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joe brennanI understand the passion that this subject brings up.
The one glaring omittion in all of this is the alterer himself.
As long as there is money to be made, thieves will continue to alter cards.
If one method is detected they will try another until that what they alter cannot be detected.
We are not talking about collectors who alter, rather thieves who alter to fool grading companies and steal from collectors.
No matter what business there is, ( and yes this is a business) people will try to bend the rules and will get away with it from now until the end of time.
No matter how much fist pounding and chest beating goes on about grading companies, they are what they are.
As long as graded material is the guide for prices it shall be used for sales on line because we cannot always touch or see what we buy before hand any more.
It a human industry, filled with human opinions and human mistakes. As long as we all know that before hand, we can hopefully enjoy collecting what we like.
People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.