The Vanishing Vick
The allegations against Michael Vick aren’t just forcing him to miss out on football, but his name is being erased from all products baring his name. Nike suspended their contract (no pay) with Vick and Reebok stopped selling Vick jerseys.
Upper Deck also made an announcement that they were not going to include Vick cards in any future football card sets, and that they were stopping the sale of any Vick merchandise on their website, namely autographed memorabilia.
I wonder if any of this will actually put a premium on Vick products. He still has fans out there, and there are still those that will not condemn anyone until due process has taken place. Any new Vick product that gets pulled will be available in very limited supply, at least for now. Any possible demand could create an interesting market.
Xboxing Again
I received my Xbox 360 today after sending it out a month ago because of the red ring of death.
It seems to be fine again. I had very few problems with it before the red ring.
Included with the console was a card for a one-month gold live subscription. A proper thing to do seeing as I couldn’t use my subscription for a month.
I’ve yet to test the movie we downloaded just before we had to send it in. Blood Diamond, and in HD. You have 14-days to watch the movie, and 24 hours once you start it. I hope I don’t have to pay for it again, or pester support more. I tried asking Xbox support about this on the phone and wasn’t understood. I then tried emailing and was told I’d have to call. Hopefully I won’t have to.