Posted By:
boxingcardman"I am truly in awe of you--You gotta love it when people get on here and brag about themselves--and their "so-called" expertise and the great expertise that all these other non-graded cartd buyers have-ha ha."
Last time I checked, this board had just about the foremost authorities in the hobby on many issues posting on it regularly. Nevermind that I've forgotten more about exhibit cards and boxing cards than you've ever learned about what you collect from what I can tell (since you never share squat in terms of expertise), I'd say Mark Macrae is the top PCL expert in the country, Scott Brockelman is the top E107 guy, Pete Calderon knows more in general about caramel issues than just about anyone else, Robert Silverman is tops on postcards, Bill Cornell on T207s, Bill Heitmann on T206, Kevin Saucier on card alterations, etc., etc., etc. (anyone I missed, excuse me I am just shooting off the top of my head here). Yet you diss all these folks and others including me because of your own insecurities, issues or whatever neuroses you are working through here.
What have you contributed to the hobby, Jim? Have you revised checklists for the standard catalog? Authored any studies? Done any research to expand our knowledge? Have you done anything except piss and moan every chance you get about how your plastic investment may not be all that after all?
When you've developed the skills to trust your own eyes, the willingness to share any expertise you may have, and the social skills to participate constructively in an adult dialogue, then we'll talk. Until then, I respectfully suggest you listen more and spout off less. After all, no one can confirm your ignorance until you prove it with your posts.