Saturday, October 15, 2011

Gail Goodrich Signing 10-15-11 (I HATE Honabach and Sons)

I went out to the Gail Goodrich signing at Frank and Sons on 10-15-11. This was a paid signing hosted by Honabach and Sons who also had Elgin Bailor in attendance signing along with Goodrich. I normally don't go for paid signings unless it's a player who rarely signs. They charged $39 for small items which includes flats 11"x14" and smaller, magazines and trading cards; for large items they were charging $59 and $20 additional for inscriptions. I went to the signing to get my Lakers Forum Floor signed. I personally bought another Forum Floor from ebay a few months back so I can add Lakers signatures prior to the showtime era (Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, etc). I have another floor with Worthy, AC green and Cooper. The size of the floor piece was 8.5" x 10.5" so I figured I would be charged the price for a small which was $39. Boy was I wrong. As soon as I went to the register to buy an autograph ticket the guy said that my item was considered a large. I complained and said that didn't make any sense since if you go by dimensions my item is smaller than 11"x 14." I was angry and upset since I had to fork down another $20 to get my floor piece signed. I figured they would rip people off since there weren't that many people attending the event and they had to make their money. I didn't even bother buying the Baylor ticket since he does a lot of free signings and I wasn't going to pay Honabach and Sons anymore money. Honabach and Sons are shady and they never offer any good deals even at their table at Frank and Sons. Since the event I stopped attending any of their signings. I don't want to feed into their shady business practices. Have fun paying for $80 for Matt Kemp and Ethier if you decide on attending any Honabach signings in the future. They offer the worst pricing on all their signings. Definitely not worth it. Sorry about the rant but that's how much I hate them. Here are some pictures of the event. The only thing I wish I did was to ask Gail to write smaller since he took up the entire floor piece leaving not much room for the other guys. Nonetheless I was happy with the results.





4 comments:

  1. Wow, bet you were dissapointed. And the auto . . . well it isn't good at all. It looks like if a little kid had signed it, guess I'm not wrong if I say that you were dissapointed.

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    1. I was more disappointed by the poor customer service by Honabach and Sons and with their false advertising. They should have been more specific with the fees instead of making it so misleading and they should have honored the fee for a small item for the forum floor piece. That's why I ask all my friends to boycott any signing sponsored or hosted by Honabach since they are shady as hell. Plus they overcharge on a lot of autographs so who would want to give them their business.

      As for the autograph Gail Goodrich's autograph looks like a kid wrote it but that's his general signature so I can't complain about that. Plus he is a tough one to get since he rarely has public appearances.

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  2. And I thought Steiner Sports autograph charges were ridiculous. At least you got the piece signed.

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    1. Ya even though I had to fork out an extra twenty I had to get this piece signed. BTW I hate Steiner Sports too. They charge ridiculous prices on their signed items.

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