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T206Collector...and without speaking for all low to mid-grade collectors, I would not be "happy" with "restoration being done to [my] cards." I just happen to think that a collection which resides in an SGC holder is -- and for the foreseeable future will be -- the highest standard available to protect collectors.
I believe the reason that Jim has hit a wall on this one has more to do with the fact that the concerns that he has raised (a) can never be stopped with any degree of certainty; and (b) we are protected as best as currently possible by grading companies with money-backed guarantees. Given the collector's association here on Network54 to fill in any gaps -- which amounts to a 24/7/365 watching eye of the hobby -- I think we're doing a pretty good job as an industry of policing the bad things.
While striving to do more should not be discouraged, I cannot buy into the argument that the status quo is a failure.