I said IF Upper Deck goes under...<BR/><BR/>And to say trading cards aren't complicated is ridiculous. Can you name me every base set produced this year without looking? Doubt it. Can you explain all the different tiers in all those sets with multiple parallels without checking? Doubt it. Upper Deck's parallels are some of the complicated issues put out on a year to year basis. Just atAndrew Harnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325840784620493453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-22712101682796881052009-02-18T14:19:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:19:00.000-08:00haha pannini getting a baseball license?? I think...haha pannini getting a baseball license?? I think they will be lucky to still in the basketball market in 3 years when they begin producing cards minus the big names that are upper deck exclusive...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-63772333072445166872009-02-18T13:36:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:36:00.000-08:00SO donruss, the company that just screwed the MLB ...SO donruss, the company that just screwed the MLB up the pooper will get the baseball license by being taken over by a company that is internationally based? I doubt it.Gellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819780003574759214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-64047309345259591472009-02-18T13:32:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:32:00.000-08:00Upperdeck will be gone by year's end. They have ma...Upperdeck will be gone by year's end. They have made some nefarious deals, and are going to pay the piper so to speak. Pannini will buy Donruss, and get the Baseball license...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-79134867320987036422009-02-18T13:21:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:21:00.000-08:00I think we're going to see consolidation everywher...I think we're going to see consolidation everywhere from the number of products card companies produce to the number of magazines that Beckett will produce.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225609931029900229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-5070873480482800022009-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:00I think this years rookies are way way better than...I think this years rookies are way way better than 2007s crop.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782340575442922908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-27152118749986855902009-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:00Look at what Upper Deck has lost in the last 30 da...Look at what Upper Deck has lost in the last 30 days. YuGiOh was their biggest brand and biggest money maker. NBA is with Panini Oct 1st, 2009. MLB is back to normal with Topps being strong this year. NFL is luke warm anymore. NHL is a small community. Their entertainment titles are week. World of Warcraft hasn't grown to be the phenom it is on the web.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-46967069116296585532009-02-18T12:09:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:09:00.000-08:00...or that this year's rookie crop doesn't have th...<I>...or that this year's rookie crop doesn't have the same mystique and/or hype as last year's overall.</I><BR/><BR/>That is it 100%. Most of the top rookies werent at the top until late in the season. Couple that with generally bad economic situations and you have the situation as of now.Gellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819780003574759214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-220105457940843082009-02-18T12:08:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:08:00.000-08:00just look at ebay and see the prices for the top r...just look at ebay and see the prices for the top rookies compared to last year...its clear people just dont have the money to spend.<BR/><BR/>...or that this year's rookie crop doesn't have the same mystique and/or hype as last year's overall.Nachos Grandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02911007368272468591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-40440683653878846012009-02-18T11:22:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:22:00.000-08:00btw are we randoming teams for Exquisite today?btw are we randoming teams for Exquisite today?Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782340575442922908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-61936831481702925832009-02-18T11:17:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:17:00.000-08:00well this doesnt seem that surprising, considering...well this doesnt seem that surprising, considering that people arent buying as many cards as even last year. just look at ebay and see the prices for the top rookies compared to last year...its clear people just dont have the money to spend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com