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Posted By: Chris Nerat
Can someone point me to the post that was made on this forum where a bunch of the auction houses came on and stated their stance on altering cards and disclosure? |
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Posted By: leon
I went back and looked for it but couldn't find it. As I remember only 1-2 companies said anything. One was Mastro and they have since changed their stance on the issue...You can read their policy on their site or in their catalogs. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I think Mears is very fastidious when it comes to the grading and authenticating of game used equipment. But their foray into cards appears to be overreaching. I'll just send mine to SGC, that is sufficient. |
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Posted By: leon
I don't think grading cards is what they ever intended to do..I received an email, from someone at MEARS, with the statement: |
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Posted By: barrysloate
That explains it more clearly, and I agree it originally sounded very heavy handed. |
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Posted By: leon
I think one of the sticking points was the auditing of records....but there were other things too.... |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I don't believing auditing of records is going to happen...and besides, it's so easy to cook the books. They wouldn't find anything. |
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Posted By: George H. Counter
Wasn't this the thread? |
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Posted By: Robert S
Here's the Mastro thread on this topic from one year ago (Nov. 2006), including multiple postings from Doug Allen on Mastro policies: |
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Posted By: Tom Nieves
Questions for Doug Allen |
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