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Originally Posted by vtgmsc
Dave, the problem here is this. With all the new un-educated money flowing in and the new buyer groups comes inexperience. They may have looked at the back and seen the paper loss as its very evident but they might not even understand the consequences of that loss. To them it might just be a minor blemish or it might mean nothing to them. As in, "we have so much money we just want this card. It's slabbed so it must be correct!" 
Scary thoughts for sure but I'll bet if you quizzed all this new money they could not run off the grade scale like most of us could: Poor, Fair, Good, VG, VG-EX, EX EX/MT..... you get the picture.......all they see is a number and cards that have been setting records.
These groups and buyers are as far away from "Buy the Card not the holder" than you can get. Their new motto appears to be "Buy the Holder......not the card" and thier piles of cash makes up for the mistakes they make along the way!
Crazy world indeed!
Peace, Mike |
These ““ groups? Who are these groups? I feel like what’s happening in the hobby is a kin to what’s happening in the whole country... things are happening… One side says it’s because of this, the other side says it’s because of that… But ultimately no one really knows?