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My two cents...

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pgbeckstrom

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...that price is after inflation.

I have been following David Swan, clouded 9 and Ipersky's discourse. With that being said I have felt compelled to give my unsolicited opinion. CGC is notorious for their slow turn around times. I have openly complained over the message boards before about this. At the end of the day CGC is in the business of making money first, that is the unfortunate end state for us waiting six months for a book to return. They will not take the resources to find and train new graders when we just continue to flood them with books regardless of when they are returned to us. Their delivery times are a joke, just read the fine print below it," Grading turnaround times are estimates only. Actual turnaround times could be longer." Which basically says to us, "you will get your book when we are done with it". When CGC cannot meet their "estimated delivery time", for the folks that pay extra with fast track, should not they refund that cost? Yes they should, but do they? Alas, no. $$$

Ipersky makes an excellent point from the suppliers perspective. They want our money. If we want comics they will get us comics. If we want rocks then we shall have ROCKS! If we want cake then they will force feed us CAKE! A good seller supplies according to the demand and they make as much as they possibly can in that process.

I collect an obscene amount of comics like every other member of the registry I am sure. My collection is for my own personal enjoyment, but someday maybe comics won't be as widespread and available as they are now. Then my collection becomes truly worth something. Not for the extrinsic monetary value, but for posterity. A little slice of history that can be kept and enjoyed by another generation. When I die all the comics in the world will do me no good. I am a collector, this is my vice.

I will end with an excellent, albeit, coarse adage: I gotta do more coke, so I can work harder, so I can make more money, SO I CAN DO MORE COKE, SO I CAN WORK HARDER AND MAKE MORE MONEY AND HAVE MORE COMICS!!!

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