True, I hope so.
As a fairly late comer most of my statues are from eBay or private sellers and I haven't had any problems. Iron Spidey, Spider-Man Ex, Classic Iron Man Ex, PFs of Cyclops, Gambit, Wolverine, Black Panther, etc...all great experiences, no issues. Dealing with sellers I've come out really well with no horror stories I've heard from others. I think part of it is the quality that originally went into those statues. The other part is being blessed enough to come across honest people.
Directly from SS I only have Rogue, Psylocke, Spider-Woman and Joker, all EXs, and only Joker has given me no problems, so I'm losing 1-3 directly with SS. Hopefully Hawkeye and Storm tie me up at 3-3 with them.
I've had a much better time with the older pieces off the secondary market than the newer pieces I'm buying direct.