Anyone heard of Player-Direct.com?

Hey,

Player-Direct.com advertises as the "exclusive provider of Salvador Perez autographs and memorabilia." They sell some other things on their site but their big attraction is a live signing with Perez next month.

I'm relatively new to the sports autograph world, is it common for fringe players to sign exclusive deals with small dealers? I can understand the draw of having exclusive rights to Derek Jeter or Mike Trout but Perez isn't a big draw.

Maybe this is Perez's personal venture?

Any insight would be great. I had a little trouble with the website loading earlier so don't write it off if it doesn't load.

Thanks!

-Joe

Tags: Perez, Salvador, dealer

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Schackman on February 18, 2013 at 6:28pm

Perez re-tweeted a message from Player-Direct's twitter page about his autographs being for sale. I don't think it is a scam. Just a weird arrangement in my eyes. This could be common place though.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 18, 2013 at 7:41pm

Back in the 90s early 2000s there was a entity called Athletes Direct. They had a web portal with "home pages" and web stores for a number of ball players including Bernie Williams. Mostly journeymen type players.

TTBOMK, it was legit and all the stuff was good. (I purchased a few Bernie Williams signed photos and bats.)

I can't help but wonder if this is a takeoff from that type of model.

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on February 22, 2013 at 10:13pm

Mike trout signs through there also

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Schackman on February 23, 2013 at 6:56am

I think MLBPAA has the exclusive rights on Trout. I think Player-Direct buys through there, because they say their items are MLB authenticated, which is MLBPAA's big draw.