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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4172834, member: 78244"]Besides the single word that you have your panties in a twist about, everything I said was based on hard facts. Baseball has been unable to provide any hard facts to dispel those. Those are the facts that matter for this discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you think I wrote this to bring attention or notoriety to myself, you are wrong. I wrote this to bring attention to a problem that is getting very little attention otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I have already said that there are too many unknowns, and that I would rather overestimate the problem than overestimate the problem because, either way, it is going to get quite noticeably worse. The more people who are aware of the problem and the loopholes, the better.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what is the definition of an epidemic? 0.1% saturation? 1%? 90%? The CDC and WHO have called the novel coronavirus an epidemic, and its worldwide saturation level is on par (actually nearly two orders of magnitude less) with that of the (estimated) saturation level of fake slabs. You are making such a big deal about something, yet you have not even established your own standard for why it is such a big deal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t see any mass liquidation of slabs. TPG stock prices are not plummeting. No one is saying that they are going to stop buying coins or avoid PCGS. Where is this panic you speak of? Or are you guilty of exaggerating the issue to inflate your position for the sake of attention? Hm?</p><p><br /></p><p>There was no intention of a panic, by the way. The only intention was to bring attention to a serious issue that can seriously impact the hobby. Your own attacks raise questions about your own intentions. Why would you be so nit-pickingly critical of a piece meant to help collectors? What are you trying to gain? How do you envision your rants helping the collecting community as a whole?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Same to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4172834, member: 78244"]Besides the single word that you have your panties in a twist about, everything I said was based on hard facts. Baseball has been unable to provide any hard facts to dispel those. Those are the facts that matter for this discussion. If you think I wrote this to bring attention or notoriety to myself, you are wrong. I wrote this to bring attention to a problem that is getting very little attention otherwise. And I have already said that there are too many unknowns, and that I would rather overestimate the problem than overestimate the problem because, either way, it is going to get quite noticeably worse. The more people who are aware of the problem and the loopholes, the better. So what is the definition of an epidemic? 0.1% saturation? 1%? 90%? The CDC and WHO have called the novel coronavirus an epidemic, and its worldwide saturation level is on par (actually nearly two orders of magnitude less) with that of the (estimated) saturation level of fake slabs. You are making such a big deal about something, yet you have not even established your own standard for why it is such a big deal. I don’t see any mass liquidation of slabs. TPG stock prices are not plummeting. No one is saying that they are going to stop buying coins or avoid PCGS. Where is this panic you speak of? Or are you guilty of exaggerating the issue to inflate your position for the sake of attention? Hm? There was no intention of a panic, by the way. The only intention was to bring attention to a serious issue that can seriously impact the hobby. Your own attacks raise questions about your own intentions. Why would you be so nit-pickingly critical of a piece meant to help collectors? What are you trying to gain? How do you envision your rants helping the collecting community as a whole? Same to you.[/QUOTE]
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