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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2565252, member: 36230"]Then why bother in the first place?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what happens when the majority of collectors decided to place their fates in the hands of for-profit businesses instead of educating themselves. One of my "coin mentors" told me back in the early days of the TPGs that in time standards would change, and for the simple fact that their business model demands it and because common sense dictates as much. A very wise man, he was, but he couldn't magically see the future. All that has happened over the past 30ish years was absolutely predictable. The bed has been made, and now this hobby as a whole must lie in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2565252, member: 36230"]Then why bother in the first place? This is what happens when the majority of collectors decided to place their fates in the hands of for-profit businesses instead of educating themselves. One of my "coin mentors" told me back in the early days of the TPGs that in time standards would change, and for the simple fact that their business model demands it and because common sense dictates as much. A very wise man, he was, but he couldn't magically see the future. All that has happened over the past 30ish years was absolutely predictable. The bed has been made, and now this hobby as a whole must lie in it.[/QUOTE]
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