Posted By:
Frank EvanovSome thoughts:
Jim, thanks for starting this provocative thread.
Doug, thanks for your numerous responses and candor.
Saying that crease removal is infrequent offers me no comfort. In auctions with over a thousand cards, "infrequent" can mean dozens of cards and those posters who take solace that the practice is "rare" are only fooling themselves. I agree that Mastronet cannot provide this information on every card in their auction, but why do I not see a general statement in their auction introduction admitting that these practices are going on?
I look forward to any PSA or SGC response to Doug's letter. I cannot imagine they would ever condone crease removal. If they did, they would be invalidating their own standards, in effect saying: if you do it well and we don't catch it, then it's OK.
I have been a strong Mastronet customer over the years and I am very disappointed in the facts that have been presented here. I am asking myself whether I want to continue collecting and so far I am leaning towards a "no" answer.
Frank