SMR arrived - laugh for the month

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Posted By: Mark L

They may say that they are moving slowly to correct the values but the prices look stationary to me. I think they raised the value of M116's last year, as did the Standard Catalog, but on the whole they seem oblivious to the current market. Could it be that they like to keep prices low because they use the SMR to establish the value of the cards that they grade? You'd think they'd want the values to be high since it allows them to charge higher fees. Or do they want values to be low because they won't have to pay out very much when they damage a card or make an error and must offer a refund? You might say that there simply aren't very many people who give a rat's patootie about vintage cards and so they don't serve our market. But a lot of money is spent on those old cards, so I don't understand the neglect.