Here we go yet again -- alleged trimmed and recolored CJs at auction

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Mark17

... Does re-stating that sentiment, which we all agree on, in a new thread every few days accomplish anything?...

Hopefully at some point it will, and until then people like you who are ok with your cards being less than perfect as long as the opinion sellers say they are better can stop reading all those new threads.

Or, you can read those threads, then state your opposite of the thread sentiments, and have people like me re-state my sentiments over and over and over.

Doug "my middle name is Dick" Goodman

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Hopefully at some point it will, and until then people like you who are ok with your cards being less than perfect as long as the opinion sellers say they are better can stop reading all those new threads.

This is silly. Understanding the obvious - that a bunch of cards have been altered - does not equate to condoning it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Man, I've been (justly) accused of a lot of things, but "whining" I don't think has been one of them. Since I start many of these threads, Mark, it would be pretty easy to put me on ignore. Meanwhile, since all I have is a voice but no other power to change things, I'll keep "whining" I guess.

** Not to get too literary or self-aggrandizing about it, but the full quote from Auden is, "All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie." A brilliant line.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Man, I've been (justly) accused of a lot of things, but "whining" I don't think has been one of them. Since I start many of these threads, Mark, it would be pretty easy to put me on ignore. Meanwhile, since all I have is a voice but no other power to change things, I'll keep "whining" I guess.

** Not to get too literary or self-aggrandizing about it, but the full quote from Auden is, "All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie." A brilliant line.

Whining was a poor choice of words and I apologize and I do think spreading the blowout evidence around has real value. Peter, you're one of the last people I would put on ignore as you make numerous good points.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Look, I share your frustration that nothing seems to change, and if anything it gets worse. Maybe it's just tilting at windmills and won't end up doing any good at all but it feels to me better than the alternative of just saying eff it.

[rjackson44]

Peter is a hobby legend thanks for the article

[Casey2296]

It’s a slow process Peter but keep it up. Are knowledgeable collectors more excited or less excited about the Leaf set before or after the blowout thread?
Unless I’m buying Ted Z’s personally pulled from the pack Leafs I really can’t trust the set anymore. Smart collectors listen to this stuff and will act accordingly. There will be a time when wide honest borders are more valuable than skinny sharp borders.