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Originally Posted by Leon
The 700 million is the gross sales for the whole company. My guess is their take would be 25%-30% of that. Heritage is the very least of our problems in the hobby. I am not saying not to "out" issues with ANY situation. I am in agreement, though the constant rhetoric towards them gets old. How about going after some of the bad guys? If you are an autograph collector and want new people coming into the hobby then this side of the board is failing miserably. I can almost assure everyone that anyone reading all of these comments about autographs are LESS likely than more likely to start collecting them. So for that, we all thank the folks who constantly point all the bad stuff because you are saving us from the inevitable headaches. At least on the card side there is a lot of good stuff too.
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Amen to that... these consant accusers are doing more harm than good for the hobby. As Jimmy pointed out, their motives are completely self-serving as opposed to altruistic. Going after the people who get it right 95% of the time does not provide a good long-term prognosis for our hobby. The hobby will fizzle and die if potential new collectors are driven away by these scare tactics.
There will inevitably be a few mistakes made. The examples rhetorically pointed out in this forum represent less than one tenth of 1% of the material that's been authenticated by the reputable outfits. Instead of dwelling on minutia, why not look at the bigger picture and focus on eliminating the real corruption within the autograph business?