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Posted By: barrysloate

Rob- you make a very good point which I agree with, and that is the grading companies have a bottom line too. But if that's what grading is all about then I think the consumer may eventually lose confidence in the whole process. Time will tell, but I have predicted for a long time that something major is going to happen- I'm not smart enough to know exactly what it is- that will ultimately change the way the grading system operates, and likewise have ramifications on the baseball card hobby.

I will liken it to what is happening to the real estate and mortgage business today; that is, the realization that something very wrong was going on and we all seemed to miss the warning signs.