>> ... involved in the brass-core investigation.

You can use my name, Archie! I don't mind.

I will say the same thing about this "problem" as I did about the brass cores and others:

It would not be a violation of the Club's Code of Ethics to remove a name from a slot card.

Absent some specific state law (of which I doubt that there are any), it would not be illegal to remove a name from a slot card.

Nor would it be illegal or unethical under club rules to sell a card with the name removed if the seller makes disclosure of the true condition of the card.

Nor do I see the practice of removing names from slot cards as inherently or morally "wrong" in any way.

Removing a name for the purpose of deceiving someone else regarding the true nature of the card, however, would be morally wrong, unethical under the club's rules and potentially illegal.

I know you don't like these opinions, Archie, but the only solution to that problem is to change the code of ethics (and/or state laws in all 50 states).

>> Perhaps it is time to begin identifying folks who are removing ink names and player
>> account numbers from slot cards and not disclosing those facts? (bold emphasis added)

I do agree with that, Archie, just as I felt the brass core miscreants should be identified.

>> Is it worth the extra buck or two to deceive another collector
>> at the expense of one's personal reputation? I think not. (bold emphasis added)

And I agree with that, too. In my opinion, anyone who uses altered cards, chips, etc., "to deceive another collector" would be violating the code of ethics and should be expelled from the club.

----- jim o\-S