First & foremost, I am on no one's side but the collector. I fume when I see the FDE endless rubberstampers and I fume when I see issue after issue with abc's. I really find it so hard to believe that there are 2 sides to this???? REALLY 2 sides????? I am on both sides! If you are not on both sides of this argument, for the collector, I’m sorry that you are a short sided narrow minded fool. I am for Justice and integrity. It's how I've lived my life and run my business and I really have no use for anyone who doesn’t live their life this way. I just don’t have time for negativity.
I believe it's the reason my business is successful and it affords me the opportunity to collect worthless balls and photos and be able to spend time following these blogs. I took the direction of the lowly Mantle collector because I figured I had a handle on that 1 autograph alone and don't trust anyone but myself, not that I just love Mantle that much (LOL). I figured I wouldn't get burned knowing what I've learned.
I admit, my frustration with these issues sometimes gets the best of me and I get more cantankerous than other times. Mostly my days are filled with joy and laughter.....and that's the way I've lived my life.
My frustrations with this hobby have grown to new, higher levels lately. As soon as there is a little bit of a lull in my business, I'm planning on scanning and taking photos of everything for purposes of selling and leaving the hobby I have enjoyed. I'll be adding to my newest collection….. Crisp Ben Franklins!!! I will keep a few personal pieces on my office walls that have been framed and everything else is outta here, never to enter back into this mess again.
After that, maybe I'll by another Corvette, just to drive to the bank. Or maybe, I’ll leave my grandkids the Ben Franklin Collection instead of all this garbage that is cluttering up my safe. I hope that this helps shine a light on what 1 collector thinks about all this and this 2 party autograph system.
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