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Originally Posted by Kutcher55
Their eye appeal ratings were brilliant and ahead of their time. I realize that has always been an unpopular opinion and yeah I think they are a shady outfit to say the least. But the eye appeal ratings generated tremendous results at auction because the cards tended to have, well, great eye appeal.
I made this point a few years ago and a board regular freaked out about it. But I stand by it to this day. This does not excuse them from being involved in card doctoring, and many of the cards with strong eye appeal rankings surely were altered, but again, great concept. They could have built a great business on it but greed got in the way.
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I would agree, the eye appeal sticker was mostly when they were selling on eBay. I always would shrug and say yep, that has great eye appeal but would always make me wonder, "is eye appeal a skill that other people don't have that would warrant an eye appeal specialist?".