Capt.
You made the following statement

WOLF-CRIERS: There are some here that think the sky is falling and our hobby is ruined by Slabbers and Fixers.

I tend to disagree. Slabbing is a dead issue in chipping and has not caught on and will evaporate under its own weight of non-functionality.

********** I tend to disagree. Slabbing isn't dead but is dormant.
Every now and then it raises its head and tries to make a comeback.

Recently we saw Topps in conjunction with a slabbing company introduce some fantasy chips.
Prior to this we saw slabbed Binions chips being hawked on ebay.
To me, both examples were just another push by the slabbers trying to get into the hobby.

The idea here is to keep people aware of the potential harm this could do to the hobby. The sky isn't falling but we also want to make sure that it never does.