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JimCrandellBarry--not disparaging his collection--I think its great--just his political views which are on the far left of the political spectrum. I would get his stuff graded if I owned it however. I agree with you 100%--PSA brought the hobby into the 21st century and away from the time where anything goes. But it is time for the graders to do a better job. It is the only way forward.
Yeah lets forget about all of the collectors who have now come into the hobby because of PSA. Lets go back to where trimming of cards was widespread and you could not even sell the cards at auction. It wasn't that national dealers led the charge into graded cards--it was that there were no buyers. One knew the system had to change when I started getting calls from major auction houses that the following items received no bids and was I interested in buying the lot at a discount to the opening bid.
Lastly, Corey's arguments appear to be the rants of a man who is sadly seeing the hobby move away from how he remembers it. Lets neglecrt the fact that thousands upon thousands of new collectors have come into the hobby and they love the Set Registry. My recollection is that there are over 20,000 sets on the PSA Set Registry!!!!!!!!! Of course SGC and GAI have their own set registries. Anyone who does not see this as the future has to be wearing blinders.