I agree with you, MIke.

However, please keep in mind that it's very important to the hobby to have collections of "FAKES" available for comparsions to supected chips. I believe that Gene Trimble has a collection of "FAKES", he posted this a couple of days ago in response to the "RAT" allegations, and there is no way Gene will ever sell those chips as new or original. Thanks to Gene, and others like him, that collect "FAKES" we have readily available sources for comparsions.

If we're not going to "SLAB" chips for "AUTHENTICITY" (not grading) then the collections of "FAKES" are even more important.