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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't think it's a chicken and egg. I think plenty of people gave them a chance -- their numbers at one point were pretty good -- but the cards didn't sell except for a very low percentage of equivalent PSA cards. That to me says either marketing failure or inferior quality or both. Nothing circular about that. PSA of course also has a huge advantage with the registry, the pop report, the auction prices realized tool, and the cert. lookup, whatever you think of them it's a highly functional website.

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of its tough to command a premium in the market unless people expect that, and they can’t expect it until they see it happening.