Even the so called good guys...ugly hobby?

[slidekellyslide]

Barry, he's not talking about you....he's talking about Kevin and Elkins. While I think Elkins is pond scum I also don't believe he is out to screw the hobby over.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Kevin is the least of the hobby's worries, for the reasons stated by Barry, among others.

[barrysloate]

Thanks Dan.

[calvindog]

I would say that the least of the hobby's worries are individuals that want to spend money on slabbed cards to build Registry sets thereby driving up prices on certain cards.

A guy who has created fake cards in the past and talks about putting them out into our community while speaking privately to a degenerate like Elkins? Probably not a major worry but certainly someone I wouldn't let near my collection. Or the poultry section of the supermarket.

[Leon]

I respectfully disagree with your last statement. Not even close. I can think of a thousand things that are less worrisome. I don't know if Kevin was talking tongue in cheek in his email but it doesn't appear that way. This puts a nail in that coffin as far as any respect there was on my part....it's completely gone and probably always will be. How could anyone ever trust that person to look at a card and give an unbiased opinion given the statements made? And no, just like our dear Mr.Chan....I ain't buying the "it was just a joke".

[Jim VB]

Was anyone but me "offended" by the pics of "Joann as Wonder Woman"? (But at the same time, I kind of liked the Lichtman pic!)

[Peter_Spaeth]

In my opinion, we should be worried about the numerous people who are altering cards for commercial purposes and the numerous people who are knowingly selling them (and thereby facilitating the card doctors) -- not Kevin, as to whom there is no suggestion that he has done that.

[jmk59]

I still think there is something worse about targeting individuals as a revenge kind of thing. I understand that card doctors that put bad cards out there for commercial purposes on a generic basis are an issue. But the idea that someone would do it in a targeted way really sets me all wrong on this.

I can't articulate why it is that targeting people for bad cards seems worse, but it does.

And as to the pictures, I think it's hilarious. He's trying to imitate Wonka's great use of photos and photoshopping, but it's a pretty superficial imitation.

J

[mightyq]

"a joke my a$$" great job jon, and for making it public, now the whole collecting world knows of kevin, "alert" the grading co.'s, that is a joke, unreal is a good word......leon please take down his link for his website....btw if it were a joke why not say so next sentence or email??????? answer we that riddler....i always felt someone that alters cards for the hell of it were a little shady.....now we know why.......imagine what we dont know?????? very very scary....again great job jon.....like always...

[drdduet]

Often, the easiest way to hide is right out in the open.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by Leon

I respectfully disagree with your last statement. Not even close. I can think of a thousand things that are less worrisome. I don't know if Kevin was talking tongue in cheek in his email but it doesn't appear that way. This puts a nail in that coffin as far as any respect there was on my part....it's completely gone and probably always will be. How could anyone ever trust that person to look at a card and give an unbiased opinion given the statements made? And no, just like our dear Mr.Chan....I ain't buying the "it was just a joke".

When I was reading this thread I came to the very same conclusion as leon.