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Posted By: Todd Schultz

Let's go. You want reasoning. A person buying a car, regular or even collectible, expects it to have routine maintenance and cleaning. Such does not need to be disclosed because it is open and obvious, and impacts nothing upon value. That is not open to debate, there is no majority or minority view. Now let's look at a card. There are a great many who want full disclosure of what has been done to it, at least within the seller's knowledge. No we don't want to hear about nose drippings that have been flicked off, but we do want to know if there has been any "work" on the card, period. Mastro be damned, and any other names you care to drop be damned as well. Did you not comprehend the gist of this thread? The very company upon whose name you hang your hat is having their practices called into question. The matter is clearly open to debate, yet you try to trivialize it with your birdcrap analogy.

As for you, why don't you disclose what has been done, knowing that there are many who want to know? You can't in good faith say that it is such a common practice that it would be of no interest to people--that's a copout and only leads people to view your auctions with suspicion. My reference to the record is because you seem intent on calling things to people's attention--well, I am doing the same as to your views on these subjects. You smugly tell Jay to use the search function. I merely invite others to do the same when it comes to your activities.