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scott brockelmanI can't imagine why there is even a need for a "Plan". It doesn't seem we need a conspiracy theorist to unravel this mystery. What few "bad" cards that may be located in slabs should be removed from the slab and marked as such. A further advancement of alteration detection equipment by the grading companies should be able to counteract much of the future alterations. Again I am talking about trims, colors, rebuilds, etc. Cards which have had pencil erased or traces of such or corners laid back down, should just be graded accordingly.
Again, these posts are perpetuating a myth that the vast majority of cards in high end holders are tainted, which is far from the truth.
However I would like to make one observation. The number of 1950 & 1960 cards in high end 8 and up with problematic cards is probably a much, much higher percentage than prewar cards. This is due to the vast number of cards available to work on if you will. If the operation is not successful, than one merely needs to find another mid grade card to try again. This is a little tougher to do in prewar cards and again the sheer production numbers and slab numbers would lead one to the conclusion that the problem would be greater in those eras. Yet another reason why we should not be getting the collectors in an outrage over what a dealer may or may not have replied to in a post.
Scott