To continue Jeff's point, SMR has the same access to pricing as any of us. There is no reason for their prices to be inaccurate unless the people responsible are lazy or careless, and I doubt they are either of these. But there is obviously some reason why certain prices are not even remotely attuned to the market.
I know that when business is bad, dealers want to see very high catalog prices so that they can make some sales. And when the market is hot it's tough to buy, so lower prices may work better for them. I've always found, in any collectibles field, that price guides can't be trusted to provide accurate information.
The beauty of what VCP does is it has no opinion whatsoever about the market. If a card sells for $135.22, that's the price it will post. It doesn't matter if they feel it might be too high or too low. It will be up to the user of VCP to make that determination.
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