PSA needs to introduce a non-guaranteed review...asap

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There's a bit of circularity though. If I am right that much of the big money doesn't care about alteration, why would values take a big hit?

Because (i) I don't believe such people really comprehend how prolific alterations are, and (ii) once/if the market offers another TPG alternative that employs the newest technology that exposes the unreliability of current flips, logically cards with old flips will sell for less than cards with new flips. And that market differential will force such people to care. As much as they might relish the competition of the registry, I think they also relish believing their cards hold value.