Some interesting reading.
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I saw this posted over at net 54.
Breaking News:
March 20, 2008
Rick Gidding,
Global Authenticator known as “Mr. Midget,”
is exposed...
Anyone ever hear of Rick “Gizmo” Gidding? He is the owner of Gizmo’s Sports Cards near Rockford, Illinois.
We never heard of him (until a few days ago) and all those we contacted in the autograph world never heard of him.
However very recently www.autographalert.com was contacted by email from someone who refused to add their name to the email. The email was from the email address: MIDGETWITAPISTOL.
The March 10th email from the “midget” was extremely unprofessional not to mention crude and obviously coming from someone who was not that familiar with the autograph industry. The “midget” referred to other 3rd party authenticators and another who is not but has a very good reputation. Proving his lack of intelligence he not only drops names with negative comments he was unable to back up, but he copies in several others in his hateful email.
The anonymous “midget” continues with his wrath with another email dated March 12th. This email was not only imbecilic but extremely foul and appearing to come from a deranged individual. The sender used no less than three different four letter words. In this email he trashes one of the authenticators on his own team at Global Authenticating, Inc. stating the other Global authenticator “don’t know sh..” It is now know that the “midget” has also placed undesirable comments on a sports related blog. The readers on that sight discovered who he was and many stated on the blog they will never purchase from his sports trading card store.
The influx of unknowns in the autograph hobby becoming “instant experts”created by 3rd party authenticating companies has become a phenomenon during the last decade. Starting with a mat cutter till now all have been exposed either on Fox News, in newspapers or on website.
During the course of the last few years, almost every email to www.autographalert.com has been extremely supportive and professional. There have been only one or two from half-wits who were exposed on this site.
From the content of Rick Gidding’s emails we have to nominate him as the first quarter-wit to contact this site.
PS: www.autographalert.com has just been advised from a good source that Rick Gidding’s has admitted that Justin Priddy (who is presently attempting to start his own 3rd party authenticating company) is the author of the disgusting email and had his friend Rick Gidding send it to www.autographalert.com anonymously.
Breaking News:
March 20, 2008
Rick Gidding,
Global Authenticator known as “Mr. Midget,”
is exposed...
Anyone ever hear of Rick “Gizmo” Gidding? He is the owner of Gizmo’s Sports Cards near Rockford, Illinois.
We never heard of him (until a few days ago) and all those we contacted in the autograph world never heard of him.
However very recently www.autographalert.com was contacted by email from someone who refused to add their name to the email. The email was from the email address: MIDGETWITAPISTOL.
The March 10th email from the “midget” was extremely unprofessional not to mention crude and obviously coming from someone who was not that familiar with the autograph industry. The “midget” referred to other 3rd party authenticators and another who is not but has a very good reputation. Proving his lack of intelligence he not only drops names with negative comments he was unable to back up, but he copies in several others in his hateful email.
The anonymous “midget” continues with his wrath with another email dated March 12th. This email was not only imbecilic but extremely foul and appearing to come from a deranged individual. The sender used no less than three different four letter words. In this email he trashes one of the authenticators on his own team at Global Authenticating, Inc. stating the other Global authenticator “don’t know sh..” It is now know that the “midget” has also placed undesirable comments on a sports related blog. The readers on that sight discovered who he was and many stated on the blog they will never purchase from his sports trading card store.
The influx of unknowns in the autograph hobby becoming “instant experts”created by 3rd party authenticating companies has become a phenomenon during the last decade. Starting with a mat cutter till now all have been exposed either on Fox News, in newspapers or on website.
During the course of the last few years, almost every email to www.autographalert.com has been extremely supportive and professional. There have been only one or two from half-wits who were exposed on this site.
From the content of Rick Gidding’s emails we have to nominate him as the first quarter-wit to contact this site.
PS: www.autographalert.com has just been advised from a good source that Rick Gidding’s has admitted that Justin Priddy (who is presently attempting to start his own 3rd party authenticating company) is the author of the disgusting email and had his friend Rick Gidding send it to www.autographalert.com anonymously.
Good for you.
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Sometimes I think it's better to live under a rock when it comes to some of the neurotics in the hobby.
I still remember like yesterday Broadway Rick calling me on a Saturday nite in 1993.
Tell some dealers that you're unhappy with something and you would think you asked them to perform brain surgery on themselves with a beer opener!
mike
He has been known to type only in CAPS and had some interesting things to say about GAI when they imploded a few
months back.
Steve
Bosox1976
<< <i>Ya know Steve.
Sometimes I think it's better to live under a rock when it comes to some of the neurotics in the hobby.
I still remember like yesterday Broadway Rick calling me on a Saturday nite in 1993.
Tell some dealers that you're unhappy with something and you would think you asked them to perform brain surgery on themselves with a beer opener!
mike >>
Not to be confused with the real Broadway Rick - Rick Kohl.
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Edited to add: I searched for the old thread and it was last year at a Sportsfest show.
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