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Posted By: Mark Anderson

Hi Scott - Yes, I've been tracking the feedback and taking it into consideration. We want to be consistent with the industry and will look into the crease issues. If anyone is bored and wants a larger sampling, you can view scans of most of the original T206 Wagner lot at www.beckett.com/t206 and give me feedback on a wider group of samples. On the small bit of paper loss, I agree with you that we typically hit that harder - we gave a little leeway on the Polar Bear cards due to the nature of their distribution and the common problem of having specks of tobacco (or paper loss from the tobacco). Would most people prefer these not receive any wiggle room in that regard? How would you treat cards with the specks of tobacco still adhered (without paper loss)? Thank you for your thoughts on these.

David - Regarding the re-backed Cobb, we bought the card back and removed it from the hobby. We made a mistake and we owned up to it. I'm not sure what more you would require us to do to earn the board's respect for how we handled it?

Craig - The Jones label has been fixed. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Bobby - You provide a good service that I happen to find useful and interesting, and I wish you continued success with it, but your posts show an obvious personal bias (against someone who just happens to compete with your product) that I find disappointing from a business that seeks to be an unbiased price guide. Regardless, best wishes with VCP.


All - Regarding trimming, perhaps if the cards were cut down on four sides, graded an 8, and bought by Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall, they'd receive a warmer welcome Just kidding... Seriously, though, we stand by the authentication of these cards and if any of you in the Dallas area want to swing by the office and look at them in person, let me know. Obviously, there is not going to be a consensus on this issue and we can go back and forth all day on it. As has been mentioned, why would we risk horrible PR by slabbing trimmed examples of 2 high profile cards and tear down the work we've been putting into building the BVG brand? We greatly appreciate the wisdom and knowledge of the members of this board and while it isn't always fun to be on the bottom of the dog-pile, we really do use your comments and criticisms to make changes and improvements.

Thanks again,
Mark