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Todd SchultzIf a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Hal, I'm sure your answer to that question would be different from mine.
If an altered or flawed card appears in a high-graded PSA slab without being downgraded, is it altered or flawed at all?
Hal, I KNOW your answer to that question would be different from mine.
If a person erases writing from a card, which of course was never intended to be there in the first place, is that something that should downgrade the card?
Only if detected?
If someone soaked the glue off of a card right before the grader's eyes, would you care if he gave it a high grade and ignored the removal?
Depends on if you're buyer or seller?
The baseball steroid analogy eludes me. Are you suggesting that owners are singing a different tune now that the players are tested? I don't seee that. What I did see was a widespread attitude of "everyone's doing them, so who cares" for years. That kind of attitude may be what is adopted by this board as relates to card soaking. Make of it what you will.