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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2446350, member: 76181&quot;]I immediately lower the price I am willing to pay for a coin when I know it is slabbed.....and I usually just decide not to bid in the end. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can you imagine going to buy a fine diamond and have someone hand it to you in an acrylic tomb and tell you it is worth more than if you bought it raw, as they hand you a loop to examine it.&nbsp; It would seem like a con to most people. And it would be. THERE IS NO BENEFIT. IT IS ALL ILLUSION.</p><p><br /></p><p>This idea that slabbing is doing a service to collectors by bringing in newbies, looking for a safe entry into the hobby.............well that is bull, because authenticity is not guaranteed. If that is their justification for slabbing, then they are admitting to a deliberate deception. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the intent is to bring people into the hobby to increase demand and inflate prices......................well...........that is the real result of all this..........then I buy the reasoning. </p><p><br /></p><p>But that benefits dealers....... and collectors leaving the hobby, it does not help existing collectors. In fact, this inflates the cost of cheap coins and that actually hurts low end entrants to the hobby. Pretty much undoing the logic that it will bring in new people. Just more BS excuses masquerading as service to the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had to make tough choices in my life and I have suffered financially in order to maintain a set of principles. I did it because I didn&#039;t want to be a sell out. I have managed to come out OK. </p><p><br /></p><p>Folks who try to rationalize their decisions by saying &quot;it&#039;s going to happen anyway&quot; are the exact definition of a sell out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone sells out on something at sometime. Barry and David have sold out when it comes to ancients. I can&#039;t call it any other way.</p><p><br /></p><p>M[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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