[ctownboy]

Fred,

From what I can remember, one of the guys (there were a few) you are talking about was from Hawaii and he seemed to do a good amount of business. That business, however, I think of as fraud.

As has been said, he would take an old newspaper or publication, cut some pieces out of them, put those pieces in slabs, grade them himself (a high grade) and then try and pass them off as something they weren't.

I think (hope) eBay put a stop to this when they made it a rule that items had to be from one of the reputable grading services if they were slabbed and graded.

Now, as far as what bbcard1 did, I don't have a problem if he took an old ratty publication, cut some pieces out and slabbed them for his own personal use and pleasure. He isn't "grading" them, trying to sell them or passing them off as something they aren't. No, he is just doing it for himself to look at.

Now, if he cut up a perfectly good guide then that is another thing....

David