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Old August 25th 05, 02:07 PM
pkstore2
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Grading doesn't hurt the hobby, the greed it breeds does ...


This statement above took away the hobby. In 1987 Topps reported something
in the neighborhood of 5-7 million of each baseball card made for wax,
cello, sets, vending, uncut sheet deals, rack packs etc. How many are made
of their basic product today? Probably not even 30% of the number. Why?
Hobby is now depleted to only people who mainly buy are dealers and/or
people whom want to make money as investing. There will always be someone
buying a pack at every gas station & Walmart but for the most part they
can't afford the higher prices anymore. Grading cards has killed a lot of
things all the way down to people taking cards and altering them
professionally. I have many cards that were altered and not caught. There
are very little rules on the inside of the companies for trimming or cutting
from uncut sheets or restoring the old method with Japanese paper etc. to
make cards mint. The methods used are older than their employess! In the
coin industry you do not see trimmed coins since you don't see uncut sheets
of dimes or pennies. They can alter coins but cards are a joke in that
manner. Make what you can off graded cards but the real knowledgeable people
are far beyond that and take their info looking for other stuff to make a $.


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