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warshawlawI have a whole bunch of trimmed $&^# that I am sending to PRO right away. Heck, I'm closing the office for the day and going right home to cut me down some cards. If it's good enough for the Worldcom board, why not me too?
Can you believe these idiots at PRO? Actually, I have a theory. It seems that they are from Long Island (known to its natives as "Lawn Guyland"). The crew from the great movie "Boiler Room" were headquartered in LI as well. My theory is that these guys were all stock swindlers in their prior lives, then were the script consultants for "Boiler Room". While on the set, they met up with some avid collector types (we all know how these entertainment people follow the trends and card collecting is oh-so trendy) and saw that there was a buck to be made. Being the entrepreneurial types that they are, PRO was born.
Alternatively, this situation is so unreal that the PRO operations are really a plot arc for the next season of the Sopranos, in which we are all participating. Here's how it goes: Tony and crew trade the pork shop (it was making them fat) for a card store when the owner gets into hock to Silvio for the er "services" of a Bing girl. Unfortunately for the crew, when they try to bust out the shop, they realize that there is no actual profit to be had and that card store owners are so bad with credit that there isn't even a credit line to pull down. One day, while cleaning his nails with a top loader, Paulie Walnuts realizes that the cards would look a lot better with neat, clean borders, so he cuts one down. It looks so good that he and T decide to put it into a nicer holder. Meanwhile, that very afternoon, Christopher is ******* Adrianne while smoking and watching the tv (as if you wouldn't do the same). As he surfs channels, he sees HSC's infamous card sales show and realizes that there is big money to be had in fake mint 10 cards (the obvious trailer trash calling in clinches the deal for him; remember, he was SEC compliance officer for a boiler room AND met some entertainment types, so he can recognize a trend). A few calls later and , bada bing, bada boom, they have the cards and the PRO grading service. The rest is history. Pass the canoli.