In reference to a recent list of the 10 most controversial comments by sports memorabilia celebrity Don West -
I’m afraid I must correct a glaring error in this posting. Controversial quote #5 is listed as “Griffey!” In fact, the fifth-most controversial Don West quote should read as follows:
5. “You snooze, you lose!”
Don’s job was to give his watchers the best deals on the most unbelievable sports collectibles. But, that was his only obligation. If you chose not to act on a deal that was just incredible, he could not care less. And he told you that to your face. In Don’s world, sleep was for losers who weren’t dedicated to sports collectibles and he felt no sympathy for that attitude.
I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize for this horrendous oversight. In the admittedly modest history of this website, we have never printed a factual error until now. Rest assured that I have severely disciplined the young boy to whom I contract out most of my work. Nonetheless, I take full responsibility for this oversight. I’m so heartbroken right now, but I will do everything to regain everyone’s trust. Top ten lists are really important and I will always take the responsibility seriously.
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Keith, I’ve decided to annotate this article by creating a running list of the ways Don West describes the contents of the ’1975 to 2000 Million Dollar Rookie Giveaway’ Shop At Home item during the course of this eight-minute forty-five-second clip:
1. “this is unreal”
2. “this is really unbelievable, folkssss”
3. “what we in the business call the ‘big daddies’ baby”
4. “the big dogs … the big dogs”
5. “this is the easiest decision you’ll ever make as far as graded cards go”
6. “I mean this is absolutely insane”
7. “like I said, baby, this is what it’s all about, man”
8. “you folks know it and I know it, this is what card collecting is all about”
9. “this is why we do it … right here”
10. “this is why we do it”
11. “this is what it’s all about”
12. “unbelievable”
13. “ab-so-lutely unbelievable”
14. “it’s only $149 on stretch pay!”
15. “that is the grand daddy … the million dollar giveaway!”
16. “man, that is just unbelievable”
17. “that is just un-be-liev-able”
And then immediately after finishing with the Rookie Giveway, he throws to the break saying, “we’ll be right back with the greatest item you’ve ever seen in your life don’t go anywhere.”
God do I love that man.
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I remember years back he was selling Pokemon cards. He was saying something like,”I just love these cards! I love these characters! This is great! I have a big collection of these cards!” Then a minute later he screws up and calls them “PokeMAN” cards. Someone corrects him and he says something like, “Well, I guess I don’t know them that well but these cards are great! I love ‘em!”
It’s a major league mess up if you originally say you have a whole collection of these cards and then a minute later you get the name wrong and admit you are not totally familiar with the cards. He still sold them though and I guess that’s what counts.
hello,i liked don and kenny but there the most gifted pshchics available.i dub them ken goldens psychic friends network as they maintained id be a millionaire pretty much if i kept investing in these deals of cards/wax boxes.well that statement couldnt be farther from the truth folks but ill stop with my rants as hes a tried and true individual who is as embellishing as they come.some awesome cards however that could net huge profits if you played your cards right.but who do we trust as everyone wants your moohlah in some form or another,eddy
Hi Edward, thanks for visiting the site and leaving a comment – I definitely understood every word of it.
thanks brian,its always nice to be appreciated.don was hillarious and if he was selling a white shirt with a jar of tomato sauce,id have bought it lol.he has charisma and a following much as tom odell with the knive show.theres nothing funnier than a big burly man selling knives like the squirrel skinner.ill take a bakers dozen of those delta rangers! i like the snooze you lose segment and how true it hols up.he told you to your snouzz that if you dont take advantage then you screwed up and that they were every bit as good as he claimed-the deals.well then don,how about the worthless 1990 unc jordan wax boxes?those went nowhere pretty much.hows about series 1 of the 1989 unc wax boxes?those were literally quite valuable but only back then and today they still are to some but an overall decline of 77% in value id estimate or more!1 thing i found amusing however was don said many times that coming up after the break hes got the most amazing thing youve ever seen in your life so stick around.ive seen so many of these offers of best thing ever that i wasnt sure if they indeed actually werent the excitingest.dons slip with pokemon cards i actually saw that episode and it was def a mess.maybe he just mispronounced the word but it sounds like hes not a truly avid collector.another thing was him and the sales of beanies.it was something else.it reminded me of a grizzly bear selling mittens lol.they offered up good deals but alot of those beanie babies today would be worth far less than you thought unless 1st gen as those are into the big digits occasionally like over $1,000.they had deals for $200-$2000.even though they want your money its a nice product as everyone and their mum got involved.id tune in for hours every weekend and often times during the week just to catch a glimpse of the latest items.blue chips were ok but i wasnt always super duper impressed but nice stuff thrown in.now the because we cans were extraoirdinary.they were 6-10 xs the value.you couldnt go wrong but there was repeated things that youd need to sell off as how many would you need of it.the 30 gem mint 10 roookie cards for $300 was awesome.they werent exactly cheapo cards either necessarily.how you couldnt double or tripe your money theres beyond me.problem is if you ordered something from them a week or two later youd see the most amazing thing youve ever seen in your life and you were almost or completely broke now as you ordered 5 packages of because we cans or something like that.it was a catch 22 escapade 24/7 it seemed.no problemo if you had a million dollars but even then i wouldve borrowed from the piggy bank so much id be broke green wise but have wonderful assets in which id get my moohlah back with big profit potential im positive.
brian,oops i forgot to tell you about my posts which are very lengthy over at tom odell-is it light website.ive numerous stuff i put together in a straightforward but humorous way about don and ken and youll definitely want to be reading it asap.sean leflar was into soccer and would comment on world cup.i liked his tale of the painting at walt disney he saw for $500 as he wanted it so badly he couldnt see straight.it was $500 and i believe he was like you frigging nuts lady?it was an exclusive to the store but yes alot of dough as $250-$300 tops id think if not less than that.its only worth what someone will pay as the old addage goes! i do disagee with that to a point as ive seen 100s of ripe goodies that were worth the $100 pricetag that i saw attached to them like star trek-a piece of the action gangster fully articulated action figures of spock and kirk with gangsta costume,tommy gun,felt hat,gun.real suit and limited to 5000 each worldwide.tell me if thats not a $3,000 set to a hungry in need of it desperately buyer?or a star wars poster for $100 which is limited to 500 and was designed before the originals came out.
i did think that the american bandstand cases of cards were a great bargain if sold to the right audiences.normally $36/case but i saw 5 cases for $100 and ultimately 10 cases for $100 and finally 10 cases for $60 which is like way below wholesale.chris i think was his name with the annoying face/voice but excellent salesman and fine polished leadeership ability.it was hillarious him selling a bedstuff as he knew nothing really or only a tad about the subject.actually he wasnt that annoying in face and voice but yes somewhat.he was good to watch alot of times for me.the gorilla gilldaddy,the skunkmunk divider,the deerhunter,the long legged loppaplop,the bison boomerang.these are all names i just now made up for there new knives but the deerhunter might actually exist.tell me someone please if it does?shop at home i read isgoing out of business but maybe not and tom odells getting fired but everyone wants him back.hes on vacation another source maintains.ay yi yi what the hecks going on over there at s-a-h?how can they possibly go out of business when they were selling hordes upon countless more hordes of product?its food for thought i think!