Ticket Stubs Meet Baseball Cards by Michael Luchies
For years baseball cards have dominated the sports collectibles market. Over the last decade it seems as though baseball cards have taken a back seat to authentic memorabilia such as autographs and game used items. The baseball card market has been saturated by the large amount of card companies and the high rate of people who hold on to the cards, thus diminishing scarcity and value. There is still a large dedicated collector base behind baseball cards that keeps the hobby alive, but it seems like a slowly disappearing industry.
Ticket stubs on the other hand have been rising in popularity. Ticket stubs have been around for over 100 years, but have not been regarded as a mainstream collectible until recently. Tickets are rare, collectible, and have a nostalgic existence to an event, team, and players that baseball cards could never have. A ticket links you to a particular event and the happenings in that event.
Baseball cards and ticket stubs have been separate entities until recently. In the past few years baseball cards and ticket stubs have finally joined forces. Combining the collectibility of baseball cards and authenticity and rarity of ticket stubs makes for a very exciting product for sports fans and collectors. Both products are keeping their unique properties while gaining the positives of the other. Here are how each product have adapted the other;
Christmas Gifts Under 25 Cents by Michael Luchies
Times are rough my friends. As the broke get broker, the thrifty must get thriftier (It’s a word I googled it). Forget the $15 secret santa gifts, and expensive jewelry for your loved ones. It’s time to cut costs, and Christmas is not a cheap Holiday. Here are several suggestions for Christmas presents for 25 cents or less.
Pack of Ramen Noodles
What could be more thoughtful than a pack of Ramen Noodles? Ramen Noodles have a wide variety including; chicken, beef, roast beef, shrimp, curry chicken, creamy chicken, and more. With this cheap and unhealthy meal you can save your loved one several dollars giving them this cheap meal instead of having them purchase a real meal for much more.
The Music City Bowl has increasingly been one of the hottest bowl tickets to get over the last few years. This years game will follow suit. Nashville is a fooprime location for sporting events and a great place to spend your New Years Eve. Stubs4Sale.com is having a giveaway for two tickets to the game on December 31st. The Vanderbilt Commodores will face off against the Boston College Eagles.
Entires must be made through a Youtube.com video. The video does not have to be more than 15 seconds long. The winner will be the fan that best displays “Why do you want to go to the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl” through a Youtube video entry. The video must be titled Stubs4Sale.com Music City Bowl ticket entry. The more creative and original, the better chance you have of winning. Here is your chance Vanderbilt fans, win two completely free tickets to the game!
The winner will be chosen on December 21st. The winner will receive two Row A tickets in the 3rd deck of LP Field. The game is sure to sell out so here is your chance for free tickets, no purchase neccessary.
Visit Stubs4Sale.com, or email Stubs4Sale@yahoo.com for any other details or questions about this contest. Videos can be submitted until December 20th at 11 pm EST.
NFL Driving Fans Away; Officiating and Management Frustrating Fans by Michael Luchies
More than ever fans are being driven away from the NFL. This trend cannot be attributed to one factor, but many. The economy, bad officiating, new rules, ticket prices, the economy, and other factors all lead to the NFL losing fans. The NFL is still America’s biggest sport, but for how long if things get worse? Here are many of the contributing issues that have NFL fans saying “no thanks.”
Bad Officiating
Has there ever been a year with more blown calls than this year? We are seeing more and more calls that greatly affect the outcome of the game. The catch is that these calls are happening even in an era where instant replay is present. Let’s look at the Hochuli call in the Chargers/Broncos game. Jay Cutler was attempting to throw the ball when the ball slipped out of his hand prior to his arm moving forward.
The ball came out of his hand, landed behind him, and was recovered by the Chargers who had the lead and would have had the game sealed. Because of Ed Hochuli blowing the play dead, the Broncos kept the ball, scored and went on to win the game. The fault of this is not Hochuli who is a great referee and simply blew his whistle early; it is the NFL’s fault for not being able to change a call that was blown dead when needed. It was obvious to everyone at the game and watching the game on television that the play resulted in a fumble.
Things Detroit Lions Fans Can be Thankful For This Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving Lions fans. We really need something to be thankful for so here is my list of things Detroit Lions fans can be thanful for this Thanksgiving
The Season is Almost over
Soon Lions fans will be able to begin to forget 2008 and start building false hopes for 2009. After the first ten games of the season they still have the same amount of wins before the season started (0). Thankfully this dreaded 4 months of torture that is called a “season” is almost over. Thanks for coming fast 2009.
Detroit Lions Blacked Out; 97.1 The Ticket Gains
Listeners by Michael Luchies
For the second straight home game for the Detroit Lions, the stadium was under capacity. The NFL has a blackout policy that limits the area where an NFL game can be shown on television if the game is not sold out. Because of this rule the Detroit Lions have been “blacked out” of Detroit and neighboring cities. This rule severely hurts the television networks that broadcast the games to Detroit area homes. But where one party looses another gains.
Detroit radio networks have benefited from the Lions failure to continue to sell out games. Die hard Lions fans and more importantly fans of the teams who are assured victory when the play the Lions, are tuning in to radio stations such as 97.1 The Ticket. Read the rest of the article by Stubs4sale.com owner Michael Luchies here
Upcoming changes are coming to sports ticket website Stubs4sale.com. New products, pages, articles, and more changes will be added to Stubs4sale.com by December 1st of 2008. Due to a raise in competitors and a wide number of unreached customers, I felt drastic changes were needed to improve the state of the company. Another change to the website will be the increase of free information to potential customers. Weekly appraisals will be given for free and listed on the website for anyone to see. Ticket stub appraisals are a free service that has been given to most of those who have requested by e-mail at Stubs4sale@yahoo.com. A toll free 800 number will also be given to provide customers an easier and free way to reach Stubs4Sale.com.
Holiday season is coming and so are discounts from many if not most of online retailers. Stubs4sale.com will offer 10% refund of all orders made from November 15th-December 25th. Look for giveaways in December of Music City Bowl tickets and more as we celebrate our 2nd anniversary in January.
I am appreciative of every visitor to Stubs4sale.com and strive to give the best experience and information to every potential customer.
Stubs4sale.com is hosting a contest for 2 free tickets to the Detroit Lions vs. Washington Redskins game thins sunday (10/26/2008). The tickets are lower level and are only 7 rows from the field.
Here are the details:
-Visit Stubs4sale.com and follow the e-mail link to submit an entry. Your entry is simply “Why should I receive free tickets to the Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions NFL game”. Best entry wins. The entry can be heartwarming (taking a kid to his first NFL game) to funny (going to wear a bag over my head). Submissions should be mailed immediately but will be accepted until 10 p.m. EST on Saturday 10/25. The winners submission will be put on the front page of Stubs4sale.com
- 2 tickets will be e-mailed to the winner saturday night at 11 p.m. EST. Due to the timing of this contest, we are not able to send the hard tickets to you in time. Since Stubs4sale.com knows the value of having ticket stubs from games you have attended, we will mail the unused hard tickets from the game to you after the event. You will have to print out the tickets that you receive in the e-mail and bring them to the game.
- No purchase necessary, visit Stubs4sale.com to enter.
Good luck
