After paying their dues, should hobbyists who committed fraud be allowed back ?

[Snowman]

The best answer isn't listed as an option in the poll. The answer *should be* "it depends". Not all crimes are equal, and not all former criminals are equal either. Also, who gets to decide what a "hobby criminal" even is to begin with? None of this is black & white.

Also, as far as banning someone from the B/S/T section but not the rest of the forum goes, that is pretty easy to do with Xenforo forum software, I don't know about this forum's software though? I ran a forum a few years ago where I had some members who were only allowed to post in the B/S/T threads and others who were only allowed to post anywhere BUT the the B/S/T threads.

Perhaps it is also worth pointing out that there is no shortage of people in this hobby who would like to see other collectors canceled for the "sin" of soaking a card in water or flattening down a lifted corner with their fingernail.

There are even people who actually think that cracking a card out of a graded slab and resubmitting it with a different grading company is dishonest behavior that must be punished.

This hobby is absolutely bonkers sometimes. If we are talking about Bill Mastro (who else could it possibly be?), then I would be ecstatic to have him in the chat. There are few people in this hobby that have as much knowledge worth sharing as he has.