This brings up a good point. When these same guys decided to take over the coin hobby with the exact same game plan, *EVERY *single major coin dealer said "No way", and flash forward a few years, and these guys control the bulk of the coin hobby (although many of the old timers have since quit or required, and of course there is a huge crew of new "collectors" who are primarily "investors".
So don't say "It can't happen here". Bruce On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:55 AM, allen day <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy y'all, > > For those that missed all the views / discussion / opinions of the recent > slabbing topic, allow me to summarize: > > whine, new!, mewl, old, hmmmm ... , maybe, never, *pout*, money, hobby, > piss, what are they thinking?, moan, it'll never work, it's time, change, > let's see, cry, *sob*, etc... > > Lobbies are of little interest to me; I have 8-10 total in the flat files, > and none displayed, so I have minimal emotional investment in the topic. > > Heritage and Grey Smith is making a considered move; this 'slabbing' is not > the product of a single skull session, late Thursday afternoon. > > Slabbing a lobby card would be a 'game changer' in the movie paper hobby. > If the process were to 'take hold', similar to other hobbies, i.e., trading > cards, comics ... increasing interest and money would follow, and the > accompanying speculators, scalywags, and ne'er-do-wells (read 'investors') > would smell the $$$, and you can figure the rest. > > I give 'props' to Heritage for their chutzpah. If there are positive > results, the ramifications of pioneering a new direction in the movie paper > hobby would further cement their brand as an 'hobby one stop shop'. > > ad > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
