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Seth B.Maybe I'm just an optimist, but I sort of think it will take care of itself. Didn't this happen right before the bubble burst in the 90's as well? I mean, follow this equation: as sportscards get ever more expensive, people start counterfeiting more frequently and deviously. Then, people with a lot of money (who are helping to drive up prices on cards) but not a lot of expertise start getting burned more and more often and eventually get scared away. When they leave, the inflation of card prices slows or even drops, and there's less incentive to counterfeit or scam as there's less money involved and most people still left are the die-hards with enough know-how to spot a fake.
It's cyclic, I think. The best thing to do is to educate yourself, buy the card not the plastic, and use a fair measure of good sense.