PSA Autograph Rarity Scale

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Leon

As devil's advocate why is marketing so bad? Doesn't it help when people get more excited about collecting? Doesn't desirability come from having something that is difficult to obtain (rarity scale)? And if done correctly, weighting the rarity, doesn't seem like a bad thing.

Leon,
I think we have differences of opinion about PSA.
You look at the registry sets as a marketing tool.
I look at them as another way for PSA to stick their hands into collectors pockets, strictly for the money grab. Grading and authentication have an alleged purpose but registry sets do not have any purpose except to boost certain collectors egos and to add $$$ to PSA's pockets.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Leon,
I think we have differences of opinion about PSA.
You look at the registry sets as a marketing tool.
I look at them as another way for PSA to stick their hands into collectors pockets, strictly for the money grab. Grading and authentication have an alleged purpose but registry sets do not have any purpose except to boost certain collectors egos and to add $$$ to PSA's pockets.

I look at Registry collecting as a whole other collecting genre. It isn't collecting the way we do it. It is collecting plastic slabs with numbers. I have no issue with it....as long as we call it what it is. They aren't hurting me and are having fun collecting. More power to them. Just my opinion.