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03-24-2011, 09:51 PM #1
In Person vs. TTM Autos
Which do you prefer? I like the In person if I know that it will be quality and also knowing for a fact that the person really signed it. But after my experience at Boston Bruins practice yesterday and receiving some shoddy autos, likely to the fact there were several "dealer types" around. I'm wondering if its better to just send stuff of big time pros TTM instead. It seems they take more time with fan mail than when signing IP.
Anyone got any input on this?
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03-24-2011, 10:33 PM #2
I would say that I like IP autos better. Hounding, going to signings are an experience. Sending cards/photos/index cards, etc. through the mail is super fun also, dont get me wrong, but going to a game, waiting outside, is maybe twice as fun. I just love waiting there, watching the players that I'd later watch on TV that night, getting an auto or 2. Thats the best part. Going to a signing, and actually meeting your favourite player is soo exciting. And you can actually get whatever you want signed (most of the time), rather than TTM autograph in which a puck cost $10 to send through the mail, you can't send jerseys through the mail, because they may get lost, and the postage is high. I just like going to a signing, because you get to meet the player, get whatever you want signed, get a photo, and you'll remember that for years to come.
Getting a TTM autograph, you check the mail and you're like *gasp*, you open it up, and wow! 2 autos! You put it away in your collection, and then you move on.
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03-24-2011, 10:34 PM #3
i prefer ttm just because i don't really go to many games. and it's something to look forward to when you get home. honestly only IP i ever got was like 5 white sox a couple years ago for kids day lol
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03-24-2011, 10:37 PM #4
IP because you get to meet the person too. Besides, most of the "big name pros" don't sign ttm...
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03-24-2011, 10:48 PM #5
Very true IP is alot nicer, but when you get people around who are going to make the players give junk autos then it sucks.
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03-24-2011, 10:56 PM #6
What? Some players jsut have junk autos anyway!
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03-24-2011, 11:02 PM #7
IP better overall experience.
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03-24-2011, 11:32 PM #8
Dealers don't cause junk autos. Collectors with pages of 20 cards and burn out players cause junk autos. I have nothing against getting a stack of cards done at once and I'm not saying dealers donts screw things up at times, but to blame every bad autograph and person not signing on dealers isn't being honest. I bet most of the Bruins players didn't stop because they see the same people every day and it is getting late in the season. I bet at the start of the year more guys stopped. If it were all people who never sold a signature in their life the players would still be sick of seeing them every time they leave the arena. And I know plenty of people who solely collect that are at stadiums every day getting the same guys on multiple things. It isn't only dealers.
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03-25-2011, 06:13 AM #9
IP autos are great because you can put a time and place and many times a pretty neat story to go along with the autograph. As I have gotten older, I prefer TTM. I am 31 years old and awfully uncomfortable asking for autographs when there are 8 and 10 year olds trying to get sigs.
TTM is great for a few reasons. You get to actually say what you might not be able to say IP due to time constraints, crouds, etc.
TTM is great if you are someone who gets star struck.
I also like the gamble TTM provides. I love taking longshots....much like my bets at the race track and it is a great thrill when your get a long shot autograph. It is also much easier for set collectors to send a bunch of cards to work on a set. It takes much longer to obtain IP sigs for set completion.
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03-25-2011, 06:29 AM #10
I have infinately more TTM than IP graphs. However, nothing can beat the excitement of seeing a favorite player making his way to your spot to sign your item. Yesterday, when I got Mike Cameron at RDS, it was cool that he said my custom was a "sweet ..s picture" while he carefully signed it. The flip side is that when I got Kevin Youkilis he gave me a "chicken scratch" because there were like 15 people surrounding him. I later saw the graph Youkilis gave the dugout ball boy and it was awesome compared to how he signed the ones while leaving the batting cages at RDS.
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