Sgc price change

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

...People on here should be celebrating the obvious re-energizing of the hobby as new collectors will fuel passion and interest going forward, not the wizened hobby specialists on here.

This place, this site, the collectors on here, hold a very important role in maintaining a bank of historical knowledge that ALL collector cards will be living off forever, but it's no more important than what is of interest to the modern collector and how they choose to collect.

The old man / get off my lawn reactionary response to the grading industry is ridiculous.

You seem to take issue with long-time collectors enjoying the hobby in the manner which appeals to them.

Card collecting is a fairly large space these days. There's plenty of room for everyone. Relax and enjoy the portion of the hobby that resonates with you.

Happy collecting.

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Eric72

You seem to take issue with long-time collectors enjoying the hobby in the manner which appeals to them.

Card collecting is a fairly large space these days. There's plenty of room for everyone. Relax and enjoy the portion of the hobby that resonates with you.

Happy collecting.

Opposite, Eric.
It's the caterwauling over grading flaws and costs when the obvious choice is that you don't need to participate to enjoy the hobby that is my point.

What is the value over complaining and disparaging grading and graders?
To return the hobby to something it may have been many years ago?

Long time hobby collectors can rubber band, 9 holder sheet, loose in a shoebox, slab, put under glass, or any other that they choose.
I celebrate it all and don't rubbish their choice.
I'm 52, not exactly little chick, been in the game in the States 20 years and 35 overall.

Perhaps you miss the constant and vacuous threads/posts on here about the disaster that some paint grading. I should probably try and do better to do the same, it's just so damned hard and repetitive and often completely baseless.