Topps Golden Giveaway - CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED!!!

If you were like me and unlocked more than 200 coins and were among the first 100 to do so, you should be getting a complete set of 100 die cut cards from Topps. However, I am not sure exactly what I will be getting if I am one of the first 100. I contacted Topps and was told that the first 100 people will receive an email in two weeks. OK, that is fine with me. If you look at the picture on their web site in the lower righthand corner you will see what looks like a bunch of GOLD die cuts. These cards are supposedly numbered to 99 so I am sure these are not the cards we will receive although it would be nice of Topps to show a picture of what we will actually be receiving.

One other thing is that someone contacted Topps on Twitter and they were told that only 57 people have unlocked more than 200 coins. This was earlier today which is the third day of the promotion. I find this hard to believe as I am sure that thousands of codes have been entered. At this point, these thousands of codes have only generated the following:

A bunch of coins that seem useless at this point
Die cut cards which seem to be averaging one per 20-25 codes entered
14 gold die cuts numbered to 99. (Yes, just 14 gold die cuts after thousands of codes entered.)
ZERO prize cards -- yes, that is right. ZERO prize cards as the gold die cuts are not prize cards. Prize cards are cards in your portfolio which will allow your cards to ship for free.

Hardly an exciting promotion if you ask me. And I am not alone I am sure.

Another discrepancy is that if you click on "How It Works" in the upper right hand corner, in the fine print it clearly states:

"To make the Golden Giveaway even more fun and to reward those that unlock codes quickly the first 100 people to unlock 200 unique coins will automatically win a 1/1 Topps Series 1 card embedded with a 14K piece of gold, the subject of card will be random."

Is this in addition to the die cut set? I am not sure. However, I would not have entered all of my codes as fast as I did if this piece of information wasn't true. I would have waited and probably would have sold them due to the fact that not too many people are happy with this promotion.

Another thing that disappoints me about this promotion is that when I was reviewing the sell sheet for 2012 Topps Series One hear is what I was looking forward to....

GOLD TEAM COINS: Every MLB® team will be represented with a
Gold in five different denominations. As Gold Coins are unlocked, the
points will go into the collector’s Bank, and can be used to bid for
exciting prizes!

Collectors can also build their Coin collections, and as collection
milestones are reached, unlock even more prizes!
AUTOGRAPHED GOLD COIN CARD: 10 Gold Coins will be physically
reproduced and embedded in a card, along with an autograph of a star
from that team! Signed on card and sequentially numbered to 5!
Points can also be used to bid on the ultimate Die-Cut Chrome Card!

Obviously, these things are not a part of the promotion. At least not yet. Hopefully Topps will step up to the plate and deliver!