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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2458142, member: 19463"]I believe what you are asking here is cigarette style packaging which read on the pack "These things will kill you and it won't be an easy death." </p><p><br /></p><p>I would think you are altogether wrong were it not for the two points you make here. The slabs are directed at kids --- I mean new collectors, who look at slabs like kids look at cartoon animals like Joe Camel as cool guys. If slabs were new to the hobby or directed at old time collectors <b>or </b>marked in large letters on the slab "Authenticity not Guaranteed", you would have no point. As it is, maybe. If the name of the company were completely different from their US branch (a bad business decision if I ever heard one) or if the original company name had been something like PCGS where G is grading, you would have no point on that part either. I don't think these two situations were part of a grand scheme in the first part but they add up to make it look bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2458142, member: 19463"]I believe what you are asking here is cigarette style packaging which read on the pack "These things will kill you and it won't be an easy death." I would think you are altogether wrong were it not for the two points you make here. The slabs are directed at kids --- I mean new collectors, who look at slabs like kids look at cartoon animals like Joe Camel as cool guys. If slabs were new to the hobby or directed at old time collectors [B]or [/B]marked in large letters on the slab "Authenticity not Guaranteed", you would have no point. As it is, maybe. If the name of the company were completely different from their US branch (a bad business decision if I ever heard one) or if the original company name had been something like PCGS where G is grading, you would have no point on that part either. I don't think these two situations were part of a grand scheme in the first part but they add up to make it look bad.[/QUOTE]
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