I also give UD credit for owning up to the mess they've created, but the solution isn't a fix. They're sending out unredeemed cards from the e-volve line as well as sending out cards that, by all accounts, should have been destroyed ages ago.
People are getting replacement cards from different years that likely should have been packed out or destroyed as they have said in countless interviews. So, never mind that your Ovechkin Black Diamond RC is showing up more frequently (although, I'm still naive enough to believe that the Ovechkin stack is 1% or more held back from packout), but what about these cards that are now seeing the light of day that are years old?
In all honestly, I would LOVE UD to come out and say "guys, we pooched the whole redemption thing. We got ourselves into a rut that we are having a hard time getting out of. We'll try our best to send out replacements, and we'll try to be as consistent as possible." That would be impressive. What this now creates is complete dissatisfaction from people who spent big bucks on some of these redemptions that will be getting an e-volve Patrick Roy auto. Try and sell it or trade it...sure, you'll get okay money for it, but everyone else knows where it came from, and I bet you won't get nearly the amount you would have for your Kovalchuk whatever redemption you were waiting for. I'm guessing you'll see rock bottom prices on these cards soon enough.
