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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2289085, member: 76181&quot;]To quote Edmund Burke.&nbsp; &quot;The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing against Dave but I have heard his arguments before and they fall flat to my ears. Both arguments are weak. Both are underpinned by a motivation for money and disguised as a service to the hobby. In truth, they only service the encapsulators.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for newbies entering the hobby. I purchased my first coin from F&amp;S, unslabbed because before I bought my first coin, I learned that slabs were completely unessential to collecting ancients. They were a marketing ploy meant to satisfy a perceived market. The key was to buy from a reputable dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So let&#039;s look at those two needs set forth by Dave</p><p><br /></p><p>First reason ....uneducated newbs need to be coddled in their ignorance. That&#039;s basically what he is saying. When they wise up, they will shed their slabs to other uneducated newbs. Meanwhile new folks are entering the hobby...meaning more money. Hurray, great for the hobby.........really?</p><p><br /></p><p>Second Reason.......Someones going to do it anyway, why not cash in instead? Do I have to explain why this reason is the lowest common denominator for every motive that lacks higher logic.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, there is a market for anything, good and bad. Why give in to the bad.......because it is easier? Tsk Tsk.</p><p><br /></p><p>So Phil.........I guess I will rail against the wind and tilt against windmills till I save my Dulcinea.&nbsp; It&#039;s why I dream the impossible dream.</p><p><br /></p><p>M</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta add, that while Dave has a couple weak arguments for slabbing ancients, a valid debate would consider all the down side also. He ignores that. When you weigh it all out, it seems like an artificially created market and an artificially created demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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