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Posted By: jay wolt

This is hardly a new practice. The coin grading companies established this years before cards were ever slabbed.
They just want a piece of the pie. We're not talking about low $ cards, but cards worth a great deal more. The grading companies realize that once the expensive card is slabbed, it will be worth much more and it will be easier to sell, when that time arises. A PSA or SGC T206 Plank (as example) will fetch more $ and be much easier to move if it is graded. And although its just as easy to grade a Plank as a Dode Paskert, the payoff is much more.
So then its worth the extra $$$ to have PSA/SGC/GAI grade it. Just economics...jay