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05-06-2017, 04:46 PM

Peter_Spaeth Peter_Spaeth is offline

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

What I object to is the investors taking an innocent pastime and transforming it into yet another ruthless exercise in commerce. Maybe that is an inevitable byproduct of how our culture commoditizes everything but I don't have to like it or applaud those who do.

And stay off my lawn!

Well said. All about $$$$. And all the BS that goes along with it, especially card doctoring, third party grading politics, auction fraud, etc.

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Four phrases I have coined that sum up today's hobby:
No consequences.
Stuff trumps all.
The flip is the commoodity.
Animal Farm grading.

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