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Originally Posted by Fred
Dang Hank, tell us how you really feel....  Yup, if there was/is a time to have a lot of skepticism about the hobby, that time would be now. I've all but stopped collecting a lot of things because of the state this hobby is in. Sadly, many of us love it too much to quit cold turkey, however I'm sure it's been crossing more people's minds lately. |
I love the stuff and what it means to me as much as ever, and I love the hobby of collecting it. I'm also much too old to hold anything back, not that I ever did that even in my younger days. When card grading took over big time 20 years ago and I saw the effect it had on that part of the hobby, I thought it was ridiculous and decided even more to stick to memorabilia. Slabbing is ugly, and the anal compulsion of grade chasing akin to the tulip frenzy in Holland, in my opinion. Why would you ever need a card that would grade higher than a four when you can't see the difference with your naked eyes? To each his own, I don't care what others choose to do as long as you leave me alone to do my thing, but when it comes to this stuff, as Yogi would say: "Count me out!"