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DJI have enjoyed the progression of this thread from PSA/DNA's lawsuit to the "Honus" accounts to labeling those who came before us "dinosaurs". Been collecting 25+ years, not offended.
I guess all of us "Old Timers" should be in a Baseball Card retirement home of some sorts eagerly awaiting "Matlock" and "Bingo Macaroni Afternoon" as the "Plastic Generation" enjoys their sufficoted cardboard.
I for one dislike the idea of grading but have embraced it to a certain degree. With so much criminal activity out there, it sure eases the mind of the new collectors. Sure the new collectors can't tell he difference between a 7,8 or 9 and sometimes purchase the holder and the registry report but to quote hockey goon Todd Bertuzzi: "It is what it is".
It's all about the "now". Time moves only forward and grading is here to stay. I must admit that I was late in life to embrace technology, especially computers as a manila folder did just as adequate of a job all these years.
It's not only Grading card companies but the whole current time that has changed. Computers. Ebay. Trusted auction houses. More millionaires than ever. A way to diversify in a time of Economic paranoia (cough- Enron...Tyco). So if you want to pay 9000% more because it's the only 9 the grading card has ever seen, more power to ya!
My two cents...
DJ