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Originally Posted by barrysloate
So the hobby will move forward with the recognition by all or most collectors that there will be altered cards regularly offered for sale. In a logical world, any hint that a high grade card might be altered would result in a deep discount, since most collectors would recognize the high probability of not getting an actual high grade card.
But in the bizarro way our hobby has evolved, those very cards will continue to set world records. Why is it that no matter how many times I think Abs out this, I still can't seem to accept the stupidity of it.
It's like selling horse meat and calling it filet mignon. It's selling spam and calling it caviar. It makes no f#cking sense.
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It’s depressing as hell, and was the master plan of the TPGs. The money-driven “bad apples” in the collecting world are driven by ego and greed... and they were ripe for the picking. Now this mess is what we’re left with.