Questions about fake slabs

[t206trader]

Originally Posted by vintagecpa

It is my belief that fake slabs are far more prevalent in the hobby than most people want to believe. I have no real evidence to back this up other than my belief that the watchdogs from various message boards such as this one and PSA are only catching a fraction of the problems, especially considering there are thousands of cards sold each day. When you think about it, it really doesn't take that much skill to fake a label with a good laser printer. I suspect we are really only catching the sloppy listings.

I'm not convinced it's all that prevalent, at least in low to mid grade cards. It doesn't really make sense from a scammers stand point to waste time or resources on something that's small potatoes. Craigslist postings are usually the notorious place these fake slabs are spotted. Of course when dealing with high grade valuable cards, research must always be done and the provenance of the slab/card should be questioned.