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Posted By: identify7

Like most others, I am unhappy with what has become of our hobby. I hate the fact that I have to go into my family bathroom in the dark with baseball cards and a black light, while everyone else in my family looks at me as an even greater screwball than normal. And then what? Look at other cards with a microscope? Get a grip, Gil.

It is not a hobby when you have to do this. I agree with the inexperienced collectors - this should be for fun. I lament that unbridled fun is gone from our hobby. That Cycleback's book is necessary is clear. That Cycleback's book is necessary somehow makes it less fun for me.

Tiffany & Co. will not be able to impact the eBay process as it relates to baseball cards sufficiently to make a real (no bathroom/black light) difference imho. But Tiffany & Co. isn't trying to impact the baseball card practises of eBay.