WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. SCOTT SEEMED TO ME TO MAKE IT A SLABBING ISSUE. HE MADE THE INDICATION THAT MORE CHIPS WERE SOLD BECAUSE THEY WERE SLABBED, THUS PROMPTING HIM TO HAVE MORE CHIPS SLABBED. YOU SAY IT ISN'T A GRADING ISSUE, THEN WHY HAVE THE CHIP SLABBED? PUT IT IN A NICE AIRTIGHT HOLDER. I HAVE YET TO SEE THE GRADING STANDARDS THAT ICG HAS SET FORTH NOR DO I KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE GRADING THEM AND WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE. ICG HAS DONE WELL TO AVOID THOSE QUESTIONS, UNLESS I'VE MISSED A POST IN REGUARDS TO THAT INFORMATION.
DON, I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE BUY OR COLLECT OR HOW THEY DECIDE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVEN TO ME THAT ICG'S SLABBING IS OF ANY VALUE TO OUR HOBBY, OTHER THAN MAKING A CHIP "LOOK" LIKE IT'S WORTH MORE. LET ME RESTATE "SUCKERS" AS EARNEST PEOPLE BEING SEPARATED WITH MORE OF THEIR MONEY THAN THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN. SOUND BETTER?
FINE, TO EACH HIS OWN. NEXT THEY'LL BE SLABBING SLOT CARDS AND I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL THINK THAT'S ALRIGHT TOO. HECK, MAYBE I'M MISSING THE BOAT.