"people who recard figures aren't collectors of vintage starwars full stop"
Hmm i disagree with that, i buy vintage figures to mix with my new hobby, my hobby preserves them in a "case" similar to what was once sold in shops, not everything i buy goes onto a card, i can at leisure remove them from the card should i wish sometime to have them graded, also some of the ones im doing werent even on a card - customs - the what would it look like if it had a card.
I perfectly understand your point of view btw, i myself have been ripped off with a recard which made me even more wary of buying carded figures again, i would need to see it in the flesh before i bought one now.
The recarding problem on ebay isnt going to go away, it will definately get worse, ive attacked some of them by pm to say I KNOW your selling a fake and gave them a jpg to compare and to redeem themselves, some ignore me and some get pretty nasty (i have emails if you would like a read sometime).
I dont condone it nor approve of it as being sold as genuine, to me i enjoy the making and the finished look, they do have a place in some peoples collections as a cheaper alternative or simply as a storage case you can enjoy a little more than a loose figure
