I am tired of hearing about card doctoring.
08/25/07 00:08 PersonalGeneral Yammering
Yep. I've had
just about enough.
Cards get doctored. Yessir. And when somebody trims a card with the intent to deceive a buyer and artificially inflate the price of a card, that's wrong and unethical and all sorts of bad karma is going to hit that person. People should learn what they can, and should stop patronizing sellers and auction houses that doctor cards.
But when people start suggesting that you need a team of forensic scientists to spend hours evaluating every hair of paper fiber on the card to ensure that no foreign elements have ever been introduced to the cardboard, they've gone completely off the deep end and should start a more harmless hobby. I recommend decoupage.
Seriously. There needs to be a 12-step program for Wacky Hobby Conspiracy Theorists or something. And there needs to be a special set of shackles in the catacombs of the world's deepest dungeon for these guys who are tossing around veiled threats and accusations in an effort to further their weird agendas. You guys are transparent as glass, you are doing nothing for the hobby, and most of what you say is wrong anyway.
And everyone else - quit freaking out and enjoy the hobby, already.
Cards get doctored. Yessir. And when somebody trims a card with the intent to deceive a buyer and artificially inflate the price of a card, that's wrong and unethical and all sorts of bad karma is going to hit that person. People should learn what they can, and should stop patronizing sellers and auction houses that doctor cards.
But when people start suggesting that you need a team of forensic scientists to spend hours evaluating every hair of paper fiber on the card to ensure that no foreign elements have ever been introduced to the cardboard, they've gone completely off the deep end and should start a more harmless hobby. I recommend decoupage.
Seriously. There needs to be a 12-step program for Wacky Hobby Conspiracy Theorists or something. And there needs to be a special set of shackles in the catacombs of the world's deepest dungeon for these guys who are tossing around veiled threats and accusations in an effort to further their weird agendas. You guys are transparent as glass, you are doing nothing for the hobby, and most of what you say is wrong anyway.
And everyone else - quit freaking out and enjoy the hobby, already.
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