The Great APBA Fan Survey: Buying, Selling and Collecting

I forget how many this is now, fourth?  You can see all the results I have posted so far here. 

I didn’t think that this section, Buying, Selling and Collecting would THAT interesting but it turned out to be one the more intriguing sections.  No doubt, Mr Herson will be paying attention. 

Do you ever buy APBA products on online auction sites like Ebay?

Do you ever sell your used APBA products on sites like Ebay?

Comments:  While most of us (myself included) have bought APBA card sets and the like on sites like Ebay, there is a much smaller subset who are on the selling end of the transaction. 

Do you buy APBA products for the expressed purpose of collecting them (and not playing them)?

Comments:  The “yes” count might seem low but to me, it’s significant.  Out of the 400 people who took the survey, 50 buy a card set and don’t play it.  I know people who would buy two sets.  They would play with one and stored the other one away to never be opened.  Of course, that was before reprints became so prevalent.  I, for one thank you, APBA but those who collected them for years probably have a different opinion. 

Do you make a point to buy the card set of each year once APBA publishes them?

Comments:  This question was similar to the last but yet different.  Some of us will buy card sets every year either out of principle or to have access to the cards.  Others may concentrate on past seasons. 

Looks like it’s evenly split.  I think from a business standpoint, APBA is making a good move to open up the past seasons by issuing reprints.

Have you ever bought non-APBA branded products (i.e. "knock-offs") to play with APBA?

Comments:  A tense question when it comes to the Company, I’m sure.  I know I bought Golf cards from someone at one point.  There are bigger issues when it comes to knockoff baseball sets that infringe on APBA’s intellectual property turf. 

However, sometimes it’s a tough call when it’s a product not being offered by anyone.  

If APBA came out with an online product, would sign up for it?

Comments:  It would be interesting to see if/when APBA goes this route.  If so, it looks like they would have plenty of customers willing to at least give it a try. 

Is there a different sport you would like to see simulated by APBA? If so, what is it?

These numbers are a tad approximated due to the free form way they were entered but I think I tabulated them pretty well. 

By far, the “Nos”  have it.  I giggled at the person who wrote “Nooooooooooooooo”.   Other than that, the most frequent answer was NCAA football and basketball.  Auto racing was pretty popular which shouldn’t surprise anyone.  A lot of people were asking for a new (and better) basketball game.  The boxing one was the one the surprised me.  Horse racing still has a small following. 

Others mentioned (and I’m not vouching for their seriousness):  Rugby, Australian Rules Football, Japanese Sumo wrestling, Lacrosse, Tennis, Pro Wrestling, and Cricket. 

I’m assuming the person that entered “Yahtzee” was having a bit of fun.  “Tag Team Wraslin’” was a good one, too.

Next Up:  One more left (maybe two to wrap up).  It should be good, too.  It will focus on APBA and the Community and will deal with questions like how the company can market the game to young people and how we interact with each other.  And I’ll throw in the results to big question in the last one… “What one thing would you change about APBA?”  There were some good answers, I’ll tell you that much.