What I Don't Understand about Baseball Card Economics

[barrysloate]

I do agree with Steve that those who don't participate on this chat board probably do look at us as a bunch of whiners and complainers. However, among all that whining you can find a lot of useful information. And I would hate to think that all this talk about altered cards over the last couple of weeks is looked upon by the hobby at large as just a whole lot of nonsense.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I do agree with Steve that those who don't participate on this chat board probably do look at us as a bunch of whiners and complainers. However, among all that whining you can find a lot of useful information. And I would hate to think that all this talk about altered cards over the last couple of weeks is looked upon by the hobby at large as just a whole lot of nonsense.

I hope changes come, but watching some high end cards on PWCC last night there didn't seem to be any shortage of interested buyers.

[Bigdaddy]

Folks, I believe that we are missing the elephant in the room here. The problem is not the trimmed/altered cards - after all, what remains is still an authentic card.

The problem is what are we, as a society, going to do about all those Moser trimmings piling up in some landfill? The industrial waste generated by trimming the edges of cards is going to be a huge problem. It's going to end up in the ocean, choking sea lions and filling the stomachs of whales.

We are on the verge of a natural disaster.

[drcy]

I agree. Don't alert PSA, alert Greenpeace.

[Johnny630]

Up until this recent scandal the time to sell has never been better !!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Folks, I believe that we are missing the elephant in the room here. The problem is not the trimmed/altered cards - after all, what remains is still an authentic card.

The problem is what are we, as a society, going to do about all those Moser trimmings piling up in some landfill? The industrial waste generated by trimming the edges of cards is going to be a huge problem. It's going to end up in the ocean, choking sea lions and filling the stomachs of whales.

We are on the verge of a natural disaster.

But think about all the jobs his waste is creating. You don't want to eliminate jobs do you?

[Bram99]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Folks, I believe that we are missing the elephant in the room here. The problem is not the trimmed/altered cards - after all, what remains is still an authentic card.

The problem is what are we, as a society, going to do about all those Moser trimmings piling up in some landfill? The industrial waste generated by trimming the edges of cards is going to be a huge problem. It's going to end up in the ocean, choking sea lions and filling the stomachs of whales.

We are on the verge of a natural disaster.

This is not what has happened to the trimmings. Topps has struck a deal with PWCC and Moser and they will be issuing Heritage versions of the actual trimmed cards with a piece of the real card trimming. PSA is authenticating the scraps and trimmings as part of the deal, and JSA is verifying that the trimmings match the legendary card doctor's famous scissors.

Please stop spreading silly rumors like the one in the picture above.