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Posted By: scott brockelman

While such a code of conduct sounds nice in concept there are inherent flaws to that or anyother plan.

Foremostly, the vast majority of cards have been encapsulated. Too implement any code of conduct now does nothing to undo any previous misconducts.

Secondly, how in the world could such a code be enforced. This is why we have the problem we do now, the person altering the cards is usually not the seller or even the reseller, they are often many times removed and impossible to assign guilt to. Plus, do you really think a dishonest person is going to honor the code, heck they would probably be the first in line to sign one, especially if they thought their work was that undetectable.

This all sounds so much like other remedies in other arenas of life that failed. Good intentions, but in reality the only people that got hurt were the honest ones, the crooks don't care. Kind of like gun control, a thief is still gonna be armed even though the law says he can't. A card doctor is still going to doctor cards, only perhaps to a lesser educated crowd, and if Ebay proves anything, there are still unknowledgable collectors with big bucks.

Thirdly, Who is going to be the baseball card grading Czar?

Scott