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Posted By: David Simon

Can't we all just get along?

Someone asks about free card price guides, someone else tries to make the point that if they are free, they are potentially worthless, Bobby jumps in to correct a URL and doesn't plug himself, but rather answers the question and plugs my site.

Was it really that out of school? I think not.

If anything, the guy who is charging for access (Bobby) is promoting a free site that directly competes with him, and was answering the question of where you can get some free information with some good values (on cards).

I'll do him one better and point out that VCP is light years beyond what I'm offering for free. For one, he has a tremendous user experience, two, he is covering all sports, while I'm covering a few key sets in one sport, baseball. And while I don't agree that in the 21st century on the internet free information has little or no value, there is definitely a substantial value add to people who are willing to pay for access to VCP.

Some people get their market data for free and some people pay a premium to get it with value-added services. Ultimately it's up to you to make an informed decision and choose for yourself -- all sour grapes aside.

ds