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LarryPaul Moss hit this on the head, a socialistic society has no place in the collectibles market...Yes, I
would love an auction house to disclose what is theirs and what is consigned and yes, I would love not to be shilled, but Mears really needs to to modify and fine tune their "rules".
For every Joann(I respect her honorable stance), there are many that will go the other way and not utilize their (Mears')opinion, which is just that, an opinion.
MEARS is trying to clean up the hobby but at what cost does it make it ludacrous when other dealers and auction houses should be able to maintain a confidential customer list without "audit". What should happen is MEARS should have a recommended list of endorsed dealers and auction houses without audit. If any are truly "found" to be unethical, they should submit proof, then pull their name. The best way to uncover proof is by examples such as the incident discussed here about the many cards that were "renumbered" by a major grading service. That one seemed to vanish in thin air.