Panini Back Into Hockey?

[sortguld]

Just heard a rumor that panini is back into hockey.
Not official yet but seems like a done deal anyone heard anything?

[RGM81]

Source on that would be beneficial.

UD exclusive runs for this season and next. Long way out yet.

[creasecollector]

Source would be great if possible, but I would welcome Panini back with open arms. Sure, one could say they weren't perfect (which company is?) but it can't just be UD all the time. The hockey card market needs more & more companies coming into the mix to trick things up.

Just my opinion on this.

[sortguld]

[pwaldo]

Who is this guy?

[sparty07]

God I hope they can improve their customer service and redemptions departments before they get back into hockey. You can't ever get someone on the phone. I turned in a redemption 3 months ago for a 13/14 product, either the player signed or he didn't.

[doniceage]

Who is this guy?

Probably a admin on a Swedish or Finnish hockey board.

Don'

[pwaldo]

God I hope they can improve their customer service and redemptions departments before they get back into hockey. You can't ever get someone on the phone. I turned in a redemption 3 months ago for a 13/14 product, either the player signed or he didn't.

The reason for the horrible service at Panini is because they over expanded and haven't (and probably will never) hire enough people to help. They own the exclusive in football (NFL), basketball, and a partial license in baseball. That is too much for them to handle and they have done nothing to address this problem even though people brought it up to them last year.

[Incetardis]

they also do Nascar and soccer!

[ReimerFan]

Upper Deck needs some competition. I would hope it would smarten them up. Been waiting for over 3 months for an RMA on some cards i need to return. On average waiting two weeks per email response. It's freaking ridiculous.

Competition is never a bad thing. I've always preferred UD to others but it's not a given.