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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Earle42, post: 2501926, member: 78261&quot;]No offense meant by the following - this is just relating what was said at the time:</p><p><br /></p><p>When slabbing started out, local collectors (to me) knew it was simply a money making sham - but felt people might fall for it.&nbsp; The businessmen created a market and people...well...fell for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We joked that after awhile people would be dumb enough to pay for someone to grade the slabbers.&nbsp; The businessmen created a market and people...well...fell for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>More business opportunities:</p><p>1.&nbsp; Start a business to certify the condition of the plastic slab itself.&nbsp; Invent the PSGS (Professional Slab Grading Service.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Starts marketing different kinds of labels on slabs (oops - too late).</p><p>3.&nbsp; Start a business with the alreadyhad-the-tech-in-the-90-s tech for a computer analysis/grading (my opinion is they out this off for a few decades until slabbing slowed - then they get to re-certify everything).&nbsp; They will then &quot;improve&quot; the software to make it more accurate after another couple decades.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Make a CACC (CAC Check) check sticker (oops - too late).</p><p>5.&nbsp; etc. etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t scoff too much.&nbsp; We did.</p><p><br /></p><p>And... as far as I am concerned.&nbsp; If a person has the excess cash, likes to spend it on things like different colored labels, etc.&nbsp; Then all the more power to them.&nbsp; When you start letting people tell you what to collect - its not longer fun.&nbsp; If its no longer fun, then its not a hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530850[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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