What has changed?

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Flintboy

This “scandal” has been outed and going on now for about 6 months. I was thinking what has changed? Other than collectors are more aware and additional cards getting outed, I would venture to say nothing.

The same eBay sellers are still selling and the grading companies are still churning out the cards at record paces. I was hopeful that at this point steps would be made or at the very least in place to rectify this situation.

Nothing has changed except for your first point which is spot on.

I think stuff is happening behind closed doors....some for the better of the hobby, sadly more for the skin of thy own rear ends. Sadly its cyclical.....To me it's going to be up to the Buyers to dictate the future of the hobby/industry not the sellers.

All the information is out there if people don't get it by now they never will.

[perezfan]

Good point. It’s in our hands now. We can’t count on any new rules, protections or regulations. There is no voice for the consumer in this business. So the ONLY place we can hurt them is in the pocketbook. If we simply stop submitting, and supporting entities that knowingly pedal tainted product, we will have the best chance of instigating positive changes.

Since money dictates every decision these people make, that is the only place we can hope to influence the hobby’s future. Perhaps the person who spent $15 Grand on an altered 1964 Koufax is reading this. Hope so, anyway.

[Leon]

What has changed? The TPG's are doing record sales and the prices of cards are going up, in general. Next......

[drcy]

People want intstant karma and instant justice, but that's not always, or even usually, the way it works.

John Dillinger, Bernie Madoff and Al Capone were riding high for a long time. John Dillinger being sentenced for serial bank robbery meant he robbed a lot of banks for a while.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by drcy

People want intstant karma and instant justice, but that's not always, or even usually, the way it works.

John Dillinger, Bernie Madoff and Al Capone were riding high for a long time. John Dillinger being sentenced for serial bank robbery meant he robbed a lot of banks for a while.

+1

Everyone's clamoring for twitter justice.