SGC and greed

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

I don't want to be rude, but if you don't understand the VALUE you receive from having cards graded, memorabilia authenticated, etc., then getting your pants knotted in this thread is the last thing you should be worried about.

There is enormous value in nearly everything you can acquire these days, should it fit your needs.
From the food you eat, the tv you watch, the car you drive, the music you listen to...all are produced at costs just pennies on the dollar to what would have been necessary in the past, due to automation and delivery services and methods.
If you had to put your own hours into learning, perfecting, and producing any of the above it would likely cost you a hundred times as much in whatever your hourly work value would be worth in your own profession.

If you view such things as grading cards in a poor light to begin with, for whatever reasons they are, your prejudice informs you to think of a plastic slab and an 'experts' opinion as not valued at todays costs.

If however, you value the grading service because it allows widespread confident trade in trinkets you have a fondness for, and that such grading will regularly add 50% to it's value and in cases double or triple its value, it's really not all that difficult to understand where many see value.

Again, pay to play or don't play.
Complaining about the cost when you don't HAVE TO go graded to enjoy this hobby is DUMB.

This is beyond flawed logic to me. If something has perceived value to you, then ANY cost associated with it is doesn't matter, regardless of the amount?? With all due respect, I think that's the definition of dumb. Let me guess, any company that TELLS you their product has "value" regardless of the price.... and you're sold! .....right?

"You say it has value? I'll take this many!!!"

... would you still be seeing the same "value" if grading prices tripled tomorrow?

You're a marketing person's wet dream.

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

This is beyond flawed logic to me. If something has perceived value to you, then ANY cost associated with it is doesn't matter, regardless of the amount?? With all due respect, I think that's the definition of dumb. Let me guess, any company that TELLS you their product has "value" regardless of the price.... and you're sold! .....right?

"You say it has value? I'll take this many!!!"

... would you still be seeing the same "value" if grading prices tripled tomorrow?

You're a marketing person's wet dream.

You're an idiot.
Stop and read and think.
You're babbling in an attempt to win an argument you clearly don't understand.

Value by definition means perceived worth of something.
If I perceive the item has worth at the cost being charged, it has VALUE to me.
Regardless of what a company or you or anyone else thinks, it may have value to ME.
I can then choose to exercise whether to use my discretionary funds to attain it.
I don't HAVE to, I can CHOOSE to.
Were the cost of something to go up 300%, if it still has value to me eg. I want to own that item more than have the money in the bank, or I believe it to be worth more than the rise in cost and therefore a sound financial decision, I can choose whether or not to purchase said item or service.

We're on a forum that discusses the ownership of little bits of paper and other memorabilia, most of which has zero value to most people on the planet. The vast majority would roll their eyes at the amount collectors pay for items largely 'worth' in their estimation its value in joules on a cold winters night. And YOU think a TPG who wants to charge $20 for mylar an outlier to logical value LOL.
Move along son if you have so little grasp of the discussion point.