Quote Originally Posted by Skullcruncher View Post
We'll you are in a bind then - if anyone feels expolited becuase of that they really dont know what the meaning exploited is.

Agree, once a MISB item is found it tends to get cased up, there are MISB collectors around who are not worried about getting their item protected but the majority are cased because well - that tape could fall off any minute and it could easily be damaged if its not protected!

But is also comes back if you want a MISB item enough you will find it - network make contacts, MISB transformers just dont drop of trees. Unless say the item you are looking for is just impossible to find MIB as well!
In general, exploitation is subtle and done on a mass scale, without people even being aware they're being exploited. In this case, the market is being introduced and slowly saturated with AFAed high end vintage toys. This is what I've been finding, anyway.

And yes, as I've already agreed, networking is great. And again, getting an item cased is separate to paying a high premium because it's also been graded.