A few years ago, I was in a card shop and found several nice (NM) raw 1963 Topps BB cards that I wanted to buy.
I went up to the shop owner to pay for the cards. Instead of pulling out a Beckett mag or SCD catalog to price out the cards at NM values, he gets a SMR guide out and prices the raw cards out as if they were graded PSA 7 or PSA 8.
I ended up getting the cards anyway, but that was the first (and last) time I ever went into his establishment.
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