why I havnt jumped into this thread yet
This will be my only post on the subject, so here is my 2c worth

For those that dont know (you must have been sleeping ) I am the webmaster for slabfree and as such I also maintain an alphabetised list of those who have 'taken the pledge' for easy reference.

My list also contains several extra names of people who 'signed' the pledge but prefer not to have their name displayed in public. I also, for my own amusement, have a note of other names who are anti-slabbers but have not signed the pledge purely because they dont agree with its wording.

I will be so bold as to state I reckon I know most of, say, the top 30 "most sophisticated and substantial collectors".

A number of those people are on the published list, several more fall into the unpublished categories stated above.

Im pretty well aware of most of the peoples stance on the topic, Ive discussed it with many of them. Of the names I have in mind only half a dozen are pro-slabbing.